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Improving strategic planning for nature: Panacea or pandora’s box for the built and natural environment? Ambio (IF 6.5) Pub Date : 2024-03-15
Abstract This paper assesses how strategic planning for nature can be improved for England’s built and natural environment using mainstreaming and landscape-scale concepts. Whilst both concepts feature in academic literature, there has been limited attention on their role as catalytic agents for strategic planning. Addressing this gap, evidence is used from two stakeholder workshops involving 62 senior
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The decision maker’s lament: If I only had some science! Ambio (IF 6.5) Pub Date : 2024-03-11 Gustavo A. Bisbal
Environmental decision makers lament instances in which the lack of actionable science limits confident decision-making. Their reaction when the needed scientific information is of poor quality, uninformative, unintelligible, or altogether absent is often to criticize scientists, their work, or science in general. The considerations offered here encourage decision makers to explore alternative approaches
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Wildfires as legacies of agropastoral abandonment: Gendered litter raking and managed burning as historic fire prevention practices in the Monte Pisano of Italy Ambio (IF 6.5) Pub Date : 2024-03-08 Andrew S. Mathews, Fabio Malfatti
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The practice of historical ecology: What, when, where, how and what for Ambio (IF 6.5) Pub Date : 2024-03-05 Aarón Moisés Santana-Cordero, Péter Szabó, Matthias Bürgi, Chelsey Geralda Armstrong
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“In the end, the story of climate change was one of hope and redemption”: ChatGPT’s narrative on global warming Ambio (IF 6.5) Pub Date : 2024-03-02 Bernd Sommer, Sarah von Querfurth
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Historical perspectives on forestry science and monocultures: Ideas of rationality in Sweden during the early twentieth century Ambio (IF 6.5) Pub Date : 2024-02-28
Abstract This study aims to broaden our historical knowledge about ideas of rationalism and monocultures in forestry science and rational forest management. Empirically, it focuses on the writings of Swedish forestry scientist Henrik Hesselman, active in the early twentieth century. The texts were analyzed using the method of historical contextualization. The study indicates that monocultures historically
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From climate perceptions to actions: A case study on coffee farms in Ethiopia Ambio (IF 6.5) Pub Date : 2024-02-25 Xenia Gomm, Biruk Ayalew, Kristoffer Hylander, Francesco Zignol, Lowe Börjeson, Ayco J. M. Tack
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Long-term changes in herbivore community and vegetation impact of wild and domestic herbivores across Iceland Ambio (IF 6.5) Pub Date : 2024-02-25 Mathilde Defourneaux, Isabel C. Barrio, Noémie Boulanger-Lapointe, James D. M. Speed
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Upsetting offsetting? Nathan the Wise’s Ring Parable and three reasons why not to adopt the carbon offsetting logic to biodiversity Ambio (IF 6.5) Pub Date : 2024-02-25 Ludovico Giacomo Conti, Peter Seele
The climate crisis and the alarming loss of biodiversity require urgent action. One of the most popular tools to tackle these crises is offsetting, an accounting logic through which environmental damages can be compensated elsewhere with environmental benefits. Developed to help address the climate crisis, the carbon offsetting logic has also been transposed to address biodiversity loss. Biodiversity
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Aligning agri-environmental-climate public good supply and desire in a sustainable Dutch agricultural sector Ambio (IF 6.5) Pub Date : 2024-02-16 Atoesa S. Farokhi, Kina S. Harmanny, Catharina J. E. Schulp
