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2. A dam good example of collaboration on California water issues
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Grist Creative (author)
- Format:
- Article
- Publication Date:
- 2021-02
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 203 Document Number: D12180
- Notes:
- Online article via Grist Creative and Water Solutions Network. 3 pages., Describes the history and complexities involved in developing a plan to carry out the largest dam removal in United States history along the Klamath River by 2023. Highlights efforts to bring together various stakeholders in the water management ecosystem.
3. Are sustainability and stewardship the same?
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Southwood, Andrew (author)
- Format:
- Commentary
- Publication Date:
- 2020-07-15
- Published:
- USA: Farm Journal Media
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 201 Document Number: D11762
- Journal Title:
- Packer
- Notes:
- Online from publisher. 2 pages., Author suggests that while many in the produce industry use "sustainability" and "stewardship" as interchangeable terms,they are not. "True sustainability is a mindset that is international in its approach, purposeful in the value it adds to all stakeholders, resource-optimized for operations, circular in thinking, supply chain resilient, ecologically friendly and culturally attuned."
4. Harnessing big data to support the conservation and rehabilitation of mangrove forests globally
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Worthington, Thomas A. (author), Andradi-Brown, Dominic A. (author), Bhargava, Radhika (author), Buelow, Christina (author), Bunting, Pete (author), Duncan, Clare (author), Fatoyinbo, Lola (author), Friess, Daniel A. (author), Goldberg, Liza (author), Hilarides, Lambert (author), Lagomasino, David (author), Landis, Emily (author), Longley-Wood, Kate (author), Lovelock, Catherine E. (author), Murray, Nicholas J. (author), Narayan, Siddharth (author), Rosenqvist, Ake (author), Sievers, Michael (author), Simard, Marc (author), Thomas, Nathan (author), van Eijk, Pieter (author), Zganjar, Chris (author), and Spalding, Mark (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2020
- Published:
- International
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 201 Document Number: D11696
- Journal Title:
- One Earth
- Journal Title Details:
- 2(5) : 429-443
- Notes:
- 27 pages., Authors provide an overview of recent and forthcoming global datasets and explore the challenges of translating these new analyses into policy action and on-the-ground conservation of mangrove forests. They describe a new platform for visualizing and disseminating these datasets to the global science community and other audiences - and they highlight future directions and collaborations.
5. Making messy data work for conservation
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Dobson, A.D.M. (author), Milner-Gulland, E.J. (author), Aebischer, Nicholas J. (author), Beale, Colin M. (author), Brozovic, Robert (author), Coals, Peter (author), Critchlow, Rob (author), Dancer, Anthony (author), Grove, Michelle (author), Hinsley, Amy (author), Ibbett, Harriet (author), Johnston, Alison (author), Kuiper, Timothy (author), Le Comber, Steven (author), Mahood, Simon P. (author), Moore, Jennifer F. (author), Nilsen, Erlend B. (author), Pocock, Michael J.O. (author), Quinn, Anthony (author), Travers, Henry (author), Wilfred, Paulo (author), Wright, Joss (author), and Keane, Aidan (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2020
- Published:
- International
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 167; Folder: 201 Document Number: D11695
- Journal Title:
- One Earth
- Journal Title Details:
- 2(5) : 455-465
- Notes:
- 11 pages., Authors present an overview of the opportunities and limitations associated with messy data which conservationists increasingly use (e.g., citizen science records, ranger patrol observations). They also explain how the preferences, skills, and incentives of data collectors affect the quality of the information these data contain and the investment required to unlock their potential.
6. Tidying up conservation with messy data
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Salk, Carl F. (author)
- Format:
- Commentary
- Publication Date:
- 2020
- Published:
- International
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 201 Document Number: D11698
- Journal Title:
- One Earth
- Journal Title Details:
- 2(5) : 413-414
- Notes:
- 2 pages., In a preview of this issue about "messy data in conservation," the author links messy data to related topics in conservation and urges a trans-disciplinary embrace of messiness to accelerate conservation progress.
7. When conservation is a trigger word
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Siegel, Eric (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2020-12
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 202 Document Number: D12008
- Journal Title:
- High Country News
- Journal Title Details:
- 52(12) : 21
- Notes:
- Online from the periodical, Through case examples, author reported that in order to attract a broader constituency, conservation organizations must often first address a history of missteps and exclusion. Also, "Rather than mandate a solution, organizations should 'look for outcomes that are community-led and collectively shared'."