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Storage and demand response contribution to firm capacity: Analysis of the Spanish electricity system
(Energy Reports, 2022)
Provision of firm capacity will become a challenge in power systems dominated by renewable generation. This paper analyzes the competitiveness and role of battery storage, six types of pumped-hydro storage, open cycle gas ...
Determining the economic costs and benefits of conservation actions: A decision support framework
(Conservation Science and Practice, 2022)
The need for conservation action to be cost-effective is widely accepted, resulting in increased interest and effort to assess effectiveness. Assessing the financial and economic costs of conservation is equally important ...
Increasing crop richness and reducing field sizes provide higher yields to pollinator-dependent crops
(Journal of Applied Ecology, 2023)
Agricultural landscapes cover >60% of terrestrial landscapes. While biodiversity conservation and crop productivity have been seen as mutually exclusive options for a long time, recent research suggests that agricultural ...
Distance and Regional Effects on the Value of Wild Bee Conservation
(Environmental and Resource Economics, 2023)
Many wild bee species are threatened across Europe, and with them the pollination function they provide. While numerous studies have assessed the value of bees as pollinators of crops, little is known about the non-marked ...
“We are the Green Capital”: Navigating the political and sustainability fix narratives of urban greening
(Cities, 2022)
With increasing attention on green(ing) cities, urban nature is used to increase liveability, to create new sectors such as tourism, and to boost international investment. What counts as desirable green intervention generally ...
Climate adaptation indicators and metrics: State of local policy practice
(Ecological Indicators, 2022)
Recent systematic reviews show that, overall, and across governance levels and sectors, climate change adaptation monitoring and evaluation (M&E) systems are rarely programmed and implemented. As a result, there is a ...
Relocating croplands could drastically reduce the environmental impacts of global food production
(Communications Earth and Environment, 2022)
Agricultural production has replaced natural ecosystems across the planet, becoming a major driver of carbon emissions, biodiversity loss, and freshwater consumption. Here we combined global crop yield and environmental ...
Wildness and habitat quality drive spatial patterns of urban biodiversity
(Landscape and Urban Planning, 2022)
Urban green and blue spaces (UGBS) are key for biodiversity conservation. Many studies focus on UGBS benefits for well-being, but how UGBS ecological and quality influence urban biodiversity is still poorly understood. We ...
Plural valuation of nature for equity and sustainability: Insights from the Global South
(Elsevier, 2020)
Plural valuation is about eliciting the diverse values of nature articulated by different stakeholders in order to inform decision making and thus achieve more equitable and sustainable outcomes. We explore what approaches ...
Periphyton responses to nitrogen decline and warming in eutrophic shallow lake mesocosms
(Hydrobiologia, 2022-10-01)
Periphyton is a key primary producer in shallow lakes, sensitive to global warming and changes in nutrient balances. Reduced nitrogen availability due to accelerated denitrification at higher temperatures or in response ...