Resultados de búsqueda - "biodiversity"

Nitrogen cycling in pastoral livestock systems in sub‐Saharan Africa: Knowns and unknowns por Carbonell, V., Merbold, Lutz, Díaz‐Pinés, E., Dowling, T.P.F., Butterbach-Bahl, Klaus

“…Pastoralism can have negative impacts on the environment, including land degradation, greenhouse gas emissions and other gases to the atmosphere, soil erosion, water pollution and biodiversity loss. Here, we review the current knowledge on nitrogen (N) cycling, storage, and loss pathways, with an emphasis on identification of N emission hotspots. …”
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In pursuit of a better world: crop improvement and the CGIAR por Kholová, Jana, Urban, Milan Oldřich, Cock, James H., Arcos, Jairo, Arnaud, Elizabeth, Aytekin, Destan, Azevedo, Vania, Barnes, Andrew P., Ceccarelli, Salvatore, Chavarriaga, Paul, Cobb, Joshua N., Connor, David, Cooper, Mark, Debouck, Daniel G., Ellis, Noel, Fungo, Robert, Grando, Stefania, Hammer, Graeme L., Hoffer, Julia, Jara, Carlos, Messina, Charlie, Mosquera, Gloria, Nchanji, Eileen Bogweh, Ng, Enghwa, Prager, Steven, Sankaran, Sindhuja, Selvaraj, Michael Gomez, Tardieu, François, Thornton, Philip K., Valdés, Sylvia, Etten, Jacob van, Wenzl, Peter, Xu, Yunbi, Craufurd, Peter Q.

“…We compiled the opinions from more than thirty experts in the private and public sector on key strategies, methodologies and activities that could the help CGIAR meet the challenges of providing farmers with improved varieties while simultaneously meeting the goals of: (i) nutrition, health, and food security; (ii) poverty reduction, livelihoods, and jobs; (iii) gender equality, youth and inclusion; (iv) climate adaptation and mitigation and (v) environmental health and biodiversity. We review the crop improvement processes starting with crop choice, moving through to breeding objectives, production of potential new varieties, selection and finally adoption by farmers. …”
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Impacts of land use and land cover dynamics on ecosystem services in the Yayo coffee forest biosphere reserve, southwestern Ethiopia por Abera, Wuletawu, Tamene, Lulseged D., Kassawmar, Tibebu, Mulatu, Kalkidan Ayele, Kassa, Habtemariam, Verchot, Louis V., Quintero, Marcela

“…The dynamics of these changes is more marked in biodiversity hotspot areas like UNESCO registered Yayo coffee forest biosphere reserve in southwestern Ethiopia. …”
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Landmark NUS events and key publications por Padulosi, Stefano, Hunter, Danny

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Scaling-out knowledge: how the pandemic helped spreading the voice for a more sustainable cattle sector por Urrea Benítez, José Luis, Burkart, Stefan

“…The event was comprised by four modules, each with a weekly seminar during four weeks: i) greenhouse gases; ii) biodiversity, landscapes, and ecosystem services; iii) markets and consumers, and iv) agricultural extension. …”
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Soil recovery of alluvial gold mine spoils in the Peruvian Amazon using Stylosanthes guianensis, a promising cover crop por Velásquez Ramírez, Manuel Gabriel, Castillo Torres, Dennis del, Guerrero Barrantes, Juan Antonio, Vásquez Bardales, Joel, Thomas, Evert, Cusi Auca, Edgar, Chinen Gushiken, Midori, Muñoz Diaz, Betzy, Russo, Ricardo, Corvera Gomringer, Ronald

“…The Amazon is an important reservoir of biodiversity and carbon but it is under pressure by multiple threats such as artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM). …”
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FTA Highlight No.4 – Forest and Landscape Restoration por Guariguata, Manuel R., Atmadja, S., Baral, H., Boissiere, M., Brady, M.A., Chomba, S., Cronkleton, P., Djoudi, H., Duchelle, Amy E., Duguma, L.A., Elias, M., Gitz, V., Graudal, Lars, Harrison, R.D., Ihalainen, Markus, Jamnadass, Ramni H., Jalonen, R., Kassa, H., Kettle, Christopher J., Lawry, S., Li, Y., Locatelli, Bruno, Martius, C., Meybeck, A., Minang, Peter A., Murdiyarso, D., Nawir, A.A., Robiglio, V., Sist, P., Somarriba, E., Noordwijk, M. van, Wardell, D.A., Vågen, Tor-Gunnar, Winowiecki, Leigh Ann

“…Forest and landscape restoration (FLR) provides a framework for implementing restorative interventions that collectively address major environmental challenges such as soil and land degradation, biodiversity loss, water scarcity, lack of sustainable rural livelihoods, and climate change mitigation and adaptation. …”
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Conservation status assessment of banana crop wild relatives using species distribution modelling por Mertens, Arne, Swennen, Rony L., Rønsted, Nina, Vandelook, Filip, Panis, Bartholomeus, Sachter-Smith, Gabriel L., Vu, Dang Toan, Janssens, Steven B.

“…Extinction risk was evaluated following IUCN criterion B, and the ex and in situ conservation status was assessed using an indicator for biodiversity and sustainable development targets. …”
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Suitability of large-scale tree plantation models in Africa, Asia and Latin America for forest landscape restoration objectives por Péroches, A., Baral, H., Chesnes, M., López Sampson, A., Lescuyer, G.