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Ecological barriers: An approach to ecological conservation and restoration in China Ambio (IF 6.5) Pub Date : 2024-02-16 Xiaoxue Wang, Xiaofeng Wang, Xinrong Zhang, Jitao Zhou, Zixu Jia, Jiahao Ma, Wenjie Yao, You Tu, Zechong Sun, Yuhan Wei
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Collaboration and engagement with decision-makers are needed to reduce evidence complacency in wildlife management Ambio (IF 6.5) Pub Date : 2024-02-15 Andrew N. Kadykalo, C. Scott Findlay, Matthew Spencer, Chris L. Callaghan, Steven J. Cooke, Nathan Young
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Incorporating uncertainty in Indigenous sea Country monitoring with Bayesian statistics: Towards more informed decision-making Ambio (IF 6.5) Pub Date : 2024-02-14 Katherine Cure, Diego R. Barneche, Martial Depczynski, Rebecca Fisher, David J. Warne, James McGree, Jim Underwood, Frank Weisenberger, Elizabeth Evans-Illidge, Brendan Ford, Daniel Oades, Azton Howard, Phillip McCarthy, Damon Pyke, Zac Edgar, Rodney Maher, Trevor Sampi, Kevin Dougal, Bardi Jawi Traditional Owners
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Light at the end of the tunnel: Innovative opportunities for saving tropical biodiversity Ambio (IF 6.5) Pub Date : 2024-02-14 Denis Vasiliev, Richard Hazlett, Katie Lois Hutchinson, Lennart Bornmalm
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Preferences for woodland activities and forest features as predictors of well-being after forest visits: Evidence from a nationally representative survey in Slovakia Ambio (IF 6.5) Pub Date : 2024-02-07 Jozef Výbošťok, Magdaléna Pichlerová, Kiki Ekiawan Lamatungga, Dhanalakshmi Tamatam, Dilek Önkal, Daniel Halaj, Viliam Pichler
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Pathways from research to sustainable development: Insights from ten research projects in sustainability and resilience Ambio (IF 6.5) Pub Date : 2024-02-07
Abstract Drawing on collective experience from ten collaborative research projects focused on the Global South, we identify three major challenges that impede the translation of research on sustainability and resilience into better-informed choices by individuals and policy-makers that in turn can support transformation to a sustainable future. The three challenges comprise: (i) converting knowledge
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A bridge over sustainable water: Politicians’ perceptions about the preconditions for collective action Ambio (IF 6.5) Pub Date : 2024-02-07 Anna Bendz, Patrik Öhberg
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Urban dog densities reveal environmental inequities in Santiago, Chile Ambio (IF 6.5) Pub Date : 2024-02-05 Silvio J. Crespin, Rocio Contreras-Abarca
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In temperate Europe, fire is already here: The case of The Netherlands Ambio (IF 6.5) Pub Date : 2024-02-05
Abstract Landscape fires are usually not associated with temperate Europe, yet not all temperate countries record statistics indicating that actual risks remain unknown. Here we introduce new wildfire statistics for The Netherlands, and summarize significant events and fatalities. The period 2017–2022 saw 611 wildfires and 405 ha burned per year, which Copernicus’ European Forest Fire Information System
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Historical marine footprint for Atlantic Europe, 1500–2019 Ambio (IF 6.5) Pub Date : 2024-01-28 Poul Holm, Patrick Hayes, John Nicholls
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Examining the co-occurrences of human threats within terrestrial protected areas Ambio (IF 6.5) Pub Date : 2024-01-25 Francesco Martini, Constantinos Kounnamas, Eben Goodale, Christos Mammides
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A multi-framework analysis of stakeholders’ perceptions in developing a localized blue carbon ecosystems strategy in Eastern Samar, Philippines Ambio (IF 6.5) Pub Date : 2024-01-25 Jay Mar D. Quevedo, Charissa M. Ferrera, Marie Grace Pamela G. Faylona, Ryo Kohsaka
