Search for dissertations about: "Jordbruk"
Showing result 16 - 20 of 85 swedish dissertations containing the word Jordbruk.
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16. Floodwater harvesting for artificial recharge of groundwater - estimation and prediction for arid Iran
Abstract : Groundwater depletion in arid and semiarid areas is of increasing concern. Increasing water demand due to increasing population and climate change impacts have intensified the water shortage problems and put further stress especially on groundwater. READ MORE
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17. Large-Scale Land Acquisitions as a Driver of Socio-Environmental Change : From the Pixel to the Globe
Abstract : A major challenge of our time is to sustainably produce food and other goods for a growing global population, without putting additional pressures on land and water resources and local people’s quality of life. Large-scale agriculture has brought many benefits to humanity in terms of food production but has also caused multiple sustainability challenges, including land and water degradation, deforestation, and biodiversity loss in areas of production. READ MORE
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18. Negotiating Imperial Rule : Colonists and Marriage in the Nineteenth-century Black Sea Steppe
Abstract : After falling under the power of the Russian Crown, the Northern Black Sea steppe from the end of eighteenth century crystallized as the Russian government’s prime venue for socioeconomic and sociocultural reinvention and colonization. Vast ethnic, sociocultural and even ecological changes followed. READ MORE
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19. A palaeolimnological study of the anthropogenic impact on dissolved organic carbon in South Swedish lakes
Abstract : During the past three decades, increases have been observed in dissolved organic carbon (DOC) concentrations and colour in the surface waters of lakes and rivers in parts of Europe and North America, raising concern about the effects on the quality of aquatic environments with consequences for biodiversity, resource availability and recreational use. Various hypotheses have been put forward to explain the recent increases in DOC concentration and numerous studies have been published linking them to declining anthropogenic atmospherically deposited sulphur. READ MORE
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20. Biodiversity in Agricultural Landscapes: Landscape and Scale-Dependent Effects of Organic Farming
Abstract : Declines in the distribution and abundance of many farmland species during recent decades have been attributed to agricultural intensification. Agri-environment schemes are commonly used in Europe to reduce this loss of farmland biodiversity, but their effectiveness may depend on several external factors. READ MORE
