Duarte-Guardia, Sandra Peri, Pablo L. Martinez-Pastur, Guillermo Lasagno, Romina Lencinas, Maria Vanessa Thomas, Evert Ladd, Brenton
Plant diversity has long been linked to an increase in ecosystem productivity and function, but concrete examples in which ecosystem services are linked to diversity at the scale at which management decisions are taken are rare. We specifically tested for a correlation between plant diversity and provisioning ecosystem services estimated via the po...
Detelinova, Iva Thomas, Timothy S. Hammond, Wole Arndt, Channing Hartley, Faaiqa
Substantial model variability exists regarding the likely meteorological impact of climate change on Kenya, particularly with respect to future precipitation levels. Significant regional differences are expected, largely due to Kenya’s diverse climate profile. Overall, temperatures are projected to increase while future precipitation levels are hig...
Kemp, Melissa E. Boville, Alexandra E. Carneiro, Celine M. Jacisin, John J. III Law, Chris J. Ledesma, David T. Meza, Antonio Shields-Estrada, Analisa Xu, Tianyi
Terrestrial ecosystems encompass a vast and vital component of Earth's biodiversity and ecosystem services. The effect of increased anthropogenic dominance on terrestrial communities defines major challenges for ecosystem conservation, including habitat destruction and fragmentation, climate change, species invasions and extinctions, and disease sp...
Smallhorn-West, Patrick Abesamis, Rene Notere Boso, Delvene Cinner, Joshua Cohen, Philippa Gelcich, Stefan Harrison, Hugo Jones, Geoffrey Jupiter, Stacy Khan, A K M Firoz
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Small-scale fisheries account for 40% of global fish catch and employ more than 90% of the world’s fishers, defining the livelihoods, nutrition, and culture of a substantial and diverse segment of humankind. In recent decades collaborative forms of fisheries management, including co-management, have gained popularity as the most appropriate, fair, ...
Jin, Zhen Li, Xue-Zhi Sun, Gui-Quan Xue, Ling Zheng, Xiaoming
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Frontiers in Physics
Assefa, T. T. Taye, Meron Teferi Ebrahim, Girma Yimer Lautze, Jonathan Seid, Abdulkarim Hussein
The Tana-Beles sub-basin, a strategic economic growth corridor in Ethiopia, relies on water storage to provide a suite of key services to agriculture, drinking water supply, energy, and ecosystems. While there are a range of storage options (e.g., from large dams to subsurface aquifers) that can be utilized to provide these services, a systematic s...
Katee, Sally M.
Ayompe, L.M. Egoh, B.N. Nkongho, R.N. Wandum, L.M. Orang, B.O. Fiaboe, K. Tambasi, E.E. Kettunen, M.
Open Access Article / Sub-Saharan Africa is increasingly viewed as an important area for oil palm cultivation and expansion. Palm oil is a commodity that can help developing countries like Cameroon attain their sustainable development goals (SDGs) targets through poverty alleviation (SDG 1) and by providing revenue to smallholder farmers to buy a v...
food, international
Pranab Choudhury CGIAR SEMINAR SERIES Payments for Ecosystem Services: Win-Win Solutions? Co-organized by IFPRI, the CGIAR, and Germany’s Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) Session at Tropentag 2023 SEP 21, 2023 - 7:45 TO 9:15AM EDT
food, international
Marcela Quintero CGIAR SEMINAR SERIES Payments for Ecosystem Services: Win-Win Solutions? Co-organized by IFPRI, the CGIAR, and Germany’s Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) Session at Tropentag 2023 SEP 21, 2023 - 7:45 TO 9:15AM EDT