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Designer landscapes for sustainable biofuels by Koh, L.P., Levang, P., Ghazoul, J.

“…We evaluate the prospects of land sparing and wildlife-friendly farming, two contrasting approaches for reducing the impacts of oil palm agriculture. …”
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Biodiversity and agricultural sustainagility: from assessment to adaptive management by Jackson, L., Noordwijk, Meine van, Bengtsson, J., Foster, W., Lipper, Leslie, Pulleman, Mirjam Margreet, Said, Mohammed Yahya, Snaddon, J., Vodouhe, R.S.

“…With three examples, the use and conservation of agrobiodiversity is explored along temporal, spatial, and human institutional scales for its role in sustainagility: first, farmers’ seed systems; second, complex pollination systems; and third, wildlife conservation in agricultural areas with high poverty. …”
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Local habitat choice of Puumala virus (PUUV) seropositive bank voles (Myodes glareolus) in Northern Sweden by Monroe, Melanie

Effect of variant ovarian fluid on sperm performance and egg fertilization rates of Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus L.) by Mabo, Lwabanya

Can ambient temperature patterns predict fireweed phenology? by Chaimungkhun Johansson, Jennifer

Fire effects in a landscape of fear : food availability and perceived predation risk as potential determinants of patch utilization by herbivore prey by Kymmell, David

“…This cascading effect of forest fires might have implications on future ecosystem functioning in the burned area, and more knowledge about the effects of landscape features on predator‐prey interactions is needed to adapt conservation and wildlife management policies, to the changing climate. …”

Species composition and age ratio of rock ptarmigan (Lagopus muta) and willow grouse (Lagopus lagopus) shot or snared in the county of Västerbotten by Brandt, Alisa

“…Hunting has a long tradition in Sweden and is also nowadays well established in society, provides considerable income through hunting tourism and functions as an important wildlife management and conservation tool. The most popular game species in the Swedish mountains are willow grouse (Lagopus lagopus) and rock ptarmigan (Lagopus muta). …”
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Using the One Health approach to prevent and manage zoonotic diseases by Bett, Bernard K.

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Frameworks Regulating Hunting for Meat in Tropical Countries Leave the Sector in the Limbo by Vliet, N. van, Antunes, A.P., Constantino, P.A.L., Gómez, J., Santos Fita, D., Sartoretto, E.

“…We use contemporary examples from Latin America and Africa described in detail in publications ranging from 2015 to 2018, to illustrate the need for legal reforms that clarify the rights to sell surplus of meat and align land tenure rights with wildlife use rights to suggest a new definition of subsistence hunting which accounts for the realities of communities from different cultural backgrounds.…”
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Grasslands Stewards of East Africa: Voices of Pastoralists and Scientists by International Livestock Research Institute

“…Hear directly from East African pastoralists Mary Letirok, a Samburu pastoralist, and Nickson ole Parmisa, a Masai livestock pastoralist and honorary wildlife warden in the Kitengela rangelands of Kenya. …”
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Solomon Islands National Information Strategy: To Empower All Communities To Better Manage Their Marine Resources by Eriksson, Hampus

“…This National Information Strategy was developed in consultation with the Solomon Islands Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources (MFMR) and Ministry of Environment, Climate Change, Disaster Management and Meteorology (MECDM), and its national partners, WorldFish (WF), World Wildlife Fund (WWF-Pacific), and regional partners, the Pacific Community (SPC) and the Locally-Managed Marine Area Network International (LMMA). …”
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Chitetezo Cooperative Federation Proof of Concept: Legume Value Chains, Changing Lives, Protecting Nature by Zulu, Samuel

“…It also provides market opportunities for smallholder farmers by selling a variety of nature-based food products through a country-wide retail brand, "It’s Wild", and linking to carbon markets with positive conservation outcomes, including more trees, more wildlife, and healthier soils. COMACO is working with 230,000 registered farmers. …”
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Community, conservation and climate-smart agriculture work hand in hand in northern Kenya by Nzuki, Esther Ndumi, Nderi, Alex Nduah, Gichunge Kathure, Karen, Ogutu, Elizabeth, Waswa, Boaz Shaban, Kasura, Stella

“…A strategic partnership between Lewa Wildlife Conservancy (LEWA) and the Accelerating Impacts of CGIAR Climate Research for Africa (AICCRA) is driving the adoption of climate-smart agriculture (CSA) in northern Kenya. …”
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The power of partnerships: CSA transforming lives in northern Kenya by Nzuki, Esther Ndumi, Nderi, Alex Nduah, Ogutu, Elizabeth, Lawrence Riungu

“…In 2023, Lewa Wildlife Conservancy (LEWA) partnered with the Accelerating Impacts of CGIAR Climate Research for Africa (AICCRA) to scale climate-smart agriculture (CSA) in northern Kenya. …”
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Pedoman pembalakan berdampak rendah untuk hutan dipterocarpa lahan rendah dan bukit di Indonesia by Dykstra, D.P., Sist, P., Fimbel, R.

“…It is anticipated that through the implementation and supervision of the RIL practices described in this document, the timber concession operators (INHUTANI II) can expect to: reduce disturbances to soil and residual vegetation by at least 50% in comparison to conventional logging operations where these guidelines are not applied; limit overall direct impacts to the forest <25%; conserve wildlife and other forest resources, including non-timber forest products, threatened and endangered species, keystone plant resources, and water; diminish direct logging costs by at least 15%; and protect the long-term integrity and value of the permanent forest estate.…”
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Assessing intergenerational access to resources: using criteria and indicators in West Kalimantan, Indonesia by Colfer, C.J.P., Wadley, R.L., Harwell, E., Prabhu, Ravi

“…This chapter makes use of data from research conducted in 1996 in and around Danau Sentarum Wildlife Reserve in West Kalimantan, Indonesia. Its initial purpose was to contribute to the development of principles, criteria and indicators for sustainable forest management. …”
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Empowering communities in Zimbabwe - new configurations of power by Campbell, Bruce M., Sithole, B., Nemarundwe, N.

“…In Gokwe and Sengwe/Chikwarakwara the high value timber and wildlife resources, respectively, are dealt with by the rural district council (RDC) and the private entrepreneurs. …”
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Rural–urban migration brings conservation threats and opportunities to Amazonian watersheds by Parry, L., Peres, C.A., Day, B., Amaral, S.

“…The permanently inhabited extent of rivers contracted by 33 ± 8 SE% in recent decades, and households farther upriver were more likely to be considering rural–urban migration.However, harvesting of aquatic and terrestrial wildlife by nonresidents continued into headwater regions, hundreds of kilometers beyond the last household on any given river. …”
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Zoonoses of poverty: Measuring and managing the multiple burdens of zoonoses and poverty by Grace, Delia

“…In addition to human health burdens, zoonoses reduce livestock productivity and are important barriers to trade in livestock products, as well as causing more difficult to quantify harms such as spillover to wildlife populations. These additional impacts also contribute to poverty in developing countries. …”
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A framework for selecting and designing policies to reduce marine plastic pollution in developing countries by Alpízar, F., Carlsson, F., Lanza, G., Carney, B., Daniels, R.C., Jaime, M., Ho, T., Nie, Z., Salazar, C., Tibesigwa, B., Wahdera, S.

“…The polluting of marine ecosystems with plastics is both a global and a local problem with potentially severe consequences for wildlife, economic activity, and human health. It is a problem that originates in countries inability to adequately manage the growing flow of waste. …”
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