CAN PAYMENTS FOR ECOSYSTEM SERVICES CONTRIBUTE TO ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE? INSIGHTS FROM A WATERSHED IN KENYA

Can Payments for Ecosystem Services Contribute to Adaptation to Climate Change? Insights from a Watershed in Kenya

Climate change presents new challenges for the management of social-ecological systems and the ecosystem services they provide.Although the instrument of payments for ecosystem services (PES) has emerged as a promising tool to safeguard or enhance the provision of ecosystem services (ES), little attention has been paid to the potential role of PES

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Metabolic Resistance in Bed Bugs

Blood-feeding insects have evolved resistance to various insecticides (organochlorines, pyrethroids, carbamates, etc.) through gene mutations and increased metabolism.Bed bugs (Cimex lectularius) are hematophagous ectoparasites that are poised Electric Tools to become one of the major pests in households throughout the United States.Currently, C.le

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