The traditional pastoral economies of Mongolia, based on livestock and related goods and products, were largely sustainable for thousands of years. However, this balanced relationship between humans and their environment has started to break down in the past few decades. Some research points to...
The majority of research into the impacts of global change has focused on abiotic factors such as warming temperatures and increased concentration of carbon dioxide (IPCC-WGII 2007). However, it is becoming clear that the consequences of biodiversity loss on vital ecosystem functions including...
Intact ecological communities provide important ecosystem services including pest and disease control, clean water, coastal protection, and pollination (Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, 2005). All species exist as members of ecological communities, interacting with each other in complex ways that...
The increasing cost of petroleum extraction, awareness of anthropogenic climate change, and electrification of transportation1 have combined to help accelerate the demand for renewable power, of which direct solar photovoltaic (PV) generation is an increasingly significant fraction. Albeit not...