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  1. 1. Riparian plant biodiversity and community composition of ditches and straightened streams : identifying key environmental drivers in a boreal forest setting

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Forest Ecology and Management

    Author : Rasmus Staaf; [2024]
    Keywords : artificial waterways; riparian zone; novel ecosystems; ; forestry; ditch network maintenance; species richness; hill-diversity; drainage ditches; coarse woody debris; ditch cleaning; ecology;

    Abstract : Modified ecosystems are typically seen as degraded and having no ecological value. In many cases, the modification of the ecosystem was done more than 100 years ago and may have had time to recover and become a refugia for species that were once more common in the landscape. READ MORE

  3. 2. Reaching Food Security: The legislative challenges of Seed exchange in kind : a discourse analysis of the European Commission’s PRM proposal

    University essay from SLU/Department of Molecular Sciences

    Author : Anna Beskow; [2024]
    Keywords : Food Security; Food Sovereignty; European Commission; Seed exchange in kind; discourse analysis;

    Abstract : On the 5th of July 2023, the European Commission presented a new Plant Reproductive Material directive with a general objective of ensuring high quality and diversity that contributes to food security, protects biodiversity, and restores forest ecosystems. The aims are to increase efficiency and promote and support mainly sustainable innovation. READ MORE

  4. 3. Examining Conservation Narratives : An Environmental Discourse Analysis of WWF Madagascar

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historia

    Author : Félice Rubin; [2024]
    Keywords : Conservation; Discourse; Deforestation; Community management; Biodiversity; Ecosystem services; Hegemony; Baselines; Environmental History; Miljövård; diskurs; avskogning; samhällsförvaltning; biodiversitet; ekosystemtjänster; hegemoni; miljöhistoria;

    Abstract : This thesis examines the conservation narratives of Madagascar the ambiguity of forest cover and deforestation estimates, and the difficulty in deconstructing the narratives linked to the idea of a once fully forested island. In particular, shifts in the conservation debate are related to the discursive power of a large-scale international NGO, the WWF. READ MORE

  5. 4. Dynamic minimum flows in the bypass reach of Juktån : A post-implementation evaluation of the effects on riparian vegetation

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

    Author : Walter Gezelius Gezelius; [2024]
    Keywords : Restoration; Environmental flows; riparian vegetation;

    Abstract : The purpose of the paper was to evaluate the effects of the restoration efforts in Juktån on the plant species richness and composition, vegetation zonation and soil composition. The restoration involved implementation of a dynamic flow, in addition to hydro-geomorphological alterations. READ MORE

  6. 5. När rekreation och naturvärden möts i den tätortsnära skogen : en analys av Thorslundsskogen

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management (from 130101)

    Author : Cecilia Ewerlöf; [2024]
    Keywords : tätortsnära skog; tätortsnära natur; rekreation; biologisk mångfald; naturvärde; förtätning;

    Abstract : Den tätortsnära skogen är av stor betydelse för den biologiska mångfalden och för invånarnas möjlighet till rekreation. Närhet till en park eller ett grönområde är något som många värdesätter högt och en stor del av vårt dagliga friluftsliv sker i de tätortsnära skogarna. READ MORE