Most grazing lands in Mediterranean ecosystems that support extensive sheep farming systems are characterized by unfavorable edapho-climatic conditions, especially semi-arid areas. Often, though, their use is far from sustainable, causing erosion and ecosystem degradation impacts. In this paper, we explore the use, productivity, flora diversity of typical four farms at Agra locality western par...

The Government Performance and Results Act of 1993 (GPRA) directs agencies to determine their objectives based on what stakeholders value. Identifying, measuring and analyzing values and objectives is a key challenge for public land management agencies. Using R and Q factor analysis we assess the values and objectives within the Leadership Team (LT) of the United States Forest Service (USFS). R...

from the Independent Multidisciplinary Science Team on the forestry project that we just completed. The report contains 19 specific recommendations. Most are directed to the Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF), but there are also recommendations for Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) and the Forest Research Laboratory (FRL). This report focuses on topics involving the management of (...

Abstract Cattle production inside Brazil's protected areas (PAs), including indigenous lands, continues to contaminate Amazonian supply chains more than a decade after efforts reform the sector were launched with signing of zero‐deforestation cattle agreements (CAs). During 2013–2018, nearly 1.1 million head sold directly from private properties PAs slaughterhouses in Mato Grosso, Pará, and Ron...

Globally, grasslands have been heavily degraded, more so than any other biome. Grasslands of the eastern U.S. are no exception to this trend and, consequently, native biota associated with region’s >20 million ha agricultural under considerable stress. For example, grassland breeding bird populations declined precipitously in recent decades as numerous species pollinators. Although there is ...