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Appraising biocultural approaches to sustainability in the scientific literature in Spanish Ambio (IF 6.5) Pub Date : 2024-01-24 Isabel Díaz-Reviriego, Jan Hanspach, Mario Torralba, Stefan Ortiz-Przychodzka, Camila Benavides Frias, Leonie Burke, María García-Martín, Elisa Oteros-Rozas
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Diversity of forest structures important for biodiversity is determined by the combined effects of productivity, stand age, and management Ambio (IF 6.5) Pub Date : 2024-01-02 Aino Hämäläinen, Kadri Runnel, Thomas Ranius, Joachim Strengbom
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A global analysis of bioeconomy visions in governmental bioeconomy strategies Ambio (IF 6.5) Pub Date : 2023-12-27 Maria Proestou, Nicolai Schulz, Peter H. Feindt
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Good eutrophication status is a challenging goal for coastal waters Ambio (IF 6.5) Pub Date : 2023-12-23 Kari Hyytiäinen, Inese Huttunen, Niina Kotamäki, Harri Kuosa, Janne Ropponen
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Farm forests, seasonal hunger, and biomass poverty: Evidence of induced intensification from panel data in the Ethiopian Highlands Ambio (IF 6.5) Pub Date : 2023-12-15 Nathan Morrow, Nancy B. Mock, Andrea Gatto, Andrea Colantoni, Luca Salvati
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Precarious livelihoods at the intersection of fishing and sand mining in Cambodia Ambio (IF 6.5) Pub Date : 2023-12-09 Furqan Asif, Lukas Van Arragon
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Discourse developments within the public agenda on Danish nature management 2016–2021: Animal welfare ethics as a barrier to rewilding projects Ambio (IF 6.5) Pub Date : 2023-12-09 Roland Vestergaard Kragh Christensen, Niclas Scott Bentsen
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Letting the plants speak: Law, landscape and conservation Ambio (IF 6.5) Pub Date : 2023-12-08 Jo Gillespie, Rebecca Hamilton, Dan Penny
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Claiming ecological grief: Why are we not mourning (more and more publicly) for ecological destruction? Ambio (IF 6.5) Pub Date : 2023-12-07 Marzia Varutti
Eco-anxiety, grief and despair are increasing, yet these emotions tend to remain private, rarely expressed in public. Why is it important and necessary to grieve for ecological loss? Why are we not—as individuals and societies—coming together to express and share our grief for ecological destruction? I address these questions from three angles. Firstly, I draw on recent literature on ecological grief
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A system for the management of sandy shorelines under climate change: United States Virgin Islands (USVI) Ambio (IF 6.5) Pub Date : 2023-11-30 Theodoros Chalazas, Gerald Bove, Dimitrios Chatzistratis, Isavela N. Monioudi, Adonis F. Velegrakis
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Interventions to increase circularity and reduce environmental impacts in food systems Ambio (IF 6.5) Pub Date : 2023-11-16 Benjamin van Selm, Hannah H. E. van Zanten, Renske Hijbeek, Corina E. van Middelaar, Marijke Schop, Martin K. van Ittersum, Imke J. M. de Boer
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Managing multi-functional peri-urban landscapes: Impacts of horse-keeping on water quality Ambio (IF 6.5) Pub Date : 2023-11-16 Linda Kumblad, Mona Petersson, Helena Aronsson, Patrik Dinnétz, Lisbet Norberg, Camilla Winqvist, Emil Rydin, Monica Hammer
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Farmland biodiversity monitoring through citizen science: A review of existing approaches and future opportunities Ambio (IF 6.5) Pub Date : 2023-11-16 Andy Ruck, René van der Wal, Amelia S. C. Hood, Alice L. Mauchline, Simon G. Potts, Michiel F. WallisDeVries, Erik Öckinger
