Sustainable land management in a European context :a co-design approach

This open access book present and discuss current issues and innovative solution approaches for land management in a European context. Manifold sustainability issues are closely interconnected with land use practices. Throughout the world, we face increasing conflict over the use of land as well as competition for land. Drawing on experience in sustainable land management gained from seven y…

Ecosystem-based management, ecosystem services and aquatic biodiversity :theo…

Aquatic ecosystems are rich in biodiversity and home to a diverse array of species and habitats, providing a wide variety of benefits to human beings. Many of these valuable ecosystems are at risk of being irreversibly damaged by human activities and pressures, including pollution, contamination, invasive species, overfishing and climate change. Such pressures threaten the sustainability of the…

A Matter of trust:building integrity into data, statistics and records to sup…

The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals initiative has the potential to set the direction for a future world that works for everyone. Approved by 193 United Nations member countries in September 2016 to help guide global and national development policies in the period to 2030, the 17 goals build on the successes of the Millennium Development Goals, but also include new priority areas,…

Sustainability through the lens of environmental sociology

Our planet is undergoing radical environmental and social changes. Sustainability has now been put into question by, for example, our consumption patterns, loss of biodiversity, depletion of resources, and exploitative power relations. With apparent ecological and social limits to globalization and development, current levels of consumption are unsustainable, inequitable, and inaccessible to th…

Economics of land degradation and improvement:a global assessment for sustain…

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9783319191683

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xviii, 686p.: ill.

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333.7 ECO e

Rangeland systems:process, management and challenges

This book is open access under a CC BY-NC 2.5 license. This book provides an unprecedented synthesis of the current status of scientific and management knowledge regarding global rangelands and the major challenges that confront them. It has been organized around three major themes. The first summarizes the conceptual advances that have occurred in the rangeland profession. The second addresse…

Renewables for energy access and sustainable development in east Africa

This short open access book investigates the role of renewable energy in East Africa to provide policy-relevant inputs for the achievement of a cost-effective electrification process in the region. For each country, the authors review the current situation in the domestic power sector, adopt a GIS-based approach to plot renewable energy resources potential, and review currently planned projects…

Sustainable development goals :their impacts on forests and people

Forests provide vital ecosystem services crucial to human well-being and sustainable development, and have an important role to play in achieving the seventeen Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations 2030 Agenda. Little attention, however, has yet focused on how efforts to achieve the SDGs will impact forests and forest-related livelihoods, and how these impacts may, in turn,…

Artificial intelligence for a better future :an ecosystem perspective on the …

This open access book proposes a novel approach to Artificial Intelligence (AI) ethics. AI offers many advantages: better and faster medical diagnoses, improved business processes and efficiency, and the automation of boring work. But undesirable and ethically problematic consequences are possible too: biases and discrimination, breaches of privacy and security, and societal distortions such as…

What works in conservation 2020

" Is reduced tillage in arable fields beneficial for farmland biodiversity? Is prescribed burning in grasslands beneficial for bird conservation? Does livestock exclusion from degraded peatlands benefit peatland conservation? Is the provision of artificial shelters effective for subtidal benthic invertebrate conservation? Do wind turbine modifications reduce bat fatalities? Does adding topsoil …

Gugusan Pulau Pari, Kepulauan Seribu :tinjauan aspek bio-ekologi, sosial - ek…

Tidak dapat dimungkiri bahwa Gugusan Pulau Pari, Kepulauan Seribu, memiliki ekosistem tropis wilayah pesisir yang lengkap, mulai dari mangrove, padang lamun, hingga terumbu karang dengan keanekaragaman jenis flora dan fauna laut yang tinggi. Ketiga ekosistem ini dapat memberikan barang (goods) dan jasa lingkungan (ecosystem services) penting di sektor perikanan, pariwisata, dan pendidikan yang …

Status konservasi dan peran mamalia di Pulau Jawa

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9786024961558

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xvii, 215 p. ; 21 cm.

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333.9545982 MAH s

Strategi konservasi 12 spesies pohon prioritas nasional 2019–2029

Keprihatinan masyarakat Indonesia, khususnya para pemerhati dan pakar bidang konservasi pohon langka, terhadap laju penyusutan hutan yang terus meningkat mewujud salah satunya melalui terbitnya buku Strategi Konservasi 12 Spesies Pohon Prioritas Nasional 2019–2029. Sebanyak 12 spesies pohon dinilai cenderung menuju ke arah kepunahan sehingga keberadaannya perlu segera diselamatkan melalui ser…

Orasi Profesor riset - pendekatan lanskap ekosistem embung untuk pemanfaatan …

Ada tiga permasalahan utama dalam pengelolaan embung di NTT, yaitu 1), permasalahan degradasi daerah tangkapan air (catchment area), rendahnya penutupan vegetasi dan keanekaragaman jenis, tataguna lahan, kebakaran padang savana, laju aliran permukaan dan erosi; 2) permasalahan pada kolam embung (water storage), meliputi tingginya laju sedimentasi, infiltrasi dan evaporasi15, retak dan longsoran…

Orasi pengukuhan profesor riset bidang zoologi:keanekaragaman dan strategi …

Burung sampai saat ini masih menjadi salah satu satwa yang pa ling menarik untuk publik karena selain indah, banyak jenis yang sangat karismatik dan merupakan ‘flagship’­atau­jenis­bendera yang penting untuk upaya konservasi. Perlu diketahui bahwa­‘bulu’­adalah­ciri­khas­burung­yang­tidak­dimiliki­oleh­makhluk hidup lain yang ada di dunia ini. Dalam konteks ketertarikan pub…

Konservasi biodiversitas dan pemanfaatan berkelanjutan hoya Indonesia

Tumbuhan Hoya adalah salah satu kekayaan hayati flora Indonesia yang memiliki nilai penting berupa nilai ilmiah, nilai ekologis, nilai ekonomis dan nilai budaya. Sebagai epifit, keberadaannya di alam mengalami ancaman perubahan iklim dan kerusakan habitat serta pemanenan dan perdagangan ilegal. Kekayaan diversitas Hoya Indonesia adalah yang tertinggi di dunia, hendaknya dikelola sebagai aset hi…

Chinese water systems :Volume 4,. Applied water management in China

This open-access book addresses latest Sino-German results of the joint research efforts within Major Water Program of the Chinese Government supported by German research funding. The Major Water Program aims at the restoration of polluted water environments and sustainable management of water resources in China. The joint BMBF-CLIENT project SINOWATER deals with three most significant and stro…

Towards a natural social contract :transformative social-ecological innovatio…

This open access book states that the endemic societal faultlines of our times are deeply intertwined and that they confront us with challenges affecting the security and sustainability of our societies. It states that new ways of inhabiting and cultivating our planet are needed to keep it healthy for future generations. This requires a fundamental shift from the current anthropocentric and eco…

Economics of education and sustainable development

This book consists of articles that investigate and discuss the relationship between economics of education and sustainable development; that is, how education economics plays an important role in sustainable development. Economics of education or education economics is the study of economic issues relating to education (such as education policy and finance, human capital production and acquisi…

Building innovation capabilities for sustainable industrialisation:renewable …

This book argues that renewable electrification in developing countries provides important opportunities for local economic development, but new pathways are required for turning these opportunities into successful reality. Building Innovation Capabilities for Sustainable Industrialisation offers a novel input into the debate on development of capabilities for sustainable industrialisation and …