Landscape change effects on habitat quality in a forest biosphere reserve: Implications for the conservation of native habitats

W Mengist, T Soromessa, GL Feyisa - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2021 - Elsevier
Anthropogenic pressures have caused spatial and temporal patterns of Land-Use Land
Cover (LULC) change. The LULC change has a significant influence on the quality of natural …

Transdisciplinary research in sustainability science: practice, principles, and challenges

DJ Lang, A Wiek, M Bergmann, M Stauffacher… - Sustainability …, 2012 - Springer
There is emerging agreement that sustainability challenges require new ways of knowledge
production and decision-making. One key aspect of sustainability science, therefore, is the …

Science with society: Evidence-based guidance for best practices in environmental transdisciplinary work

C Steger, JA Klein, RS Reid, S Lavorel, C Tucker… - Global Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
Transdisciplinary research is a promising approach to address sustainability challenges
arising from global environmental change, as it is characterized by an iterative process that …

Robust monitoring of small-scale forest disturbances in a tropical montane forest using Landsat time series

B DeVries, J Verbesselt, L Kooistra, M Herold - Remote Sensing of …, 2015 - Elsevier
Remote sensing data play an important role in the monitoring of forest changes. Methods
are needed to provide objective estimates of forest loss to support monitoring efforts at …

Performance of vegetation indices from Landsat time series in deforestation monitoring

M Schultz, JGPW Clevers, S Carter, J Verbesselt… - International journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
The performance of Landsat time series (LTS) of eight vegetation indices (VIs) was
assessed for monitoring deforestation across the tropics. Three sites were selected based …

The database of the PREDICTS (projecting responses of ecological diversity in changing terrestrial systems) project

LN Hudson, T Newbold, S Contu, SLL Hill… - Ecology and …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The PREDICTS project—Projecting Responses of Ecological Diversity In Changing
Terrestrial Systems (https://www. nhm. ac. uk/our-science/our-work/biodiversity/predicts …

Conservation of the Ethiopian church forests: threats, opportunities and implications for their management

R Aerts, K Van Overtveld, E November… - Science of the Total …, 2016 - Elsevier
In the central and northern highlands of Ethiopia, native forest and forest biodiversity is
almost confined to sacred groves associated with churches. Local communities rely on these …

Potential of coffee tourism for rural development in Ethiopia: a sustainable livelihood approach

T Woyesa, S Kumar - Environment, development and sustainability, 2021 - Springer
The issue of handling conservation and livelihood simultaneously has been a development
in debate since the 1980s. The discussion brought a sustainable livelihood framework …

Biodiversity and carbon storage co-benefits of coffee agroforestry across a gradient of increasing management intensity in the SW Ethiopian highlands

M De Beenhouwer, L Geeraert, J Mertens… - Agriculture, Ecosystems …, 2016 - Elsevier
Agroforestry has been proposed as a way to reconcile biodiversity conservation, food
production and the delivery of other ecosystem services in tropical landscapes. One such a …

Effects of coffee management intensity on composition, structure, and regeneration status of Ethiopian moist evergreen Afromontane forests

K Hundera, R Aerts, A Fontaine… - Environmental …, 2013 - Springer
The effect of arabica coffee management intensity on composition, structure, and
regeneration of moist evergreen Afromontane forests was studied in three traditional coffee …