Support for forest clearing depended strongly on the scale at which deforestation occurs. Deforestation for small-scale agriculture was generally considered to be positive because it directly benefits people's welfare. Large-scale deforestation (e.g., for industrial oil palm or acacia plantations), ...
Home gardens hold immense potential in helping countries attain food security under Sustainable Development Goal 2: end hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture. This is because, home gardens can guarantee the four dimensions of food security, which are ...
2015b). The Karuah-Myall catchments represent a typical woodland ecosystem on the east coast of Australia which has been fragmented by pasture agriculture. We mapped and modelled connectivity using an interpatch dispersal distance, gap crossing threshold and resistance from different land cover types....
Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) data. FIA is an inventory program that systematically samples, analyzes and publishes data describing forest conditions in the United States. It is managed by the United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service. The FIA inventory is carried out on a...
Overcoming soil organic matter decline is an important component in the development of more sustainable agroecosystems and the reduction of natural habitat destruction characteristic of shifting agriculture (Sanchez, 1990). The need for renewable, higher crop yields because of increasing human population ...
Owing to favourable soil and climatic conditions, the naturally forested highlands of Tanzania have a comparatively high potential for agriculture. Major limiting factors are drought damage and erosion. The severity of these depend on the interaction between land use practices, soil/topography and ...
Patch size was a good indicator of economic activity. Stable patches of forest and agriculture were fewer and larger, compared to forest regrowth and clearing. Small patches of swidden agriculture were found close to roads, at lower elevations and on more gradual slopes between 1987 and 1991. ...
and M.d.G. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript. Funding This study was financed by the Ministry of Environment and Spatial Planning and the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Food via project nr. 2330-22-0007 »Invasive species in Forests«. ...
The species was introduced and acclimatized in North America and South America; it can also be found in Australia. In Kashmir, populations of A. absinthium occupy sites at an altitude of up to 2100 m. It occurs on roadsides, forest felling sites and clearings, as well as wasteland and...
The species was introduced and acclimatized in North America and South America; it can also be found in Australia. In Kashmir, populations of A. absinthium occupy sites at an altitude of up to 2100 m. It occurs on roadsides, forest felling sites and clearings, as well as wasteland and...