Article
Food Science & Technology
Maria Garcia-Martin, Lynn Huntsinger, Maria Jose Ibarrola-Rivas, Marianne Penker, Ugo D'Ambrosio, Thymios Dimopoulos, Maria E. Fernandez-Gimenez, Thanasis Kizos, Jose Munoz-Rojas, Osamu Saito, Karl S. Zimmerer, David J. Abson, Jianguo Liu, Cristina Quintas-Soriano, Irene Holm Sorensen, Peter H. Verburg, Tobias Plieninger
Summary: This article explores the multiple functions of seven landscape products worldwide, emphasizing that landscape products can improve food systems by promoting place-sensitive sustainability strategies and standards, thus addressing conflicts related to food production, social justice, and the environment.
Article
Mathematics, Interdisciplinary Applications
Yuansheng Wang, Xiaojing Wu, Juqin Shen, Chen Chi, Xin Gao
Summary: The study indicates that the initial probability, daily supervision of the central government, reduction of environmental protection cost, fines to downstream governments, and increase of ecological compensation fee all have impacts on the decision-making process of watershed ecological compensation.
Article
Economics
Haleema Misal, Elsa Varela, Apostolos Voulgarakis, Anastasios Rovithakis, Manolis Grillakis, Yiannis Kountouris
Summary: The increased frequency and severity of wildfires in the Mediterranean region generate significant damages while harming human populations. Developing effective strategies for managing wildfire incidence and its aftermath requires understanding of the public preferences for wildfire policy characteristics.
FOREST POLICY AND ECONOMICS
(2023)
Article
Ecology
Shiteng Kang, Timm Kroeger, Daniel Shemie, Marta Echavarria, Tamara Montalvo, Leah L. Bremer, Genevieve Bennett, Samuel Roiphe Barreto, Henrique Bracale, Claudia Calero, Aldo Cardenas, Julian Cardona, Isabel Cristina Cardozo Garcia, Rodrigo Crespo, Jose Bento da Rocha, Bert de Bievre, Jose David Diaz Gonzalez, Walkiria Estevez, Daniela Hernandez, Luis Gamez Hernandez, Carlos M. Garcia, Francisco Gordillo, Claudio Klemz, Hendrik Mansur, Galo Medina, Paola Mendez, Eduardo Mercado, Oscar Rojas, Mariella Sanchez Guerra, Louise Stafford, Gilberto Tiepolo, Eduardo Toral, Vanessa Vinces, Haijiang Zhang
Summary: Globally, there is a growing trend of using nature-based solutions (NbS) in watershed management programs to address water security challenges. However, the actual investment in NbS for water security falls significantly short of its potential, mainly due to uncertainty in costs. Despite limited data, studies show that the administrative and transaction costs of watershed investment programs can be substantial.
ECOSYSTEM SERVICES
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Kelly W. Jones, Julie Padowski, Melinda Morgan, Jaishri Srinivasan
Summary: Expanding climate-adaptation in wildfire-prone watersheds requires innovative partnerships and funding. Water utilities have a role to play in this effort, but their engagement in wildfire mitigation is currently limited. Providing more wildfire risk assessments and collaborating with water utilities operating on federal lands can increase their involvement in wildfire mitigation.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(2023)
Review
Forestry
R. Sean Sellers, Melissa M. Kreye, Tyler J. Carney, Lauren K. Ward, Damian C. Adams
Summary: Private forests play a critical role in providing ecosystem services in the southeastern US, with restoration of longleaf pine forests and savannas enhancing water supply. Various payments for watershed services strategies have emerged to address market failures in private forests and public water supply, potentially leading to biodiversity protection as a positive externality to water resource protection.
Article
Business, Finance
Dayan Huang, Chengyi Liu, Zehao Yan, Aiju Kou
Summary: China's Payments for Watershed Services (PWS) program has been found to have a positive impact on green innovation in corporations, leading to increased R&D efforts and green patent filings. The study shows that PWS increases regulatory pressure on firms in upstream areas, resulting in higher environmental penalties. This pressure, combined with firms' sewage discharge and previous environmental penalties, further enhances the positive effect of PWS on R&D and green innovation. However, the study also finds that firms investing in wastewater treatment facilities do not experience the same level of increase in green innovation after PWS. Moreover, the positive effect of PWS is more pronounced in firms with more R&D staff, lower financial constraints, less market competition, and those that are state-owned enterprises.
INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF ECONOMICS & FINANCE
(2023)
Article
Ecology
Ashwin Ravikumar, Esperanza Chairez Uriarte, Daniela Lizano, Andrea Munoz Ledo Farre, Mariel Montero
Summary: Payments for ecosystem services have become the main international policies for addressing tropical deforestation. Critics argue that these approaches, by focusing on economic growth, can disrupt local conservation systems and harm forestdwelling communities. Indigenous groups have proposed alternative strategies, such as buen vivir, to promote good living and protect forests. The National Forest Conservation Program (NFCP) in Peru pays Indigenous communities for reducing deforestation, but its implementation may erode local conservation systems and push communities towards commodity production and employer-employee relationships.
ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS
(2023)
Article
Business
Patrick S. Ward, Lawrence Mapemba, Andrew R. Bell
Summary: The study demonstrates that providing calibrated financial incentives can significantly increase the adoption rate and intensity of conservation agriculture (CA). Furthermore, leveraging social networks to consolidate fragmented land may be more effective in bringing more land under conservation objectives, even if some additional land is not officially under the PES program. The research also shows that perceived weaknesses hindering the adoption of CA may not be obstacles in specific study areas, suggesting that subsidies may only be needed to overcome short-term transition costs.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS AND MANAGEMENT
(2021)
Article
Ecology
J. Carl Ureta, Marzieh Motallebi, Michael Vassalos, Steven Seagle, Robert Baldwin
Summary: This study evaluated the feasibility of establishing a Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES) by estimating the potential community benefits from ecosystem services (ES) improvement. The findings revealed varying willingness-to-pay estimates depending on the type of intervention, regional location, and priority ES for improvement. Overall, the community benefits are estimated to reach $4.6 million to $6.2 million monthly, showing that PES is a promising program that could provide substantial support to conservation programs.
ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS
(2022)
Article
Ecology
John Heydinger, Richard Diggle, Greg Stuart-Hill, Katharina Dierkes, Craig Packer
Summary: Differentiated payments for ecosystem services (DPES) can help offset costs incurred by communities living alongside destructive wildlife. In areas with human-lion conflict, compensating for lost livestock is not enough, and the value of prey species consumed by lions should also be considered.
ECOSYSTEM SERVICES
(2022)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Baojing Gu, Xiuming Zhang, Shu Kee Lam, Yingliang Yu, Hans J. M. van Grinsven, Shaohui Zhang, Xiaoxi Wang, Benjamin Leon Bodirsky, Sitong Wang, Jiakun Duan, Chenchen Ren, Lex Bouwman, Wim de Vries, Jianming Xu, Mark A. Sutton, Deli Chen
Summary: Cropland is a major contributor to nitrogen pollution, and reducing this pollution is a challenge due to the decentralized nature of the pollution and the limitations in implementing pollution-reduction measures. By analyzing field observations, we have identified key measures that can significantly reduce nitrogen losses from croplands while improving crop yield and nitrogen use efficiency. Implementing these measures on a global scale could lead to significant benefits in food supply, human health, ecosystems, and climate, with relatively low mitigation costs.
Review
Environmental Sciences
Xiuhong Li, Yizhuo Wang, Rongjin Yang, Le Zhang, Yi Zhang, Qiang Liu, Zhenwei Song
Summary: This paper discusses the challenges and problems faced by watershed eco-compensation in China, and explores new models including expanding funding sources, establishing sustainable compensation models, and reducing the burden on the government. It also compares different regional models of eco-compensation projects.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Seema Jayachandran
Summary: This article discusses the tension between the dual goals of protecting the environment and reducing poverty in payments for ecosystem services programs. It explores the challenge of maximizing environmental benefits while also increasing participants' economic well-being. Using data from a randomized trial in Uganda, the author provides evidence that participants with lower costs for conservation requirements experienced greater economic gains and that poorer eligible households saw more improvement in their economic well-being compared to wealthier ones.
ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS
(2023)
Article
Environmental Studies
Klara Balikova, Jaroslav Salka
Summary: This study evaluates the effectiveness of the recently implemented Forestry Support for Fulfilling Non-productive Forest Functions (FSfNPFF) program in Slovakia. The findings reveal implementation gaps and lack of evidence to quantify the support of ecosystem services.
Article
Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary
Meredith Jacobson, Hollie Smith, Heidi R. Huber-Stearns, Emily Jane Davis, Antony S. Cheng, Alison Deak
Summary: This study investigates how various entities and actors frame wildfire risk within the Northern Colorado Front Range region, revealing inconsistent framings across public discourse. Such inconsistencies may pose challenges for effective wildfire risk governance and management, requiring coordination among diverse entities for cooperation.
