Ambio - A Journal of Environment and Society
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Ambio publishes academic research on the interrelationships between environment and society that addresses sustainability challenges for a global audience
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New publication:
Unlocking the potential of other effective area-based conservation measures (OECMs) for achieving conservation targets: A global scoping review
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Unlocking the potential of other effective area-based conservation measures (OECMs) for achieving conservation targets: A global scoping review
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Unlocking the potential of other effective area-based conservation measures (OECMs) for achieving conservation targets: A global scoping review - Ambio
Other Effective Area-based Conservation Measures (OECMs), introduced by the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), refer to areas outside formal protected-area networks that deliver effective and e...
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February 9, 2026 at 10:22 AM
New publication:
Unlocking the potential of other effective area-based conservation measures (OECMs) for achieving conservation targets: A global scoping review
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Unlocking the potential of other effective area-based conservation measures (OECMs) for achieving conservation targets: A global scoping review
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The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has announced the award of the Crafoord Prize in Geosciences to Veerabhadran Ramanathan
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Crafoord Prize Laureate showed that many factors affect the climate
Veerabhadran Ramanathan has laid the foundation for our understanding of how small particles and gases that accumulate in the atmosphere contribute to climate change. This knowledge is vitally importa...
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February 2, 2026 at 11:29 AM
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has announced the award of the Crafoord Prize in Geosciences to Veerabhadran Ramanathan
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New Publication:
Relying on wildlife management: How compensation programs can build trust and perceived control to sustain coexistence with brown bears in Poland
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Relying on wildlife management: How compensation programs can build trust and perceived control to sustain coexistence with brown bears in Poland
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Relying on wildlife management: How compensation programs can build trust and perceived control to sustain coexistence with brown bears in Poland - Ambio
The recovery of large carnivore populations in Europe often leads to conflicts with the primary sector. Compensation for livestock and agricultural losses is a common mitigation tool, but its impact o...
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February 2, 2026 at 11:26 AM
New Publication:
Relying on wildlife management: How compensation programs can build trust and perceived control to sustain coexistence with brown bears in Poland
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Relying on wildlife management: How compensation programs can build trust and perceived control to sustain coexistence with brown bears in Poland
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New publication:
Why forests can mitigate floods of all sizes: Evaluating the scientific basis for forest-based flood mitigation
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Why forests can mitigate floods of all sizes: Evaluating the scientific basis for forest-based flood mitigation
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Why forests can mitigate floods of all sizes: Evaluating the scientific basis for forest-based flood mitigation - Ambio
Rising flood frequencies and magnitudes are causing the loss of lives, infrastructure damage, and economic disruption, making effective flood management imperative. Nature-based solutions are increasi...
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February 2, 2026 at 11:25 AM
New publication:
Why forests can mitigate floods of all sizes: Evaluating the scientific basis for forest-based flood mitigation
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Why forests can mitigate floods of all sizes: Evaluating the scientific basis for forest-based flood mitigation
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New Publication:
Conceptualising and mapping polarisation trends in land systems
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Conceptualising and mapping polarisation trends in land systems
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Conceptualising and mapping polarisation trends in land systems - Ambio
Polarisation is a key process in land systems, describing land-change trajectories within a region that simultaneously move in opposite directions, such as co-occurring agricultural intensification an...
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January 26, 2026 at 12:31 PM
New Publication:
Conceptualising and mapping polarisation trends in land systems
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Conceptualising and mapping polarisation trends in land systems
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New publication
Bridging production and protection: Legislative and technical feasibility of continuous cover forestry around freshwater in Sweden
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Bridging production and protection: Legislative and technical feasibility of continuous cover forestry around freshwater in Sweden
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Bridging production and protection: Legislative and technical feasibility of continuous cover forestry around freshwater in Sweden - Ambio
Forests are essential to the global green transition, but intensified management may undermine environmental goals. Continuous cover forestry (CCF) offers an alternative, balancing timber production a...
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January 24, 2026 at 6:05 AM
New publication
Bridging production and protection: Legislative and technical feasibility of continuous cover forestry around freshwater in Sweden
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Bridging production and protection: Legislative and technical feasibility of continuous cover forestry around freshwater in Sweden
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New publication
Connecting with nature: The missing link between a satisfied life and a healthy life?
