Investigating Changes Driving Cumulative Impacts on Native Vegetation in Mining Regions in the Northeastern Brazilian Amazon
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DOI: 10.1007/s00267-021-01578-4
Abstract: Developing conservation strategies to mitigate cumulative impacts requires the understanding of historic land use and land cover changes at the regional scale. By using a multisensory and multitemporal approach, we identified the major changes driving… read more here.
Keywords: mining; native vegetation; cumulative impacts; changes driving ... See more keywords
Reef state and performance as indicators of cumulative impacts on coral reefs
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2020.107335
Abstract: Abstract Coral bleaching, cyclones, outbreaks of crown-of-thorns seastar, and reduced water quality (WQ) threaten the health and resilience of coral reefs. The cumulative impacts from multiple acute and chronic stressors on “reef State” (i.e., total… read more here.
Keywords: cumulative impacts; performance; coral cover; coral reefs ... See more keywords
Improving policies and instruments to address cumulative impacts of small hydropower in the Amazon
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DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2019.05.003
Abstract: Abstract Small hydropower plants (SHPs) are rapidly sprawling, both globally and across the Amazon's free flowing rivers, threatening provision of ecosystem services, river connectivity, biodiversity conservation, and the livelihoods of indigenous and traditional communities. In… read more here.
Keywords: cumulative impacts; impacts small; improving policies; small hydropower ... See more keywords
The cumulative impacts of anthropogenic stressors vary markedly along environmental gradients
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DOI: 10.1111/gcb.16435
Abstract: Understanding the cumulative effects of multiple stressors on biodiversity is key to managing their impacts. Stressor interactions are often studied using an additive/antagonistic/synergistic typology, aimed at identifying situations where individual stressor effects are reduced or… read more here.
Keywords: stressors vary; impacts anthropogenic; cumulative impacts; vary markedly ... See more keywords
Cumulative Impacts of Diverse Land Uses in British Columbia, Canada: Application of the “EnviroScreen” Method
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DOI: 10.3390/ijerph191811171
Abstract: (1) Objectives: Cumulative impacts refer to the legacies of land use decisions on environmental, community and health values. New integrative impact assessment tools are required to assess cumulative impacts on diverse values to meet sustainability… read more here.
Keywords: british columbia; health; impacts diverse; land uses ... See more keywords