Stakeholder perspectives on nature, people and sustainability at Mount Kilimanjaro

Autor: Catherine A. Masao, Graham W. Prescott, Mark A. Snethlage, Davnah Urbach, Amor Torre‐Marin Rando, Rafael Molina‐Venegas, Neduvoto P. Mollel, Claudia Hemp, Andreas Hemp, Markus Fischer

Publikováno v: People and Nature, Vol 4, Iss 3, Pp 711-729 (2022)

Abstract Effective approaches towards sustainability need to be informed by a diverse array of stakeholder perspectives. However, capturing these perspectives in a way that can be integrated with other forms of knowledge can represent a challenge. He

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Managing Oil Palm Plantations More Sustainably: Large-Scale Experiments Within the Biodiversity and Ecosystem Function in Tropical Agriculture (BEFTA) Programme

Autor: Sarah H. Luke, Andreas Dwi Advento, Anak Agung Ketut Aryawan, Dwi Nugroho Adhy, Adham Ashton-Butt, Holly Barclay, Jassica Prajna Dewi, Julia Drewer, Alex J. Dumbrell, Edi, Amy E. Eycott, Martina F. Harianja, Julie K. Hinsch, Amelia S. C. Hood, Candra Kurniawan, David J. Kurz, Darren J. Mann, Kirsty J. Matthews Nicholass, Mohammad Naim, Michael D. Pashkevich, Graham W. Prescott, Sudharto Ps, Pujianto, Dedi Purnomo, Rizky Rajabillah Purwoko, Syafrisar Putra, T. Dzulfikar S. Rambe, Soeprapto, Dakota M. Spear, Suhardi, David J. X. Tan, Hsiao-Hang Tao, Ribka Sionita Tarigan, Resti Wahyuningsih, Helen S. Waters, Rudi Harto Widodo, Whendy, Christopher R. Woodham, Jean-Pierre Caliman, Eleanor M. Slade, Jake L. Snaddon, William A. Foster, Edgar C. Turner

Publikováno v: Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, Vol 2 (2020)

Conversion of tropical forest to agriculture results in reduced habitat heterogeneity, and associated declines in biodiversity and ecosystem functions. Management strategies to increase biodiversity in agricultural landscapes have therefore often foc

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Formalizing artisanal and small-scale gold mining : a grand challenge of the Minamata Convention

Autor: Graham W. Prescott, Matthew Baird, Sara Geenen, Bossissi Nkuba, Jacob Phelps, Edward L. Webb

Publikováno v: One earth

Artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) is the world’s largest source of anthropogenic mercury emissions and releases. These have devastating consequences for miners' health and the environment. Most of the >20 million ASGM miners worldwide ar

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https://hdl.handle.net/10067/1869150151162165141

Gold, farms, and forests: Enforcement and alternative livelihoods are unlikely to disincentivize informal gold mining

Autor: Yi Monn Soe, Dietrich Schmidt-Vogt, Aye Ko Ko, L. Roman Carrasco, Madhu Rao, Aye Chan Maung, Graham W. Prescott, Edward L. Webb, Zinmar Aung, Jose Don T. De Alban, Alex N. Diment

Publikováno v: Conservation Science and Practice, Vol 2, Iss 3, Pp n/a-n/a (2020)
Prescott, Graham W.; Maung, Aye Chan; Aung, Zinmar; Carrasco, L. Roman; De Alban, Jose Don T.; Diment, Alex N.; Ko, Aye Ko; Rao, Madhu; Schmidt-Vogt, Dietrich; Soe, Yi Monn; Webb, Edward L. (2020). Gold, farms, and forests: Enforcement and alternative livelihoods are unlikely to disincentivize informal gold mining. Conservation science and practice, 2(3), e142. Wiley 10.1111/csp2.142

Informal gold mining (IGM) is a major driver of deforestation and source of global mercury emissions. Policy makers may seek to control the spread of IGM by enforcing rules and/or providing alternative livelihoods. We investigated the dynamics and dr

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https://doaj.org/article/f80a079b12cc4b31a538c0edd98aa755

Dramatic cropland expansion in Myanmar following political reforms threatens biodiversity

Autor: Rebecca E. Tay, Edward L. Webb, Graham W. Prescott, Luis R. Carrasco, Robert Tizard, Yuchen Zhang, Saw Htun, Madhu Rao, Borame L Dickens

Publikováno v: Scientific Reports, Vol 8, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2018)
Scientific Reports

Effective conservation planning needs to consider the threats of cropland expansion to biodiversity. We used Myanmar as a case study to devise a modeling framework to identify which Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) are most vulnerable to cropland expans

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http://link.springer.com/article/10.1038/s41598-018-34974-8