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Biodiversity Strategies in Action—Empirical Evidence From the Food Value Chain

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT There is an increasing need for better understanding of firm activities that contribute to biodiversity preservation. Panwar, Ober, and Pinkse offer a valuable typology of corporate biodiversity protection strategies based on temporal and spatial dimensions, namely, the preloss (proactive) strategies of conservation and compensation, and the ...
Joanna Scott‐Kennel   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Carbon sequestration in agricultural soils and measures [PDF]

open access: yesMATEC Web of Conferences
Against the background of increasing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions such as CO2 from human activities, reducing carbon and growing sinks has become a hot issue of global concern.
Lin Kaijun, Wang Yafei
doaj   +1 more source

Consequences of Co-Benefits for the Efficient Design of Carbon Sequestration Programs, The [PDF]

open access: yes
In this paper, we study the social efficiency of private carbon markets that include trading in agricultural soil carbon sequestration when there are significant cobenefits (positive environmental externalities) associated with the practices that ...
Kling, Catherine L., Feng, Hongli
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Ecolabels as Instruments for Biodiversity Governance in Agri‐Food Systems: A Comparative Assessment of EU Certification Schemes

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Biodiversity underpins ecosystem functioning and the provision of ecosystem services, yet it continues to decline due to intensive agriculture, pollution, habitat loss and climate change. Although ecolabels are increasingly used to communicate sustainability attributes and influence consumer choices, their role in addressing biodiversity ...
Marzieh Aminravan   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Improving the estimation of rice above-ground biomass based on spatio-temporal UAV imagery and phenological stages

open access: yesFrontiers in Plant Science
IntroductionUnmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) equipped with visible and multispectral cameras provide reliable and efficient methods for remote crop monitoring and above-ground biomass (AGB) estimation in rice fields.
Yan Dai   +14 more
doaj   +1 more source

Industrial Symbiosis as a Neglected Opportunity in Industrial Decarbonisation Pathways: Qualitative Insights From the Australian Manufacturing Sector

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Industrial symbiosis (IS) represents a key strategy for industrial decarbonisation (ID) by converting one industry's waste into valuable inputs for another, reducing emissions and resource extraction. Scientific studies have explored the concept, implementation approaches and theoretical foundations of IS.
Marzieh Dehghan Niri   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Enhanced resistance of ants (Formica japonica) reared on biochar-enriched soil to stress induced by heavy metals: Programming of the molecular defense system

open access: yesEcotoxicology and Environmental Safety
Soil heavy metal contamination poses a global threat to ecosystem health. Although biochar is a known amendment for immobilising such contaminants, its capacity to proactively enhance the intrinsic resilience of soil fauna remains poorly understood.
Sha Liu   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Risk Analysis of Carbon Sequestration in Claypan Soil with Conservation Tillage Systems and Nitrogen Fertilizers for Grain Sorghum and Soybean [PDF]

open access: yes
Replaced with revised version of paper 02/15/06.carbon sequestration, carbon credits, nitrogen, risk, tillage, Crop Production/Industries, Risk and Uncertainty, Q12,
Williams, Jeffery R.   +4 more
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Optimising carbon storage by land-management [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
As the UK’s largest non-government land-owner, the National Trust is committed to reducing its impact on climate change, recognising the importance of soil organic carbon (SOC), and its need for preservation.
BELL, MADELEINE,JANE   +1 more
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Biodiversity Action Planning Within a Global Agricultural Supply Chain

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Agriculture is a primary driver of biodiversity loss through habitat conversion and degradation. Companies are increasingly being asked to investigate, disclose, and act on their biodiversity impacts by both regulatory policies and voluntary commitments.
Lyndsey Dowell   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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