Biodiversity monitoring in agricultural landscapes is important for assessing the effects of both land use change and activities that influence farmland biodiversity. Despite a considerable increase in citizen science approaches to biodiversity monitoring in recent decades, their potential in farmland-specific contexts has not been systematically examined. This paper therefore provides a comprehensive
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Understanding transformative capacity to boost urban climate adaptation: A Semi-Systematic Literature Review Ambio (IF 6.5) Pub Date : 2023-11-13 Ana R. Sousa, Sara Santos Cruz, Isabel Breda-Vázquez
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Increasing multi-hazard climate risk and financial and health impacts on northern homeowners Ambio (IF 6.5) Pub Date : 2023-11-13 Tobias Schwoerer, Jennifer I. Schmidt, Matthew Berman, Peter Bieniek, Louise M. Farquharson, Dmitry Nicolsky, James Powell, Rachel Roberts, Rick Thoman, Robert Ziel
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Cascading climate effects in deep reservoirs: Full assessment of physical and biogeochemical dynamics under ensemble climate projections and ways towards adaptation Ambio (IF 6.5) Pub Date : 2023-11-08 Chenxi Mi, Tom Shatwell, Xiangzhen Kong, Karsten Rinke
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Gross ecosystem product (GEP): Quantifying nature for environmental and economic policy innovation Ambio (IF 6.5) Pub Date : 2023-11-09 Hua Zheng, Tong Wu, Zhiyun Ouyang, Stephen Polasky, Mary Ruckelshaus, Lijuan Wang, Yi Xiao, Xiaolong Gao, Cong Li, Gretchen C. Daily
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Linkages between the concept of nature-based solutions and the notion of landscape Ambio (IF 6.5) Pub Date : 2023-11-02 Barbara Sowińska-Świerkosz, Joan García, Laura Wendling
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Unraveling the research trend of ecological civilization and sustainable development: A bibliometric analysis Ambio (IF 6.5) Pub Date : 2023-10-31 Wenwu Zhao, Ao Zhou, Caichun Yin
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Protecting China’s major urban bird diversity hotspots Ambio (IF 6.5) Pub Date : 2023-10-26 Li Li, Mingxiao Yan, Yixuan Hong, Weijia Feng, Dong Xie, Emilio Pagani-Núñez
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The role of conservation in United States’ agricultural policy from the Dust Bowl to today: A critical assessment Ambio (IF 6.5) Pub Date : 2023-10-27 Silvia Secchi
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Patterns of infringement, risk, and impact driven by coal mining permits in Indonesia Ambio (IF 6.5) Pub Date : 2023-10-27 Tim T. Werner, Tessa Toumbourou, Victor Maus, Martin C. Lukas, Laura J. Sonter, Muhamad Muhdar, Rebecca K. Runting, Anthony Bebbington
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The development of ecological civilization in China based on the economic–social–natural complex system Ambio (IF 6.5) Pub Date : 2023-10-27 Rui Xiao, Haiguang Hao, Huiyuan Zhang, Yujie Liu, Mengxiao Liu
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Mainstreaming nature-based solutions through five forms of scaling: Case of the Kiiminkijoki River basin, Finland Ambio (IF 6.5) Pub Date : 2023-10-24 Simo Sarkki, Olli Haanpää, Hannu I. Heikkinen, Juha Hiedanpää, Karoliina Kikuchi, Aleksi Räsänen
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Bridging local and scientific knowledge for area-based conservation of useful plants in Colombia Ambio (IF 6.5) Pub Date : 2023-10-12 Laura Kor, Mateo Fernández-Lucero, Diego Arturo Granados Flórez, Terence P. Dawson, Mauricio Diazgranados
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Human–nature relationships: An introduction to social–ecological practice theory for human–wildlife interactions Ambio (IF 6.5) Pub Date : 2023-10-14 Kaggie Orrick, Michael Dove, Oswald J. Schmitz
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Indigenous Peoples’ rights in national climate governance: An analysis of Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) Ambio (IF 6.5) Pub Date : 2023-10-11 Rosario Carmona, Graeme Reed, James Ford, Stefan Thorsell, Rocío Yon, Francisca Carril, Kerrie Pickering
