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Implementing efficient conservation portfolio design

Mallory, Mindy L.; Ando, Amy Whritenour - In: Resource and energy economics 38 (2014), pp. 1-18

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The Effect of Climate Change on Land Use and Wetlands Conservation in Western Canada: An Application of Positive Mathematical Programming

van Kooten, Gerrit Cornelis; Withey, Patrick - Department of Economics, University of Victoria - 2011

This study examines the impact of climate change on land use in the Prairie Pothole Region of Western Canada, with particular emphasis on how climate change will impact wetlands. A multi-region Positive Mathematical Programming model calibrates land use in the area to observed acreage in 2006....

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Congress Must Protect Innocent Property Owners from Section 404 Civil and Criminal Penalties

Bakst, Daren; Francois, Tony - 2022

For decades, property owners across the United States have struggled to comply with the Clean Water Act, in large part because they do not know which “waters” are regulated. Vague definitions, inconsistent enforcement, and changing rules contribute to this ongoing problem. Despite the...

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SAGA GIS for Computing Multispectral Vegetation Indices by Landsat TM for Mapping Vegetation Greenness

Lemenkova, Polina - 2021

The study presents a comparative analysis of eight Vegetation Indices (VIs) used to examine vegetation greenness over the northern coasts of Iceland. The geographical extent of the study area is set by the coordinates of the two fjords, Eyjafjörður and Skagafjörður, notable for their...

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Environmental Management in Agriculture – Case of Bulgaria

Bachev, Hrabrin - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014

This paper presents a holistic framework for analysing, assessment and improvement of environmental management in agriculture, and assesses the forms, factors and efficiency of agro-eco-management in Bulgaria during post-communist transition and EU integration. It incorporates an...

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Natural Resource Restoration

Kanner, Allan - 2017

Public trustees at the state, federal, and tribal level are tasked with ensuring that those responsible for destroying or damaging natural resources sufficiently compensate the public for its loss. Those trustees have the fiduciary duty to maintain and restore the natural resources within the...

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Landscape, Legal, and Biodiversity Threats that Windows Pose to Birds: A Review of an Important Conservation Issue

Daniel Klem Jr. - In: Land 3 (2014) 1, pp. 351-361

Windows in human residential and commercial structures in urban, suburban, and rural landscapes contribute to the deaths of billions of birds worldwide. International treaties, federal, provincial, state, and municipal laws exist to reduce human-associated avian mortality, but are most often not...

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Housing Density and Ecosystem Function: Comparing the Impacts of Rural, Exurban, and Suburban Densities on Fire Hazard, Water Availability, and House and Road Distance Effects

Vukomanovic, Jelena; Doumas, Sandra L.; Osterkamp, Waite R. - In: Land 2 (2013) 4, pp. 656-678

, assessing the spatial extent of impacts is important for understanding the vulnerability of systems and guiding decisions about …

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Preserving the Picturesque: Perceptions of Landscape, Landscape Art, and Land Protection in the United States and China

Ellison, Aaron M. - In: Land 3 (2014) 1, pp. 260-281

The predominant environmental consciousness in both the United States and China reflects an underlying sense of separation of people from nature. Likewise, traditional landscape paintings in the United States and China share a common underlying aesthetic—<i>i.e.</i>, the “picturesque”. Together,...

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A Resilience-Based Approach to the Conservation of Valley Oak in a Southern California Landscape

Hayes, James J.; Donnelly, Shanon - In: Land 3 (2014) 3, pp. 834-849

Conservation thinking will benefit from the incorporation of a resilience perspective of landscapes as social … experiencing regeneration failure similar to other stands across the state, and is exhibiting shifts in spatial pattern as a … response to changing conditions. A nearby stand is regenerating well and maintaining spatial and structural patterns, likely …

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