JOURNAL OF RISK RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Ecology
Jeffery B. Cannon, Katarina J. Warnick, Spencer Elliott, Jennifer S. Briggs
Summary: Restoration goals in fire-prone conifer forests aim to mitigate fire hazard and restore forest structural components. Comparing forest spatial pattern and configuration in mechanical restoration treatments and low- and moderate-severity portions of wildfires revealed differences in landscape structure. Low- and moderate-severity wildfires consistently increased landscape heterogeneity, while mechanical treatments did not.
ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS
(2022)
Article
Ecology
Quresh S. Latif, Jeffery B. Cannon, Eric J. Chabot, Robert A. Sparks
Summary: Human land use and climate change have increased forest density and wildfire risk in dry conifer forests of western North America, threatening various ecosystem services, including wildlife habitat. Government policy supports active management to restore historical structure and ecological function. Predicting avian responses to simulated treatments can inform landscape-scale forest management planning for avian diversity.
ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS
(2022)
Article
Forestry
Tyler A. Beeton, Antony S. Cheng, Melanie M. Colavito
Summary: This article explores the adaptation and resilience of collaborative governance regimes in response to internal and external disruptions. It finds that collaborative governance regimes demonstrate the ability to mobilize social capital, learning, resources, and flexibility to respond to disruptions, but factors such as authority, accountability, and capacity can hinder collaborative resilience.
JOURNAL OF FORESTRY
(2022)
Article
Agronomy
J. B. Cannon, L. T. Warren, G. C. Ohlson, J. K. Hiers, M. Shrestha, C. Mitra, E. M. Hill, S. J. Bradfield, T. W. Ocheltree
Summary: The article introduces a custom, open-source, and inexpensive environmental monitoring system that can be used in a wide range of forest ecology applications, with lower cost and higher scalability compared to commercial systems. The system reliably captures temperature and humidity measurements, demonstrating its utility in various forest ecology applications.
AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY
(2022)
Article
Ecology
Yuan Gong, Christina L. Staudhammer, Susanne Wiesner, Yinlong Zhang, Jeffery B. Cannon, Gregory Starr
Summary: The seasonal dynamics of plant communities provide valuable information for assessing vegetation patterns and predicting ecosystem responses to climate change. However, extreme weather events can lead to unstable ecosystems and increase uncertainty in determining phenological metrics. In this study, we analyzed 9 years of data to model seasonal ecosystem respiration in subtropical longleaf pine forests and compared two algorithms for extracting phenology metrics. Our results highlight the significant impact of algorithm selection on estimating key biological dates and emphasize the limitations of using remotely sensed greenness for phenological studies.
Article
Development Studies
Emily Jane Davis, H. Huber-Stearns, M. Caggiano, D. McAvoy, A. S. Cheng, A. Deak, A. Evans
Summary: Federal land managers in the United States are allowed to manage wildfires using strategies other than full suppression to achieve natural resource objectives, but there is insufficient policy and scientific support for managed wildfire. The use of managed wildfire is influenced by local context, central decision-making, and policies, and faces various challenges.
SOCIETY & NATURAL RESOURCES
(2022)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Kathryn A. Powlen, Jonathan Salerno, Kelly W. Jones, Michael C. Gavin
Summary: Protected areas (PAs) are effective in confronting forest conversion and biodiversity loss. However, conventional modeling assumptions limit the understanding of the drivers of deforestation. This study used random forest regression to identify the strongest predictors of deforestation in PAs in Mexico, considering nonlinear relationships and higher order interactions. Socioeconomic drivers and biophysical conditions were found to be stronger predictors of forest loss than PA characteristics. The results can guide the allocation of PA resources and help protect vulnerable biodiversity areas.
CONSERVATION BIOLOGY
(2023)
Letter
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Stephanie K. Kampf, Daniel McGrath, Steven R. Fassnacht, John C. Hammond, Megan G. Sears
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
(2023)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Daniel McGrath, Lucas Zeller, Randall Bonnell, Wyatt Reis, Stephanie Kampf, Keith Williams, Marianne Okal, Alex Olsen-Mikitowicz, Ella Bump, Megan Sears, Karl Rittger
Summary: Wildfires are increasingly affecting high-elevation forests in the western United States, impacting critical water reservoirs that accumulate seasonal snowpacks. The 2020 Cameron Peak wildfire in Colorado resulted in a significant decrease in peak snow water equivalent in a high burn severity forest during the subsequent winter. The loss of forest canopy and lower surface albedo led to higher melt rates and earlier snow disappearance in the burned area.
