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A Conservationist Political Ecology in and for the Tarangire Ecosystem
Wildlife conservation in Tanzania is informed by the perceived inadequacy of protected areas relative to wildlife habitats and migration routes. It...
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Functional Urban Wetlands in Dysfunctional Cities
Purpose of ReviewThis paper reviews the theoretical background of urban wetlands through existing scientific literature studies, emphasizing...
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How might we utilise the concept of botanic gardens’ in urban contexts to challenge plant blindness?
Plant blindness remains an understudied Anthropocentric concept. There is a societal naivety to the importance of plants, and lack of awareness of...
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Nature that Does not Deserve Protection: Spontaneous Vegetation, Ruderal Communities, Neophytes and Neozoa
The conservationist as such is not a natural scientist. He evaluates. Under this approach, a whole number of species-rich native biotic communities...
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Exploring farmers’ perspectives on agrobiodiversity management: future options for quinoa smallholder organizations in the Peruvian high Andes
The intensification of crop production is widely recognized to negatively affect the agrobiodiversity in smallholder systems. This trend can also be...
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Living on the edge: composition, biogeography, and conservation of ferns in rocky environments of Southern Amazonia
We examined floristics, biogeography, and conservation status of ferns from rocky environments in Southern Amazonia. We collected specimens in four...
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Working from the Inside Out: Fostering Intrinsic Motivation and Expanding Our Criteria for Conservation Success
Primatological research is often associated with understanding animals and their habitats, yet practical conservation depends entirely on human...
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Carbon and Nitrogen Occluded in Soil Aggregates Under Cacao-Based Agroforestry Systems in Southern Bahia, Brazil
Soil aggregates play an important role in reducing soil organic carbon (SOC) and total soil nitrogen (TN) losses, as they function as a physical...
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Changes in the Attributes of the Oxisol “Arenito Caiuá” After the Use of the Crop–Livestock Integration System
Integrated systems such as crop-livestock integration (CLI) allow for the more remarkable preservation of soil and its biological characteristics as...
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Soil Microbiological Attributes and Soybean Grain Yield in Succession to Corn Intercropped with Forage in the Maranhão Eastern Cerrado
The use of forage in intercrops is preponderant for ensuring diverse and conservationist grain production systems in the Cerrado. This study aimed to...
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Short-term soil physical quality improvements promoted by an agroforestry system
Concerns with environmental sustainability have promoted adoption of conservationist practices in agricultural production, mainly focused on soil...
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Why Nature Conservation?
Nature conservation presupposes a certain historical situation: industrialization as well as the rise of the bourgeois way of thinking. In terms of...
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Variation in soil carbon, nitrogen and microbial attributes within a silvopastoral system in the Brazilian Cerrado
There is insufficient information about the dynamics of soil organic matter in integrated production systems. Therefore, we aimed to evaluate the...
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Soil microbiological indicators in Coffea arabica crops under different weed management strategies
Microbiological variables can be sensitive indicators of changes in the physicochemical properties of soils resulting from disturbances caused by...
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Sustainability in Sugarcane Supply Chain in Brazil: Issues and Way Forward
This study presents a literature review of the main advances that took place in the last 10 years in the agricultural production of sugarcane in...
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Soil Physical-chemical Traits and Soil Quality Index in a Tropical Cambisol as Influenced by Land Uses and Soil Depth at Apodi Plateau, Northeastern Brazil
The soil physical-chemical changes in different land uses in a Tropical Cambisol at Apodi Plateau, Northeastern Brazil, were investigated between May...
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Cover plants can contribute on macronutrient accumulation in agroforestry systems during off-season
Agroforestry systems are an alternative of land management and landscape restoration, where we can manage cover crops for increasing macronutrient...
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Revealing salient aquatic ecosystem services bundles in the Olifants River catchment, South Africa
Preserving water quality, which has at least four of the ten characteristics of a “wicked problem”, is fundamental for economic development,...
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Limits of Language
The language that represents life implicitly operates with the standard for judging the necessities of a life form, and the possibility of making...