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Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Ben Filewod, Geoff McCarney
Summary: With nature-based offsets becoming crucial for achieving short-term climate objectives, ensuring their effectiveness in reducing emissions is crucial. However, the interventions used for generating offsets can lead to unintentional carbon leakage and hinder mitigation efforts. This article argues that current practices for addressing leakage are ineffective and proposes an alternative approach based on a new conceptual framework. Additionally, three principles are outlined to enhance the credibility of nature-based offsets without compromising further investment in nature-based solutions.
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Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology
Liyuan Yuan, Yongchao Gao, Fangyan Cheng, Jianhua Du, Zhen Hu, Xiaodong Yang, Hui Wang, Xue Kong, Zhaoyang Fu, Wei Wang, Luchun Duan, Yanju Liu, Ravi Naidu
Summary: This study explores the impact of oil exploitation on vegetation through field investigation and remote sensing image analysis. The study found that crude oil leakage has a negative effect on plant growth and quantity, and different species have different tolerance to crude oil. The study also found that high-resolution remote sensing images can accurately identify aboveground objects and have a high correlation with field investigation results.
ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY & INNOVATION
(2022)
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Environmental Sciences
Siqing Zhao, Xiang Zhao, Jiacheng Zhao, Naijing Liu, Mengmeng Sun, Baohui Mu, Na Sun, Yinkun Guo
Summary: This study proposes an effectiveness score to assess the effectiveness of national nature reserves (NNRs) in Inner Mongolia in grassland protection. The results show that most of the NNRs are effective in protecting the grasslands and contribute to an increase in sustainable trends and greening. Different types of protection measures have varying levels of effectiveness.
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Ernest F. Asamoah, Joseph M. Maina
Summary: Nature-based climate solutions (NCS) are important for reducing climate change, but their practical implementation is hindered by a lack of understanding of the biophysical, social, and political contexts. This study identifies socioeconomic and ecological factors that may promote NCS implementation in developing countries, finding that food insecurity hotspots and poor governance structures impede NCS projects.
Review
Environmental Sciences
Jacqualyn Eales, Alison Bethel, James Fullam, Sandra Olmesdahl, Prawestari Wulandari, Ruth Garside
Summary: The study focuses on the interaction between marine conservation management and the health and well-being of coastal communities in Southeast Asia. Through a systematic review, it identifies knowledge gaps and calls for further research to explore these connections.
ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL
(2021)
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Environmental Sciences
Jin Zhang, Cunyong Ju, Tijiu Cai, Houcai Sheng, Xia Jing
Summary: This study evaluates the conservation effectiveness of two types of protected areas in Heilongjiang Province, China and reveals their differences. The findings provide a scientifically rigorous assessment method for evaluating the conservation effectiveness of different types of protected areas and offer theoretical and practical guidance for future conservation strategies.
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Biodiversity Conservation
Yuanchao Gong, Yang Li, Linxiu Zhang, Yan Sun
Summary: This study found that employees can be positively affected by informally acquired nature education in terms of increased ecological conservation behaviors. The underlying mechanism driving this positive effect is that employees' indirectly acquired nature education can enhance their environmental competence, leading to improved self-efficacy. Therefore, more attention and emphasis should be placed on employees' informal learning in nature education.
GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION
(2021)
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Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence
Yongchao Liu, Qidan Zhu, Guoxing Wen
Summary: An adaptive optimized control scheme based on neural networks is developed for perturbed strict-feedback nonlinear systems. The scheme employs an optimized backstepping technique and a disturbance observer to enhance system robustness.
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON NEURAL NETWORKS AND LEARNING SYSTEMS
(2022)
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Mathematics, Applied
Muhammad Azeem, Muhammad Asif, Muhammad Ilyas, Muhammad Rafiq, Shabir Ahmad
Summary: This paper introduces a new modified systematic sampling method for linear trend situations and demonstrates its efficiency through data comparison. The findings suggest that the new method is more efficient in handling linear trends than existing methods.
Review
Forestry
Sarah Wolff, Joerg Schweinle
Summary: This article conducted a systematic literature review on the impacts of forest certification on forest degradation, deforestation, and economic viability. Based on an analysis of 98 empirical studies, the article provides an overview of the findings, including geographical distribution, indicators considered, and certification schemes assessed. The study found that forest certification has been more extensively studied in relation to forest degradation compared to deforestation and economic viability. The impacts of forest certification on deforestation, forest degradation, and economic viability were found to be positive-neutral, positive-neutral-mixed, and positive-negative-mixed respectively. While no specific region or certification scheme was found to be consistently linked to impact, the study highlights the need for further research.
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Environmental Sciences
Jian Lina, Shuang Liuna, Tao Hong, Weibin You, Xisheng Hu
Summary: The study shows that the forest loss rates inside China's nature reserves are significantly lower than those outside, and leakage is not common in the buffer zones. Although there is a slight increasing trend in forest loss and leakage is observed in certain areas of some reserves, overall, the protection measures have been successful.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2022)
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Biodiversity Conservation
Margareth Duran-Izquierdo, Jesus Olivero-Verbel
Summary: The Sierra Nevada of Santa Marta (SNSM) in Colombia is considered the world's most irreplaceable nature reserve, facing significant impacts from driving forces such as mining projects, water management, agricultural systems, tourism, territorial conflicts and climate change. The multiple pressures derived from these activities have altered the ecosystem's homeostasis and reduced the ecosystem services it provides, highlighting the need for governmental measures towards conservation and sustainable development approaches involving local indigenous communities.
GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION
(2021)
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Menghan Qiu, Ruiliang Liu, Xingyuan Li, Linyao Du, Qiurong Ruan, A. Mark Pollard, Shanjia Zhang, Xiao Yuan, Fengwen Liu, Gang Li, Gaojun Li, Zhimin Jiao, Jiaming Luo, Shengqian Chen, Xiaoyan Yang, Yongqiang Wang, Jianye Han, Fahu Chen, Guanghui Dong
Summary: The earliest systematic exploitation of coal for fuel has been discovered at the Jirentaigoukou site in Xinjiang, China, dating back to approximately 3600 years ago. This finding extends the upper limit of coal fuel exploitation by about a millennium and demonstrates the transition of energy sources under intense conflict between social demand and environmental deterioration.
Review
Health Care Sciences & Services
Hannes Ulrich, Ann-Kristin Kock-Schoppenhauer, Noemi Deppenwiese, Robert Gott, Jori Kern, Martin Lablans, Raphael W. Majeed, Mark R. Stohr, Jurgen Stausberg, Julian Varghese, Martin Dugas, Josef Ingenerf
Summary: Metadata is crucial for data identification and classification in various research areas. However, the definition of metadata is not always clear, and its reuse poses challenges. This study aimed to understand metadata definition and challenges through a systematic literature review, resulting in a clear set of definitions and an overview of standards, use cases, problems, and solutions.
JOURNAL OF MEDICAL INTERNET RESEARCH
(2022)
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Environmental Sciences
Yue Liu, Wenwu Zhao, Zhijie Zhang, Ting Hua, Carla Sofia Santos Ferreira
Summary: Establishing nature reserves is a common method to prevent biodiversity loss and degradation of ecosystem services. This study evaluates the effectiveness of 75 nature reserves in China in maintaining ecosystem services from 2000 to 2020 and identifies the main influencing factors. The results show that over 80% of the nature reserves have positive ecosystem service effectiveness, with older reserves exhibiting better effectiveness. The effectiveness of different ecosystem services varies over time and is closely related to elevation, precipitation, and perimeter area ratio. These findings provide important information for site selection and management of nature reserves to improve ecosystem service delivery.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(2023)
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Forestry
Adewole Olagoke, Christophe Proisy, Jean-Baptiste Feret, Elodie Blanchard, Francois Fromard, Ulf Mehlig, Moirah Machado de Menezes, Valdenira Ferreira dos Santos, Uta Berger
TREES-STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION
(2016)
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Environmental Sciences
Christophe Proisy, Pascal Degenne, Edward J. Anthony, Uta Berger, Elodie Blanchard, Francois Fromard, Antoine Gardel, Adewole Olagoke, Valdenira Santos, Romain Walcker, Danny Lo Seen
JOURNAL OF COASTAL RESEARCH
(2016)
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Environmental Sciences
Christophe Proisy, Gaelle Viennois, Frida Sidik, Ariani Andayani, James Anthony Enright, Stephan Guitet, Niken Gusmawati, Hugues Lemonnier, Gowrappan Muthusankar, Adewole Olagoke, Juliana Prosperi, Rinny Rahmania, Anais Ricout, Benoit Soulard, Suhardjono
MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN
(2018)
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Ecology
Adewole O. Olagoke, Jared O. Bosire, Uta Berger
ACTA OECOLOGICA-INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY
(2013)
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Ecology
V. A. J. Adekunle, A. O. Olagoke, L. F. Ogundare
APPLIED ECOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH
(2013)
Article
Ecology
Ronny Peters, Adewole Olagoke, Uta Berger
ECOLOGICAL MODELLING
(2018)
Review
Agronomy
Felipe Libran-Embid, Adewole Olagoke, Emily A. Martin
Summary: To achieve food security, small-scale farmers in sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America need to optimize traditional cropping systems and implement effective pest control methods. The combination of the pre-Columbian milpa system and the East African Push-Pull Technology shows promise in increasing yields and reducing pests, making it an important tool for sustainable agriculture.
AGRONOMY FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
(2023)
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Plant Sciences
Adewole Olagoke, Florian Jeltsch, Britta Tietjen, Uta Berger, Hagen Ritter, Stefanie Maass
Summary: Soil resource heterogeneity has an impact on plant interactions, species coexistence, and diversity patterns. This study investigates the influence of small-scale heterogeneity on grassland plant diversity. The results show that configurational and compositional heterogeneity have a positive effect on species richness and diversity under low-resource conditions.
JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE
(2023)
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Ecology
J. O. Bosire, J. J. Kaino, A. O. Olagoke, L. M. Mwihaki, G. M. Ogendi, J. G. Kairo, U. Berger, D. Macharia
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Ecology
Vctor Ajibola Jimoh Adekunle, Adewole Olasiyan Olagoke, Shadrach Olufemi Akindele
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Biodiversity Conservation
V. A. J. Adekunle, A. O. Olagoke
BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION
(2008)