Biodiversity
Closing the Feedback Loop: Evaluation and Adaptation in Collaborative Resource Management
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This sourcebook has two purposes. The first is to provide a selection of evaluation tools and change mechanisms for collaborative groups to consider and use. The second is tostimulate discussion of evaluation and adaptation in collaborative resource management. Collaborative resource management and adaptive management are not new concepts, but experience has not caught up to theory, and there is much to learn from the rapidly evolving efforts underway.
Cloud Forest Protection Critical To Keep Tropical Dams Running
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Article As the global population surges, dams have been increasingly adopted as a way to keep up with skyrocketing demands for water and energy.
Peruvian City Pledges to Ramp Up Freshwater Conservation Efforts
Botanic Gardens for Tree Conservation and Forest Restoration in Africa
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Article At present the majority of tree planting in Africa focuses on monotypic stands of non-native species, which offer limited added value in terms of biodiversity or socioeconomic opportunities.
Clearwater Basin Collabortive
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Organization This organization is a cooperative advisory-making body orgazized to resolve land management conflices in the Clearwater Basin, Idaho. This Basin is part of the largest complex of public lands in the continental United States. People from all backgrounds and points of view agree that the forests, mountains and streams here are priceless and necessary to economic, social and ecological well-being.
Costa Rica Bans Hunting
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Article Costa Rica, a tropical country known for its national parks and ecotourism, has taken a further step to protect its environment. But even in this environmentally conscious nation, a new ban on hunting faces obstacles.
Accelerating Adaptation of Natural Resource Management to Address Climate Change
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Article Natural resource managers are seeking tools to help them address current and future effects of climate change.
Project-Level Insights for Landscape Level PES (Payment for Ecosystem Services)
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Article Over the last 10 years, there has been a significant increase in private and public sector interest to explore payments for ecosystem services (PES), in order to assign value to ecosystem services, and thus promote better land use practices. We recently investigated how PES schemes are faring in meeting the goals of safeguarding ecosystem services, while also benefiting local livelihoods.
