Ecosystems deliver many benefits to humans, such as providing water, fruits and vegetables, as well as recreation opportunities. An international research team conducted a pilot study in Eritrea in order to demonstrate that ...
Ecology
Mar 31, 2023
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Small-scale livestock farming in the tropics can become more intensive yet sustainable if more and better forage is used to feed the animals being reared. This could benefit farming endeavours in rural South Asia, sub-Saharan ...
Environment
Jun 29, 2015
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AIMS scientists have partnered with Indigenous communities in the remote Kimberley region of Australia's northwest to monitor culturally important fish populations on coral reefs and incorporate the variability in data to ...
Plants & Animals
May 31, 2024
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Scientists are urging global policymakers and funders to think of fish as a solution to food insecurity and malnutrition, and not just as a natural resource that provides income and livelihoods, in a newly-published paper ...
Economics & Business
Jan 19, 2021
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Dartmouth College and University of California, Santa Barbara scientists studying a Caribbean fishing village are shedding new light on the social and ecological factors pressuring coral reef fisheries around the world.
Ecology
Jan 8, 2016
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Tropical countries incur annual economic losses totalling US$1.7 trillion through destruction of ecosystem services.
Environment
Mar 23, 2016
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Over the past 50 years, the water in lakes and watercourses has turned increasingly brown. The so-called browning has a negative impact on both drinking water production and ecosystems. If nothing is done, the water is likely ...
Environment
Aug 29, 2019
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Animal species that are dear to us in the Netherlands often spend a large part or all of their lifecycle in other parts of the world. But their habitats worldwide are under increasing pressure, are often inadequately protected ...
Ecology
Oct 11, 2019
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Results of a new study looking at coral reef disturbances, fish abundance and coastal fishers' catches suggest that ecologists and community anglers may perceive environmental disruptions in very different ways.
Ecology
Mar 7, 2019
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A study presenting a 5000-year environmental history of the popular tourist destination Amboseli National Park in Kenya has shown that the impact of climate change on land is more rapid than previously thought.
Environment
Feb 6, 2018
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