| Titre : | AMBIO 43(6) - OCT 2014 |
| Type de document : | Bulletin |
| Paru le : | 00/00/0000 |
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Article
Meredith Root-Bernstein, Auteur ;
Richard J. Ladle, Auteur
Article
Annukka Pekkarinen, Auteur ;
Sari Repka, Auteur
Scenarios for shipping traffic in the Gulf of Bothnia (GoB) by 2030 are described in order to identify the main factors that should be taken into account when preparing a Maritime Spatial Plan (MSP) for the area. The application of future resear[...]
Article
J. K. Summers, Auteur ;
L. M. Smith, Auteur
A sustainable world is one in which human needs are met equitably and without sacrificing the ability of future generations to meet their needs. Human well-being is described by four primary elements-basic human needs, economic needs, environmen[...]
Article
Maria Salonen, Auteur ;
Eduardo Eiji Maeda, Auteur ;
Tuuli Toivonen, Auteur
Land use and land cover change (LUCC) models frequently employ different accessibility measures as a proxy for human influence on land change processes. Here, we simulate deforestation in Peruvian Amazonia and evaluate different accessibility me[...]
Article
Debbie Fielding, Auteur ;
Scott Newey, Auteur ;
Rene van der Wal, Auteur ;
R. Justin Irvine, Auteur
A number of scavenger species have suffered population declines across Europe. In attempts to reverse their decline, some land and wildlife managers have adopted the practice of leaving or placing out carcasses of wild or domestic herbivores to [...]
Article
Kathleen Carmel Buckingham, Auteur ;
Liangru Wu, Auteur ;
Yiping Lou, Auteur
Over the centuries, governments and international agencies have developed a wide range of institutions to manage timber resources and conserve values provided by treed lands. Concerns regarding the sustainable supply of timber have provided oppo[...]
Article
Silvio J. Crespin, Auteur ;
Jorge E. Garcia-Villalta, Auteur
Nations with little remaining natural habitat and small extent are challenged when trying to achieve biodiversity targets. We show that the Central American nation of El Salvador cannot viably sustain populations of 87 % of its extant carnivores[...]
Article
H. Carolyn Peach Brown, Auteur ;
Barry Smit, Auteur ;
Olufunso A. Somorin, Auteur ;
Denis J. Sonwa, Auteur ;
Johnson Ndi Nkem, Auteur
Tropical forests are vulnerable to climate-change representing a risk for indigenous peoples and forest-dependent communities. Mechanisms to conserve the forest, such as REDD+, could assist in the mitigation of climate change, reduce vulnerabili[...]
Article
Jesper Madsen, Auteur ;
Morten Bjerrum, Auteur ;
Ingunn M. Tombre, Auteur
Wild geese foraging on farmland cause increasing conflicts with agricultural interests, calling for a strategic approach to mitigation. In central Norway, conflicts between farmers and spring-staging pink-footed geese feeding on pastures have es[...]
Article
E. Carina H. Keskitalo, Auteur ;
Julia Baird, Auteur ;
Emmeline Laszlo Ambjornsson, Auteur ;
Ryan Plummer, Auteur
Forest use in Northern Sweden is being influenced both by global trends and local situations. This results in interactions between numerous groups that may impact local forest governance. Social network analysis can here provide insight into the[...]
Article
Eric C. Leas, Auteur ;
Anne Dare, Auteur ;
Wael K. Al-Delaimy, Auteur
Support for the use of treated gray water as an alternative water resource in the Middle East and North Africa is high, especially given the lack of religious restrictions against its use, but several obstacles have kept application of treated g[...]
Article
Remus Pravalie, Auteur
The beginning of the atomic age marked the outset of nuclear weapons testing, which is responsible for the radioactive contamination of a large number of sites worldwide. The paper aims to analyze nuclear weapons tests conducted in the second ha[...]
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Wuyang Hong, Auteur ;
Feixue Li, Auteur ;
Manchun Li, Auteur ;
Fangfang Zhang, Auteur ;
Lihua Tong, Auteur ;
Qiuhao Huang, Auteur
China's economy is growing explosively with double-digit rates of growth. However, behind the scenes of this economic miracle, a dark underbelly exists. The potential impact of the unsustainable use of land resources is increasing. Each parcel o[...]
