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Muhammad Imran, Xiangyang Liu, Rongyu Wang, Shah Saud, Yun Zhao, Muhammad Jalal Khan
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Ecology
Marius von Essen, Eric F. Lambin
Summary: Recent research suggests that global tropical forests are facing increasing pressures, and jurisdictional approaches may serve as an alternative to traditional conservation strategies. While these approaches show promise, there are still numerous challenges to be addressed, and the long-term effectiveness of this strategy remains uncertain.
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Leonard Seabrooke, Annika Stenstroem
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Joanna Stawska, Malgorzata Jablonska
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Yannis E. Doukas, Luca Salvati, Ioannis Vardopoulos
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Magdalena Ligus, Piotr Peternek
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Beata Kalinowska, Piotr Borawski, Aneta Beldycka-Borawska, Bogdan Klepacki, Aleksandra Perkowska, Tomasz Rokicki
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I Gunnarsdottir, B. Davidsdottir, E. Worrell, S. Sigurgeirsdottir
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Khine Kyaw, Julio Pindado, Chabela de-la-Torre
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Iwona Bak, Anna Barwinska-Malajowicz, Grazyna Wolska, Pawel Walawender, Pawel Hydzik
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Review
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
S. Mostafa Rasoolimanesh, Sundari Ramakrishna, C. Michael Hall, Kourosh Esfandiar, Siamak Seyfi
Summary: This study systematically reviews the research contributions on sustainable tourism indicators (STIs) and finds some deficiencies in terms of the sustainable development goals relevance, governance, stakeholder involvement, and distinction between subjective and objective indicators. The findings also demonstrate the neglect of governance dimension in STIs studies and the high engagement of residents as compared to tourists.
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(2023)
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Food Science & Technology
Lukas Paul Fesenfeld, Jeroen Candel, Franziska Gaupp
Summary: The success of the European Union's Farm to Fork strategy relies on the establishment of a legislative framework for sustainable food systems and the implementation of a new governance architecture. Key elements include deliberative governance, science-policy interfaces, independent monitoring, obligatory reporting, and strategic and adaptive policy design.
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Development Studies
Mariia Kostetckaia, Markus Hametner
Summary: The study finds that countries face challenges of synergies and trade-offs in achieving the sustainable development goals. Trade-offs have a greater influence on countries' progress, highlighting the need to both utilize synergies and overcome trade-offs in order to achieve the SDGs by 2030.
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(2022)
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Agronomy
Aneta Zakrzewska, Anna Nowak
Summary: This study evaluates the diversity of agriculture across the European Union in terms of output intensity and compares it with agricultural efficiency from the perspective of sustainable development. The findings show that the differences in output intensity among member states were not significant during the analyzed period, with most of the "old 15" countries demonstrating higher output intensity than new member states. Dutch agriculture had the highest land productivity, while Bulgaria had the lowest.
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Development Studies
Peter Ferguson, Linda Wollersheim
Summary: 'Resilience' has been widely discussed in the discourse of environmental and development governance since the mid-2000s. However, its relationship with sustainable development remains unclear. Some see resilience as an extension of neoliberal sustainable development, while others view it as a response to its failure or as a different concept altogether. This article uses discourse analysis to clarify the relationship between resilience and sustainable development in these fields.
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(2023)
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Felix Rauschmayer, Tom Bauler, Niko Schaepke
ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS
(2015)
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Ecology
Hans Keune, Nicolas Dendoncker, Florin Popa, Jacobs Sander, Stephan Kampelmann, Fanny Boeraeve, Marc Dufrene, Tom Bauler, Jim Casaer, Tanya Cerulus, Geert De Blust, Bart Denayer, Lieve Janssens, Inge Liekens, Jeroen Panis, Thomas Scheppers, Ilse Simoens, Jan Staes, Francis Turkelboom, Paula Ulenaers, Katrien Van der Biest, Jan Verboven
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(2015)
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Bonno Pel, Gregoire Wallenborn, Tom Bauler
ECOLOGY AND SOCIETY
(2016)
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Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Markku Lehtonen, Lea Sebastien, Tom Bauler
CURRENT OPINION IN ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY
(2016)
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(2012)
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Environmental Sciences
H. Keune, C. Kretsch, G. De Blust, M. Gilbert, L. Flandroy, K. Van den Berge, V. Versteirt, T. Hartig, L. De Keersmaecker, H. Eggermont, D. Brosens, J. Dessein, S. Vanwambeke, A. H. Prieur-Richard, H. Wittmer, A. Van Herzele, C. Linard, P. Martens, E. Mathijs, I. Simoens, P. Van Damme, F. Volckaert, P. Heyman, T. Bauler
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Political Science
Kimberley Vandenhole, Tom Bauler, Thomas Block
Summary: The rise of Greta Thunberg and the flight shame movement in Sweden, along with school strikes for climate, has significantly changed the context for understanding environmental affairs in 2018. This paper introduces the concept of the eco-shaming discourse and demonstrates how it represents a new understanding of the environment as a public good with shared but differentiated responsibilities. The paper compares the eco-shaming discourse with other environmental discourses and examines its implications for environmental politics, using discourse analysis and empirical data from Belgium.
