Remote Sensing of Plant Biodiversity

Table of Contents: “…The Laegeren Site: An Augmented Forest Laboratory -- Chapter5. Lessons Learned from Spectranomics: Wet Tropical Forests -- Chapter6. …”
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Big Data in Bioeconomy Results from the European DataBio Project /

Table of Contents: “….) -- Delineation of management zones using satellite imageries -- Farm Weather Insurance Assessment -- Copernicus Data and CAP Subsidies Control -- Future vision, Summary and Outlook -- Part III Applications in Forestry: Introduction - state of the art of technology and market potential for Big Data in forestry -- Finnish Forest Data based Metsään.fi-services -- Forest variable estimation and change monitoring solutions based on remote sensing Big Data -- Monitoring Forest Health: Big Data applied to diseases and plagues control -- Forest damage monitoring for the bark beetle -- Conclusions and Outlook - Summary of Big Data in forestry -- Part IV Applications in Fishery: The potential of Big data for improving pelagic fisheries sustainability -- Tuna fisheries fuel consumption reduction and safer operations -- Sustainable and added value small pelagic fisheries pilots -- Conclusion and future vision -- Part V - Summary and Outlook: Summary of experiences of the potential and Exploitation of Big Data and AI in Bioeconomy -- Glossary - Terminology, acronyms, abbreviations.…”
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Vulnerability and Transformation of Indonesian Peatlands

Table of Contents: “…Vulnerability of Peat Swamp Forest -- Chapter 2. Peatland Degradation, Timber Plantations, and Land Titles in SumatraChapter -- Chapter 3. …”
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Agricultural Implications of Fukushima Nuclear Accident (IV) After 10 Years /

Table of Contents: “…Overview of Radiocesium Dynamics in Forests: First Decade and Future Perspectives -- 13. …”
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Agricultural Implications of the Fukushima Nuclear Accident (III) After 7 Years /

Table of Contents: “…An Overview of Our Research -- Transfer of Radiocesium to Rice in Contaminated Paddy Fields -- Cesium Translocation in Rice -- Absorption of radioceasium in soybean -- An observational study of pigs exposed to radiation -- A Composting System to Decompose Radiocesium Contaminated Baled Grass Silage -- Weathered Biotite: A Key Material of Radioactive Contamination in Fukushima -- Radiocesium accumulation in koshiabura (Eleutherococcus sciadophylloides) and other wild vegetables and in Fukushima Prefecture -- The Transition of Radiocesium in Peach Trees After the Fukushima Nuclear Accident -- Application of the Artificial Annual Environmental Cycle and Dormancy-induced Suppression of Cesium Uptake in Poplar -- Radiocesium Contamination in Forests and the Current Situation of Growing Oak Trees for Mushroom Logs -- Radiocesium Dynamics in Wild Mushrooms During the First Five Years After the Fukushima Accident -- The Spatial Distribution of Radiocesium Over a Four-year Period in a Forest Ecosystem in North Fukushima After the Nuclear Power Station Accident -- Parallel Measurement of Ambient and Individual External Radiation in Iitate Village, Fukushima -- Mobility of Fallout Radiocesium Depending on the Land Use　in Kasumigaura Basin -- Challenges of Agricultural Land Remediation and Renewal of Agriculture in Iitate Village by a Collaboration Between Researchers and a Non-profit Organization -- Radiocesium Contamination on a University Campus and in Forests in Kashiwa City, Chiba Prefecture, a Suburb of Metropolitan Tokyo -- The State of Fisheries and Marine Species in Fukushima: Six Years After the 2011 Disaster -- Visualization of Ion Transport in Plants -- 90Sr analysis using inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry with split-flow injection and online solid-phase extraction for multiple concentration and separation steps.…”
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Stable Isotopes in Tree Rings Inferring Physiological, Climatic and Environmental Responses /

Table of Contents: “…Stable isotopes in tree rings of Tropical forests -- 23. Forest Management and Tree-Ring Isotopes -- 24. …”
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Agricultural Implications of the Fukushima Nuclear Accident The First Three Years /

