Land,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
13(10), P. 1562 - 1562
Published: Sept. 26, 2024
Ecosystem
degradation
has
become
a
significant
global
environmental
issue.
Particularly
in
the
south
hilly
regions,
necessity
for
ecological
restoration
is
increasingly
evident.
This
study
takes
Shiyan
City
Hubei
Province
as
an
example
and
adopts
combination
of
extensive
questionnaire
surveys
field
interviews
to
deeply
analyze
farmers’
perceptions
factors
influencing
ecosystem
restoration.
research
fills
gap
current
studies
at
local
level.
The
results
show
that
(1)
farmers
generally
believe
government
policy
support
natural
resource
protection
are
crucial
restoration,
with
average
score
4.4,
indicating
strong
willingness
participate.
(2)
There
positive
relationship
among
human
consciousness,
social
governance,
regulation.
Human
consciousness
not
only
directly
enhances
level
governance
but
also
promotes
effectiveness
regulation
through
governance.
(3)
impact
between
economic
benefits
green
economy
confirmed,
requirement
creates
development
opportunities
farmers.
emphasizes
importance
constructing
multi-party
participation
strategy
Policymakers
should
focus
on
education,
support,
incentives
stimulate
enthusiasm
achieve
sustainable
management.
provides
theoretical
basis
practices
offers
important
reference
promoting
regional
development.
By
emphasizing
win–win
development,
this
new
perspectives
design
implementation
future
policies.
Nature Food,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
5(4), P. 323 - 331
Published: March 22, 2024
Abstract
For
both
research
and
practice,
it
is
paramount
to
understand
what,
where
when
agri-environmental
policies
have
been
put
in
place.
Here
we
present
a
database
of
6,124
implemented
between
1960
2022
about
200
countries.
The
comprises
wide
range
policy
types
(including
regulations
payment
schemes)
goals
(such
as
biodiversity
conservation,
safer
pesticide
use
reducing
nutrient
pollution).
We
illustrate
the
application
by
exploring
association
economic
development
soil-related,
countries
their
border
discontinuities
cropland
erosion.
A
strong,
positive
link
revealed,
found
that
43%
all
global
soil
erosion
can
be
explained
differences
policies.
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
45(4), P. 2094 - 2105
Published: Jan. 30, 2023
Abstract
Agricultural
and
other
fields
of
economics
have
always
co‐evolved
benefitted
from
each
other's
insights.
Over
time,
a
general
convergence
all
social
sciences
began,
various
psychology,
sociology,
anthropology,
political
science
started
to
overlap
with
agricultural
economics.
Within
economics,
it
was
especially
the
rise
behavioral
that
has
steered
field
toward
sciences.
It
departs
assumption
perfectly
rational
expected
utility
maximizers
allows
for
greater
diversity
in
decision‐makers'
objectives
constraints.
been
early
recognize
need
make
economic
choice
models
more
realistic.
This
can
be
explained
by
particularities
agriculture.
economists
are
tasked
solving
specific,
practical
problems,
thus
deviations
model
predictions
salient
relevant
policy
recommendations.
Then,
farmers—and
some
extent
also
consumers—make
choices
particularly
complex
uncertain
environments
must
use
strategic
tools
at
their
disposal
deal
“bounded
rationality”.
These
include
reliance
on
culture
heuristics.
continues
synergize
theory
practice
insights
disciplines
real‐world
experiences
is
an
important
driver
towards
further
unification
Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: Sept. 9, 2024
Transformative
change
is
needed
to
align
common
small‐scale
ecological
restoration
approaches
with
expectations
restore
millions
of
hectares
degraded
lands
globally.
Currently,
most
projects
target
small
areas
using
costly
manual
methods
that
cannot
be
scaled
up
meet
global
commitments.
We
propose
a
judicious
integration
agricultural
practices
into
offers
an
opportunity
address
this
issue.
This
transformative
process
relies
on
three
sequential
and
interconnected
steps:
(1)
ensure
sufficient
land
truly
available
for
restoration;
(2)
compensate
the
loss
production,
income,
or
value
encourage
landholders
opt
(3)
develop
scalable,
affordable,
effective
restoring
native
ecosystems
across
pledged
hundreds
deliver
benefits
both
nature
people.
Large‐scale
terrestrial
will
require
incorporating
agronomic
toolbox
go
beyond
vague,
ambitious
promises
wishful
thinking.
Global Environmental Change,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
84, P. 102770 - 102770
Published: Dec. 21, 2023
Protecting
the
world's
remaining
forests
is
a
global
policy
priority.
Even
though
value
of
in
nature,
much
protection
has
to
come
from
national
policies.
Here,
we
combine
global,
high
resolution
remote
sensing
data
on
forest
outcomes
(tree-cover
loss,
degradation,
net
primary
production)
and
two
complementary
econometric
research
designs
for
causal
inference
first
quantify
how
it
matters
which
country
located,
secondly,
role
public
policies,
third,
under
conditions
such
pubic
policies
tend
be
most
successful.
We
find
considerable
border
discontinuities
remotely
sensed
around
world
(in
regression
discontinuity
design)
these
are
largely
explained
by
countries'
(using
differences-in-discontinuities
design).
estimate
that
reduce
risk
tree
cover
loss
almost
4
percentage
points
globally,
but
there
large
variation
this.
The
best
explanations
heterogenous
treatment
effects
country's
enforcement,
its
stringency,
property
rights,
rule
law
order).
Our
results
motivate
international
cooperation
finance
improve
(a)
(b)
capacity
implement
enforce
them
well.
The Science of The Total Environment,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
923, P. 171437 - 171437
Published: March 4, 2024
Human
actions
can
damage
the
ecosystems
and
affect
services
depending
on
them,
with
ample
detrimental
consequences.
In
earlier
studies,
Conservation
Use
Potential
(PCU)
framework
proved
useful
in
assessing
capacity
for
aquifer
recharge,
suitable
land
uses
resistance
to
erosion
at
river
basin
scale.
On
other
hand,
joint
analysis
of
PCU
allowed
identifying
adequacy
current
relation
suitability
(natural
uses)
various
basins.
This
was
especially
from
management
perspective
basins
environmental
conflicts,
where
differed
suitability,
because
indicated
how
conflicts
should
be
mitigated.
Besides
use
as
tool,
has
potential
shed
light
over
issues
such
ecosystem
services,
but
that
not
tempted
so
far.
The
aim
this
work
therefore
bridge
knowledge
gap
frame
PCU's
application
standpoint
Ecosystem
Services
(ES)
assessment.
We
demonstrated
could
used
improve
provision
(recharge),
support
(sustainable
agriculture)
regulation
(resistance
erosion)
a
specific
(the
Upper
Rio
das
Velhas
basin,
located
Minas
Gerais,
Brazil),
through
planning
uses.
It
noted
studied
is
mostly
composed
Very
Low,
Low
Medium
potentials.
These
classes
occur
steep
slopes,
fragile
soils
lithologies
high
denudation
low
nutrient
supply
dominate
basin.
urban
sprawl
negative
impact
all
ES,
while
maintaining
agricultural
areas
appropriate
effectively
regulate
erosion.
As
per
results,
premise
using
management-environmental
tool
fully
accomplished,
recommended
basis
public
policy
design
implementation
Brazil
elsewhere.
