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Resilient Rivers - Interdisciplinary Research on Refugia, Connectivity and Stepping Stones
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Biodiversity: Economics v Financials
Allowing companies to damage ecosystems and pay for restoration is unsuitable as a governance mechanism in the current biodiversity crisis, and is highly unlikely to restore genetic and functional biosphere integrity, At the same time, restoring previously ...
2024At what spatial scale does natural selection operate? Using multiscale frameworks to calibrate the effects of environmental factors across landscape continuums
Patterns in nature arise from processes interacting across a continuum of spatial scales, where new relationships emerge at each level of investigation. These patterns are nested features encompassing fine-scale local patterns, such as topography and geolo ...
EPFL2024Addressing chemical pollution in biodiversity research
Kristin Schirmer, Ahmed Tlili, Colette vom Berg
Climate change, biodiversity loss, and chemical pollution are planetary-scale emergencies requiring urgent mitigation actions. As these "triple crises" are deeply interlinked, they need to be tackled in an integrative manner. However, while climate change ...
WILEY2023Hydromorphological assessment of sediment augmentation measures in gravel-bed rivers
In the riverine environment, the riverscape, sediment and flow regime are essential drivers for natural habitat dynamics. Today, most water courses in Europe are regulated, and their natural dynamics are impaired. Flood releases coupled with the artificial ...
EPFL2023Enhancing Flood Resilience: Sediment Management in Le Bez Torrent
Giovanni De Cesare, Azin Amini, Romain Nathan Hippolyte Merlin Van Mol
In the canton of Bern, Switzerland, the “Le Bez” torrent is known for its flash floods, causing sediment and wood debris buildup in Villeret village settled on the alluvial fan. To mitigate this issue, a sediment/wood trap system is being implemented upstr ...
Swiss Academy of Sciences (SCNAT)2023Biodiversity protection: who pays, who benefits?
Why is protecting biodiversity essential, how are first impressions most often wrong, what is the state of biodiversity protection in 2023, why Switzerland is doing a lot less than is commonly assumed? Paying for biodiversity is not a financial decision co ...
Business School Lausanne (BSL)2023Citizens assemblies and the role of narratives
Reducing CO2 emissions, restricting pesticides to protect health and biodiversity, enhancing corporate responsibility: why is Switzerland, one of the more democratic countries of the world, repeatedly failing to create a proper societal dialogue to face to ...
2021Monitoring biodiversity in the Anthropocene using remote sensing in species distribution models
In the face of the growing challenges brought about by human activities, effective planning and decision-making in biodiversity and ecosystem conservation, restoration, and sustainable development are urgently needed. Ecological models can play a key role ...
2020Eco-Morphological Evaluation of a Residual Flow Reach Restoration Measure
It is a complex and challenging task to evaluate the effects of a river restoration measure on the riverscape’s habitat mosaic. This study investigated the medium term effects of a restoration measure in a residual flow reach downstream of a hydroelectric ...
2020People's perceptions of the cultural ecosystem services of the Sava river in the Balkans: the contribution of participatory mapping
Many rivers in the Balkan Peninsula are recognised at the European level for the biodiversity they host and their strong cultural heritage. However, they are experiencing significant anthropogenic changes, where their biodiversity and cultural values are o ...
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