A educação no contexto da globalização: migrações e direitos humanos by José Marín, Pierre R. Dasen

“…The cultural diversity of knowledge, beliefs and world visions must be considered in the context of biodiversity. Education emerges as a fundamental question in the hope of sections of civil society that can be regrouped under the term alter-globalisation which proposes the construction of a better world.…”
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Conservation Subdivision: Post-construction Phase—Policy Directions and the Importance of Assessing Stakeholder Opinions by Daniel Feinberg, Mark Hostetler

“…New policies need to be developed that encourage developers of conservation developments to adopt long-term management practices that support biodiversity conservation. This 5-page fact sheet discusses policy options that could be used to support conservation management practices and reports on a survey of Colorado landowners who have created conservation developments and their opinions about a policy option to support the implementation of management practices. …”
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IFAS Assessment of Non-native Plants in Florida's Natural Areas: Status Assessment by Alison M. Fox, Doria R. Gordon, Joan A. Dusky, Linda Tyson, Randall K. Stocker, Kenneth A. Langeland, Aimee L. Cooper

“…Cooper, is the component of the IFAS Assessment that provides evaluations of plants that currently occur within Florida. designed to identify those non-native plant species that are invasive in areas of Florida where designated management objectives include the conservation of native biodiversity. Includes references. Published by the UF Department of Agronomy, April 2009.   …”
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Regards sur les systèmes de paiements pour services écosystémiques en milieu agricole au Québec by Sophie Lavallée, Jérôme Dupras

“…Despite the growing interest they arouse, market instruments, such as payments for ecosystem services (PES), are still far from being the dominant political strategies in the conservation of biodiversity and protection of the environment, in Quebec as elsewhere. …”
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Integrative systematics with structural monophyly and ancestral signatures: Chionoloma (Bryophyta) by Richard Zander

“…The reframing of this portmanteau genus directly affects the apprehension of biodiversity and rescues two genera from epistemological extinction.…”
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El papel de las mujeres amatlecas en la conservación biocultural dinámica del maíz nativo en Amatlán de Quetzalcóatl, Tepoztlán, Mor by Erica Hagman Aguilar, Montserrat Gispert Cruells

“…The community is located in a region of high biodiversity. In this study we pursue to identify the cultural, environmental and socio-economic factors that have contributed to the preservation of native maize in this community. …”
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Ecological reef restoration: consumptive and nonconsumptive interactions among common North Sea predators and European oysters by Julius A. Ellrich, Clemens Kozian-Fleck, Markus Brand, Bérenger Colsoul, Bérenger Colsoul, Bernadette Pogoda, Bernadette Pogoda

“…Oyster reefs are biodiversity hotspots with multiple ecosystem functions and services that are declining worldwide. …”
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Fire-driven disruptions of global soil biochemical relationships by Guiyao Zhou, Nico Eisenhauer, Zhenggang Du, Manuel Esteban Lucas-Borja, Kaiyan Zhai, Miguel Berdugo, Huimin Duan, Han Wu, Shengen Liu, Daniel Revillini, Tadeo Sáez-Sandino, Hua Chai, Xuhui Zhou, Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo

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Measurement report: A comparative analysis of an intensive incursion of fluorescing African dust particles over Puerto Rico and another over Spain by B. Sarangi, D. Baumgardner, A. I. Calvo, B. Bolaños-Rosero, R. Fraile, A. Rodríguez-Fernández, D. Fernández-González, C. Blanco-Alegre, C. Gonçalves, E. D. Vicente, O. L. Mayol-Bracero, O. L. Mayol-Bracero

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Identifying pesticide mixtures at country-wide scale by Cairo, Milena, Monnet, Anne-Christine, Robin, Stéphane, Porcher, Emmanuelle, Fontaine, Colin

“…This information will hopefully be of interest for future ecotoxicological studies to characterise the actual impacts of pesticide cocktails on biodiversity in the field.…”
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A dataset of Antarctic ecosystems in ice-free lands: classification, descriptions, and maps by Anikó B. Tóth, Aleks Terauds, Steven L. Chown, Kevin A. Hughes, Peter Convey, Dominic A. Hodgson, Don A. Cowan, John Gibson, Rachel I. Leihy, Nicholas J. Murray, Sharon A. Robinson, Justine D. Shaw, Jonathan S. Stark, Mark I. Stevens, John van den Hoff, Jane Wasley, David A. Keith

