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Ideas

Topic: Biodiversity Conservation

Project

Assessing the impacts of climate change on ecosystem services in African montane ecosystems

The 2030 agenda for sustainable development by the United Nations emphasizes the need to protect the planet from degradation…… (UN, 2015).

Iveren Abiem Iveren Abiem

Publication

Flowering plant communities mediate the effects of habitat composition and configuration on wild pollinator communities

Gillespie, M. A. K., Baude, M., Biesmeijer, J., Boatman, N., Budge, G. E., Crowe, A., Davies, N., Evans, R., Memmott, J., Morton, R. D., Mos...

Bill Kunin Bill Kunin

Project

Can South Africa use Land-based Financing for Biodiversity Conservation?

Globally there are calls for incentives for biodiversity conservation, including the mobilization of financial resources to implement biodiversity targets effectively.

Riël Franzsen Riël Franzsen

Publication

Fundamentals of Tropical Freshwater Wetlands: From Ecology to Conservation Management

Dalu, Tatenda and Ryan Wasserman. (Eds.). 2022. Fundamentals of Tropical Freshwater Wetlands: From Ecology to Conservation Management. Elsev...

Tatenda Dalu Tatenda Dalu

Publication

Landscape-scale drivers of pollinator communities may depend on land-use configuration

Gillespie, Mark A. K., Mathilde Baude, Jacobus Biesmeijer, Nigel Boatman, Giles E. Budge, Andrew Crowe, Nancy Davies, Rebecca Evans, Jane Me...

Bill Kunin Bill Kunin

Publication

Getting the measure of ecosystem services: a social-ecological approach

Belinda Reyers, Reinette Biggs, Graeme S Cumming, et al. 2013. Getting the measure of ecosystem services: a social-ecological approach. Fron...

Reinette (Oonsie) Biggs

Publication

How spatial scale shapes the generation and management of multiple ecosystem services

Lindborg, Regina, Line J. Gordon, Rebecka Malinga, Jan Bengtsson, Garry Peterson, Riccardo Bommarco, Lisa Deutsch, Åsa Gren, Maj Rundlöf and...

Jan Bengtsson Jan Bengtsson Regina Lindborg Regina Lindborg

Publication

Grasslands—more important for ecosystem services than you might think

Bengtsson, Janne, J.M. Bullock; B. Egoh; C. Everson; T. O’Connor; P.J. O’Farrell; H.G. Smith; Regina Lindborg. 2019. Grasslands—more importa...

Jan Bengtsson Jan Bengtsson Regina Lindborg Regina Lindborg

Project

Assessment of social-economic impacts of invasive cactus (Opuntia engelmannii) to rural livelihoods and their environment in the Drylands of Kenya

Invasive alien plant species are one of the major drivers of global ecosystem change and the most serious threats to ecological, economic and social well-being.

Eunice Githae Eunice Githae

Project

Multifunctionality in managed grassland systems: Biodiversity and ecosystem services

Grassland systems have been in focus for a long time due to their ecological, socioeconomic and cultural importance.

Jan Bengtsson Jan Bengtsson Regina Lindborg Regina Lindborg