Table of Contents: “…1 An Overview of Our Research -- 2 Monitoring Inspection for Radioactive Substances in Agricultural, Livestock, Forest, and Fishery Products in Fukushima Prefecture -- 3 Rice Inspections in Fukushima Prefecture -- 4 Cesium accumulation in paddy field rice grown in Fukushima from 2011 to 2013: cultivars and fertilization -- 5 Physiological verification of the effect of potassium supply on the reduction of radiocesium content in rice grain -- 6 Consecutive Field Trials of Rice Cultivation in Partially Decontaminated Paddy Fields to Reduce Radiocesium Absorption in the Iitate Village in Fukushima Prefecture -- 7 Effects of "clean feeding" management on livestock products contaminated with radioactive cesium due to the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant accident -- 8 Adverse effects of radiocesium on the promotion of sustainable circular agriculture including livestock due to the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant accident -- 9 Wild boars in Fukushima after the nuclear power plant accident: Distribution of radiocesium -- 10 Contamination of Wild Animals: Microhabitat Heterogeneity and Ecological Factors of Radioactive Cesium Exposure in Fukushima -- 11 Translocation of radiocesium in fruit trees -- 12 The effects of radioactive contamination on the forestry industry and commercial mushroom-log production in Fukushima, Japan -- 13 Radiocesium in timber of Japanese cedar, and Japanese red pine, in the forests of Minamisoma, Fukushima -- 14 Ecosystem monitoring of radiocesium redistribution dynamics in a forested catchment in Fukushima after the nuclear power plant accident in March 2011 -- 15 Reduction of air radiation dose by ponding paddy fields -- 16 Collaboration Structure for the Resurrection of Iitate Village, Fukushima: A Case Study of a Nonprofitable Organization -- 17 Impacts of the nuclear power plant accident and the start of trial operations in Fukushima fisheries -- 18 Consumer evaluation of foods from the disaster affected area: Change in 3 years -- 19 Imaging Techniques for Radiocesium in Soil and Plants.…”
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Conservation in Chilean Patagonia Assessing the State of Knowledge, Opportunities, and Challenges /

Table of Contents: “…An integrated conservation vision for Chilean Patagonia -- Global change and acceleration of anthropic pressures on Patagonian ecosystems -- Representativeness assessment and identification of priorities for the protection of terrestrial ecosystems in Chilean Patagonia -- Terrestrial protected areas in Chilean Patagonia: characterization, historical evolution, and management -- Conserving the origin of rivers: intact forested watersheds in western Patagonia -- Peatlands in Chilean Patagonia: distribution, biodiversity, ecosystem services, and conservation -- Steppe ecosystems in Chilean Patagonia: distribution, climate, biodiversity, and threats to their sustainable management -- Coastal-marine protection in Chilean Patagonia: historical progress, current situation, and challenges -- Marine mammals and seabirds of Chilean Patagonia: focal species for the conservation of marine ecosystems -- Hard bottom macrobenthos of Chilean Patagonia: emphasis on conservation of subltitoral invertebrate and algal forests -- Fisheries and marine conservation in Chilean Patagonia -- Aquaculture and its impacts on the conservation of Chilean Patagonia -- Ecological connections across the marine-terrestrial interface in Chilean Patagonia -- A conservation assessment of freshwater ecosystems in southwestern Patagonia -- Chilean Patagonian glaciers and environmental change -- Conservation and indigenous people in Chilean Patagonia -- Drivers of change in ecosystems of Chilean Patagonia: current and projected trends -- Analysis of tourism development linked to protected areas in Chilean Patagonia.…”
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Green Infrastructure and Climate Change Adaptation Function, Implementation and Governance /

