24.11.2011 Article alert: Forests, biodiversity and food security International Forestry Review (2011) 13(3): 259-264M. Arnold, B. Powell, P. Shanley and T.C.H. SunderlandForests are a considerable source of biodiversity and, as such, are inextricably linked to people’s foo...

24.11.2011 Article alert: Food security: why is biodiversity important? International Forestry Review (2011) 13(3): 265-274T.C.H. SunderlandAgriculture and biodiversity have often been regarded as separate concerns. Although biodiversity underpins much of modern agriculture, the ...

24.11.2011 Framework Convention on Climate Change Ecosystem-based approaches to adaptation: compilation of informationThis report contains a compilation of information on ecosystem-based approaches to adaptation. With a synthesis of the state of knowledge on ecosys...

16.11.2011 Article alert: Phosphorus flows and use efficiencies in production and consumption of wheat, rice, and maize in China Chemosphere. 2011 Aug;84(6):814-21. Epub 2011 May 12.Ma W, Ma L, Li J, Wang F, Sisák I, Zhang F.Increasing fertilizer phosphorus (P) application in agriculture has greatly contributed to the increase of ...

08.11.2011 Article alert: Parasitoids of Asian rice planthopper (Hemiptera: Delphacidae) pests and prospects for enhancing biological control by ecological engineering Annals of Applied Biology (2011) 158(2):149-176. doi:10.1111/j.1744-7348.2010.00455.xGurr, G. M., J. Liu, D. M. Y. Read, J. L. A. Catindig, J. A. Cheng, L. P. Lan, and K. L. Heong.The brown planthopper (BPH) ...

08.11.2011 Article alert: A review of studies on SRI effects on beneficial organisms in rice soil rhizospheres PADDY AND WATER ENVIRONMENT (2011) 9(1): 53-64. doi: 10.1007/s10333-011-0260-8Iswandi Anas, O. P. Rupela, T. M. Thiyagarajan and Norman UphoffThis communication reports on separate research efforts in India a...

28.10.2011 Job alert: Researcher in ecosystem service modelling (Lund University, Sweden) Center for Environmental and Climate Research, Environmental Science are looking for an outstanding post-doctoral or senior researcher to be part of the project Sustainable Agriculture for the Production of Ecosystem Services...

04.10.2011 Article alert: Pesticide pollution in agricultural areas of Northern Vietnam: Case study in Hoang Liet and Minh Dai communes Environmental Pollution (2011) doi:10.1016/j.envpol.2011.08.044Hoaia PM, Sebesvarib Z, Minha TB, Vieta PH, Renaud FGSoils and agricultural products from the Red River basin in Northern Vietnam were reported t...

20.09.2011 Call for papers: TEEB Conference 2012 The submission portal for the "TEEB Conference 2012, Mainstreaming the Economics of Nature: Challenges for Science and Implementation" is now open. The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB) is a major international...

09.09.2011 Article alert: Reconciling Food Production and Biodiversity Conservation: Land Sharing and Land Sparing Compared Science 2 September 2011: Vol. 333 no. 6047 pp. 1289-1291 DOI: 10.1126/science.1208742Ben Phalan, Malvika Onial, Andrew Balmford, Rhys E. GreenThe question of how to meet rising food demand at the least cost...

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