focusing on an active role of communities, social norms and a polycentric system of governance. This paper summarizes the main … issues: climate change and biodiversity. Involvement of governments and a reference framework provided by intergovernmental …

happening in almost 70 countries (on approximately 40% of the world forested area). This study focuses on countries where forest … cover increased between 1990 and 2010. As "forests" is a heterogeneous group, a biodiversity-corrected Forestation Index is … positive impact on biodiversity) and monocultures (that are debatable with that respect). OLS regression is used to reveal …

The world is banking on a major increase in food production, if the dietary needs and food preferences of an increasing … biodiversity. Ecologists have shown that biodiversity loss results in lower plant productivity, while agricultural economists have … linked biodiversity loss on farms with increasing variability of crop yields, and sometimes lower mean yields. In this paper …

Countries -- Armed Conflict Increases Elephant Poaching -- Bioprospecting and Biodiversity Conservation: What Happens When … between human activities and the natural world. The volume includes a selection of research on agriculture, energy, forestry … energy, biodiversity, and sustainable development, this volume will be of interest to researchers and students of …