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Connecting with nature: The missing link between a satisfied life and a healthy life?
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Connecting with nature: The missing link between a satisfied life and a healthy life? - Ambio
Nature connection is an important leverage point for human wellbeing and planetary health. In this paper, we examine the varying relationships between nature connection and wellbeing measures through ...
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January 24, 2026 at 6:04 AM
New publication
Connecting with nature: The missing link between a satisfied life and a healthy life?
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Connecting with nature: The missing link between a satisfied life and a healthy life?
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New publication:
Beyond the landscape: Social-behavioral factors as the true coexistence parameters in the Chilean carnivore–livestock conflict
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Beyond the landscape: Social-behavioral factors as the true coexistence parameters in the Chilean carnivore–livestock conflict
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Beyond the landscape: Social-behavioral factors as the true coexistence parameters in the Chilean carnivore–livestock conflict - Ambio
We share land with carnivores throughout the world, but coexistence is not assured. Using a social-ecological systems approach and employing the coexistence parameter concept, we tested whether enviro...
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January 24, 2026 at 6:03 AM
New publication:
Beyond the landscape: Social-behavioral factors as the true coexistence parameters in the Chilean carnivore–livestock conflict
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Beyond the landscape: Social-behavioral factors as the true coexistence parameters in the Chilean carnivore–livestock conflict
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New publication:
How do members of the public feel about novel ecosystem interventions? A longitudinal study of emotional responses to restoration and adaptation in the Great Barrier Reef
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How do members of the public feel about novel ecosystem interventions? A longitudinal study of emotional responses to restoration and adaptation in the Great Barrier Reef
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Client Challenge
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January 10, 2026 at 8:02 AM
New publication:
How do members of the public feel about novel ecosystem interventions? A longitudinal study of emotional responses to restoration and adaptation in the Great Barrier Reef
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How do members of the public feel about novel ecosystem interventions? A longitudinal study of emotional responses to restoration and adaptation in the Great Barrier Reef
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New Publication:
Decarbonising homes and the in-between: Intersections of visible and latent climate-wise housing and mobility
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Decarbonising homes and the in-between: Intersections of visible and latent climate-wise housing and mobility
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Client Challenge
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January 10, 2026 at 8:01 AM
New Publication:
Decarbonising homes and the in-between: Intersections of visible and latent climate-wise housing and mobility
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Decarbonising homes and the in-between: Intersections of visible and latent climate-wise housing and mobility
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New publication:
Agroecology in Zimbabwe: A country-level review with regional lessons for Southern African Development Community (SADC)
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Agroecology in Zimbabwe: A country-level review with regional lessons for Southern African Development Community (SADC)
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Client Challenge
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January 10, 2026 at 8:00 AM
New publication:
Agroecology in Zimbabwe: A country-level review with regional lessons for Southern African Development Community (SADC)
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Agroecology in Zimbabwe: A country-level review with regional lessons for Southern African Development Community (SADC)
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New publication:
Catalysing transformational change through compound nature connectedness interventions
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Catalysing transformational change through compound nature connectedness interventions
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Catalysing transformational change through compound nature connectedness interventions - Ambio
Political, economic and technological interventions are struggling to address the polycrisis at the necessary scale and pace. Increasing nature connectedness can make a critical contribution: there is...
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January 3, 2026 at 8:48 AM
New publication:
Catalysing transformational change through compound nature connectedness interventions
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Catalysing transformational change through compound nature connectedness interventions
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new publication:
Regenerating the food system: A proposed vision and guiding principles for regenerative, inclusive food systems (RIFS)
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Regenerating the food system: A proposed vision and guiding principles for regenerative, inclusive food systems (RIFS)
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Regenerating the food system: A proposed vision and guiding principles for regenerative, inclusive food systems (RIFS) - Ambio
The aim of this perspective is to further the discussion on regenerating our food system, by describing our future food system (FS) vision to be a regenerative, inclusive food system (RIFS) and provid...
