Climate change, land, water, and food security: Perspectives From Sub-Saharan Africa

SA Ofori, SJ Cobbina, S Obiri - Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The current and projected warming of the earth is unequivocal with humans playing a strong
role as both perpetrators and victims. The warming on the African continent is projected to …

Coping strategies for individual and household‐level water insecurity: A systematic review

V Venkataramanan, SM Collins… - Wiley …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Household water insecurity is a complex socioecological challenge with a range of
consequences for health and wellbeing. Understanding individual and household‐level …

[HTML][HTML] Nature-dependent people: Mapping human direct use of nature for basic needs across the tropics

G Fedele, CI Donatti, I Bornacelly, DG Hole - Global Environmental Change, 2021 - Elsevier
Understanding where people depend the most on natural resources for their basic human
needs is crucial for planning conservation and development interventions. For some people …

Vulnerability of rural livelihoods to multiple stressors: A case study from the southwest coastal region of Bangladesh

MIM Shameem, S Momtaz, R Rauscher - Ocean & Coastal Management, 2014 - Elsevier
The coastal area of Bangladesh has been a focus of climate change and hazard research
due to its extreme vulnerability to tropical cyclones, often leading to disaster. While there …

To what extent have the links between ecosystem services and human well-being been researched in Africa, Asia, and Latin America?

GS Cruz-Garcia, E Sachet, G Blundo-Canto… - Ecosystem Services, 2017 - Elsevier
Most studies to date assume that there are multiple relationships between ecosystem
services and human well-being, but there are few studies that quantify these relationships …

[HTML][HTML] A roadmap to coastal and marine ecological restoration in Australia

MI Saunders, T Cannard, M Fischer… - … Science & Policy, 2024 - Elsevier
There is an urgent need for landscape-scale ecological restoration to reverse habitat loss
and recover ecosystem functions and services. Given the unique nature of coastal and …

Floodplains in the Anthropocene: A global analysis of the interplay between human population, built environment, and flood severity

M Mazzoleni, J Mård, M Rusca… - Water Resources …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
This study presents a global explanatory analysis of the interplay between the severity of
flood losses and human presence in floodplain areas. In particular, we relate economic …

[HTML][HTML] The use of satellite remote sensing for exploring river meander migration

GW Nagel, SE Darby, J Leyland - Earth-Science Reviews, 2023 - Elsevier
Meandering rivers are complex systems that support high rates of biodiversity and the
livelihoods of millions of inhabitants through their ecological services. Meandering rivers are …

Lake drying and livelihood dynamics in Lake Chad: Unravelling the mechanisms, contexts and responses

UT Okpara, LC Stringer, AJ Dougill - Ambio, 2016 - Springer
This article examines lake drying and livelihood dynamics in the context of multiple stressors
through a case study of the “Small Lake Chad” in the Republic of Chad. Livelihoods …

Balancing ecosystem services with energy and food security–Assessing trade-offs from reservoir operation and irrigation investments in Kenya's Tana Basin

AP Hurford, JJ Harou - Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 2014 - hess.copernicus.org
Competition for water between key economic sectors and the environment means agreeing
allocations is challenging. Managing releases from the three major dams in Kenya's Tana …