The Ecuadorian Amazon, one of the richest reserves of biodiversity in the world, has faced one of the highest rates of deforestation of any Amazonian nation. Most of this forest elimination has been caused by agricultural colonization that followed the discovery of oil fields in 1967. Since the 1990s, an increasing process of urbanization has also engendered new patterns of population mobility ...

Eco-schemes are set to play an important role in the European Union’s Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) post-2022 for delivery of environmental and climate benefits enhanced animal welfare. This article surveys current plans design eco-schemes fifteen Union Member States. The number eco-scheme measures be offered per country varies between 3 21, complexity level ambition individual quite heterog...

Wild bees provide essential pollination services to crops and wild plants (Potts et al., 2016; Wei 2021), but are jeopardized by habitat loss intensive agriculture (Goulson 2015). To counteract declines in agricultural landscapes, management measures conserve these semi-natural habitats (SNH) would ensure floral nesting resources for throughout the season. Hence, landscapes with higher amounts ...

Birds play many roles within human societies, from voracious consumers of crippling crop pests, to haulers pathogens, symbols peace, love and strength (Karp et al., 2013; Smith 2020; Whelan 2008). are also rapidly declining, largely in response accelerating levels habitat loss land use intensification (Rosenberg 2019). The rapid birds is likely have severe consequences for the functioning coupl...