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The relevance of the research is explained by the contradiction between the availability of forest resources, the demand for timber materials, and the low economic efficiency of their use, conservation, and reproduction....

Hasta la actualidad, los bosques de las Yungas Australes se manejaron sólo para proveer madera de unas pocas especies arbóreas con alto valor económico. Extracciones sucesivas sin respetar los tiempos de recuperación...

Over the past two decades, despite significant fluctuations in China's soybean planting area, high-resolution assessments quantifying the spatially heterogeneous and nonlinear impacts of compounding economic, climatic, a...

This study investigates the performance of the Random Forest algorithm in measuring the quality of Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) in Indonesia. The current reliance on administrative evaluations and conventional ac...

Abstract Background Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) comprise a group of persistent carcinogenic pollutants whose transfer from air to soil via the atmospheric deposition represents a major chronic exposure pathwa...

Tropical dry woodlands are key ecosystems for global biodiversity, carbon storage, and forest-based livelihoods in some of the poorest regions of the world. Many of these woodlands have been historically converted and de...

Decentralized forest management programs reduce deforestation rates, although the effects may be modest. More research is needed to assess whether such programs reduce the income of poor households. Proponents of decentr...

Abstract Background Agroforestry, the intentional integration of trees or other woody perennials with crops or livestock in production systems, is being widely promoted as a conservation and development tool to help meet...

During the past decades, the Ecological Modernization Theory, and associated ideas such as the Forest Transition Theory and Land Sparing Hypothesis, have dominated the academic and policy arenas regarding the solutions t...

A AMAZÔNIA está entrando em uma era de rápidas mudanças impulsionadas pela previsão de asfaltamento de rodovias que estimularão a expansão da fronteira agrícola e de exploração madeireira. O declínio do custo ...

Climate change presents significant challenges to ecosystems, economies, and societies globally. In Malaysia, a tropical country highly dependent on its natural resources, the impacts are evident in altered rainfall patt...

ABSTRACT This paper examines changes over time for a full generation of migrant settlers in the Northern Ecuadorian Amazon (NEA). Data were collected from a 2014 household survey covering a subsample of households survey...

Este trabalho apresenta os primeiros resultados do esforço conjunto de várias instituições, organizadas em torno da rede Geoma (Rede Temática de Pesquisa em Modelagem Ambiental da Amazônia) para avançar a compreen...

Long-term monitoring of coastal aquaculture ponds (APs) is essential for sustainable food production and environmental management. Intensive aquaculture has reshaped coastal landscapes and threatened ecosystem services. ...

"This article analyzes the main actor coalitions shaping Argentina’s climate-AFOLU policy subsystem from 2015 to 2024 using the advocacy coalition framework (ACF). Two key coalitions are identified: a dominant producti...

Abstract Occupational Health and Safety (OHS), which holds substantial importance due to its profound human implications and far-reaching economic consequences, requires effective management to minimize workplace acciden...

Abstract Globally groundwater depletion threatens water security with aquifer storage declining at 300 km³/year. Climate change intensifies flood frequency and magnitude causing agricultural and other losses. Punjab, I...

A SOLUÇÃO dos problemas na Amazônia deve estar conectada com outras partes do País e do mundo. A redução dos desmatamentos e queimadas nessa região depende do desenvolvimento de atividades agrícolas adequadas nas...

It is necessary to classify crops throughout the Kharif season for food security and sustainable agriculture. During this time, there are a lot of clouds and rain patterns that are hard to predict, which makes optical sa...

Abstract Building energy consumption is dominated by lighting and heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems, whose operation is often inefficient due to inadequate control strategies and unreliable occupa...

We aimed to assess the impacts of climate and land-use alterations on the Asian habitats of four bear species black bear, brown bear, sloth bear, and sun bear using ensemble framework. We utilized two greenhouse gas emis...

A REGIÃO de planejamento "Amazônia Legal", de cinco milhões de Km², sendo a maior área de florestas tropicais do mundo, passou nos últimos 30 anos por seis fases de programas de desenvolvimento regional com ações...

This study examines the relationship between Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) compliance and financial performance in Malaysian banks from 2013 to 2022. Using advanced machine learning techniques, including Support V...