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For Development in Brazil, Two Crops Are Better Than One
April 22, 2013 — Brazil is in the midst of an explosion of agricultural production, but who is profiting from that production -- wealthy land owners and investors or average Brazilians is the subject of debate. New ... > full story -
Nitrogen Has Key Role in Estimating Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Land Use Change
April 19, 2013 — A new global-scale modeling study that takes into account nitrogen -- a key nutrient for plants -- estimates that carbon emissions from human activities on land were 40 percent higher in the 1990s ... > full story -
Biodiversity Crisis: The Impacts of Socio-Economic Pressures on Natural Floras and Faunas
April 16, 2013 — A new study on extinction risk has shown that proportions of plant and animal species being classified as threatened on national Red Lists are more closely related to socioeconomic pressure levels ... > full story -
Resurgence of Endangered Deer in Patagonian ‘Eden’ Highlights Conservation Success
April 16, 2013 — The Huemul, a species of deer found only in the Latin American region of Patagonia, is bouncing back from the brink of possible ... > full story -
Escalating Cost of Forest Conservation
April 16, 2013 — In the face of unprecedented deforestation and biodiversity loss, policy makers are increasingly using financial incentives to encourage ... > full story -
Tiny Colorful Snails Are in Danger of Extinction With Vanishing Limestone Ecosystems
April 15, 2013 — Three new species of brightly colored carnivorous snails have been described from north and northeastern Thailand, as a part of an extensive study of the terrestrial snails family Streptaxidae. The ... > full story -
Strong Urban Cores Promote Socializing in the City
April 15, 2013 — Opportunities for social interaction -- which are important for individual, economic and social well-being -- are hampered in decentralized cities, even more than by fragmented urban layouts and long ... > full story -
Limiting Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Land Use in Europe
April 10, 2013 — New research estimates future land use emissions for the European Union, showing that Europe could potentially reduce greenhouse gas emissions from land use by more than 60 percent by ... > full story -
Sea Level Rise: Jeopardy for Terrestrial Biodiversity on Islands
April 9, 2013 — Model calculations predict a sea level rise of about one meter by the end of this century and of up to five and a half meters by the year 2500. Until now there are few studies on the potential ... > full story -
Can Synthetic Biology Save Wildlife? From Re-Creating Extinct Species to the Risk of Genetically Modified Super-Species
April 2, 2013 — What effects will the rapidly growing field of synthetic biology have on the conservation of nature? The ecological and ethical challenges stemming from this question will require a new and ... > full story
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