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Safeguards for enhancing ecological compensation in Sweden
Published on May 1, 2017
Ecological compensation (EC) is being explored as a policy instrument for the European Union's 'No Net Loss of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services' initiative. EC is commonly associated with the Polluter-Pays Principle, but we propose the Developer-P... -
Transatlantic Wood Pellet Trade Demonstrates Telecoupled Benefits
Published on January 1, 2018
European demand for renewable energy resources has led to rapidly increasing transatlantic exports of wood pellets from the southeastern United States (SE US) since 2009. Disagreements have arisen over the global greenhouse gas reductions associated ... -
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FSHN Fall 2025 Seminar - Dr. Vincenzina Caputo - 11.12.25
November 12, 2025 4:00PM – 5:00PM
FSHN Fall 2025 Seminar - Dr. Vincenzina Caputo - 11.12.25
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May 2024 Michigan Beekeeping Office Hours Webinar
Published on May 13, 2024
Not sure what to do with your honey bee colonies this month? Want to hear about seasonal beekeeping management in Michigan? Review the webinar recording from Michigan State University Apiculture Team's Beekeeping Office Hours!
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Core Content, Experience and Enlightenment of CSR in the J-League
Published on November 1, 2022
In comparison with European and American countries, the CSR of professional sports in Asian countries is affected by many factors due to differences in management system, social environment, etc. At present, the research on CSR of professional sports... -
Composition and Age Structure of a Degraded Tallgrass Oak Savanna in Central Iowa
Published on January 17, 2006
Prior to European settlement, scattered, fire-tolerant trees, a dense herbaceous understory, and dynamic disturbance patterns, including fire and drought, characterized oak savannas. In the Midwest, only 0.02% remains, mostly as degraded, isolated fr... -
Long-term monitoring of mediterranean socio-ecological systems
Published on March 1, 2021
The montado (in Portugal) or dehesa (in Spain) is an agrosilvopastoral system found in the Iberian Peninsula. Due to its high environmental value, its protection forms part of European biodiversity strategies, but recent management trends are threate... -
Forecasting insect activity by noting plant development and degree days
Published on July 1, 2011
Predict insect activity by watching plant development and checking the accumulation of degree days. Here’s how. -
Cesare Varallo
Subject Matter Expert, Food Laws and Regulations in Latin America
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Citizen participation gaps and challenges in the heating transition: Learning from Dutch community initiatives
Published on January 1, 2024
The European Union has recognized the significance of community energy initiatives in the energy transition and introduced legislation to promote active consumer participation and renewable energy communities. The Netherlands, with its transition awa... -
Sustainable Lighting-Retrofit Versus Dedicated Luminaires-Light Versus Power Quality
Published on December 2, 2019
For the next few years millions of fluorescent luminaires will become waste and will be replaced by light-emitting diodes-LED luminaires. According to the Cost European Cooperation in Science & Technology Program, the next step will be shifting from ... -
Nothing New under the Sun? George Perkins Marsh and Roots of US Physical Geography
Published on March 17, 2021
U.S. geomorphologists and biogeographers often cite early theoretical roots dating back to late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century exemplars such as Powell, Gilbert, Cowles, and Clements, or earlier European contributors like Hutton, Lyell, von ... -
Landscape as Connecting Link of Nature and Culture: Spatial Planning Policy Implications in Greece
Published on January 1, 2019
The research paper investigates the diverse understandings of landscape, along with demonstrating the modes of contribution of the European Landscape Convention (ELC) of the Council of Europe (CE) in influencing national spatial planning systems. The... -
Collective forestry regimes to enhance transition to climate smart forestry
Published on December 1, 2022
As European mountain forests are a significant world carbon stock and sequester, they have a prominent position in climate policies and climate smart forestry (CSF) implementation. However, forest ecosystem services (ES) that are public or common goo... -
Collaboration or fragmentation? Biodiversity management through the common agricultural policy
Published on May 1, 2017
We argue that the current system of agri-environment management in the European Common Agricultural Policy is ineffective at conserving biodiversity in part because it promotes fragmentation instead of collaboration of actors, thus hindering coordina... -
Estimating the potential of roadside vegetation for bioenergy production. Journal of Cleaner Production
Published on June 25, 2015
The Netherlands, like other European Union countries, is under intense pressure to increase its national share of energy from renewable sources in accordance with 2020 Kyoto Protocol obligations. Bioenergy in this context is especially interesting be... -
Black truffles grown in eastern U.S. may be less valuable lookalike species
Published on June 21, 2023
Researchers at Michigan State University and the University of Florida, have discovered that truffle producers in the eastern U.S. may be inadvertently cultivating a less flavorful species of truffle. -
July 2025 Michigan Beekeeping Office Hours Webinar
Published on July 14, 2025
Not sure what to do with your honey bee colonies this month? Want to hear about seasonal beekeeping management in Michigan? Review the webinar recording from Michigan State University Apiculture Team's Michigan Beekeeping Office Hours Webinar!
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Managing Japanese beetles in chestnuts for 2013
Published on March 3, 2013
The 2012 season saw high populations of Japanese beetles in some Michigan orchards and growers will need to prepare to combat this potentially damaging pest in the coming season.