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Noam Ross's Blog – January 2011 Archive (5)
Tipping Points and the Precautionary Principle
Many ecological systems have tipping points - thresholds where small changes in impacts can have very large effects on on ecosystem functioning, often in a bad way. Lakes, for example, might show little impact from nutrient pollution until…
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Rural Abandonment and Ecosystem Services
I have an article up at GOOD magazine about the abandoned rural lands and how to manage them for ecosystem services:
ContinueBrazil has had a declining rural population since 1990. Even as loggers and farmers cut and burn ancient rainforest in the south, emigrants leave northern farmlands fallow. In China, between just 2000 and 2008, the countryside lost 86 million people. The United Nations…
Added by Noam Ross on January 17, 2011 at 20:05 — No Comments
Jellyfish and Ocean Tipping Points
Over at Yale Environment 360, Richard Stone has an interesting article about ongoing work examining recent blooms of jellyfish populations. Anecdotal evidence suggests that jellyfish populations have been on the rise, and it is possible that some marine systems are entering alternate stable states that are jellyfish- rather than…
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REDD+ and Financial Resilience for Conservation
This month's Conservation Letters has a Policy Perspective on the risks of relying REDD+ funding for conservation projects. REDD+ (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation, with the "+" standing for biodiversity and social benefits), is a…
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Preparing for unexpected opportunities in Borneo
Conservation Letters has an article about a situation in Borneo that illustrates how sudden, unpredictable events in ecology are not always bad. In the past year, the island's forests have undergone an ecosystem-wide event known as…
ContinueAdded by Noam Ross on January 2, 2011 at 7:15 — No Comments
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