Table of Contents: “…Chapter 1: Introduction -- Part 1: Concept and synthesis -- Chapter 2: Concept and application of hybrid infrastructure -- Chapter 3: An Economic Analysis of Optimal Hybrid Infrastructure: A Theoretical Approach in a Hydro-Economic Model -- Chapter 4: Flood Management Policy in Shiga Prefecture, Japan: Implementation Approach of a Risk-Based Flood Management System at Catchment Scale -- Chapter 5: Toward social infrastructure: typological idea for evaluating implementation potential of green infrastructure -- Part 2 : Forest ecosystem -- Chapter 6: Riparian Forests and Climate Change: Interactive Zone of Green and Blue Infrastructure -- Chapter 7: Improvement of the flood-reduction function of forests based on their interception evaporation and surface storage capacities -- Chapter 8: Forests for water: A step-by-step guide for payment schemes -- Part 3: River and floodplain ecosystem (including paddy field and other farmlands) -- Chapter 9: Wetland Paddy Fields as Green Infrastructure against Flood -- Chapter 10: Change in Floodwater Retention Function of a Paddy Field due to Cultivation Abandonment in a Depopulating Rural Region in Japan -- Chapter 11: Paddy field as a green inflastructure: their ecosystem services and threatening drivers -- Part 4: Wetland ecosystem (including flood-control pond) -- Chapter 12: Flood-control basins as green infrastructures: flood-risk reduction, biodiversity conservation and sustainable management in Japan -- Chapter 13: Natural Succession of Wetland Vegetation in a Flood-control Pond Constructed on Abandoned Farmland -- Chapter 14: Biodiversity Conservation through Various Citizen Activities in a Flood Control Basin -- Part 5: Urban and city ecosystem -- Chapter 15: Toward holistic Urban Green Infrastructure Implementation -- Chapter 16: Changes in the Use of Green Spaces by Citizens before and during the First COVID-19 Pandemic: A Big data analysis usingmobile-tracking GPS data in Kanazawa, Japan -- Chapter 17: Land Use Planning as a Green Infrastructure in a Rural Japanese Depopulated Town -- Chapter 16: Towards an Equitable Distribution of Urban Green Spaces for People and Landscapes; An opportunity for Portland's Green Grid -- Part 6: Coast and estuary ecosystem -- Chapter 19: "Effectiveness and Sustainability of Coastal Hybrid Infrastructures for Low-Frequency Large-Scale Disasters -- A Case Study of Coastal Disaster Assessment for a Complex Disaster" -- Chapter 20: Challenging a Hybrid between Green and Gray Infrastructure - Coastal Sand-covered Embankments -- Chapter 21: Green Infrastructures in Megacity Jakarta: Current Status and Possibilities of Mangroves for Flood Damage Mitigation -- Chapter 22: Implementation of Japanese Blue Carbon Offset Crediting Projects -- Part 7: Economic evaluation -- Chapter 23: Understanding Preference Differences among Individuals for the Reduction in Flood Risk by Green Infrastructure -- Chapter 24: Assessing Public Preference for Construction of Giant Seawalls Using the Best-Worst Scaling Approach -- Chapter 25: "Coastal communities' preferences of grey, green and hybrid infrastructure against unexpected catastrophes: A case study of Japan" -- Chapter 26: Carbon storage and substitution benefits of harvested wood products -- Part 8: Governance -- Chapter 27: Social System in Collaborative Activities for Conserving Coastal Pine Forest in Karatsu City, Kyusyu, Japan -- Chapter 28: Governance for realizing multifunctional floodplain; flood control, agriculture, and biodiversity in Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area, California, USA -- Chapter 29: Analysis of the description of the multifunctionality of farmland in the administrative plans of local municipalities.…”
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Paths Why is life filled with so many detours? / by Gulyás, András, Heszberger, Zalán, Biró, József

Table of Contents: “…Everybody Loves Roundabouts -- 3. The Forest of Alternative Choices -- 4. Straight to the Point: A Short Chapter about the Shortest Paths -- 5. …”
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Sustainability Standards and Global Governance Experiences of Emerging Economies /

Table of Contents: “…The Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC) and its contribution to sustainable forest management in Indonesia -- Chapter 10. …”
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Fostering Transformative Change for Sustainability in the Context of Socio-Ecological Production Landscapes and Seascapes (SEPLS)

Table of Contents: “…Reconciling community livelihood needs and biodiversity conservation in Taita Hills forests for improved livelihoods and transformational management of the landscape -- Chapter 3. …”
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Sustainable Living with Environmental Risks

Table of Contents: “…Managing Environmental Risks and Promoting Sustainability: Science Advancement and Leadership Development -- Biodiversity Agriculture Supports Human Populations -- Conservation and Sustainable Management of Soil Biodiversity for Agricultural Productivity -- Conservation Tillage Assessment For Mitigating Greenhouse Gas Emission In Rainfed Agro-Ecosystem -- Improving Biodiversity in Rice Paddy Fields to Promote Land Sustainability -- Agroforestry Models for Promoting Effective Risk Management and Building Sustainable Communities -- Managing Environmental Risks and Promoting Sustainability: Conservation of Forest Resources in Madagascar -- Community-Based Mangrove Forest Management in Thailand: Key Lesson Learned for Environmental Risk Management -- Necessity of Adaptive Risk Management for Fisheries and Wildlife -- Valuation of Non-Marketed Agricultural Ecosystem Services and Food Security in Southeast Asia -- Emerging Socio-Economic and Environmental Issues Affecting Food Security: A Case Study of Silang-Santa Rosa Subwatershed -- Strengthening the Capacity of Flood-Affected Rural Communities in Padang Terap, State of Kedah, Malaysia -- Mitigating Coastal Erosion in Fort Dauphin, Madagascar -- Risk Management of Chemical Pollution: Principles from the Japanese Experience -- Research on the Sod Between Chlorophyll-a and Organic Matter BOD, COD, Phosphorus and Total Nitrogen in Stagnant Lake Basins -- Managing Construction Development Risks to the Environment -- Ecosystem Restoration Using the Near-Natural Method in Shanghai -- Sustainable Management of Urban Green Environments: Challenges and Opportunities -- Environment and Social Capacity Assessment for Sustainability Promotion and Risk Management -- Rural Landscape Conservation in Japan: Lessons from the Satoyama Conservation Program in Kanagawa Prefecture -- Enhancing Students' Ecological Thinking to Improve Understanding of Environmental Risk -- Interactive Multimedia Education System (IMES) as a International Education Platform.…”
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Interlocal Adaptations to Climate Change in East and Southeast Asia Sharing Lessons of Agriculture, Disaster Risk Reduction, and Resource Management /

