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| Liu, Jianguo; Center for Systems Integration and Sustainability, Michigan State University; liuji@msu.edu; Hull, Vanessa; Center for Systems Integration and Sustainability, Michigan State University; hullvane@msu.edu; Luo, Junyan; Center for Systems Integration and Sustainability, Michigan State University; Systems In Motion; JLuo@Entertainment.com; Yang, Wu; Center for Systems Integration and Sustainability, Michigan State University; Conservation International; yangwu1201@gmail.com; Liu, Wei; Center for Systems Integration and Sustainability, Michigan State University; International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA); wliu@helppanda.org; Vogt, Christine; Department of Community Sustainability, Michigan State University; chrisv@asu.edu; Xu, Zhenci; Center for Systems Integration and Sustainability, Michigan State University; xuzhenci@msu.edu; Yang, Hongbo; Center for Systems Integration and Sustainability, Michigan State University; yanghongbo01@gmail.com; Zhang, Jindong; Center for Systems Integration and Sustainability, Michigan State University; zhangjd224@163.com; An, Li; Department of Geography, San Diego State University; lan@mail.sdsu.edu; Chen, Xiaodong; Department of Geography, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; chenxd@email.unc.edu; Li, Shuxin; Center for Systems Integration and Sustainability, Michigan State University; lishu@msu.edu; Ouyang, Zhiyun; State Key Laboratory of Urban and Regional Ecology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences; zyouyang@rcees.ac.cn; Xu, Weihua; State Key Laboratory of Urban and Regional Ecology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences; xuweihua@rcees.ac.cn; Zhang, Hemin; Wolong Nature Reserve; 2892959098@qq.com. |
| Increasingly, the world is becoming socioeconomically and environmentally connected, but many studies have focused on human-environment interactions within a particular area. Although some studies have considered the impacts of external factors, there is little research on multiple reciprocal socioeconomic and environmental interactions between a focal area and other areas. Here we address this important knowledge gap by applying the new integrated framework of telecouplings (socioeconomic and environmental interactions between two or more areas over distances). Results show that even a protected area - i.e., the Wolong Nature Reserve for giant pandas in southwest China - has multiple telecoupling processes with the rest of the world; these include panda... |
| Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Reports |
Palavras-chave: China; Conservation; Cross-scale interactions; Environmental interactions; Giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca); Human-environment interactions; Information dissemination; Nature reserve; Socioeconomic interactions; Telecoupling; Telecoupling framework; Wolong Nature Reserve. |
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| The impacts of unregulated sport hunting can severely affect populations of target game species. Because hunting in Brazil is limited by law, obtaining data on illegal sport hunting in this country is challenging. We used an unusual online resource, YouTube™, to detect the occurrence of sport hunting in Brazil, measure the impacts of the activity on the main Brazilian game species and biomes, evaluate the opinions of hunters and internet users on sport hunting, and discuss the need for policy interventions in wildlife conservation in this country. We found 383 videos related to Brazilian sport hunting on YouTube™, accounting for more than 15 million views. Most videos were produced in the Cerrado (Brazilian savannah) and approximately... |
| Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Reports |
Palavras-chave: Bushmeat; Conservation; Mammals; Public opinion. |
| Ano: 2015 |
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| Brazil will benefit if it gains control of its vast Amazonian timber resources. Without immediate planning, the fate of much of the Amazon will be decided by predatory and largely unregulated timber interests. Logging in the Amazon is a transient process of natural resource mining. Older logging frontiers are being exhausted of timber resources and will face severe wood shortages within 5 yr. The Brazilian government can avoid the continued repetition of this process in frontier areas by establishing a network of National Forests (Florestas Nacionais or Flonas) to stabilize the timber industry and simultaneously protect large tracts of forest. Flonas currently comprise less than 2% of the Brazilian Amazon (83,000 km2). If all these forests were used for... |
| Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Reports |
Palavras-chave: Amazon; Brazil; GIS model; Conservation; Logging; National forest; Production forest; Sustainable management; Tropical forest. |
| Ano: 2002 |
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| The southern Iberian Peninsula is dominated by a savannah-like ecosystem, the montado, which is a typically Mediterranean cultural adaptation to generally poor productive areas. Montados are exploited for three main uses: forestry, agriculture, and extensive grazing, in proportions that vary according to local conditions (more or less productive land) and historical circumstances. Because these ecosystems occur over a large geographic area (they occupy some 6 million ha), biodiversity would be expected to vary among montados. However, differences in management practices may also influence species distribution. In this paper, we investigate differences in plant and bird species diversity among 60 montados distributed all across southern Portugal. The... |
| Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Reports |
Palavras-chave: Biodiversity; Birds; Conservation; Ecological concordance; Human versus nature; Montados; Plants. |
| Ano: 2003 |
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| Merenlender, Adina; University of California, Berkeley; adina@nature.berkeley.edu; Kremen, Claire; Center for Conservation Biology and Wildlife Conservation Society; ckremen@leland.Stanford.EDU; Rakotondratsima, Marius; Wildlife Conservation Society, Madagascar; mphrl@ukc.ac.uk; Weiss, Andrew; Center for Conservation Biology; aweiss@bing.stanford.edu. |