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December 31, 2025 at 7:38 AM
new publication:
Regenerating the food system: A proposed vision and guiding principles for regenerative, inclusive food systems (RIFS)
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Regenerating the food system: A proposed vision and guiding principles for regenerative, inclusive food systems (RIFS)
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New publication:
Between threat, disturbance and opportunity: Local actors’ views on coexistence with Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx) in the French Vosges and Jura mountains
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Between threat, disturbance and opportunity: Local actors’ views on coexistence with Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx) in the French Vosges and Jura mountains
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Between threat, disturbance and opportunity: Local actors’ views on coexistence with Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx) in the French Vosges and Jura mountains - Ambio
This paper examines how coexistence with the Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx) has been conceived and experienced differently over time by local actors based on ethnographic data in two sites in France: the V...
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December 27, 2025 at 12:36 PM
New publication:
Between threat, disturbance and opportunity: Local actors’ views on coexistence with Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx) in the French Vosges and Jura mountains
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Between threat, disturbance and opportunity: Local actors’ views on coexistence with Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx) in the French Vosges and Jura mountains
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New publication:
The EU Nature Restoration Regulation offers new opportunities for resilient forests and sustainable forestry
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The EU Nature Restoration Regulation offers new opportunities for resilient forests and sustainable forestry
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The EU Nature Restoration Regulation offers new opportunities for resilient forests and sustainable forestry - Ambio
This paper examines the EU Nature Restoration Regulation (NRR) as a novel framework aimed at promoting biodiversity, ecosystem services, sustainable forestry practices and resilient ecosystems. We hig...
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December 27, 2025 at 12:35 PM
New publication:
The EU Nature Restoration Regulation offers new opportunities for resilient forests and sustainable forestry
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The EU Nature Restoration Regulation offers new opportunities for resilient forests and sustainable forestry
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New publication
Compounding social-ecological crises drive spatial mobility and land abandonment in Morocco’s High Atlas
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Compounding social-ecological crises drive spatial mobility and land abandonment in Morocco’s High Atlas
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Compounding social-ecological crises drive spatial mobility and land abandonment in Morocco’s High Atlas - Ambio
Drought and water insecurity are escalating crises that shape dryland farmers’ mobility and land abandonment decisions. In this study, we appraised the causes of such decisions through 75 qualitative ...
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December 20, 2025 at 6:47 AM
New publication
Compounding social-ecological crises drive spatial mobility and land abandonment in Morocco’s High Atlas
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Compounding social-ecological crises drive spatial mobility and land abandonment in Morocco’s High Atlas
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new publication:
Community-centered approaches to aquaculture in small-scale fisheries
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Community-centered approaches to aquaculture in small-scale fisheries
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Community-centered approaches to aquaculture in small-scale fisheries - Ambio
Aquaculture is the fastest-growing seafood production system globally, offering economic and social opportunities for small-scale fishing communities. Yet, it is often introduced through top-down, tec...
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December 20, 2025 at 6:46 AM
new publication:
Community-centered approaches to aquaculture in small-scale fisheries
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Community-centered approaches to aquaculture in small-scale fisheries
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New publication
Activities undertaken by Indigenous Australians as “caring for Country”: A systematic review
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Activities undertaken by Indigenous Australians as “caring for Country”: A systematic review
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Activities undertaken by Indigenous Australians as “caring for Country”: A systematic review - Ambio
Senior Aboriginal leaders have stated that all decent Australians should be encouraged to take on the responsibility of caring for Country. There is much to be learned from caring for Country, particu...
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December 15, 2025 at 11:13 AM
New publication
Activities undertaken by Indigenous Australians as “caring for Country”: A systematic review
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Activities undertaken by Indigenous Australians as “caring for Country”: A systematic review
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New Publication
Beekeeper attitudes towards the management of Varroa destructor in Australia
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Beekeeper attitudes towards the management of Varroa destructor in Australia
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Beekeeper attitudes towards the management of Varroa destructor in Australia - Ambio
Varroa destructor, the most damaging pest of the western honey bee (Apis mellifera), arrived in Australia in June 2022. This parasitic mite weakens bees and spreads harmful viruses. We investigated Au...