Table of Contents: “…The Effect of Climate Change and Natural Disasters on Mangrove Forests in Xuan Thuy National Park: Proposed Adaptation Solutions for Mangrove forests (Quang Van Nguyen) -- Column 5. …”
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Knowledge for Governance

Table of Contents: “…The (De-)Contextualization of Geographical Knowledge in Forest-Fire Risk Management in Chile as a Challenge for Governance -- Chapter 9. …”
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Agricultural and Forestry Reconstruction After the Great East Japan Earthquake Tsunami, Radioactive, and Reputational Damages /

Table of Contents: “…Part I The Road to Reconstruction from the Tsunami and Radioactive Contamination: Two and a Half Years On -- 1 Dealing with Disasters of Unprecedented Magnitude: The Local Government's Tribulations and the Road to Reconstruction (Hidekiyo Tachiya) -- 2 Tokyo University of Agriculture East Japan Assistance Project Assisting with Reconstruction: Guiding Principles, Planning, and Propagation of Benefits (Toshiyuki Monma) -- 3 Characteristics of the Agricultural and Forestry Industries in the Soma Area and Damage Sustained as a Result of the Great East Japan Earthquake (Takahiro Yamada, Puangkaew Lurhathaiopath, and Toshiyuki Monma) -- Part II Reconstruction from Tsunami Damage -- 4 Reconstruction Support for the Farmland Struck by Tsunami (Itsuo Goto and Kaisei Inagaki) -- 5 Tsunami Damage to Farming Operations and the New Generation of Farmers and Farm Management (Yukio Shibuya, Takahiro Yamada, Nyamkhuu Batdelger, Puangkaew Lurhathaiopath, Gentaro Suzumura, and Toshiyuki Monma) -- 6 Presenting a Model for Revival of Rural Communities in Japan's Disaster Zones (Shigeyuki Miyabayashi, Yasushi Takeuchi, Hiromu Okazawa, Tomonori Fujikawa, and Yutaka Sasaki) -- 7 Contributing to Restoration of Tidal Flats in Miyagi Prefecture's Moune Bay Following the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (Susumu Chiba, Takeshi Sonoda, Makoto Hatakeyama, and Katsuhide Yokoyama) -- Part III Reconstruction from Radioactive Contamination -- 8 Initiatives by the Soil Fertilization Team to Develop Agricultural Technologies for Paddy Fields with Radioactive Contamination (Itsuo Goto and Kaisei Inagaki) -- 9 The Potential for Producing Rice for Feed and Whole Crop Rice Silage in Radiation-Contaminated Areas (Seiji Nobuoka) -- 10 Developing and Trialing a System to Monitor Radionuclide in Individual Plots of Farmland to Help Reconstruction Farming in Contaminated Areas (Toshiyuki Monma, Puangkaew Lurhathaiopath, Youichi Kawano, Dambii Byambasuren, Yuta Ono, and Quar Evine) -- 11 New Decontamination Methods for Parks and Other Areas in Which Radionuclide Have Accumulated (Mitsuo Kondo and Chizuko Mizuniwa) -- 12 Forest Restoration (Takahisa Hayashi) -- 13 Nuclear Radiation Levels in the Forest at Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture (Iwao Uehara, Tomoko Seyama, Fumio Eguchi, Ryuichi Tachibana, Yukito Nakamura, and Hiroya Obayashi ) -- 14 Radioactive Contamination of Ostriches in a Potentially Permanent Evacuation Zone (Hiroshi Ogawa, Hidehiko Uchiyama, Koji Masuda, Takeshi Sasaki, Tadao Watanabe, Toshiaki Tomizawa, and Schu Kawashima) -- 15 The Radioactive Contamination in Some Arthropod Species in Fukushima (Tarô Adati and Sota Tanaka) -- 16 A Consumer Survey Approach to Reputation-Based Damage Affecting Agricultural Products and How to Overcome It (Puangkaew Lurhathaiopath, Shizuka Matsumoto, Makoto Hoshi, Sayaka Yamaguchi, and Toshiyuki Monma) -- Part IV Activities and Impressions of Students and Farmers Who Supported the Project -- 17 Staking Recovery Hopes on Soma Revival Rice (Kaisei Inagaki, Tomoko Ninagi, Saburo Sasaki, and Akiko Sato) -- 18 Impression of the Students Participated in the Radioactivity Monitoring System of Farmland (Volodymyr Ganzha, Keiji Kanamori, Hana Fujimoto, and Ryo Itakura) -- 19 Impression of the Forestry managers and students participated in the Radioactivity Damage Investigation of Forests (Eihachi Horiuchi, Kiyoaki Sasaki, Masaaki Itakura, Chisato Yasukawa, and Chihiro Kinoshita).…”
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The Environmental Politics and Policy of Western Public Lands

