Essays about: "Ecological Resilience"
Showing result 11 - 15 of 223 essays containing the words Ecological Resilience.
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11. Pepita de oro: How AlVelAl is building a regional regenerative agriculture transformation through social innovations
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Stockholm Resilience CentreAbstract : Regenerative Agriculture (RA) is increasingly promoted as a sustainable agri-food solution. Agronomic studies find that RA practices (e.g. cover crops, reduced tillage, crop rotation, and agroforestry) can regulate soil moisture, sequester atmospheric carbon, enhance biodiversity, and reduce the impacts of droughts and floods. READ MORE
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12. Unearthing the social-ecological cascades of the fall armyworm invasion: A computer-assisted text analysis of digital news articles
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Stockholm Resilience CentreAbstract : Understanding the complex nature of social-ecological cascades, or chain reactions of events that lead to widespread change in a system, is crucial for navigating the challenges they present. Emerging pests and pathogens, such as the fall armyworm, provide an opportunity to study these cascades in greater detail. READ MORE
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13. Identifying training needs for the implementation of Continuous Cover Forestry in Sweden
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Forest Ecology and ManagementAbstract : In recent decades, continuous cover forestry (CCF) has been (re-)discovered as an important toolbox for promoting biodiversity, helping to deliver a range of ecosystem goods and services as well as to satisfy the needs of various stakeholders. CCF is based on ecological principles and one of its most important tenets is the abandonment of large-scale clearfelling. READ MORE
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14. Reconnecting Gävle’s Delta : a post-industrial urban transformation project for Sweden’s coastal landscape
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural DevelopmentAbstract : This speculative design-led research project addresses the challenges of transforming dilapidated post-industrial brownfield sites into thriving, sustainable, resilient urban neighbourhoods. Tasked with allocating urban growth, municipality planning departments increasingly look towards underused but centrally located industrial sites for future development. READ MORE
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15. Social-Ecological Resilience and Whale Conservation
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Juridiska institutionenAbstract : Whale species face numerous man-made threats, such as pollution, whaling, climate change and whale-watching, that threaten their survival. International environmental law has several regulations in place that aim, either directly or indirectly, at conserving whales. READ MORE