Search Results - "Thornton, Thomas F."

Are we taking farmers seriously? A review of the literature on farmer perceptions and climate change, 2007–2018 by Soubry, Bernard, Sherren, Kate, Thornton, Thomas F.

“…While there is broad agreement in theory that farmers' expertise should be integrated into discussions of land management and climate change adaptation in the…”
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Value Co-creation for sustainable consumption and production in the sharing economy in China by Ma, Yuge, Rong, Ke, Luo, Yining, Wang, Yong, Mangalagiu, Diana, Thornton, Thomas F.

“…Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP) has traditionally treated consumption and production as separate domains of economic activities with different…”
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Collaborative Engagement of Local and Traditional Knowledge and Science in Marine Environments: A Review by Thornton, Thomas F., Scheer, Adela Maciejewski

“…Local and traditional ecological knowledge (LTK) is increasingly recognized as an important component of scientific research, conservation, and resource…”
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A battle lost? Report on two centuries of invasion and management of Lantana camara L. in Australia, India and South Africa by Bhagwat, Shonil A, Breman, Elinor, Thekaekara, Tarsh, Thornton, Thomas F, Willis, Katherine J

“…Recent discussion on invasive species has invigorated the debate on strategies to manage these species. Lantana camara L., a shrub native to the American…”
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Effective climate change adaptation means supporting community autonomy by Pisor, Anne C., Basurto, Xavier, Douglass, Kristina G., Mach, Katharine J., Ready, Elspeth, Tylianakis, Jason M., Hazel, Ashley, Kline, Michelle A., Kramer, Karen L., Lansing, J. Stephen, Moritz, Mark, Smaldino, Paul E., Thornton, Thomas F., Jones, James Holland

“…Communities want to determine their own climate change adaptation strategies, and scientists and decision-makers should listen to them — both the equity and…”
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The Ideology and Practice of Pacific Herring Cultivation among the Tlingit and Haida by Thornton, Thomas F.

“…Pacific herring (Clupea pallasi) are a keystone species in the marine ecosystems of the Tlingit and Haida peoples of Southeast Alaska and British Columbia…”
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Global environmental change: local perceptions, understandings, and explanations by Pyhälä, Aili, Fernández-Llamazares, Álvaro, Lehvävirta, Hertta, Byg, Anja, Ruiz-Mallén, Isabel, Salpeteur, Matthieu, Thornton, Thomas F.

“…Global environmental change (GEC) is an increasingly discussed phenomenon in the scientific literature as evidence of its presence and impacts continues to…”
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Indigenous uses of wild and tended plant biodiversity maintain ecosystem services in agricultural landscapes of the Terai Plains of Nepal by Thorn, Jessica P R, Thornton, Thomas F, Helfgott, Ariella, Willis, Kathy J

“…Despite a rapidly accumulating evidence base quantifying ecosystem services, the role of biodiversity in the maintenance of ecosystem services in shared…”
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Farming along desire lines: Collective action and food systems adaptation to climate change by Soubry, Bernard, Sherren, Kate, Thornton, Thomas F., Harris, Jim

“…We examine collective action in the food system of the Canadian Maritimes to determine its effect on the resilience and adaptive capacity of food producers,…”
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Adaptation--Genuine and Spurious: Demystifying Adaptation Processes in Relation to Climate Change by Thornton, Thomas F., Manasfi, Nadia

“…In climate change discourse and policy, adaptation has become a critical byword and frame of reference. An implicit assumption in much of the strategizing is…”
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Applying the robust adaptation planning (RAP) framework to Ghana’s agricultural climate change adaptation regime by Chaudhury, Abrar S., Thornton, Thomas F., Helfgott, Ariella, Sova, Chase

“…This paper introduces a five-step framework, namely the Robust Adaptation Planning (RAP) framework, to plan and respond to the ‘grand challenge’ of climate…”
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Autonomous adaptation to global environmental change in peri-urban settlements: Evidence of a growing culture of innovation and revitalisation in Mathare Valley Slums, Nairobi by Thorn, Jessica, Thornton, Thomas F., Helfgott, Ariella

“…•Urban slums are ideal places to analyse climate adaptation.•Slums offer examples of social-ecological stress anticipated in established societies.•Local…”
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Co-evolution between urban sustainability and business ecosystem innovation: Evidence from the sharing mobility sector in Shanghai by Ma, Yuge, Rong, Ke, Mangalagiu, Diana, Thornton, Thomas F., Zhu, Dajian

“…Urban transformation is vital to global sustainable development as humans increasingly come to dwell in cities. Within cities, the mobility sector promises the…”
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Synergies and trade-offs between adaptation, mitigation and development by Thornton, Thomas F., Comberti, Claudia

“…To succeed in meeting carbon emissions reduction targets to limit projected climate change impacts, it is imperative that improved synergies be developed…”
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Multi-level Stakeholder Influence Mapping: Visualizing Power Relations Across Actor Levels in Nepal’s Agricultural Climate Change Adaptation Regime by Sova, Chase A., Helfgott, Ariella, S. Chaudhury, Abrar, Matthews, David, F. Thornton, Thomas, J. Vermeulen, Sonja

“…Where power lies and how it is conceived in studies of governance and institutions is often not discussed. This is due to the ubiquitous nature of the topic…”
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The UN local communities and Indigenous peoples' platform: A traditional ecological knowledge‐based evaluation by Shawoo, Zoha, Thornton, Thomas F.

“…This review evaluates the potential of the proposed local communities and Indigenous peoples’ platform to effectively engage traditional ecological knowledge…”
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Sustainable Biomass Energy and Indigenous Cultural Models of Well-being in an Alaska Forest Ecosystem by Sikka, Munish, Thornton, Thomas F., Worl, Rosita

“…Oil-dependent indigenous communities in remote regions of Alaska and elsewhere are facing an unprecedented crisis. With the cost of fuel and transport…”
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The multiperspectival nature of place names: Ewenki mobility, river naming, and relationships with animals, spirits, and landscapes by Mamontova, Nadezhda, Thornton, Thomas F.

“…The article examines the process of production and change of place names based on data collected in 2017 among the Okhotsk Ewenki, the easternmost Indigenous…”
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From urban sustainability transformations to green gentrification: urban renewal in Gaziosmanpaşa, Istanbul by Yazar, Mahir, Hestad, Dina, Mangalagiu, Diana, Saysel, Ali Kerem, Ma, Yuge, Thornton, Thomas F.

“…Processes aiming to achieve urban transformation that includes sustainability can result in green gentrification and thus promote exclusivist, private green…”
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Tracing country commitment to Indigenous peoples in the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change by Shea, Meghan M., Thornton, Thomas F.

“…•Indigenous peoples and traditional knowledges are marginalized in climate policy.•References to Indigenous peoples are limited in country climate…”
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