Table of Contents: “…-- Western Public Land Law and the Evolving Management Landscape -- Rangeland Policy and Management in a Changing West -- II. Forest, Wildfire, and Water -- Professionalism versus Politics -- Wildland Fire Policy and Climate Change -- The Changing Fate of Western Rivers -- III. …”
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Earth Observation Science and Applications for Risk Reduction and Enhanced Resilience in Hindu Kush Himalaya Region A Decade of Experience from SERVIR /

Table of Contents: “…Supporting scientific forest management in Nepal -- Chapter 11. Forest Fire Detection and Monitoring -- PART 4 - WEATHER AND CLIMATE SERVICES FOR WATER AND HYDRO-CLIMATIC DISASTERS -- Chapter 12. …”
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Managing Protected Areas in Central and Eastern Europe Under Climate Change

Table of Contents: “…Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter 1 - Natural Heritage at Risk by Climate Change -- Chapter 2 - Climate Change in Central and Eastern Europe -- Chapter 3 - Effects of Climate Change on the Hydrological Cycle in Central and Eastern Europe -- Chapter 4 - Potential impacts of climate change on protected habitats -- Chapter 5 - Climate Change impact modelling cascade - Benefits and limitations for -- Chapter 6 - Indicators for Monitoring Climate Change-Induced Effects on Habitats - a -- Chapter 7 - Remote Sensing-based Monitoring of Potential Climate-induced Impacts on Habitats -- Chapter 8 - Assessment of Climate-induced Impacts on Habitats -- Chapter 9 - Legal Aspects of Climate Change Adaptation -- Chapter 10 - A Methodical Framework for Climate Change-Adapted Management in Protected Areas -- Chapter 11 - Monitoring concept of climate-induced impacts on peat bog vegetation in Pokljuka plateau in Triglav National Park, Slovenia -- Chapter 12 - Concept for the monitoring of climate induced impacts on rock ptarmigan (Lagopus muta) in Triglav National Park, Slovenia -- Chapter 13 - Suggested management measures for Natura 2000 Habitats in Körös-Maros National Park, Hungary -- Chapter 14 - Climate-induced challenges for wetlands: revealing the background for the adaptive ecosystem management in the Biebrza Valley, Poland -- Chapter 15 - Habitat changes caused by sea level rise, driven by climate change in the Northern Adriatic coastal wetlands, Slovenia -- Chapter 16 - Potential impacts of climate change on forest habitats in the Biosphere Reserve Vessertal-Thuringian Forest in Germany -- Chapter 17 - Potential Impact of Climate Change on Alpine Habitats from Bucegi Natural Park, Romania -- Chapter 18 - Potential Impacts of Climate Change on Habitats and their Effects on Invasive Plant Species in Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve, Romania -- Chapter 19 - Reproduction biology of an alien invasive plant: a case of drought-tolerant Aster squamatus on the Northern Adriatic seacoast, Slovenia -- Chapter 20 - Conclusions and Recommendations for Adapting Conservation Management in the Face of Climate Change -- Index.…”
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Decision Science for Future Earth Theory and Practice /

Table of Contents: “…Contribution of Community-based ecotourism to forest conservation and local livelihoods -- Part 4. …”
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