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(2023)
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Solene Sureau, Francois Lohest, Joris Van Mol, Tom Bauler, Wouter M. J. Achten
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Bonno Pel, Tom Bauler
ANNALS OF PUBLIC AND COOPERATIVE ECONOMICS
(2017)
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Lea Sebastien, Tom Bauler, Markku Lehtonen
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Summary: This study focuses on the five major plateau lake basins in central Yunnan, China, and constructs an ecological security pattern using the source-resistance surface-corridor-pinch point framework. The study simulates land use/cover change in the region and identifies early warning regions where future urban expansion poses a threat to current ecological source areas and corridors.
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Pingping Huang, Feng Zhao, Bailing Zhou, Kuidong Xu
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(2024)
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Biodiversity Conservation
Federico Morelli, Yanina Benedetti, Jesse Stanford, Leszek Jerzak, Piotr Tryjanowski, Paolo Perna, Riccardo Santolini
Summary: Species distribution models (SDMs) are numerical tools used for predicting species' spatial distribution. This study found that ecological characteristics, such as habitat specialization, play a role in improving the accuracy of SDMs.
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(2024)
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Biodiversity Conservation
Xiaoxuan Wu, Hang Liu, Wei Liu
Summary: Global climate change, urbanization, and economic development have increased the need for sustainable human development, urban ecological governance, and low-carbon energy transformation. This study analyzes the green ecological transition in Chengdu based on panel data from 2010 to 2020, exploring its spatiotemporal evolution and key factors. The results show an overall upward trend in Chengdu's green ecological development and positive spatial autocorrelation in certain districts.
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(2024)
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Biodiversity Conservation
Castaldi Simona, Formicola Nicola, Mastrocicco Micol, Morales Rodriguez Carmen, Morelli Raffaella, Prodorutti Daniele, Vannini Andrea, Zanzotti Roberto
Summary: Sustainable agricultural practices are increasingly important for global and national environmental policies and economy. This study compared the sustainability of grape production under integrated and organic management using multiple indicators. The results showed that organic management was more beneficial for most environmental aspects of the agroecosystem compared to integrated management, without affecting grape yield.
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Summary: Phenology monitoring is important for understanding forest functioning and climate impacts. This research compares the phenological behavior of European beech forests using Tree-Talker (TT+) and Sentinel 2 satellite data. The study finds differences in the information derived by the two sensor types, particularly in terms of season length, phenology changepoints, and leaf period variability. TT+ with its higher temporal resolution demonstrates precision in capturing the phenological changepoints, especially when satellite image availability is limited.
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Huanhuan Pan, Ziqiang Du, Zhitao Wu, Hong Zhang, Keming Ma
Summary: The land use and cover changes resulting from coal mining activities and ecological restoration have had a significant impact on ecosystem services in mining areas. This study investigates the relationship between ecosystem services and land use intensity in coal mining areas, emphasizing the importance of understanding this interdependence for balanced human-land system development. The research examines the evolving relationship across different reclamation stages in Shanxi, China, using a coupling coordination degree model. The findings suggest the need for timely and judicious reclamation of coalfields, considering the land's bearing capacity.
ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS
(2024)
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Jingjuan He, Yijun Shi, Lihua Xu, Zhangwei Lu, Mao Feng
Summary: This study examines the spatial interplay between changes in the blue-green spatial distribution and modifications in land surface temperature grades in Shanghai. The findings reveal that the transformation of the blue-green spatial pattern differs between different sectors of the city, and the impact on the thermal environment varies spatially.
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(2024)
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Yi Xu, Di Zhang, Junqiang Lin, Qidong Peng, Xiaohui Lei, Tiantian Jin, Jia Wang, Ruifang Yuan
Summary: This study analyzed the response relationship between phytoplankton growth and water environmental parameters in the Middle Route of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project in China using long-term monitoring data and machine learning models. The results revealed the differences between monitoring sites and identified the key parameters that affect phytoplankton growth.
ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS
(2024)