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International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources
Nonprofit•Dhaka, Bangladesh•
About: International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources is a nonprofit organization based out in Dhaka, Bangladesh. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Biodiversity & Population. The organization has 1317 authors who have published 1870 publications receiving 97588 citations.
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TL;DR: The Gulf's marine environment is becoming increasingly important in fulfilling social, economic, development and strategic objectives of the region as discussed by the authors, and human activities and their effects on the Gulf environment are analyzed, together with coastal management activities, to understand the context of impacts from the 1991 Gulf War.
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University of Aberdeen1, University of St Andrews2, University of Leeds3, University of South Australia4, University of Hamburg5, United Nations University6, University of Glasgow7, University of Botswana8, International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources9, King Juan Carlos University10, Amoud University11, University of Maryland, College Park12, Newcastle University13, University of Sheffield14, University of Dundee15, International Institute for Sustainable Development16
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examine what knowledge is, how it is generated and explore how it may be stored, transferred and exchanged between knowledge producers and users before it is applied to monitor and assess land degradation at the local scale.
Abstract: It is increasingly recognised that land degradation monitoring and assessment can benefit from incorporating multiple sources of knowledge, using a variety of methods at different scales, including the perspectives of researchers, land managers and other stakeholders. However, the knowledge and methods required to achieve this are often dispersed across individuals and organisations at different levels and locations. Appropriate knowledge management mechanisms are therefore required to more efficiently harness these different sources of knowledge and facilitate their broader dissemination and application. This paper examines what knowledge is, how it is generated and explores how it may be stored, transferred and exchanged between knowledge producers and users before it is applied to monitor and assess land degradation at the local scale. It suggests that knowledge management can also benefit from the development of mechanisms that promote changes in understanding and efficient means of accessing and/or brokering knowledge. Broadly, these processes for knowledge management can (i) help identify and share good practices and build capacity for land degradation monitoring at different scales and in different contexts and (ii) create knowledge networks to share lessons learned and monitoring data among and between different stakeholders, scales and locations.
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TL;DR: Analysis of the costs and benefits of intensive rice systems over time and compared with alternatives farming systems indicate that alternative farming systems, such as rice combined with vegetables, fisheries or other flood-based livelihood, could offer greater benefits than intensive rice monocultures.
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University of Oxford1, International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources2, National Autonomous University of Mexico3, National University of Singapore4, National Parks Board5, University of São Paulo6, Griffith University7, National Penghu University of Science and Technology8, Indonesian Institute of Sciences9
TL;DR: This first global assessment of extinction risk for a major group of freshwater invertebrates, caridean shrimps, finds that two species are extinct with a further 10 possibly extinct, and almost one third of species are either threatened or Near Threatened (NT).
Abstract: We present the first global assessment of extinction risk for a major group of freshwater invertebrates, caridean shrimps. The risk of extinction for all 763 species was assessed using the IUCN Red List criteria that include geographic ranges, habitats, ecology and past and present threats. The Indo-Malayan region holds over half of global species diversity, with a peak in Indo-China and southern China. Shrimps primarily inhabit flowing water; however, a significant subterranean component is present, which is more threatened than the surface fauna. Two species are extinct with a further 10 possibly extinct, and almost one third of species are either threatened or Near Threatened (NT). Threats to freshwater shrimps include agricultural and urban pollution impact over two-thirds of threatened and NT species. Invasive species and climate change have the greatest overall impact of all threats (based on combined timing, scope and severity of threats).
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TL;DR: The major challenges in implementing the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in arid lands lie not so much in the biology of the species concerned, but rather in the social, economic, and political arenas within which people operate as mentioned in this paper.
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Name | H-index | Papers | Citations |
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Kevin M. Smith | 114 | 1711 | 78470 |
Ary A. Hoffmann | 113 | 907 | 55354 |
David W. Macdonald | 111 | 1109 | 51334 |
Michael R. Hoffmann | 109 | 500 | 63474 |
Fred W. Allendorf | 86 | 230 | 34738 |
Edward B. Barbier | 84 | 450 | 36753 |
James J. Yoo | 81 | 491 | 27738 |
Michael William Bruford | 80 | 369 | 23635 |
James E. M. Watson | 74 | 461 | 23362 |
Brian Huntley | 74 | 225 | 28875 |
Brian W. Bowen | 74 | 181 | 17451 |
Gordon Luikart | 72 | 193 | 37564 |
Stuart H. M. Butchart | 72 | 245 | 26585 |
Thomas M. Brooks | 71 | 215 | 33724 |
Joshua E. Cinner | 68 | 177 | 14384 |