ECONOMIC COMPARISON BETWEEN PASTURE-BASED BEEF PRODUCTION AND AFFORESTATION OF ABANDONED LAND IN SWEDISH FOREST DISTRICTS

Economic Comparison between Pasture-Based Beef Production and Afforestation of Abandoned Land in Swedish Forest Districts

Large areas of agricultural land have been abandoned or are at risk of being abandoned such as small scattered fields and pastures in forest-dominated landscapes are unsuitable for modern mechanized agriculture and cost-efficient grazing.These areas have therefore become unprofitable to cultivate and graze.Spruce planting has been seen as the obvio

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Additional selection for insecticide resistance in urban malaria vectors: DDT resistance in Anopheles arabiensis from Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso.

In the city of Bobo-Dioulasso in Burkina Faso, Anopheles arabiensis has superseded Anopheles gambiae s.s.as the major malaria vector and the larvae are found in highly polluted habitats normally considered unsuitable for Anopheles mosquitoes.Here we show that An.gambiae s.l.adults emerging from a highly polluted site in the city centre (Dioulassoba

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