Biodiversity's contributions to sustainable development

M Blicharska, RJ Smithers, G Mikusiński… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
International concern to develop sustainably challenges us to act upon the inherent links
between our economy, society and environment, and is leading to increasing …

How does agricultural specialization affect carbon emissions in China?

R Wang, Y Zhang, C Zou - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2022 - Elsevier
Agricultural carbon emissions have long attracted scholars' interest. In recent decades,
China has gradually explored the path of agricultural specialization without large-scale …

Beyond banning wildlife trade: COVID-19, conservation and development

D Roe, A Dickman, R Kock, EJ Milner-Gulland… - World Development, 2020 - Elsevier
One of the immediate responses to COVID-19 has been a call to ban wildlife trade given the
suspected origin of the pandemic in a Chinese market selling and butchering wild animals …

Conservation, ecotourism, poverty, and income inequality–A case study of nature reserves in Qinling, China

B Ma, Z Cai, J Zheng, Y Wen - World Development, 2019 - Elsevier
The impacts of nature reserves (NRs) and ecotourism on local economies are considered
controversial. By surveying households residing inside and outside of six giant panda NRs …

Knowledge of Colombian biodiversity: published and indexed

E Arbeláez-Cortés - Biodiversity and conservation, 2013 - Springer
Documenting patterns of published studies on the biodiversity of megadiverse countries can
offer valuable insights on global biodiversity knowledge. Here, I present results from a …

Changing landscapes, livelihoods and village welfare in the context of oil palm development

T Santika, KA Wilson, E Meijaard, S Budiharta, EE Law… - Land Use Policy, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract The United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals underscore the need for
improved understanding of relationships between changes in landscapes, livelihoods, and …

Forest cover associated with improved child health and nutrition: evidence from the Malawi Demographic and Health Survey and satellite data

KB Johnson, A Jacob, ME Brown - Global Health: Science and …, 2013 - ghspjournal.org
Healthy forests provide human communities with a host of important ecosystem services,
including the provision of food, clean water, fuel, and natural medicines. Yet globally, about …

[HTML][HTML] Economic and ecological trade-offs of agricultural specialization at different spatial scales

S Klasen, KM Meyer, C Dislich, M Euler, H Faust… - Ecological …, 2016 - Elsevier
Specialization in agricultural systems can lead to trade-offs between economic gains and
ecosystem functions. We suggest and explore a conceptual framework in which economic …

Arguments for and against IUCN protected area management category VI with a review of state versus community governance

CL Shafer - Journal for Nature Conservation, 2020 - Elsevier
My goal in Shafer (2015) was to bring attention to the questionable effectiveness of IUCN
protected area (PA) Categories V-VI in preserving biological diversity. I also argued that the …

Complex problems and unchallenged solutions: Bringing ecosystem governance to the forefront of the UN sustainable development goals

L Vasseur, D Horning, M Thornbush… - Ambio, 2017 - Springer
Sustainable development aims at addressing economic, social, and environmental
concerns, but the current lack of responsive environmental governance hinders progress …