Resultados de búsqueda - Ecology Generation

What shapes the intraspecific diversity of vegetables: A case study of pumpkin in Northern Vietnam por Nguyen, Thi Phuong, Struik, Paul C., Almekinders, Conny J. M., Swaans, Kees, Vu, Thanh Hai, Stomph, Tjeerd-Jan

“…Per household three cultivars were grown on average and allocated to specific ecological locations, which were decided based on use value (income generating, home and/or livestock food sources), land availability, and companion crops (e.g., orchards and maize). …”
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Ekologisk dagvattenhantering (ED) i Stockholms Stad : en studie om kommunens arbete mot en miljövänligare dagvattenhantering por Karlsson, Emma

Assessing the economic viability of alternative water resources in water-scarce regions: Combining economic valuation, cost-benefit analysis and discounting por Birol, Ekin, Koundouri, Phoebe, Kountouris, Yiannis

“…This paper demonstrates a comprehensive methodology for assessing the viability of an environmental management plan that has long-run economic and ecological impacts. The case study under consideration is the implementation of a water resource management plan in a water-scarce region of the world, namely Cyprus. …”
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SE4RL: piloting alternative models of solarization por Kuriachen, Philip

“…Solar irrigation enterprises have generated approximately cumulative revenue of 0.5 million rupees while reducing irrigation expenditure of water buyers by 80,000 rupees. …”
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Wild logging: the rise and fall of logging networks and biodiversity conservation projects on Sumatra’s rainforest frontier por McCarthy, J.F.

“…Extra-legal logging generates revenue for local clientele networks and the district budget and offers impoverished villagers viable survival strategies, but threatens the ecological future of Indonesia’s once vast forests. …”
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The challenges of applying planetary boundaries as a basis for strategic decision-making in companies with global supply chains por Clift, R., Sim, S., King, H., Chenoweth, J.L., Christie, I., Clavreul, J., Mueller, C., Boulay, A., Chaplin-Kramer, Rebecca, Chatterton, J., DeClerck, Fabrice A.J., Druckman, A., France, C., Franco, A., Gerten, D., Goedkoop, M., Hauschild, M.Z., Huijbregts, M.A.J., Koellner, T., Lambin, E.F.B., Lee, J., Mair, S, Marshall, S., Mila i Canals, L., Mitchell, C., Posthuma, L., Price, E., Rockström, Johan, Suckling, J., Murphy, R.

“…The Planetary Boundaries (PB) framework represents a significant advance in specifying the ecological constraints on human development. However, to enable decision-makers in business and public policy to respect these constraints in strategic planning, the PB framework needs to be developed to generate practical tools. …”
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Efficient CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing in alfalfa using a public germplasm por Bottero, Ana Emilia, Massa, Gabriela Alejandra, Gonzalez, Matías Nicolás, Stritzler, Margarita, Tajima, Hiromi, Gomez, Maria Cristina, Frare, Romina Alejandra, Feingold, Sergio Enrique, Blumwald, Eduardo, Ayub, Nicolás Daniel, Soto, Gabriela Cynthia

“…Despite its economic and ecological relevance, alfalfa genetics remains poorly understood, limiting the development of public elite germplasm. …”
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Naturen som förebild por Lange, Hanna

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Reduce, reuse, redeem: Deposit-refund recycling programs in the presence of alternatives por Berck, Peter, Sears, Molly, Taylor, Rebecca L. C., Trachtman, Carly, Villas-Boas, Sofia B.

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Evaluating willingness to contribute to a local public good: Application of contingent valuation to tsetse control in Ethiopia por Swallow, B.M., Mulatu, W.

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Farmers' knowledge of tree attributes and shade canopy management of cocoa agroforestry systems in Waslala, Nicaragua por Silva Aguad, Claudia P.

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A genetic approach to the species problem in wild potato por Camadro, Elsa Lucila, Erazzu, Luis Ernesto, Maune, Juan Federico, Bedogni, Maria Cecilia

“…Wild potatoes are native to the Americas, where they present very wide geographical and ecological distribution. Most are diploid, obligate out‐crossers due to a multiallelic gametophytic self‐incompatibility (S) locus that prevents self‐fertilisation and crossing between individuals carrying identical S‐alleles. …”
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Farm typology analysis and technology assessment: an application in an arid region of South Asia por Kumar, S., Craufurd, Peter Q., Haileslassie, Amare, Ramilan, T., Rathore, A., Whitbread, Anthony M.

“…The study demonstrated the utility of a mixed-methods approach that addresses multi-dimensional heterogeneity to generate insights and assist in co-designing locally appropriate technologies across different farm types and agro-ecological regions to achieve sustainable intensification.…”
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A conceptual framework of living labs for people: Fostering innovations for low emissions food systems and social equity por Rietveld, Anne M., Haberman, Birgit, Nehring, Ryan, Zhang, Wei, Falk, Thomas, Kibet, Walter

“…The practical experience from applying this framework in the four case studies will generate learnings about alternative pathways for other Living Labs focused on low-emission food system development and social equity.…”
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What monetary incentives are rice farmers willing to accept to stop straw burning? Evidence from a choice experiment in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam por Cuong, Ong Quoc, Demont, Matty, Pabuayon, Isabelita M., Depositario, Dinah Pura T.

“…Producing rice generates straw, which is often conveniently burned, causing substantial atmospheric pollution. …”
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Polycentricity and multi-stakeholder platforms: Governance of the commons in India por ElDidi, Hagar, Rawat, Shivanyaa, Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S., Chaturvedi, Rahul

“…Multi-stakeholder platforms (MSPs) have generated considerable attention as a way to address these tensions among multiple and overlapping decision-making centers operating on different administrative levels and scales. …”
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Tracking Rangeland Degradation from Prosopis Invasion in Kenyan Rangeland: A Multi-Source Approach Combining Remote Sensing, Machine Learning and Citizen Science por Cherotich, Fredah, Galgallo, Diba, Dhulipala, Ram, Whitbread, Anthony M, Paliwal, Ambica

“…This study presents an integrative approach that combines satellite remote sensing, machine learning, and participatory GIS (PGIS) to de-tect and map the spatial extent and socio-ecological impacts of Prosopis juliflora in Baringo County, Kenya. …”
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Benefits and shortcomings of decentralised forest management in Burkina Faso por Bouda, Z.H.N., Tiveau, D., Savadogo, P., Ouédraogo, B.

“…In return, joint forest management generates benefits to local people through socio-economic infrastructure, wood and non-wood forest products, to the local government through tax collection systems, and to the forest through some extent improved ecological sustainability. …”
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Using case studies for enhancing capacity in managing forest genetic resources por Boshier, D., Bozzano, M., Loo, J., Rudebjer, P.G., Cordero, J.

“…Each case study provides genetic, ecological and socioeconomic information as a basis for students’ analysis. …”
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Climate change disproportionately increases herbivore over plant or parasitoid biomass por Sassi, Claudio de, Tylianakis, Jason M.

“…We found that higher temperatures and elevated nitrogen generated a multitrophic community that was increasingly dominated by herbivores. …”
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