“…The dominant tree plantation types are failing to meet most of the forest restoration objectives set out in the Bonn Challenge (i.e., productivity, carbon storage, biodiversity conservation, rural livelihoods). Alternative large-scale tree plantation models could be promoted by focusing on the other goods and services that plantations can provide. …”
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Integrating crop pollination management, native beekeeping, and silvopastoral systems to improve the cattle sector’s sustainability in Latin America por Narjes, Manuel Ernesto, Cardoso, Juan Andrés, Burkart, Stefan

“…Insect pollinator biodiversity and occurrence is on global decline, threatening human food supply and ecosystem functions. …”
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Potential economic benefits of integrating silvopastoral arrangements in Latin American cattle systems por Enciso, Karen, Sotelo, Mauricio E., Peters, Michael, Flórez, Fernando, Burkart, Stefan

“…The environmental impacts caused by cattle are undeniable, and, in addition to the expansion of land, are related to biodiversity loss, deforestation, and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, making the sector a main contributor to climate change. …”
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The impact of COVID-19 on the sustainable intensification of forage-based beef and dairy value chains in Colombia: A blessing and a curse por Burkart, Stefan, Díaz, Manuel Francisco, Enciso, Karen, Charry, Andrés, Triana Ángel, Natalia, Mena, Martín, Urrea Benítez, José Luis, Gallo Caro, Irieleth, Hoek, Rein van der

“…The increasing demand for animal sourced foods and the need to address the negative environmental impacts of cattle production, including greenhouse gas emissions, biodiversity loss and deforestation, and the implications of climate change on cattle production (prolonged droughts, prolonged rainy seasons, heat stress), have placed strong emphasis on sustainable intensification of forage-based beef and dairy systems for climate change mitigation and adaptation. …”
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Selected Soil Properties Among Agroforestry, Natural Forest, Traditional Agriculture, and Palm Oil Land Uses in Central Kalimantan por Rahayu, K.D., Udawatta, R.P., Jose, S., Nathan, M., Laumonier, Y., Antonius, S.

“…Soil samples were collected from three villages Kuala Pembuang, Muara Dua, and Telaga Pulang within the Rimba Raya Biodiversity Reserve located in Seruyan District, Central Kalimantan Province, Indonesia, in June 2017. …”
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Peatland core domain sets: building consensus on what should be measured in research and monitoring por Reed, M.S., Young, D.M., Taylor, N.G., Andersen, R., Bell, N.G.A., Cadillo-Quiroz, Hinsby, Grainger, M., Heinemeyer, A., Hergoualc'h, Kristell, Gerrand, A.M., Kieft, J., Krisnawati, H., Lilleskov, E.A., López Gonzalez, G., Melling, L., Rudman, H., Sjogersten, S., Walker, J.S., Stewart, G.

“…Peatland experts took part in a structured elicitation and prioritisation process, comprising two workshops and questionnaires, that focused on climate (32 and 18 unique outcomes for UK and tropical peats, respectively), hydrology (26 UK and 16 tropical outcomes), biodiversity (8 UK and 22 tropical outcomes) and fire-related outcomes (13, for tropical peatlands only). …”
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AUDA-NEPAD Gender Climate Change and Agriculture Support Program Training Of Trainers por Recha, John W.M.

“…In addition, intensive and unsustainable agriculture will lead to environmental degradation such as loss of biodiversity, deforestation, and land degradation, among other things. …”
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Integrating Climate Basics, Climate Information Service, Climate Risk Management and Climate Smart Agriculture into the undergraduate agriculture Curriculum in Ethiopian Higher Edu... por Dejene, Sintayehu W., Terefe, Tadesse, Belay, Berhanu, Amha, Yosef, Ambaw, Gebermedihin, Demissie, Teferi Dejene

“…Climate change education will have paramount importance for tackling the problems associated with climate change through generating climate smart technologies for the enhancement of sustainable agricultural production and biodiversity conservation. Climate Change Educations (CCE) and trainings have long been recognized by the national CCE strategy (2017-2030), United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, the Paris Climate Change Agreement, and the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations (Agenda 2030) as key tools to unravel the complex and multi-sectoral challenges induced/posed by climate change. …”
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Towards sustainable productivity enhancement of rice-based farming systems in sub-Saharan Africa por Rodenburg, J., Saito, Kazuki

“…Current and future agronomic rice research should thematically center around sustainability, including judicious natural resources management, climate change adaptation and mitigation, and conservation of biodiversity and environments. 4. To operationalize this, sustainability performance indicators need to be developed and used. 5. …”
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Impact of CS-IPM on key social welfare aspects of smallholder farmers' livelihoods por Sekabira, H., Tepa-Yotto, G., Kaweesa, Y., Simbeko, G., Tamò, Manuele, Agboton, C., Damba, O.T., Abdoulaye, Tahirou

“…CS-IPM practices also enhance access to climate-related information, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, conserve biodiversity, and enhance dietary diversity through improved crop and livestock varieties and also reduce variable farm production costs. …”
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Feasibility of improved silvopastoral systems in the Caribbean region of Nicaragua por Hoek, Rein van der, Mena, Martin, López, Marlon, Wiegel, Jennifer Rebecca

“…The conversion of forests to agricultural land uses and inadequate pasture management have severe environmental impacts, including land degradation, biodiversity loss and exacerbation of flood-drought cycles. …”
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Integrating Agroecology and One Health: A Path to Sustainable Food Systems and Improved Health por Tebourbi, Ons, Frija, Aymen, Alary, Veronique, Idoudi, Zied, Mannai, Amal, Rekik, Mourad

“…Some illustrative examples that highlight possible linkages of One Health to the agroecological approaches include embracing recycling and biodiversity to safeguard environmental health, reduce the reliance on chemical inputs, improve productivity and therefore reduce GHG emissions intensity, help combat resistance to antibiotics, antiparasitic, antivirals and antifungals, and enhance food safety. …”
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