Many residents in eastern Zambia’s Luangwa Valley struggle with poverty and food insecurity. These challenges have lead some residents to engage in unsustainable hunting practices and poaching. Through a market ...
Agriculture and biodiversity are often pitted against each other as working towards opposite ends. Farmscape Ecology has been presented as a way to bring these two normally opposing forces together ...
Proponents of the local foods movement argue that major environmental benefits can be generated through sourcing foods locally. But two key question remain. Can we know what the environmental benefits ...
The city of Lijian, in southwestern China near the border of Tibet, has become an incredibly popular tourist destination with over 20,000 tourists per day. However, the growth in tourism ...
In 1998, China witnessed one of the largest floods in history along the Yangtze River; 14,000,000 people were displaced, 25,000,000 hectares of agricultural lands were lost, and thousands of people ...
This case study provides an overview of the various threats to the rural landscapes of Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania and the various approaches a local land trust is taking in order ...