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December 15, 2025 at 11:12 AM
New Publication
Beekeeper attitudes towards the management of Varroa destructor in Australia
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Beekeeper attitudes towards the management of Varroa destructor in Australia
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New publication:
Beyond kill or no-kill: Institutional analysis of lethal control decision-making in large carnivore management
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Beyond kill or no-kill: Institutional analysis of lethal control decision-making in large carnivore management
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Beyond kill or no-kill: Institutional analysis of lethal control decision-making in large carnivore management - Ambio
Countries use lethal control as a tool to respond to human–large carnivore conflicts to varying degrees. The aim of this study was to explore the complexities surrounding the often-controversial decis...
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December 15, 2025 at 11:11 AM
New publication:
Beyond kill or no-kill: Institutional analysis of lethal control decision-making in large carnivore management
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Beyond kill or no-kill: Institutional analysis of lethal control decision-making in large carnivore management
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new publication
Co-production of Arctic sea ice knowledge: A systematic review
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Co-production of Arctic sea ice knowledge: A systematic review
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Co-production of Arctic sea ice knowledge: A systematic review - Ambio
Arctic sea ice is a vital component of the global climate system and a key indicator of climate change. Collaborations between Western scientists and Indigenous Knowledge holders advance understanding...
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December 15, 2025 at 11:10 AM
new publication
Co-production of Arctic sea ice knowledge: A systematic review
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Co-production of Arctic sea ice knowledge: A systematic review
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New publication
Citizen eyes on elusive wildlife: Assessing public appreciation for urban wild mammals
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Citizen eyes on elusive wildlife: Assessing public appreciation for urban wild mammals
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Citizen eyes on elusive wildlife: Assessing public appreciation for urban wild mammals - Ambio
Urbanisation is reshaping ecosystems, posing both challenges and opportunities for biodiversity conservation, particularly for urban mammals. We investigated public appreciation of 15 wild mammal spec...
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December 15, 2025 at 11:09 AM
New publication
Citizen eyes on elusive wildlife: Assessing public appreciation for urban wild mammals
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Citizen eyes on elusive wildlife: Assessing public appreciation for urban wild mammals
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New publication:
Snow leopards, prey, and pastoralists: Understanding the impacts of climate change on human–wildlife coexistence in Central Asia
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Snow leopards, prey, and pastoralists: Understanding the impacts of climate change on human–wildlife coexistence in Central Asia
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Snow leopards, prey, and pastoralists: Understanding the impacts of climate change on human–wildlife coexistence in Central Asia - Ambio
Fostering coexistence between people and wildlife requires understanding their interactions and how they might change in the future. Climate change potentially impacts coexistence by exacerbating reso...
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December 15, 2025 at 11:09 AM
New publication:
Snow leopards, prey, and pastoralists: Understanding the impacts of climate change on human–wildlife coexistence in Central Asia
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Snow leopards, prey, and pastoralists: Understanding the impacts of climate change on human–wildlife coexistence in Central Asia
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New Publication:
The legacy of the Nordic contributions to acid rain science and policy
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The legacy of the Nordic contributions to acid rain science and policy
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The legacy of the Nordic contributions to acid rain science and policy - Ambio
For more than 50 years, the Nordic countries have together played a significant role in Europe in raising awareness, scientific understanding and policy development for the control of acid rain and re...
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December 15, 2025 at 11:08 AM
New Publication:
The legacy of the Nordic contributions to acid rain science and policy
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The legacy of the Nordic contributions to acid rain science and policy
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New publication:
Local Criollo people's perceptions of changes in wild food consumption in a deforestation frontier in the Argentine Dry Chaco
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Local Criollo people's perceptions of changes in wild food consumption in a deforestation frontier in the Argentine Dry Chaco
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Local Criollo people's perceptions of changes in wild food consumption in a deforestation frontier in the Argentine Dry Chaco - Ambio
Wild foods (WFs) are an important component of rural diets worldwide. We conducted research in the deforestation frontier of the Argentine Dry Chaco to assess local Criollo people’s (LCP) perceptions ...
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January 3, 2026 at 8:52 AM
New publication:
Local Criollo people's perceptions of changes in wild food consumption in a deforestation frontier in the Argentine Dry Chaco
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Local Criollo people's perceptions of changes in wild food consumption in a deforestation frontier in the Argentine Dry Chaco
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