Over the last fifty years, older industrial cities throughout the Northeastern and Midwestern United States have experienced dramatic economic decline and outward migration. To counter this narrative of decline and ...
For people throughout rural Mozambique, food insecurity is a major concern. To help address the combined issues of food security, economic development and resource conservation, the Government of Mozambique created the Primieras e Segundas Environmental Protection Area...
“Biomimicry” is the science and practice of looking to nature’s best biological ideas to solve human problems. It is a new term to describe an action that is not so ...
Medicinal plants are integral components of health care systems throughout the world. The use of medicinal plants requires sophisticated knowledge about their use and conservation. This case study focuses on ...
With a rapidly increasing population and rising resource demands, Beijing has faced a water crisis for over a decade. Roughly 70% of Beijing’s drinking water comes from the Miyun Reservoir. ...
Indigenous peoples living in high Arctic environments have developed sophisticated ecological and social relationships with the animals, plants, and inanimate objects that define their complex and dynamic habitat. These relations ...