To respect the Paris agreement targeting a limitation of global warming below 2° C by 2100,
and possibly below 1.5° C, drastic reductions of greenhouse gas emissions are mandatory …

Agroforestry systems comprise trees and crops, or trees and pastures within the same field.
Globally, they cover approximately 1 billion hectares of land and contribute to the livelihoods …

Agricultural landscapes are increasingly being managed with the aim of enhancing the
provisioning of multiple ecosystem services and sustainability of production systems …

The 4‰ initiative launched by the French government at COP21 in Paris in December 2015
aspires to increase global soil organic carbon (SOC) stocks at a rate of 0.4% per year. We …

Numerous studies have demonstrated that plant species diversity enhances ecosystem
functioning in terrestrial ecosystems, including diversity effects on insects (herbivores …

We suffer from genealogical anxiety when we worry that the contingent origins of our
representations, once revealed, will somehow undermine or cast doubt on those …

A distinction often drawn is one between conservative versus revisionary conceptions of
philosophical analysis with respect to commonsensical beliefs and intuitions. This paper …

Intercrop** of arsenic (As) hyperaccumulator and cash crops during remediation of
contaminated soil has been applied in farmland remediation project. However, little is known …

Nitrogen (N) losses contribute to a series of ecological problems such as non-point source
pollution and aquatic eutrophication. The effects of tillage practices on N losses in the …

Activated carbon has been found to be useful for purification of liquids and gases via
adsorption. Majority of the activated carbon which is utilized in our environment is imported …