natural resources

Five concrete actions to safeguard biodiversity this World Environment Day

Feature / World Environment Day 2020 creates awareness on the need to invest and conserve our biological heritage for current and future generations.

A practical approach to measuring the biodiversity impacts of land conversion

Journal article / This paper presents a global framework for quantifying the relative impacts of human activities on biodiversity.

The environmental policy project in Bosnia and Herzegovina goes virtual

Feature / Developing a COVID-19 strategy for the environmental policy project in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

We must understand the culture of wildlife consumption to stop future pandemics

Perspective / Strict controls alone won’t work – measures must take account of culture, behaviour and awareness.

Restoration of heather-dominated blanket bog vegetation on grouse moors for biodiversity, carbon storage, greenhouse gas emissions and water regulation: comparing burning to alternative mowing and uncut management

Other publication / The study examined the evidence gap regarding alternatives to burn-rotation management of heather dominated UK blanket bog on carbon, water and biodiversity.

Rights-based claims and extractive industries in Asia: an assessment and ways forward

SEI working paper / Read a literature review of rights-based claims against extractive industries in Asia.

Understanding complexity in freshwater management: Practitioners’ perspectives in the Netherlands

Journal article / How are concepts of complexity interpreted and applied by practitioners in the case of freshwater management?

New film showcases solutions for Baltic Sea eutrophication

Press release / Launch of documentary film produced by SEI through the EU co-funded project BONUS RETURN on innovations for recycling nutrients from agriculture and wastewater.

SMARTIES

Project / Surveillance and Management of multiple Risks to Treescapes: Integrating Epidemiology and Stakeholder behaviour.