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Translocation of deadwood in ecological compensation: A novel way to compensate for habitat loss Ambio (IF 6.5) Pub Date : 2023-10-11 Olov Tranberg, Anne-Maarit Hekkala, Ola Lindroos, Therese Löfroth, Mari Jönsson, Jörgen Sjögren, Joakim Hjältén
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Political embeddedness in public–private partnership for nature conservation: A land trust reserve case from China Ambio (IF 6.5) Pub Date : 2023-10-11 Jiacheng Zhao, Tong Jin, Pei Zhang, Max Krott, Jinlong Liu
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“Land-sparing benefits biodiversity while land-sharing benefits ecosystem services”: Stakeholders’ perspectives on biodiversity conservation strategies in boreal forests Ambio (IF 6.5) Pub Date : 2023-10-11 Therese Löfroth, Sonia Merinero, Johanna Johansson, Eva-Maria Nordström, Emma Sahlström, Jörgen Sjögren, Thomas Ranius
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Where economic parity meets ecology: Neither biodiversity nor ecosystem integrity values relate to wealth in the context of a medium-sized Finnish city Ambio (IF 6.5) Pub Date : 2023-10-11 Sini Rautjärvi, Ian MacGregor-Fors
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Can natural forest expansion contribute to Europe's restoration policy agenda? An interdisciplinary assessment Ambio (IF 6.5) Pub Date : 2023-09-29 Theresa Frei, Josep Maria Espelta, Elena Górriz-Mifsud, Arndt Hampe, François Lefèvre, Irene Martín-Forés, Georg Winkel
Natural forest expansion (NFE), that is, the establishment of secondary forest on non-forested land through natural succession, has substantially contributed to the widespread expansion of forests in Europe over the last few decades. So far, EU policies have largely neglected the potential of NFE for meeting policy objectives on restoration. Synthesising recent interdisciplinary research, this paper
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The intricate diversity of human–nature relations: Evidence from Finland Ambio (IF 6.5) Pub Date : 2023-09-29 Kaisa J. Raatikainen, Anna-Kaisa Tupala, Riikka Niemelä, Anna-Mari Laulumaa
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Supporting Nature-Based Solutions via Nature-Based Thinking across European and Latin American cities Ambio (IF 6.5) Pub Date : 2023-09-26 Geovana Mercado, Tom Wild, Jaime Hernandez-Garcia, Mariana D. Baptista, Martina van Lierop, Olivia Bina, Andy Inch, Åsa Ode Sang, Arjen Buijs, Cynnamon Dobbs, Alexis Vásquez, Alexander van der Jagt, Fabio Salbitano, Roberto Falanga, Juan David Amaya-Espinel, Mafalda de Matos Pereira, Thomas B. Randrup
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Coherent at face value: Integration of forest carbon targets in Finnish policy strategies Ambio (IF 6.5) Pub Date : 2023-09-26 Samuli Pitzén, Jani Lukkarinen, Eeva Primmer
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Evidence-based legislation, strong institutions and consensus needed to mitigate the negative impacts of free-ranging dogs Ambio (IF 6.5) Pub Date : 2023-09-23 Sergio A. Lambertucci, Lucía B. Zamora-Nasca, Asmita Sengupta, Marina de la Reta, Pablo I. Plaza
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Quantification of the effect of environmental changes on the brownification of Lake Kukkia in southern Finland Ambio (IF 6.5) Pub Date : 2023-09-21 Katri Rankinen, Virpi Junttila, Martyn Futter, José Enrique Cano Bernal, Daniel Butterfield, Maria Holmberg
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Leveraging research infrastructure co-location to evaluate constraints on terrestrial carbon cycling in northern European forests Ambio (IF 6.5) Pub Date : 2023-09-19 Martyn N. Futter, Thomas Dirnböck, Martin Forsius, Jaana K. Bäck, Nathalie Cools, Eugenio Diaz-Pines, Jan Dick, Veronika Gaube, Lauren M. Gillespie, Lars Högbom, Hjalmar Laudon, Michael Mirtl, Nikolaos Nikolaidis, Christian Poppe Terán, Ute Skiba, Harry Vereecken, Holger Villock, James Weldon, Christoph Wohner, Syed Ashraful Alam