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Controlling groundwater over abstraction: state policies vs localpractices in the Jordan highlands by Naber, M.A.

“…It then documents how, in response, the Ministry of Water and Irrigation has recently enacted a series of creative counter-measures, both direct and indirect, in an attempt to toughen law enforcement and raise pressure over groundwater users. The lessons learned are highly relevant for countries with similar situations, both in the region and elsewhere.…”
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Investigations of the livelihood strategies of young men and women in forested landscapes of eastern Cameroon by MacNeil, C., Brown, H.C.P., Sonwa, D.J.

“…Changes in livelihood activities were noted in the gender division of work and access to resources. Environmental pressure is likely to impact the livelihoods of these forest communities into the future.…”
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Deadlock or Transformational Change? Exploring Public Discourse on REDD+ across Seven Countries by Gregorio, M. di, Brockhaus, Maria, Cronin, T., Muharrom, E., Mardiah, S., Santoso, L.

“…The article concludes that to achieve a shift toward transformational public discourse, reformist policy actors and the media need to engage dominant policy actors in debates about how to reduce pressure on the forest.…”
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Two summers of São Paulo drought: Origins in the western tropical Pacific by Seth, A., Fernandes, K., Camargo, S.J.

“…The resulting anticyclonic geopotential height anomaly over the southwest Atlantic expanded the westward margin of the South Atlantic high and prevented low‐pressure systems from entering southeast Brazil from midlatitudes. …”
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Successional sequence of forest types in a disturbed dry forest reserve in southern Benin, West Africa by Nansen, C., Tchabi, A., Meikle, W.G.

“…Human pressure on forest resources in southern Benin has led to a dramatic reduction and disturbance of natural forest patches. …”
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Solar pumps and South Asia's energy-groundwater nexus: exploring implications and reimagining its future by Shah, Tushaar, Rajan, Abhishek, Rai, Gyan Prakash, Verma, Shilp, Durga, Neha

“…We then explore SIP promotion policies to ease pressure on scarce groundwater in South Asia's 'groundwater depletion zone' and accelerate groundwater irrigation for poverty reduction in its 'groundwater abundance zone'.…”
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Practical technologies for the improvement of pastures in Central America. Conference paper by Mannetje, L.T.

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Seed removal and seed dispersal in two selectively-logged forests with contrasting protection levels in Costa Rica by Rosales, Jesús J., Guariguata, Manuel R., Finegan, Bryan

“…We found evidence for differential seed survival in our study species between sites, probably related to altered mammal community composition probably as a result of hunting pressure and loss of habitat connectivity at Tirimbina with respect to La Selva.…”
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Spolmaskangrepp är ett ökande problem hos värphöns by Andreas, Wahl

“…There is an increasing need for intensified research in this area to maintain a low infection pressure and thereby avoid the associated clinical and economic problems.…”
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Movement activity and space use : how does the moose react when the tourists come? by Höög, Nora

“…Fear of predation is a major selective pressure for prey species and, although important for survival, can have adverse effects on the well-being of the animals. …”

The transition towards sustainable food systems : A study on the development of aquaponics andits market penetration in Sweden by Tarasenka, Aleksej

“…As the need for the food increases due to population growth, the activities associated with obtaining the food led to pressure on the environment. Climate change, nitrogen and phosphorus flows, ocean acidification, biodiversity loss, and extinction of species are directly related to the agri-food system. …”

H and O stable isotope compositions of different soil water types by Stoll, Martine

“…The drainage water, capillary water and tightly bound water, i.e. soil water below the pressure of pF4.2, were analysed for H and O stable isotopes. …”
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Kvinnliga skogsmaskinförare i Sverige – rekrytering och nuläge by Karlsson, Linda Maria

“…Other reasons to the shortfall are smaller youth groups, trends, urbanization, economic pressure, alone working, retirements and more. The females in the sector today only represent a small part of the workforce, and are looked upon as an unused asset. …”

