The UK hosts 15-19% of global upland ombrotrophic (rain fed) peatlands that are estimated to store 3.2 billion tonnes of carbon and represent a critical upland habitat with regard to biodiversity and ecosystem services provision. Net production is dependent on an imbalance between growth of peat-forming Sphagnum mosses and microbial decomposition by microorganisms that are limited by cold, acid...

In this study, we investigate how households' choice of energy source is influenced by the status local forest resource. We assume that households choose between clean fuels (e.g., kerosene, LPG, solar, and electricity), dirty biobased firewood, animal dung, crop residues, charcoal), mixed fuels. integrate socioeconomic data with high-resolution satellite on conditions from Uganda National Pane...

Manure management plans require knowing the amount of manure produced, collected, and available for land-spreading. Whereas much information is available to calculate manure production, little is known about the types and amounts of manure actually collected on typical dairy farms. This study of 54 representative Wisconsin dairy farms showed significant regional, housing, and herd size differen...

Numerous low-lying, unconsolidated carbonate reef islands occur on the shallow reefs of South China, Sulu and Celebes Seas off coast Sabah, at northeastern end Borneo. A range sources, including maps charts, as well freely available satellite imagery, has been used to map location these islands, identify them, develop a classification. total 44 were differentiated into: a) sandy areas visible t...

1. introductionhumans have actively managed and transformed the world’s landscapes for millennia. after the industrial revolution (between 1820 and 1840) with increase in sanitation, food security and quality of life the human population increased tremendously. urbanization, the demographic transition from rural to urban, is associated with shifts from an agriculture-based economy to mass indus...