Judith Terpos

What drives participation in community-based forest management? Insights from a global review - Ambio Community-based forest management (CBFM) is widely promoted as a strategy that links forest management with local livelihoods through participatory governance. This global review used novel systematic...

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What drives participation in community-based forest management? Insights from a global review

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Citizen science contributions to environmental risks assessment and management: A systematic map and qualitative evidence synthesis - Ambio In an era of systemic risks from natural and human-induced hazards, we need approaches that address such risks at different governance levels, including those at the community level. Citizen science (...

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Citizen science contributions to environmental risks assessment and management: A systematic map and qualitative evidence synthesis

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Uncovering the governance and financing mechanisms supporting urban nature-based solutions: Case Stiemer Valley, Genk - Ambio A nature-based solutions (NBS) approach to integrated urban water management is increasingly being recognized as offering an ecological and cost-effective alternative to gray infrastructure and additi...

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Uncovering the governance and financing mechanisms supporting urban nature-based solutions: Case Stiemer Valley, Genk

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Driving change or stuck in place? Mobility justice in Finnish and European transport policy - Ambio While mobility justice has been the subject of much research, it is unclear to what degree the insights of the field are applied in national and EU-level transport policy. This work examines this ques...

new publication: Driving change or stuck in place? Mobility justice in Finnish and European transport policy

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Knowledge and uses of freshwater mussels in Europe - Ambio Most freshwater mussels (FM) in Europe have dramatically declined and are now facing extinction due to human disturbances. Given the recent EU initiatives to protect and restore freshwater ecosystems,...

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Knowledge and uses of freshwater mussels in Europe

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From invasive to opportunity: Indigenous insights in balance, soil health and weed management - Ambio This paper examines the concept of balance within Indigenous knowledge systems and its role in weed management and ecological restoration. Aboriginal cultural knowledge holders and weed managers view ...

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From invasive to opportunity: Indigenous insights in balance, soil health and weed management

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Improving biocultural diversity conservation: Integrating the multiple evidence base (MEB) approach and co-design - Ambio The convergent extinction crisis—characterized by the simultaneous loss of biological and cultural diversity—poses a critical threat to the resilience of socio-ecological systems. To address this chal...

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Improving biocultural diversity conservation: Integrating the multiple evidence base (MEB) approach and co-design

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Hundreds of fungi under the city: Opportunities and challenges of ectomycorrhizal research and application in urban spaces - Ambio In the expanding urban landscape, a major challenge is to ensure the resilience of plant communities developed in stressful conditions, with limited soil resources and exposed to high disturbance regi...

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Hundreds of #fungi under the city: Opportunities and challenges of ectomycorrhizal research and application in urban spaces

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Wasting away bacterial resistance: phage applications in wastewater treatment - Reviews in Environmental Science and Bio/Technology Wastewater treatment stands as a cornerstone in preserving public health and environmental integrity by effectively eliminating contaminants and pathogens from wastewater before discharge or reuse. De...

🆕💧Just out in RESB! Wasting away bacterial resistance. Examines the rise of bacteriophages as an integrated biological tool in wastewater treatment plants, specifically targeting putative opportunistic pathogens that may harbor and propagate drug resistance.
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Integrating artificial intelligence in aquaculture: opportunities, risks, and systemic challenges - Aquaculture International Aquaculture plays a significant role in the food chain and in rural economies. Continuous water quality monitoring, health management, real-time growth monitoring, and biomass estimation are critical ...

🆕Just out in Aquaculture International: Review paper on integrating artificial intelligence in aquaculture. 👇https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10499-025-02347-4

Mucosal immunity of farmed fish within aquaculture: Mechanisms, challenges, and advances - Aquaculture International Aquaculture has emerged as a cornerstone of global food production, yet infectious diseases continue to threaten its productivity and sustainability. In teleost fish, mucosal surfaces such as the skin...

🆕New Review paper in AQUI! Mucosal immunity of farmed fish within aquaculture. Find out more!👇🐟
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National biodiversity and ecosystem assessments for conservation impact: Uptake and lessons learnt from the South African experience - Ambio To combat global biodiversity decline, countries must identify priority ecosystems and species, often through National Ecosystem or Biodiversity Assessments (NEAs/NBAs). In developing nations, resourc...

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National biodiversity and ecosystem assessments for conservation impact: Uptake and lessons learnt from the South African experience

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Blue economy for sustainable fisheries and aquaculture in Egypt: Towards resilient food security - Ambio This study examines Egypt's blue economy, focusing on fisheries and aquaculture, through a Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats (SWOT) analysis to enhance food security. Egypt holds significa...

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Blue economy for sustainable fisheries and aquaculture in Egypt: Towards resilient food security

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Beyond the finite pool of worry: War experiences and climate change concerns in Ukraine - Ambio This study explores the relationship between self-reported war impacts on personal lives and climate change concerns in Ukraine, challenging the "finite pool of worry" hypothesis. Based on survey data...

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Beyond the finite pool of worry: War experiences and climate change concerns in Ukraine

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Ecosystem accounting through first nations’ lenses: Integrating the SEEA-EA and Indigenous knowledge systems - Ambio The UN System of Environmental-Economic Accounting-Ecosystem Accounting (SEEA-EA) provides a framework for integrating information about the environment and the economy, organising information about e...

