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The social-ecological system framework (SESF) is a comprehensive, multitiered conceptual framework often used to understand human-environment interactions and outcomes. This research employs the SESF to understand key interactions within the bee-human system (beekeeping) through an applied case study of migratory beekeeping in Western Australia (WA). Apiarists in WA migrate their hives pursuing concurrent flowering events

Publication date: October 2020 Source: Ecological Economics, Volume 176 Author(s): Jiaping Zhang, Mingwang Cheng, Ning Yu

Understanding behavioral responses of recreational fishers to management changes is fundamental for effective policy making. However, given the diverse motivations and nonmarket nature of recreational fishing, evaluating fishers’ preferences is nontrivial. This study examined fishers’ management preferences toward different management tools (i.e., a new measure or a change in the setting for an existing measure)

Labor leader sets out policy pivot in challenge to PM to display genuine bipartisanship Anthony Albanese has dumped Labor’s former backing of Malcolm Turnbull’s national energy guarantee and opened the door for taxpayer support for carbon capture and storage technologies, in a major overture to Scott Morrison to reach bipartisan agreement on energy policy. The

By External SourceJun 22 2020 (IPS-Partners) For generations, elephants have been inextricably tied to the lands of Mondulkiri in Cambodia. The people who call this place their home — the indigenous Bunong community — share a unique bond with the gentle giants of the land. It is a relationship that has been tried and tested

As we emerge from coronavirus lockdown with more questions to ask, we can’t let the news vacuum in Australia be filled by shrill voices No one was ready for 2020. None of us was really prepared for the bushfires, or coronavirus, or the fear and uncertainty about what these crises mean for our families and

The Maritime Spatial Planning (MSP) Challenge simulation platform helps planners and stakeholders understand and manage the complexity of MSP. In the interactive simulation, different data layers covering an entire sea region can be viewed to make an assessment of the current status. Users can create scenarios for future uses of the marine space over a

Committee urges that companies must meet green standards to qualify for Covid-19 corporate bailouts Ministers are bracing themselves for a powerful new rebuke from the government’s own advisers over the nation’s inadequate response to the climate crisis. In its annual progress report, to be published on Thursday, the Committee on Climate Change will lambast continuing

Publication date: October 2020 Source: Ecological Economics, Volume 176 Author(s): Alexandra Hüttel, Ingo Balderjahn, Stefan Hoffmann