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Experiencing climate change: revisiting the role of local weather in affecting climate change awareness and related policy preferences
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- Climatic Change
, 2021-08-06)
Over the last few years, climate change has risen to the top of the agenda in many Western democracies, backed by a growing share of voters supporting climate protection policies. To understand how and why these changes ...
Quantification and analysis of surface macroplastic contamination on arable areas
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- Journal of Soils and Sediments
, 2021-12-03)
Purpose:
The present study provides quantitative data on the degree of macroplastic contamination of two conventionally treated arable areas in North Rhine-Westphalia (Germany), which differ only in the use of ...
Institutions and institutional changes: aquatic food production in Central Luzon, Philippines
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- Regional Environmental Change
, 2021-12-02)
Aquaculture is the most rapidly growing food production sector globally. In certain coastal social-ecological systems, this has resulted in significant changes and sustainability challenges. In particular, coastal environments ...
Can Tanzania’s adaptation measures prevent future maize yield decline? A simulation study from Singida region
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- Regional Environmental Change
, 2021-09-27)
Cereal crop production in sub-Saharan Africa has not achieved the much-needed increase in yields to foster economic development and food security. Maize yields in the region’s semi-arid agroecosystems are constrained by ...
Seaweed farming pressure affects seagrass and benthic macroalgae dynamics in Chwaka Bay (Zanzibar, Tanzania)
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- Regional Environmental Change
, 2021-01-14)
Farming of Eucheuma denticulatum is a major activity in Zanzibar affecting seagrass ecosystems primarily through shading and trampling. The aim of this study was to test the impacts of shading and trampling during seaweed ...
The state of agricultural landscapes in the Mediterranean: smallholder agriculture and land abandonment in terraced landscapes of the Ricote Valley, southeast Spain
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- Regional Environmental Change
, 2021-02-17)
The fast and broad adoption of mechanization and chemical inputs in Mediterranean terraced agriculture, combined with warming climate trends, has led to the progressive degradation of environmental and social conditions. ...
Climate change impacts on potential maize yields in Gambella Region, Ethiopia
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- Regional Environmental Change
, 2021-05-25)
Changing climate conditions are supposed to have particularly strong impacts on agricultural production in the tropics with strong implications on food security. Ethiopia’s economy is profoundly dominated by agriculture, ...
Consequences of land-use change and the wildfire disaster of 2017 for the central Chilean biodiversity hotspot
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- Regional Environmental Change
, 2021-03-25)
Central Chile is an important biodiversity hotspot in Latin America. Biodiversity hotspots are characterised by a high number of endemic species cooccurring with a high level of anthropogenic pressure. In central Chile, ...
Farmers’ action space to adopt sustainable practices: a study of arable farming in Saxony
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- Regional Environmental Change
, 2021-10-13)
The urgency to address climate change, biodiversity loss, and natural resource degradation requires major changes in agricultural practices. Agricultural policy in Germany has so far failed to generate such changes; ...
Carbon sequestration in hedgerow biomass and soil in the temperate climate zone
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- Regional Environmental Change
, 2021-07-10)
Hedgerows are a traditional form of agroforestry in the temperate climate zone. The establishment of hedgerows may be a promising strategy to promote carbon (C) sinks for climate change mitigation. We therefore conducted ...