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Conservation Social Science: Understanding People, Conserving Biodiversity
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DESCRIPTION Groundbreaking book that examines the essential contribution of the social sciences to understanding and conserving biodiversity across the globe Authored by leading scholars at the nexus...
Environmental Patterns of Brown Moss- and Sphagnum-Associated Microbial Communities
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Northern peatlands typically develop through succession from fens dominated by the moss family Amblystegiaceae to bogs dominated by the moss genus Sphagnum. How the different plants and abiotic...
Global Peatlands Assessment: The State of the World’s Peatlands
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Peatlands are unique and rare ecosystems that, despite only covering around 3-4% of the planet’s land surface, they contain up to one-third of the world’s soil carbon, which is twice the amount of...
High Seasonal Overlap in Habitat Suitability in a Non-migratory High Arctic Ungulate
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Abstract Understanding drivers of space use and habitat selection is essential for management and conservation, especially under rapid environmental change. Here, we develop summer and winter habitat...
Land Use Planning: Global Land Outlook Working Paper
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This brief presents evidence of land use planning, spatial planning, territorial (or regional) planning, and ecosystem-based or environmental land use planning as tools that can strengthen land governance, improve economic opportunities based on sustainable management of land resources, and develop land use options that reconcile conservation and development objectives.
Nonlinear Spatial and Temporal Decomposition Provides Insight for Climate Change Effects on Sub‑Arctic Herbivore Populations
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Global temperatures are increasing, affecting timing and availability of vegetation along with relationships between plants and their consumers. We examined the effect of population density, herd body...
Reindeer and Caribou: Health and Disease
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This resource is available on an external database and may require a paid subscription to access it. It is included on the CCLM to support our goal of capturing and sharing the breadth of all...
UN Biodiversity Conference (COP15)
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Event Date and Time
December 7th, 2022 at 8:00am to December 19th, 2022 at 5:00pm
Montreal, QC
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Despite on-going efforts, biodiversity is deteriorating worldwide and this decline is projected to worsen with business-as-usual scenarios. The UN Biodiversity Conference will convene governments from...
Video - It’s Time for Wetlands Restoration
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On the occasion of Word Wetlands Day on 2 February 2023, the G20 Global Land Initiative Coordination Office in partnership with the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands, UN Decade for Ecosystem Restoration...