Report of the Thirteenth Meeting of the CGIAR Oversight Committee by CGIAR Oversight Committee

“…Donors found themselves under increasing pressure to demonstrate the value of funds contributed.…”
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Increasing synergistic effects of habitat destruction and hunting on mammals over three decades in the Gran Chaco by Romero Muñoz, Alfredo, Benitez López, Ana, Zurell, Damaris, Baumann, Mathias, Camino, Micaela, Decarre, Julieta, del Castillo, Hugo, Giordano, Anthony J., Gómez Valencia, Bibiana, Levers, Christian, Noss, Andrew J., Quiroga, Verónica, Thompson, Jeffrey J., Torres, Ricardo, Velilla, Marianella, Weiler, Andrea, Kuemmerle, Tobias

“…First, we find that the footprints of habitat destruction and hunting pressure expanded considerably between 1985 and 2015, across ~40% of the entire Chaco – twice the área affected by deforestation. …”
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Objektiv hältbedömning av hund by Andersson, Matilda

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Industriellt samarbete för hållbar utveckling : en fallstudie om aluminiuminitiativet by Olsson, Caroline

Exposure patterns and the risk factors of Crimean Congo hemorrhagic fever virus amongst humans, livestock and selected wild animals at the human/livestock/wildlife interface in Isi... by Mukhaye, Eugine, Akoko, James M., Nyamota, Richard, Mwatondo, Athman, Muturi, Mathew, Nthiwa, D., Kirwa, Lynn J., Bargul, J.L., Abkallo, Hussein M., Bett, Bernard K.

“…In livestock, a combination of animal- and environment level factors including older animals, high normalized difference vegetation indices (NDVI) and high vapour pressure deficit were significantly associated with CCHFV infection. …”
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Wheat genetic resources have avoided disease pandemics, improved food security, and reduced environmental footprints: A review of historical impacts and future opportunities by King, Julie, Dreisigacker, Susanne, Reynolds, Matthew P., Bandyopadhyay, Anindya, Braun, Hans Joachim, Crespo-Herrera, Leonardo, Crossa, Jose, Govindan, Velu, Huerta-Espino, Julio, Ibba, Maria Itria, Robles-Zazueta, Carlos A., Saint Pierre, Carolina, Pawan Kumar Singh, Singh, Ravi P., Achary, V. Mohan Murali, Bhavani, Sridhar, Blasch, Gerald, Shifeng Cheng, Dempewolf, Hannes, Flavell, Richard B., Gerard, Guillermo S., Grewal, Surbhi, Griffiths, Simon, Hawkesford, Malcolm J., Xinyao He, Hearne, Sarah, Hodson, David P., Howell, Phil, Jalal Kamali, Mohammad Reza, Karwat, Hannes, Kilian, Benjamin, King, Ian P., Kishii, Masahiro, Kommerell, Victor Maurice, Lagudah, Evans S., Caixia Lan, Montesinos-Lopez, Osval A., Nicholson, Paul, Pérez- Rodríguez, Paulino, Pinto Espinosa, Francisco, Pixley, Kevin V., Rebetzke, Greg J., Rivera Amado, A. Carolina, Sansaloni, Carolina P., Schulthess, Urs, Sharma, Shivali, Shewry, Peter, Guntar Subbarao, Tiwari, Thakur Prasad, Trethowan, Richard M., Uauy, Cristobal

“…Without PGR-derived disease resistance, fungicide use would have easily doubled, massively increasing selection pressure for fungicide resistance. It is estimated that in wheat, a billion liters of fungicide application have been avoided just since 2000. …”
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What role for legumes in sustainable intensification? – case studies in Western Kenya and Northern Ghana for PROIntensAfrica by Marinus, W., Ronner, E., Ven, G.W.J. van de, Kanampiu, F.K., Adjei-Nsiah, Samuel, Giller, Kenneth E.

“…Important drivers of change in both Ghana and Kenya were population pressure, poor government policies and external development projects and agencies. …”
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