Advancing systematic conservation planning for ecosystem services

J Villarreal-Rosas, LJ Sonter, RK Runting… - Trends in Ecology & …, 2020 - cell.com
Conservation and sustainable management activities are critical for enhancing ecosystem
services. Systematic conservation planning (SCP) is a spatial decision support process used …

[HTML][HTML] Bibliometric analysis and systematic review of indigenous knowledge from a comparative African perspective: 1990–2020

OL Malapane, W Musakwa, N Chanza… - Land, 2022 - mdpi.com
Globally, indigenous knowledge (IK) has been shown to be a critical factor in economic
growth and sustainable development and is as important as scientific knowledge. However …

The last continuous grasslands on Earth: Identification and conservation importance

R Scholtz, D Twidwell - Conservation Science and Practice, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Grasslands are the most threatened and least protected biome. Yet, no study has been
conducted to identify the last remaining continuous grasslands on Earth. Here, we used …

[HTML][HTML] Change in terrestrial human footprint drives continued loss of intact ecosystems

BA Williams, O Venter, JR Allan, SC Atkinson… - One Earth, 2020 - cell.com
Human pressure mapping is important for understanding humanity's role in shaping Earth's
patterns and processes. Our ability to map this influence has evolved, thanks to powerful …

Hierarchical nanoarchitecture of zirconium phosphate/graphene oxide: Robust electrochemical platform for detection of fenitrothion

T Kokulnathan, TJ Wang, N Duraisamy… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2021 - Elsevier
We report the rational design of nanocomposite with zirconium phosphate encapsulated on
graphene oxide (ZrP/GO) for the highly sensitive and selective analysis of fenitrothion (FT) …

Global implications of crop‐based bioenergy with carbon capture and storage for terrestrial vertebrate biodiversity

SV Hanssen, ZJN Steinmann, V Daioglou… - GCB …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) based on purpose‐grown
lignocellulosic crops can provide negative CO2 emissions to mitigate climate change, but its …

[HTML][HTML] Legally binding and ambitious biodiversity protection under the CBD, the global biodiversity framework, and human rights law

F Ekardt, P Günther, K Hagemann, B Garske… - Environmental Sciences …, 2023 - Springer
Beyond climate change, the planet faces several other environmental challenges that are at
least as threatening, such as the loss of biodiversity. In each case, the problems are driven …

How do carbon emissions, economic growth, population growth, trade openness and employment influence food security? Recent evidence from the East Africa

EB Ntiamoah, AA Chandio, EN Yeboah… - … Science and Pollution …, 2023 - Springer
East Africa has a substantially greater rate of food insecurity than other regions of the world.
Scenarios of climate change and other macroeconomic variables are important contributors …

Global drivers of change across tropical savannah ecosystems and insights into their management and conservation

BA Williams, JEM Watson, HL Beyer, HS Grantham… - Biological …, 2022 - Elsevier
All tropical savannahs are experiencing extensive transformation and degradation, yet
conservation strategies do not adequately address threats to savannahs. Here, using a …

Characterizing historical transformation trajectories of the forest landscape in Rome's metropolitan area (Italy) for effective planning of sustainability goals

F Solano, S Praticò, G Piovesan… - Land Degradation & …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
With the aim at developing a landscape dynamics framework for environmental planning
and management and testing the effectiveness of protected areas in achieving the 2030 …