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS
(2023)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Kathryn. A. A. Powlen, Kelly. W. W. Jones, Elva Ivonne Bustamante Moreno, Maira Abigail Ortiz Cordero, Jennifer. N. N. Solomon, Michael. C. C. Gavin
Summary: Protected areas have been heavily impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic and other unforeseen events, leading to significant changes in management capacity, monitoring, tourism, and an increase in non-compliant activities. The study emphasizes the importance of short-term relief plans to support vulnerable communities dependent on tourism, as well as increasing access to technology and technical capacity for better management during future crises.
Article
Economics
Kelly W. Jones, Sergio M. Lopez-Ramirez, Robert H. Manson, V. Sophie Avila-Foucat
Summary: Payments for watershed services (PWS) programs have been implemented in Mexico to protect and restore ecosystems and watershed services. Factors such as forest conservation opportunity costs, wealth, institutional capacity, collective land tenure, and presence of non-state actors influence the emergence and persistence of user-financed PWS programs. Municipalities with lower opportunity costs of forest conservation, higher wealth and institutional capacity, and involvement of non-governmental organizations or water utilities are more likely to have successful PWS programs.
WATER RESOURCES AND ECONOMICS
(2023)
Article
Plant Sciences
Jeffery B. Cannon, Brandon T. Rutledge, Joshua J. Puhlick, John L. Willis, Dale G. Brockway
Summary: Masting species, such as longleaf pine, exhibit increased cone production 1-2 years after tropical cyclones (TCs), which is attributed to the effects of increased precipitation and low-intensity winds. This study provides the first evidence of TCs directly influencing reproduction and reveals a previously unknown environmental correlate of masting in hurricane-prone forests.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Kelly W. Jones, Julie Padowski, Melinda Morgan, Jaishri Srinivasan
Summary: Expanding climate-adaptation in wildfire-prone watersheds requires innovative partnerships and funding. Water utilities have a role to play in this effort, but their engagement in wildfire mitigation is currently limited. Providing more wildfire risk assessments and collaborating with water utilities operating on federal lands can increase their involvement in wildfire mitigation.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Seth E. Younger, Jeffery B. Cannon, Steven T. Brantley
Summary: Innovative solutions are required to restore streamflow in the face of climate change and growing populations. The study found that longleaf pine cover can reduce evapotranspiration and increase streamflow, contributing to ecological forest restoration in eastern forests.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Elizabeth Alvarez-Chavez, Stephane Godbout, Mylene Genereux, Caroline Cote, Alain N. Rousseau, Sebastien Fournel
Summary: This study evaluated the effect of alternative filtering materials and bed aeration on the retention of nutrients and fecal bacteria in woodchip bedded stand-off pads for cows. The results showed that the alternative biofilters were more efficient in removing COD, SS, TN, and NO3-N, while conventional biofilters were more efficient for PO4-P removal. Aeration did not have a significant effect under the tested temperature conditions.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(2024)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Yike Zhang, Zengyi Ma, Zhuoting Fang, Yuandong Qian, Zhiping Huang, Yilong Ye, Jianhua Yan
Summary: This study investigates the application of oxygen enrichment melting technology in the melting of municipal solid waste incineration fly ash. The results demonstrate that oxygen enrichment technology can reduce energy consumption and operating costs, as well as decrease pollution emissions.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(2024)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Liangang Xiao, Mingkai Leng, Philip Greenwood, Rongqin Zhao, Zhixiang Xie, Zengtao You, Junguo Liu
Summary: This study investigates the effects of grazing exclusion on soil organic carbon (SOC) accumulation and vegetation recovery. It finds that grazing exclusion can increase the potential for SOC accumulation, and higher annual precipitation is positively correlated with SOC accumulation.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(2024)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Beatrice Cantoni, Jessica Ianes, Beatrice Bertolo, Selena Ziccardi, Francesco Maffini, Manuela Antonelli
Summary: This study evaluates the performance of ozonation and adsorption as in-series processes compared to standalone processes for the removal of Contaminants of Emerging Concern (CECs) in drinking water. The combination of both processes proves to be more effective than adsorption and ozonation alone. Ozonation improves the adsorption performance of poorly-oxidizable CECs but worsens that of well-oxidizable compounds. This research highlights the importance of considering both processes in the removal of CECs in drinking water treatment plants.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(2024)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Dan Li, Bingjun Liu, Yang Lu, Jianyu Fu
