Environmental Conservation
SCOPUS (1974-2023)SCIE-ISI
0376-8929
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Anh Quốc
Cơ quản chủ quản: CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS , Cambridge University Press
Lĩnh vực:
Health, Toxicology and MutagenesisPollutionManagement, Monitoring, Policy and LawNature and Landscape ConservationWater Science and Technology
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A review of methods for the assessment of prediction errors in conservation presence/absence modelsPredicting the distribution of endangered species from habitat data is frequently perceived to be a useful technique. Models that predict the presence or absence of a species are normally judged by the number of prediction errors. These may be of two types: false positives and false negatives. Many of the prediction errors can be traced to ecological processes such as unsaturated habitat a... ...
Tập 24 Số 1 - Trang 38-49 - 1997
Environmental threats and environmental future of estuariesEstuaries exhibit a wide array of human impacts that can compromise their ecological integrity, because of rapid population growth and uncontrolled development in many coastal regions worldwide. Long-term environmental problems plaguing estuaries require remedial actions to improve the viability and health of these valuable coastal systems. Detailed examination of the effects of pollution ... ...
Tập 29 Số 1 - Trang 78-107 - 2002
Threats to the running water ecosystems of the worldRunning waters are perhaps the most impacted ecosystem on the planet as they have been the focus for human settlement and are heavily exploited for water supplies, irrigation, electricity generation, and waste disposal. Lotic systems also have an intimate contact with their catchments and so land-use alterations affect them directly. Here long-term trends in the factors that currently impa... ...
Tập 29 Số 2 - Trang 134-153 - 2002
Moving beyond panaceas: a multi-tiered diagnostic approach for social-ecological analysisSUMMARY Disturbances to key aspects of ecological systems, including biodiversity loss, climate change, pollution and natural resource degradation, have become a major concern to many policy analysts. Instead of learning from the study of biological complexity however, social scientists tend to recommend simple panaceas, particularly government or private ownership,... ...
Tập 37 Số 4 - Trang 451-463 - 2010
Applying the ecosystem services concept to poverty alleviation: the need to disaggregate human well-beingSUMMARY The concept of ecosystem services (ES), the benefits humans derive from ecosystems, is increasingly applied to environmental conservation, human well-being and poverty alleviation, and to inform the development of interventions. Payments for ecosystem services (PES) implicitly recognize the unequal distribution of the costs and benefits of maintaining ES, th... ...
Tập 38 Số 4 - Trang 370-379 - 2011
Saltmarshes in a time of changeSaltmarshes are a major, widely distributed, intertidal habitat. They are dynamic systems, responding to changing environmental conditions. For centuries, saltmarshes have been subject to modification or destruction because of human activity. In this review, the range of factors influencing the survival of saltmarshes is discussed. Of critical importance are changes in relative sea level a... ...
Tập 29 Số 1 - Trang 39-61 - 2002
Sustainability science: a review, an analysis and some empirical lessonsSUMMARY Sustainability science has developed from a new research field into a vibrant discipline in its own right, with scientific conferences, journals and scientific societies dedicated to its pursuit. Characterized more by its research purpose than by a common set of methods or objects, sustainability science can be subdivided into the more traditional disciplina... ...
Tập 38 Số 3 - Trang 275-287 - 2011
Brazil’s new president and ‘ruralists’ threaten Amazonia’s environment, traditional peoples and the global climateSummary Jair Bolsonaro (Brazil’s new president) and “ruralists” (large landholders and their representatives) have initiated a series of measures that threaten Amazonia’s environment and traditional peoples, as well as global climate. These include weakening the country’s environmental agencies and forest code, granting amnesty to deforestation, approving harmful ag... ...
Tập 46 Số 4 - Trang 261-263 - 2019
Knowledge exchange: a review and research agenda for environmental managementSUMMARY There is increasing emphasis on the need for effective ways of sharing knowledge to enhance environmental management and sustainability. Knowledge exchange (KE) are processes that generate, share and/or use knowledge through various methods appropriate to the context, purpose, and participants involved. KE includes concepts such as sharing, generation, copro... ...
Tập 40 Số 1 - Trang 19-36 - 2013
Bushmeat hunting by communities adjacent to the Serengeti National Park, Tanzania: the importance of livestock ownership and alternative sources of protein and incomeIllegal hunting of resident and migratory herbivores is widespread in the Serengeti National Park, Tanzania. To devise effective strategies to reduce levels of hunting, information is required on why people are involved in illegal hunting and the role of bushmeat in the local economy. Participation in hunting may be influenced by measures of relative wealth, including livestock ownership, ... ...
Tập 29 Số 3 - Trang 391-398 - 2002