| Monitoring the influence of human actions on flagship species is an important part of conserving biodiversity, because the information gained is crucial for the development and adaptation of conservation management plans. On the Masoala Peninsula in Madagascar, we are monitoring the two largest prosimian species, Eulemur fulvus albifrons and Varecia variegata rubra, at disturbed and undisturbed forest sites to determine if extraction of forest resources has a significant impact on the population viability of these species. To test the sensitivity of lemur species to routine extraction of natural resources by local villagers, we compared population demography and density for both species across six study sites, using a new census technique. Three of the... |
| Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Reports |
Palavras-chave: Biodiversity; Buffer zone; Census techniques; Conservation; Eulemur fulvus albifrons; GIS; Lemurs; Madagascar; National park; Natural resource extraction; Primate; Protected area management; Varecia variegata rubra. |
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| Donovan, Shannon M; University of Idaho; shannon_donovan@yahoo.com; Looney, Chris; University of Idaho; clooney@vandals.uidaho.edu; Hanson, Thor; University of Idaho; thor@rockisland.com; Wulfhorst, J. D.; University of Idaho; jd@uidaho.edu; Eigenbrode, Sanford D; University of Idaho; sanforde@uidaho.edu; Jennings, Michael; The Nature Conservancy; mjennings@tnc.org; Johnson-Maynard, Jodi; University of Idaho; jmaynard@uidaho.edu. |
| The Palouse region of southeastern Washington State and an adjacent portion of northern Idaho is a working landscape dominated by agricultural production, with less than 1% of the original bunchgrass prairie remaining. Government agencies and conservation groups have begun efforts to conserve Palouse prairie remnants, but they lack critical information about attitudes and perceptions among local landowners toward biological conservation. Knowledge about the location and condition of native biological communities also remains sparse. Using a bioregional approach, we integrated data collected through biological surveys and social interviews to investigate relationships between biologically and socially meaningful aspects of the landscape. We combined GIS... |
| Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Reports |
Palavras-chave: Landscape; Participatory research; Spatial mapping; Biodiversity; Conservation; Private lands. |
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| Newton, Adrian C; Bournemouth University; anewton@bournemouth.ac.uk; Marshall, Elaine; UNEP-World Conservation Monitoring Centre; elaine.marshall@unep-wcmc.org; Schreckenberg, Kathrin; Overseas Development Institute; KSchreckenberg@odi.org.uk; Golicher, Duncan; El Colegio de la Frontera Sur; dgoliche@sclc.ecosur.mx; te Velde, Dirk W; Overseas Development Institute; dwtevelde@odi.org.uk; Edouard, Fabrice; Methodus Consultora;; Arancibia, Erik; ;. |
| Commercialization of non-timber forest products (NTFPs) has been widely promoted as a means of sustainably developing tropical forest resources, in a way that promotes forest conservation while supporting rural livelihoods. However, in practice, NTFP commercialization has often failed to deliver the expected benefits. Progress in analyzing the causes of such failure has been hindered by the lack of a suitable framework for the analysis of NTFP case studies, and by the lack of predictive theory. We address these needs by developing a probabilistic model based on a livelihood framework, enabling the impact of NTFP commercialization on livelihoods to be predicted. The framework considers five types of capital asset needed to support livelihoods: natural,... |
| Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Reports |
Palavras-chave: Conservation; NTFP; Sustainable development; Tropical forest. |
| Ano: 2006 |
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| Shirey, Patrick D.; University of Notre Dame, Department of Biological Sciences; Ecology Policy LLC; patrickdshirey@gmail.com; Brueseke, Michael A.; University of Notre Dame, Department of Biological Sciences; mbruesek@nd.edu; Kenny, Jillian B.; University of Notre Dame, Department of Biological Sciences; World Resources Institute; jkenny0803@gmail.com; Lamberti, Gary A.; University of Notre Dame, Department of Biological Sciences; glambert@nd.edu. |
| At a global scale, aquatic ecosystems are being altered by human activities at a greater rate than at any other time in history. In recent years, grassroots efforts have generated interest in the restoration of degraded or destroyed aquatic habitats, especially small wetlands and streams where such projects are feasible with local resources. We present ecological management lessons learned from 17 years of monitoring the fish community response to the channel relocation and reach-level restoration of Juday Creek, a 3rd-order tributary of the St. Joseph River in Indiana, USA. The project was designed to increase habitat complexity, reverse the effects of accumulated fine sediment (< 2 mm diameter), and mitigate for the impacts of a new golf course... |
| Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Reports |
Palavras-chave: Conservation; Fisheries; Long-term monitoring; Restoration planning; Stream ecology. |
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| Levin, Phillip S.; NOAA Fisheries, Northwest Fisheries Science Center; phil.levin@noaa.gov; Azose, Joel; NOAA Fisheries, Northwest Fisheries Science Center, Conservation Biology Division;; Anderson, Sean; Environmental Science and Resource Management Program, California State University Channel Islands; sean.anderson@csuci.edu. |
| As a response to widespread concern about the state of marine ecosystems and the perceived failure of existing policies, many organizations are developing market-based instruments that promote sustainability. Eco-standards such as shopping guides, eco-labels, and stewardship certifications are now commonplace. However, in many cultures dietary guidelines have existed for thousands of years, and anthropologists have argued that such dietary rules emerged to reduce environmental impacts by encouraging exploitation of productive species, increasing ecological efficiency, or decreasing harvest of apex predators. We explored some of the environmental consequences for marine and aquatic systems of one of the more familiar ancient dietary traditions, keeping... |
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Palavras-chave: Carbon footprint; Conservation; Eco-label; Kosher; Marine conservation; Religion; Sustainability. |
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