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05/17/2023

Opinion

Is it a new day for freshwater biodiversity? Reflections on outcomes of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework

The 2022 United Nations (UN) Biodiversity Conference of the Parties (COP) to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) recognized for the first-time ‘inland waters’ as a distinct realm in terms of setting targets and a process for monitoring and conserving them and their biodiversity. It is common for environmentalists and environmental scholars to bemoan things that they care about, but that have been forgotten...

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Is it a new day for freshwater biodiversity? Reflections on outcomes of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework

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05/09/2023

Research Article

Prospects and challenges of achieving sustainable urban green-spaces: A case study of urban greening in Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC), Bangladesh

Urban green spaces and urban forest covers are a significant component of urban planning which is critically ignored in Bangladesh. This study aims to identify the prospects and challenges of achieving sustainable urban green spaces in Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC)...

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Prospects and challenges of achieving sustainable urban green-spaces: A case study of urban greening in Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC), Bangladesh

05/04/2023

Review

Optimization and decision support models for deploying negative emissions technologies

Negative emissions technologies (NETs) will be needed to reach net-zero emissions by mid-century. However, NETs can have wide-ranging effects on land and water availability, food production, and biodiversity. he deployment of NETs will also depend on regional and national circumstances, technology availability, and decarbonization strategies...

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Optimization and decision support models for deploying negative emissions technologies

05/02/2023

Research Article

Assessing risks and opportunities for tropical forests in the face of sustainable development

Understanding how countries’ future development pathways could affect forests can help to avoid negative impacts and instead promote positive ones. Exploring this topic requires knowledge of which areas of the development agenda are likely to show the greatest progress and how these expected changes relate to the drivers of deforestation and...

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04/20/2023

Review

On the social-ecological systems (SES) diagnostic approach of the commons: Sharing, cooperation, and maintenance

In this Review, Yan Zhang discusses the applications of the social-ecological systems (SES) framework to study interdependence and coevolution of human societies and natural ecosystems and highlights the need to adapt governance to rapidly changing human societies...

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04/06/2023

Opinion

What undergraduate students know and what they want to learn about in climate change education

Jordan, Sorensen and Gray survey environmental science undergraduate students, focusing on their view of climate change, food systems, and GMOs. Results suggest that students are largely concerned about climate change impacts and want to understand the socio-environmental solutions that might help to mitigate potential impact...