Linking the nonmaterial dimensions of human-nature relations and human well-being through cultural ecosystem services

LTM Huynh, A Gasparatos, J Su, R Dam Lam… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
Nature contributes substantially to human well-being through its diverse material and
nonmaterial contributions. However, despite the growing literature on the nonmaterial …

Local food security impacts of biofuel crop production in southern Africa

A Gasparatos, S Mudombi, BS Balde… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
Biofuels have been promoted as a renewable energy option in many countries, but have
also faced extensive scrutiny over their sustainability. Food security is perhaps the most …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of land use types on soil quality dynamics in a tropical sub-humid ecosystem, western Ethiopia

Y Leul, M Assen, S Damene, A Legass - Ecological Indicators, 2023 - Elsevier
Soil quality degrades when natural forests are converted to human-managed ecosystems.
Limited empirical evidence of such soil quality changes has been observed in tropical sub …

How do large-scale agricultural investments affect land use and the environment on the western slopes of Mount Kenya? Empirical evidence based on small-scale …

JG Zaehringer, G Wambugu, B Kiteme… - Journal of environmental …, 2018 - Elsevier
Africa has been heavily targeted by large-scale agricultural investments (LAIs) throughout
the last decade, with scarcely known impacts on local social-ecological systems. In Kenya, a …

Competition between biofuel feedstock and food production: Empirical evidence from sugarcane outgrower settings in Malawi

R Herrmann, C Jumbe, M Bruentrup… - Biomass and Bioenergy, 2018 - Elsevier
This paper analyses the implications of the expansion of biofuel feedstock production in
Malawi on local food crop production. This represents a trade-off between two provisioning …

[HTML][HTML] Relationship between ecosystem services and farmers' well-being in the Yellow River Wetland Nature Reserve of China

P Zhang, X Li, Y Yu - Ecological Indicators, 2023 - Elsevier
Understanding the coupling relationship between ecosystem services and farmers' well-
being in the Yellow River Wetland Nature Reserve plays an important strategic role in …

Food security impacts of industrial crop production in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review of the impact mechanisms

MP Jarzebski, A Ahmed, YA Boafo, BS Balde… - Food Security, 2020 - Springer
A number of industrial crops have been promoted in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) to meet a
range of policy objectives including economic growth, rural development, agricultural …

A bibliographic review of the relationship between ecosystem services and human well-being

Y Zhou, Q Huang, C He, P Chen, D Yin, Y Zhou… - Environment …, 2024 - Springer
Although the relationship between ecosystem services and human well-being (REH) has
been widely recognized and has become an important basis for policy-making, a …

Location assessment for producing biodiesel fuel from Jatropha Curcas in Iran

F Najafi, A Sedaghat, A Mostafaeipour, A Issakhov - Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Biofuels are considered renewable sources of energy which can replace fossil fuels using
naturally extracted fuels from the environment to fulfil growing demands for energy in …

[HTML][HTML] Life cycle assessment of biodiesel production from selected second-generation feedstocks

T Tibesigwa, B Iezzi, TH Lim, JB Kirabira… - Cleaner Engineering and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Biodiesel has the potential to substitute conventional diesel and reduce global transport-
related greenhouse gas emissions. In this study, the environmental impacts of biodiesel …