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twenty-first century. The analysis reveals vividly the risks of conventional development approaches and the real danger of … value changes for getting there. A fundamental shift in the development paradigm is found to be an urgent necessity for …
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The Mission-Aransas coastal region (MACR) in Texas is home to settlements vulnerable to coastal hazards. The region also contains significant biodiversity including several endangered species. The habitats in the bays and estuaries of MACR are especially sensitive to changes in land use/land...
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that form the majority of Africa‘s cities, through industrialization that transforms the unique natural resources of the …This is an historic overview of conservation in Sub-Saharan Africa from pre-colonial times through the present. It … rural resource base, this will require an urbanization process that creates a middleclass, as opposed to the current slums …
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The eutrophication of surface waters has become an endemic global problem. Nutrient loadings from agriculture are a … ecosystems and a viable agriculture. Our analysis shows that nutrient loss from agriculture is a challenging issue if farm … and recover these nutrients. Agriculture’s impact on eutrophication risk may also be overestimated in many catchments, and …
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The Australian National Soil Research, Development and Extension Strategy identifies soil security as a foundation for … the current and future productivity and profitability of Australian agriculture. Current agricultural production is … susceptibility to erosion and thus limit the ability of agriculture to advance without further improving soil management practices …
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development and application for breeding crops adapted to lower mineral fertilizer input and to alternative farming techniques are …
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Stand-alone environmental indicators based on life cycle assessment (LCA), such as the carbon footprint and water footprint, are becoming increasingly popular as a means of directing sustainable production and consumption. However, individually, these metrics violate the principle of LCA known...
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development in the region. …
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This study applied a broad continuum of risk analysis methods including mean-variance and coefficient of variation (CV) statistical criteria, second-degree stochastic dominance (SSD), stochastic dominance with respect to a function (SDRF), and stochastic efficiency with respect to a function...
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environmentally sustainable agriculture. This is agriculture that makes efficient use of natural resources and does not degrade the … environmental scientists with direct involvement or expertise in the environmental sustainability of agriculture. The practitioners … long list of 264 knowledge needs to help enhance the environmental sustainability of agriculture within the UK or for the …
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