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The role of conservation in United States’ agricultural policy from the Dust Bowl to today: A critical assessment
Historical evidence shows that environmental issues have been secondary to United States’ agricultural policy since the first farm bill in 1933. The...
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Slow-down of deforestation following a Brazilian forest policy was less effective on private lands than in all conservation areas
Private lands are important for conservation worldwide, but knowledge about their effectiveness is still insufficient. To help fill this important...
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Achieving balance between socioeconomic development and ecosystem conservation via policy adjustments in Guangdong Province of southeastern China
Rapid urbanization improves socioeconomic development but challenges ecosystem sustainability. Meanwhile, the gradient responses of ecosystem...
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Enabling conservation theories of change
Global theories of change (ToCs) can provide broad, overarching guidance for conservation and sustainable use of Earth’s ecosystems. However, broad...
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The role of hope and conservation attitudes in current conservation actions and future conservation intentions
Current community-led conservation (CLC) actions support present and future biodiversity. Present-day conservation volunteer efforts are measurable;...
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Economic Policy for Sustainable Development: Role of Monetary Policy, Fiscal Policy and Regulatory Policy
This study empirically examines the effect of economic policy on sustainable development using annual data for 22 countries from 2011 to 2018. The...
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Economic sustainability of energy conservation policy: improved panel data evidence
This paper examines the nature of the economic activity–energy use nexus for 82 countries and the period from 1971 to 2014. Compared to all other...
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Willingness to pay for adopting conservation tillage technologies in wheat cultivation: policy options for small-scale farmers
Traditional farming involves intensive tillage causing soil degradation and erosion. On the contrary, conservation tillage technologies are expensive...
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The coalitional politics of the European Union’s environmental forest policy: Biodiversity conservation, timber legality, and climate protection
European forest policymaking is shaped by progressing European integration, yet with notable ideological divisions and diverging interests among...
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Evidence of anticipatory forest use behaviours under policy introduction: a systematic map protocol
BackgroundForest conservation is a major global policy goal, due to the role forests play in climate change mitigation and biodiversity conservation....
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Global conservation priorities for wetlands and setting post-2025 targets
Wetland conservation is becoming increasingly important as wetland areas decline globally. However, no comprehensive global-scale mapping of wetland...
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Households’ energy conservation and efficiency awareness practices in the Cape Coast Metropolis of Ghana
Thermal power generation is the main source of power in the energy mix of the country. Erratic rainfall patterns, the high cost of fossil fuel for...
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Integrating farmers’ and experts’ perspectives for soil health-informed decision-making in conservation agriculture systems
Soil health and conservation agriculture are two pivotal components of soil security that link agricultural and soil science to policy by integrating...
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Regulation, the hybrid market, and species conservation: The case of conservation banking in California
Conservation Banking in California is a long-established offset program. Banks are hybrid instruments that hover between market autonomy and...
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Separating Proactive Conservation from Species Listing Decisions
Proactive Conservation is a paradigm of natural resource management in the United States that encourages voluntary, collaborative efforts to restore...
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Urban conservation gardening in the decade of restoration
Global commitments and policy interventions for conservation have failed to halt widespread declines in plant biodiversity, highlighting an urgent...
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Identification of priority conservation areas based on ecosystem services and systematic conservation planning analysis
In order to reverse the trend of ecological deterioration and resolve the conflict between ecological conservation and economic development, it is...
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The bear minimum: reintroduction and the weaknesses of minimalist conservation
Often, wildlife management and conservation policies gauge the success of conservation initiatives by setting minimum targets for conservation....
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Marine conservation in Vanuatu: Local conceptualisation and ‘assemblage’
This article deals with the local conceptualisation of ‘conservation’ in the village Siviri in Vanuatu where villagers have established and maintain...
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Can natural forest expansion contribute to Europe's restoration policy agenda? An interdisciplinary assessment
Natural forest expansion (NFE), that is, the establishment of secondary forest on non-forested land through natural succession, has substantially...
