Search Results - "Alfred Gathorne-Hardy"

Resolving a heated debate: The utility of prescribed burning as a management tool for biodiversity on lowland heath by Smith, Barbara M., Carpenter, Dan, Holland, John, Andruszko, Felicity, Gathorne‐Hardy, Alfred, Eggleton, Paul

“…Lowland heath is a priority habitat for conservation, nowadays largely managed for biodiversity. Historically, prescribed burning has been the principal…”
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Local terrestrial biodiversity impacts in life cycle assessment: A case study of sedum roofs in London, UK by Mason, Adam R., Puchol‐Salort, Pepe, Gathorne‐Hardy, Alfred, Smith, Barbara Maria, Myers, Rupert J.

“…Urban development is a key driver of global biodiversity loss. “Green” infrastructure is integrated to offset some impacts of development on ecosystem quality…”
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Impacts of polycultural cropping on crop yields and biodiversity: A systematic map protocol by Martinez, Daisy A., Gathorne‐Hardy, Alfred, Smith, Barbara M.

“…Agriculture is currently the largest driver of biodiversity‐loss worldwide. There is a critical need to develop agricultural systems that protect and promote…”
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Resource requirements for ecosystem conservation: A combined industrial and natural ecology approach to quantifying natural capital use in nature by Mason, Adam R., Gathorne‐Hardy, Alfred, White, Chris, Plancherel, Yves, Woods, Jem, Myers, Rupert J.

“…Socioeconomic demand for natural capital is causing catastrophic losses of biodiversity and ecosystem functionality, most notably in regions where…”
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Phosphorus recovery potential revealed by substance flow analysis of the Indian food, agricultural and sanitation system by Wentworth, Diorbhail, Gathorne-Hardy, Alfred, Jamwal, Priyanka, Heal, Kate

“…Phosphorus is a finite resource that is in high demand due to its essential role as a fertiliser. We undertook a substance flow analysis of phosphorus for…”
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Co-Benefits of Largescale Organic farming On huMan health (BLOOM): Protocol for a cluster-randomised controlled evaluation of the Andhra Pradesh Community-managed Natural Farming programme in India by Jaacks, Lindsay M, Bliznashka, Lilia, Craig, Peter, Eddleston, Michael, Gathorne-Hardy, Alfred, Kumar, Ranjit, Mohan, Sailesh, Norrie, John, Rajan, Sheril, Roy, Aditi, Yandrapu, Bharath, Srinivasapura Venkateshmurthy, Nikhil, Prabhakaran, Poornima

“…The BLOOM study (co-Benefits of Largescale Organic farming On huMan health) aims to determine if a government-implemented agroecology programme reduces…”
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Understanding farmers' cropping decisions and implications for crop diversity conservation: Insights from Central India by Agrawal, Tanvi, Hirons, Mark, Gathorne-Hardy, Alfred

“…Conserving crop diversity is promoted for global food system stability and creating local benefits like improved farmer nutrition, incomes and adaptive…”
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When the Medicine Feeds the Problem; Do Nitrogen Fertilisers and Pesticides Enhance the Nutritional Quality of Crops for Their Pests and Pathogens? by Martinez, Daisy A., Loening, Ulrich E., Graham, Margaret C., Gathorne-Hardy, Alfred

“…The challenge of maximising agricultural productivity encourages growers to apply high volumes of nitrogen (N) fertilisers and pesticides in order to promote…”
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The Last Mile: Using Local Knowledge to Identify Barriers to Sustainable Grain Legume Production by Smith, Barbara M., Gathorne-Hardy, Alfred, Chatterjee, Soumik, Basu, Parthiba

“…Grain legumes (or pulses–annual leguminous crops that are harvested solely for their dried seeds such as lentils or chickpeas) are essential for sustainable…”
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The sustainability of changes in agricultural technology: The carbon, economic and labour implications of mechanisation and synthetic fertiliser use by Gathorne-Hardy, Alfred

“…New agricultural technologies bring multiple impacts which are hard to predict. Two changes taking place in Indian agriculture are a transition from bullocks…”
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Car harm: A global review of automobility's harm to people and the environment by Miner, Patrick, Smith, Barbara M., Jani, Anant, McNeill, Geraldine, Gathorne-Hardy, Alfred

“…Despite the widespread harm caused by cars and automobility, governments, corporations, and individuals continue to facilitate it by expanding roads,…”
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System of Rice Intensification provides environmental and economic gains but at the expense of social sustainability — A multidisciplinary analysis in India by Gathorne-Hardy, Alfred, Reddy, D. Narasimha, Venkatanarayana, M., Harriss-White, Barbara