“…Abstract Antarctica, Earth’s least understood and most remote continent, is threatened by human disturbances and climate-related changes, underscoring the imperative for biodiversity inventories to inform conservation. Antarctic ecosystems support unique species and genetic diversity, deliver essential ecosystem services and contribute to planetary stability. …”
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Eating "rubbish"? Exploring the herbal secrets of "Laji-He," a traditional herbal rice snack from southern China by Renchuan Hu, Qianyun Wang, Zhongxin Duan, Yunan Hu, Kedao Lai, Xiaohui Cai, Ya Peng, Binsheng Luo

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β-Fructofuranosidase and β –D-Fructosyltransferase from New Aspergillus carbonarius PC-4 Strain Isolated from Canned Peach Syrup: Effect of Carbon and Nitrogen Sources on Enzyme Pr... by Gustavo Carvalho do Nascimento, Ryhára Dias Batista, Claudia Cristina Auler do Amaral Santos, Ezequiel Marcelino da Silva, Fabrício Coutinho de Paula, Danylo Bezerra Mendes, Deyla Paula de Oliveira, Alex Fernando de Almeida

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Citizen science platforms can effectively support early detection of invasive alien species according to species traits by Pablo González‐Moreno, Ana A. Anđelković, Tim Adriaens, Christophe Botella, Jakovos Demetriou, Rita Bastos, Sandro Bertolino, Celia López‐Cañizares, Franz Essl, Živa Fišer, Milka Glavendekić, Marc Herremans, Philip E. Hulme, Viola Jani, Dimitra Katsada, Periklis Kleitou, Nicola La Porta, Katharina Lapin, Marta López‐Darias, Vanessa Lozano, Angeliki F. Martinou, Damiano Oldoni, Esra Per, Stephanie Rorke, Helen E. Roy, Karl‐Manfred Schweinzer, Kristijn Swinnen, Elena Tricarico, Joana R. Vicente, Maarten de Groot, Michael J. O. Pocock

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Les sociétés jbala et la nature by Yildiz Aumeeruddy-Thomas, Dominique Caubet, Younes Hmimsa, Ángeles Vicente

“…The latter is also based on natural biodiversity and on historical exchanges with the Mediterranean area. …”
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Stoichiometric Plant-Herbivore Models and Their Interpretation by Yang Kuang, Jef Huisman, James J. Elser

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Behavioral Determinants of Mating Success in Blackbuck under Semienclosed Condition: A Cross-Sectional Study in Shuklaphanta National Park, Nepal by Puja Saud, Juna Neupane, Mukesh Kumar Chalise

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FRAGSTATS: A Free Tool for Quantifying and Evaluating Spatial Patterns by Benxin Chen, Basil V. Iannone III

“…Land managers managers seeking to plan effectively for future land use that preserves biodiversity and the valuable services provided by natural ecosystems must understand land cover change and its environmental impacts. …”
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SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR FOR ASSESSING LAND DEGRADATION IN A SALT MINING AREA – OCNELE MARI CASE-STUDY by VIOLETA POENARU, ALEXANDRU BADEA, SORIN MIHAI CÎMPEANU, IULIA DANA NEGULA

“…Human activities through anthropogenic changes had negative impacts not only on land cover, but on many aspects of local, regional and global environments, including climate, biodiversity, soil condition and sediment flow. Remote sensing imagery with its useful qualitative and quantitative observations acquired repetitively and with large spatial coverage, offers opportunity for early detection and warning of land degradation risk. …”
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Main Development Directions of Agricultural Areas in the Eastern Zangezur Region by Mammadova Sheker, Abdurahmanov Faig, Humbatov Mahmud

“…The territories of the East Zangezur region, including the Kalbajar, Lachin, Gubadli, Zangilan and Jebrail districts, with their rich natural resources, biodiversity, breathtaking nature, favorable climate and agro-climatic conditions, complex geological structure and diverse landforms have attracted the attention of travelers and researchers since ancient times, which led to the study of this area. …”
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