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Contrasting patterns of land use by resident and migratory bird assemblages in a tropical working landscape

open access: yesOikos, EarlyView.
The spatial configuration and management of agricultural and other land‐use practices can affect ecological assemblages. However, the differences in how resident and migratory birds respond to land‐use are remain unclear, hindering our understanding of bird biodiversity responses to land use.
Dallas R. Levey   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Fostering Collaboration and Stakeholder Engagement for Sustainable Decent Work Policies in Africa: Lessons From Ghana

open access: yesPublic Administration and Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT To meet the 169 targets of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), it has been argued that governments alone are unable to deal with its associated challenges. Consequently, studies have shown how expanding governance to public, private, and civil society organizations (CSO) across scales could help make significant contributions to ...
Eric Nordjo   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Decentralisation and Legal Pluralism in Small Towns in Uganda

open access: yesPublic Administration and Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Weak decentralization, authoritarianism and limited economic development in small towns in Uganda have been seen as key obstacles to political inclusion. However, small towns in theory also hold hope for political inclusion due to the potential for more direct citizen engagement and flexibility to be able to respond to citizens' needs. Drawing
Ana Maria Vargas Falla   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Who is local and what do they know? Braiding knowledges within carnivore management in Europe

open access: yesPeople and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Growing recognition of Indigenous Peoples and traditional local communities as stewards of biodiversity has brought to the fore the issues of knowledge and value pluralism in conservation policy and practice. Given their basis in practical and multi‐generational experience, Indigenous and local knowledges are highly relevant to managing human ...
Hanna Pettersson   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Investigating conservation performance payments alongside human–wildlife conflicts: The Swedish lynx and wolverine protection policies

open access: yesPeople and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Conservation performance payments are becoming an increasingly popular instrument to tackle human–wildlife conflicts. In Sweden, Sámi communities practicing reindeer husbandry receive performance payments as compensation for reindeer losses caused by lynxes and wolverines.
Josef Kaiser   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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