“…The System of Rice Intensification (SRI) is claimed to make rice more sustainable by increasing yields while reducing water demand. However, there remains a…”
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The environmental costs and benefits of high-yield farming by Balmford, Andrew, Amano, Tatsuya, Bartlett, Harriet, Chadwick, Dave, Collins, Adrian, Edwards, David, Field, Rob, Garnsworthy, Philip, Green, Rhys, Smith, Pete, Waters, Helen, Whitmore, Andrew, Broom, Donald M., Chara, Julian, Finch, Tom, Garnett, Emma, Gathorne-Hardy, Alfred, Hernandez-Medrano, Juan, Herrero, Mario, Hua, Fangyuan, Latawiec, Agnieszka, Misselbrook, Tom, Phalan, Ben, Simmons, Benno I., Takahashi, Taro, Vause, James, zu Ermgassen, Erasmus, Eisner, Rowan

“…How we manage farming and food systems to meet rising demand is pivotal to the future of biodiversity. Extensive field data suggest that impacts on wild…”
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Co-Benefits of Largescale Organic farming On huMan health by Jaacks, Lindsay M, Bliznashka, Lilia, Craig, Peter, Eddleston, Michael, Gathorne-Hardy, Alfred, Kumar, Ranjit, Mohan, Sailesh, Norrie, John, Rajan, Sheril, Roy, Aditi, Yandrapu, Bharath, Srinivasapura Venkateshmurthy, Nikhil, Prabhakaran, Poornima

“…The BLOOM study (co-Benefits of Largescale Organic farming On huMan health) aims to determine if a government-implemented agroecology programme reduces…”
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Towards Lower-Carbon Indian Agricultural Development: An Experiment in Multi-criteria Mapping by Harriss-White, Barbara, Gathorne-Hardy, Alfred, Rodrigo, Gilbert

“…Abstract Agricultural development research and policy has to address climate change. Against the mainstream focus on adaptation, this article reports on public…”
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Impact of large-scale, government legislated and funded organic farming training on pesticide use in Andhra Pradesh, India: a cross-sectional study by Jaacks, Lindsay M, Serupally, Rajesh, Dabholkar, Shweta, Venkateshmurthy, Nikhil Srinivasapura, Mohan, Sailesh, Roy, Aditi, Prabhakaran, Poornima, Smith, Barbara, Gathorne-Hardy, Alfred, Veluguri, Divya, Eddleston, Michael

“…The use of pesticides in agriculture has been associated with the destruction of biodiversity and damage to human health. A marked reduction in pesticide use…”
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Co-Benefits of Largescale Organic farming On huMan health (BLOOM): Protocol for a cluster-randomised controlled evaluation of the Andhra Pradesh Community-managed Natural Farming programme in India by Lindsay M Jaacks, Lilia Bliznashka, Peter Craig, Michael Eddleston, Alfred Gathorne-Hardy, Ranjit Kumar, Sailesh Mohan, John Norrie, Sheril Rajan, Aditi Roy, Bharath Yandrapu, Nikhil Srinivasapura Venkateshmurthy, Poornima Prabhakaran

“…The BLOOM study (co-Benefits of Largescale Organic farming On huMan health) aims to determine if a government-implemented agroecology programme reduces…”
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Author Correction: The environmental costs and benefits of high-yield farming by Balmford, Andrew, Amano, Tatsuya, Bartlett, Harriet, Chadwick, Dave, Collins, Adrian, Edwards, David, Field, Rob, Garnsworthy, Philip, Green, Rhys, Smith, Pete, Waters, Helen, Whitmore, Andrew, Broom, Donald M., Chara, Julian, Finch, Tom, Garnett, Emma, Gathorne-Hardy, Alfred, Hernandez-Medrano, Juan, Herrero, Mario, Hua, Fangyuan, Latawiec, Agnieszka, Misselbrook, Tom, Phalan, Ben, Simmons, Benno I., Takahashi, Taro, Vause, James, Ermgassen, Erasmus zu, Eisner, Rowan

“…An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via a link at the top of the paper…”
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The role of biochar in english agriculture: agronomy, biodiversity, economics and climate change by Gathorne-Hardy, Alfred

“…This thesis explores the impact of biochar on the sustainability of English agriculture. It takes an integrated approach by looking at a range of agronomic,…”
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HORNLESS CARIBOU.; [TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR"] by GATHORNE-HARDY, ALFRED C...

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