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"Knowledge Ecology International will host a discussion regarding a proposal for a World Trade Agreement on the supply of public goods. The purpose of the proposal is to expand the supply of public goods by creating a mechanism within the WTO in which countries can volunteer to make binding commitments to supply heterogeneous public goods (in a manner somewhat similar to making commitments on liberalizing services in the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS))."

Stockholm, Sweden: the Italian Council for Agricultural Research and Economics (CREA) at the 26th World Congress of the IUFRO (International Union of Forest Research Organizations), to help focus and enrich research agendas, promoting intersectoral dialogue and scientific cooperation for the conservation of forests and of utilities and multifunctionality that they can offer if managed properly

It is an honor to share my research article entitled “Surplus production model for the tuna (Thunnus sp) in Makassar Strait Waters”, featured in the IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Sciences. This publication highlights the production of yellowfin tuna and bigeye tuna in 2022, as well as the MSY of tuna in the Makassar Strait Waters. Read full acrticle here: DOI 10.1088/1755-1315/1410/1/012019 #Research#FisheriesScience# CaptureFisheries#FishingTechnology#SustainableFishing

Ensuring #wildlife #trade is sustainable is fundamental to safeguarding nature and nature’s contributions to people. Non-detriment findings (NDFs) are the CITES verification process for assessing international trade in CITES-listed species. 🌵🦎 🦈 🌴 Fresh off the press are 15 NDF guidance modules. These modules introduce generic NDF concepts including risk and uncertainty, adaptive management, and species' roles in their ecosystems, as well as more taxon- and thematic-specific guidance. To access these resources (available in EN and FR, ES soon) and more follow the link below.

Studies on soy production in #Brazil often focus on environmental degradation. However, the soy sector also jeopardizes local access to sufficient healthy food – and raises questions of justice, as research results from CDE, Universität Bern, and the Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro show. Join us on a virtual trip to Santarém, Brazil, and read more about the local impact of the soy-meat complex of the international #agribusiness in our storymap. The report is based on scientific studies of the Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro in collaboration with CDE, Universität Bern. English 👉 https://lnkd.in/ezvgjJZJ Deutsch 👉 https://lnkd.in/e4eJ7Pw2

CGIAR udforsker landbrugsforskningsbehov i Latinamerika og Caribien Explore how CGIAR's recent Listening Sessions in Ecuador have provided crucial insights to shape future agricultural research agendas in Latin... https://lnkd.in/eYyCAk_i

I have presented, on few occasions the inventory of dams in Lithuania that followed with socio-economic and ecological evaluation of certain dams. I'm happy to share, that the study helped to publish a paper by Tomas Virbickas and Vytautas Kesminas "Prioritisation of Barriers According to Their Impact on Migratory Fish in the Lowland River Basin District". Full article: https://lnkd.in/dEMbjUS5

⭐️ New paper published! 📸 Socio-Economic Viability of the High Nature Value #Farmland under the CAP 2023–2027: The Case of a Sub-Mediterranean Region in Slovenia by Tanja Šumrada et al. 👇 Check it out for more: https://lnkd.in/gDPWXySM #AgricultureMdpi #HighNatureValuefarmland #socio_economicsustainability #farmsystemmodelling #linearprogramming #farmmanagementstrategies #landabandonment #grasslandconservation

Many countries currently subsidize their industrial fishing fleets despite the well known negative impacts of overfishing. Governments might consider drawing back subsidies if they perceive that the costs outweigh the benefits, but individual countries are driven by their own domestic economic interests. This situation exemplifies the “tragedy of the commons,” an economic dilemma that is well understood in theory but lacks global solutions. Aaron Berman, a fourth year PhD student in the MIT Department of Economics, is working to address this issue by analyzing data and ecological models to assess the impact these subsidies have on fisheries and explore more sustainable alternatives to offer to policymakers. Read more about his work here: https://lnkd.in/emMSHmMU

NESS is an initiative that we must support in view of the severe global ecological crises such as biodiversity loss, climate change and the Earth beyond six of nine planetary boundaries.