Search Results - "ecosystem management"
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Conservation and biodiversity in and around cocoa farms. Learning about sustainable cocoa production: a guide for participatory farmer training
Published 2009“…It helps farmers to understand the importance of biodiversity and wildlife conservation; understand their role as ecosystem managers; develop strategies for mitigating human-wildlife conflict; understand the national laws on biodiversity conservation and; develop an appreciation of the economic and conservation value of cocoa agroforests…”
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Agriculture Systems
Published 2008“…An agricultural ecosystem is an ecosystem managed with a purpose, usually to produce crops or animal products. …”
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Designing payments for environmental services in theory and practice: an overview of the issues
Published 2008“…PES is not a silver bullet that can be used to address any environmental problem, but a tool tailored to address a specific set of problems: those in which ecosystems are is managedbecause many of their benefits are externalities from the perspective of ecosystem managers. PES is based on the beneficiary-pays rather than the polluter-pays principle, and as such is attractive in settings where ES providers are poor, marginalized landholders or powerful groups of actors. …”
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Reconciling food and water security objectives of MENA and sub-Saharan Africa: is there a role for large-scale agricultural investments?
Published 2015“…Such investments, when they also incorporate ecosystems management practices and smallholder inclusive business models in their operations, can serve as appropriate instruments to reconcile the food and water security objectives of both the MENA region and SSA, while promoting sustainable intensification of agriculture and improved rural livelihoods in SSA.…”
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Tapping into the environmental co-benefits of improved tropical forages for an agroecological transformation of livestock production systems
Published 2021“…Livestock are critical for incomes, livelihoods, nutrition and ecosystems management throughout the global South. Livestock production and the consumption of livestock-based foods such as meat, cheese, and milk is, however, under global scrutiny for its contribution to global warming, deforestation, biodiversity loss, water use, pollution, and land/soil degradation. …”
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Forest estimates derived from airborne laser scanning data in southern Sweden : a comparison of regional and local model calibration
Published 2015“…Reliable forest estimates are a very important aspect of sustainable forest ecosystems management, but commonly difficult to obtain for large areas. …”
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