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2012 Community Tree Management Plan, Avoca, IA, May 2, 2013 [PDF]

, 2013
This plan was developed to assist Avoca with the management, budgeting and future planning of their urban forest. Across the state, forestry budgets continue to decrease with more and more of that money spent on tree removal. With the anticipated arrival

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The context of REDD+ in the Lao People's Democratic Republic: drivers, agents and institutions [PDF]

, 2013
This report explores the drivers (both direct and indirect) of deforestation and forest degradation and discusses the political, economic and social opportunities and constraints that will influence the design and implementation of REDD+ in Laos.
Castella, Jean-Christophe, Lestrelin, Guillaume, Pham Thu Thuy,, Phanvilay, Khamla, Thongmanivong, Sithong, Trockenbrodt, Michael, Vongvisouk, Thoumthone   +6 more
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Agricultural Diversification at the Margin. Strategies and Determinants in Italian Mountain and Remote Areas

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper explores the convergence in on‐farm diversification strategies of agricultural holdings, between remote areas and more central ones. Using Italian farm‐level data, we explore the determinants of diversification strategies across farms.
Gianluca Grilli, Francesco Pagliacci, Paola Gatto   +2 more
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Perception of the services and disservices from urban forest and trees in the Garden City of West Africa

Trees, Forests and People
The growth of trees in urban areas brings forth an extensive array of services and disservices, the comprehension of which can assist urban forestry professionals in advancing a more sustainable urban forest ecosystem.
Patrick Opoku, Eric Kwame Simpeh, Henry Mensah, Dorothy Asare Akoto, Norbert Weber   +4 more
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Зеленая архитектура – комфорт в городе [PDF]

, 2016
Sanitary purpose of urban green spaces has been considered. We distinguished different purposes of urban green spaces which depend on positions of it in the urban environment.
Лисина, Е. И., Сродных, Т. Б.   +1 more
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The forests of the Congo Basin : State of the forest 2010 [PDF]

, 2012
The 2010 State of the Forest report (SOF) benefited from financial support from the European Union, the United States, Germany, France and UNESCO. It represents the collaborative effort of over 100 individuals from a diversity of institutions and the ...
Bayol, Nicolas (ed.), Billand, Alain (ed.), De Marcken, Paya (ed.), De Wasseige, Carlos (ed.), Desclée, B. (ed.), Hiol Hiol, François (ed.), Mayaux, Philippe (ed.), Nasi, Robert (ed.)   +7 more
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SmartDetectAI: An AI‐Powered Web App for Real‐Time Colorimetric Detection of Heavy Metals in Water

Advanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.
SmartDetectAI integrates silver nanoparticle‐based colorimetric sensing with an AI‐powered web app for rapid, on‐site detection of toxic heavy metals in water. By combining aggregation‐driven optical changes with machine learning analysis of red ‐ green ‐ blue values, the platform achieves portable, low‐cost, and accurate monitoring of Hg‐ and Cd‐based
Nishat Tasnim, Mirza M. A. Tunur, Fahad Arefin, Shahad Saroar, Md. Wahadoszamen, Taslim Ur Rashid, Aminul I. Talukder, Md. Nurul Amin, Mahmudur Rahman, Ahsan Habib   +9 more
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Examining Volunteer Motivations and Recruitment Strategies For Engagement in Urban Forestry

Cities and the Environment, 2010
Few studies in urban forestry have examined the motivations of urban forestry volunteers. In this research, two social psychological theories (Volunteer Functions Inventory and Volunteer Process Model) are utilized to examine motivations for ...
Christine Moskell, Shorna Broussard Allred, Gretchen Ferenz   +2 more
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Soil–Plant Indicators for Assessing Nutrient Cycling and Ecosystem Functionality in Urban Forestry

Urban Science
Nature-based solutions (NbS) are multidimensional, resource-efficient, and sustainable growth approaches to cope with current challenges, including biodiversity and carbon loss, pollution, climate change and land degradation.
Cristina Macci, Francesca Vannucchi, Andrea Scartazza, Grazia Masciandaro, Serena Doni, Eleonora Peruzzi   +5 more
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Voxel‐SLAM: A Complete, Accurate, and Versatile Light Detection and Ranging‐Inertial Simultaneous Localization and Mapping System

Advanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.
: In this work, Voxel‐SLAM (simultaneous localization and mapping) is introduced: a complete, accurate, and versatile LiDAR (light detection and ranging) ‐inertial SLAM system consisting of five modules: initialization, odometry, local mapping (LM), loop closure (LC), and global mapping (GM), all employing the same map representation, an adaptive voxel
Zheng Liu, Haotian Li, Chongjian Yuan, Xiyuan Liu, Jiarong Lin, Rundong Li, Chunran Zheng, Bingyang Zhou, Wenyi Liu, Fu Zhang   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source