Essays about: "biodiversity changes"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 225 essays containing the words biodiversity changes.

  1. 21. Upscaling agroecology in Sweden : a participatory-backcasting approach to investigate top-down measures for promoting an agroecological transition of the Swedish agricultural system

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of People and Society

    Author : Pablo Ratti; [2023]
    Keywords : Agroecology; transition; top-down; scenario; participatory policies;

    Abstract : Alongside its important contribution to the increase of yields, industrial agriculture has also generated environmental, social and economical negative side effects. Moreover, the forecasted growth of the world’s population puts more pressure for solutions on how to increase food supply while reducing the negative effects of the current agricultural system. READ MORE

  3. 22. En jämförande studie av engångs- och flergångstextiler på operationsavdelningen : med fokus på aseptik och miljöpåverkan

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Clinical Sciences

    Author : Alex Berg; Klara Siegrist Jönsson; [2023]
    Keywords : aseptik; engångsoperationsrockar; flergångsoperationsrockar; livscykelanalys LCA ; miljöpåverkan; operationslakan; operationstextiler; vårdrelaterad infektion VRI ;

    Abstract : Miljöförändringar är ett globalt problem som påverkar både människor och djur. Klimatförändringar blir allt vanligare och leder till allvarliga konsekvenser som höjda havsnivåer, extremväder och negativ inverkan på den biologiska mångfalden. READ MORE

  4. 23. Characteristics of instream wood following alluvial river restoration : Using Uncrewed Aerial Vehicles

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för ekologi, miljö och geovetenskap

    Author : Martina Fjällberg; [2023]
    Keywords : River restoration; instream wood; uncrewed aerial vehicles; fluvial geomorphology.;

    Abstract : River restoration is something that is often used to help restore watercourses that were historically used for timber floating. In these restorations, instream wood (IW) plays a big role in increasing biodiversity and habitat heterogeneity in watercourses. READ MORE

  5. 24. The diversity of moths in a nature reserve in the Northern Cape, South Africa : Variation over time, depending on abiotic factors and differences between areas with different grazing types

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för biologi och miljö (BOM)

    Author : Nellie Jarl; [2023]
    Keywords : Moth diversity; grazing effects; land use; biodiversity;

    Abstract : Land use changes globally have significant impacts on flora and fauna. In South Africa, extensive land is used for grazing by both domestic livestock and farmed native grazers. However, the effects of different grazing types on vegetation and fauna remain poorly understood. READ MORE

  6. 25. Differences and similarities in stand characteristics after prescribed burning and wildfire : implications for conservation of forest biodiversity

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Ecology

    Author : Hannah Sophie Jakob; [2023]
    Keywords : coarse woody debris; conservation; biodiversity; boreal forest; Daldinia loculata; Fennoscandia; prescribed burning; regeneration; wildfire; woodpecker;

    Abstract : 1. Wildfires are a natural disturbance in the boreal forests of Fennoscandia and have shaped and formed forests in the past, resulting in very heterogeneous forests containing large amounts of dead and living trees in various age classes. READ MORE