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Ecosystem accounting through first nations’ lenses: Integrating the SEEA-EA and Indigenous knowledge systems

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🌊 'The Ocean of Today, the Legacy of Tomorrow: Navigating the Future of Marine Life and Ecosystems', by Albert Calbet, takes you on an eye-opening journey through the intricate, fragile, and vital marine environments that sustain life on Earth. 🦑 bit.ly/490E6a7 #Biodiversity #BookSky

Macro-level determinants of nature connectedness: An exploratory analysis of 61 countries - Ambio Nature connectedness is increasingly recognised as a causal issue in environmental crises and a powerful strategy for transformative change. However, little is known about how it varies across countri...

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Macro-level determinants of nature connectedness: An exploratory analysis of 61 countries

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Turning the EU’s agricultural vision into environmental action: A performance-oriented CAP after 2027 - Ambio The agricultural sector of the EU is affected by several political and economic crises and dissatisfaction with policy has been voiced loudly. Against this background, the EU Commission presented a Vi...

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Turning the EU’s agricultural vision into environmental action: A performance-oriented CAP after 2027

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Rapid excretion of raw microplastics and longer persistence of fragmented microplastics in the quail digestive system - Environmental Chemistry Letters Substantial amounts of microplastics are ingested by living organisms, in particular by humans; yet, the fate of microplastics through digestion is poorly known. Here, we administrated 1–2 mm polystyr...

🆕New in Environmental Chemistry Letters: Rapid excretion of raw microplastics and longer persistence of fragmented microplastics in the quail digestive system. Find out more!
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Wasting away bacterial resistance: phage applications in wastewater treatment - Reviews in Environmental Science and Bio/Technology Wastewater treatment stands as a cornerstone in preserving public health and environmental integrity by effectively eliminating contaminants and pathogens from wastewater before discharge or reuse. De...

🆕New review in RESB on the rise of bacteriophages as an integrated biological tool in wastewater treatment plants, specifically targeting putative opportunistic pathogens that may harbor and propagate drug resistance. 💧💧💧Find out more!
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Alterations in intestinal microbiota and host response in Penaeus monodon experimentally challenged with Enterocytozoon hepatopenaei (EHP) - Aquaculture International Hepatopancreatic microsporidiosis caused by Enterocytozoon hepatopenaei (EHP) is a significant disease leading to economic losses in shrimp aquaculture. Most studies on EHP infection involving metagen...

📢Just out in Aquaculture International! A study on EHP a significant disease leading to economic losses in shrimp aquaculture 🦐🦐🦐Find out more!
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Wolves on the phone: Public calls reveal a rise in urban concerns as wolves recolonize human-dominated areas - Ambio European wolf populations are expanding into human-dominated landscapes, triggering novel interactions with citizens and public concerns that may disrupt the traditional urban–rural divide in wolf att...

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Wolves on the phone: Public calls reveal a rise in urban concerns as wolves recolonize human-dominated areas

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Pathways for Ukraine’s post-war nature recovery: Focus on forest socio-ecological systems - Ambio Natural ecosystems face significant pressure from climate change, biodiversity loss, and increasing socio-economic and political stressors—all of which are exacerbated by military conflict. This paper...

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Pathways for Ukraine’s post-war nature recovery: Focus on forest socio-ecological systems

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Public management attitudes and behavioural intentions towards the management of (over)abundant wild ungulate populations - Ambio Social perceptions of wild ungulates depend on their abundance and the socioeconomic context. These perceptions shape attitudes toward management and explain social behavior toward the species. Our ob...

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Public management attitudes and behavioural intentions towards the management of (over)abundant wild ungulate populations

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Varietal diversity and conservation status of banana, taro, pumpkin, and mustard green in mountainous areas of Northwest Vietnam - Ambio This study assesses the agrobiodiversity richness, traditional knowledge, and conservation status associated with four key crops—banana, taro, pumpkin, and mustard green—in Northwest Vietnam. Using th...

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Varietal diversity and conservation status of banana, taro, pumpkin, and mustard green in mountainous areas of Northwest Vietnam

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Particulate accumulated matter as an indicator of coastal benthic habitat condition - Ambio Eutrophication adversely affects coastal areas, but most indicators of eutrophication demonstrate temporal or large-scale changes in eutrophication. These usually cannot be used in local actions, such as restoration or conservation. Eutrophication also results in increased accumulation of particulate matter and here we assess the usefulness of particulate accumulated matter (PAM) as an indicator for marine habitat condition in the northern Baltic Sea. We use > 50 000 observations of PAM, to spatially model the accumulation of PAM at shallow benthic substrates, and subsequently demonstrate the use of PAM as an indicator for benthic habitat quality. Predictions show only 4.8% of the shallow marine area as not affected by PAM and the abundance of PAM negatively affected the occurrence of Fucus habitats. Estimates of amount of PAM can be used for determining areas that will benefit from restoration and nutrient abatement actions and for locating the most pristine areas in need of conservation action.

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Particulate accumulated matter as an indicator of coastal benthic habitat condition

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