Summary: A new Standardized compound Drought and Saltwater intrusion Index (SDSI) was developed to detect changes in the severity of CDSEs in six estuaries. The study found that saltwater intrusion plays a dominant role in influencing SDSI severity, and CDSEs vary in frequency, duration and severity among different estuaries.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(2024)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Yong-Qiang Li, Rui Sun, Chong-Miao Zhang, Zi-Xuan Liu, Rui-tao Chen, Jian Zhao, Hua-dong Gu, Huan-Cai Yin
Summary: In this study, an electron beam excitation multi-wavelength ultraviolet (EBE-MW-UV) system was established and found to have significantly higher microbial inactivation effects compared to single-wavelength UV-LEDs in water. Mechanism analysis revealed that EBE-MW-UV damaged microbial DNA and proteins, and generated additional reactive oxygen species, leading to microbial inactivation.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(2024)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Kaili Ma, Xinxin Han, Qiujuan Li, Yu Kong, Qiaoli Liu, Xu Yan, Yahong Luo, Xiaopin Li, Huiyang Wen, Zhiguo Cao
Summary: This study reveals that the use of a tryptophan-degrading microbial consortium (TDC) can enhance the hydrolysis efficiency of waste activated sludge (WAS), increasing the yield and quality of short chain fatty acids (SCFAs) and improving the solubilization and release of organic substances from WAS.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(2024)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Ling Xiong, Rui Li
Summary: Incorporating Ecosystem Service Value (ESV) into land use planning can provide informed land management decisions. This study evaluates the ESV of Guizhou Province in China's karst region. The results show an increase in total ESV over the past two decades due to ecological restoration projects.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(2024)
Article
Environmental Sciences
M. Geetha Jenifel
Summary: This article discusses the importance of water and the pollution of freshwater resources, and introduces the use of machine learning models and blockchain technology to predict and protect water quality.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(2024)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Stanslaus Terengia Materu, Taotao Chen, Chang Liu, Daocai Chi, Meng Jun
Summary: The study showed that H2SO4-modified biochar can reduce P leaching, increase soil available P, and enhance plant P uptake in alternate wetting and drying irrigation systems. Biochar additions B20A and IAWDB20A-M were effective in improving yield, reducing P leaching, and increasing APB.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(2024)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Amir Nouri, Ali Akbar Zinatizadeh, Sirus Zinadini, Mark Van Loosdrecht
Summary: This study focuses on the development of an air-lift bio-electrochemical reactor (ALBER) with a continuous feeding regime to enhance nitrogen removal from synthetic wastewater. The effect of temperature, hydraulic retention time (HRT), N -NH+4 /TN ratio, and current density on the reactor performance was investigated, and the ALBER achieved a maximum TN removal of 73%. The results suggest that the ALBER has potential for treating industrial wastewater at low temperatures.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(2024)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Peifang Wang, Guoxiang You, Yang Gao, Juan Chen, Xun Wang, Chao Wang
Summary: This study investigated the ecological processes of microbial communities and N- and P-transformation processes in multistage agricultural drainage ditches. The results showed that the microbial communities were co-shaped by agricultural practices and ditch size, which further governed the N and P removal performance.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(2024)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Xiaofeng Niu, Huan Wang, Tao Wang, Peiyu Zhang, Huan Zhang, Hongxia Wang, Xianghong Kong, Songguang Xie, Jun Xu
Summary: Microorganisms play a critical role in maintaining ecosystem balance, and environmental stressors can affect the assembly processes of microbial communities. The study found that different stressors have opposite effects on microbial community assembly in water and sediment, and warming has different influences compared to herbicides and nutrients.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(2024)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Yuqing Tan, Qiming Cheng, Fengwei Lyu, Fei Liu, Linhao Liu, Yihong Su, Shaochun Yuan, Wenyu Xiao, Zhen Liu, Yao Chen
Summary: The exacerbation of global warming, extreme weather events, and rapid urbanization have led to increased flooding in urban areas. China has adopted sponge city as an efficient means of preventing and controlling urban floods. Using a SWMM-FVCOM model, the hydrological reduction and control effect of sponge city construction (SPCC) within a university campus were evaluated. The study found that implementing SPCC effectively mitigates surface runoff and reduces the severity of urban flooding. However, the efficacy of runoff control decreases with longer rainfall return periods.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(2024)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Zhonghan Chen, Qiuyan Li, Shibo Yan, Juan Xu, Qiaoyun Lin, Zhuangming Zhao, Ziying He
Summary: Tidal rivers are important biochemical reaction channels, receiving carbon from wastewater and agricultural drains, affecting CO2 emissions. Through modeling and data analysis, researchers explored carbon distribution, emissions, and greenhouse effects, emphasizing the potential of river management to change global CO2 emissions under climate change.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(2024)