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Technical wildness: Modernity, romanticism, and the technocratic turn in Scottish rewilding

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Technical wildness is a new and increasingly influential culture of nature. This paper marks its emergence in Scotland in the early 2020s. Focusing on Scotland's rapidly evolving land management sector, the paper traces how private rewilding companies position science‐led land management and natural capital markets as the most effective ...
Theo Stanley
wiley   +1 more source

Landscape-level effectiveness of fuel treatments in a forest-dominated ecosystem in the Southern United States. [PDF]

PLoS One
Choi J, Lagos T, Segundo B, Villa-Zapata LM, Prokopyev OA, Ntaimo L, Stripling CW, Gan J.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Digital fire technologies and community networks: Cultivating just sociotechnical practices for living with planetary change

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Fires are expanding in frequency and intensity worldwide due to climate change and land‐use transformations. At the same time, fire often plays a regenerative role in ecosystems. Traditional and cultural practices incorporate fire use for landscape management and landscape renewal. In this complex matrix of fire ecologies, digital technologies
Jennifer Gabrys, Paula Tiara Torres, Pablo González Rivas   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Incorporating defects and moisture in MOE evaluation for automated timber grading. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Ji M, Zhang W, Cai L, Zhao Y, Miao H, Gao R, Wang G, Han J, Diao X, Zha Z.   +9 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Narratives of ‘home landscapes’ guide stewardship practices among Swedish forest owners

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Production forests play an important role in addressing many of our current sustainability challenges. Therefore, how these forests are managed and what motivates the people who are managing them are important for sustainability. 47 per cent of forests in Europe are privately owned.
Katja Malmborg, Johan Enqvist, Erik Andersson, Lisen Schultz   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Study on sound insulation performance of walls in traditional timber dwellings of the Miao ethnic group in Qiandongnan. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Huang X, Zhao W, Huang Z, Wang Y, Du Y, Du L, Chen Y.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The impact of zoo education programmes on connection to nature considering programme type, participants' demographics and their initial connection

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Participants in environmental education programmes can have different preexisting attitudes and experiences that could influence the educational outcomes. The present study focuses on zoo education and its goal of connecting people to nature.
Viktoria Feucht, Paul Wilhelm Dierkes, Martin Bratteler, Anna Bresser, Sandra Buchberger, Jule Hadler, Andreas Haeser‐Kalthoff, Elia Heule, Axel Kästner, Constanze Mager, João Neves, Kathrin Rapp Schürmann, Kathrin Monika Röper, Rebecca D. Schulte‐Iserlohe, Lisa Schwarz, Tanja Spengler, Marcel Stawinoga, Ina Steinert, Franziska Waked, Stephan Worm, Matthias Winfried Kleespies   +20 more
wiley   +1 more source

Parametric Material Optimization and Structural Performance of Engineered Timber Thin-Shell Structures: Comparative Analysis of Gridshell, Segmented, and Hybrid Systems. [PDF]

Materials (Basel)
Golański M, Juchimiuk J, Ogrodnik P, Szulej J, Starzyk A.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Assessing terrestrial vertebrates as potential biodiversity indicators of ecosystem services in multifunctional landscapes

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Combining ecosystem services and biodiversity conservation is critical for evaluating the benefits of nature to society. However, research gaps have led to a conservation dilemma in determining which biodiversity groups should be selected in ecosystem service assessments.
Felipe S. Campos, João David, Ricardo Lourenço‐de‐Moraes, Lisieux Fuzessy, Neftalí Sillero, Pedro Cabral, Javier Retana   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Exploring the Volume Paradox: Comparing Different Formulas for Estimating the Wood Volume of Trees and Logs in Nepal. [PDF]

Scientifica (Cairo)
Karki P, Dangal S, Cedamon E.
europepmc   +1 more source