Jules N Pretty

Summary

Affiliation: University of Essex
Country: UK

Publications

  1. ncbi Environmental costs of freshwater eutrophication in England and Wales
    Jules N Pretty
    Centre for Environment and Society, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Essex, Colchester CO4 3SQ, UK
    Environ Sci Technol 37:201-8. 2003
  2. ncbi Social capital and the collective management of resources
    Jules Pretty
    Department of Biological Sciences, University of Essex, Colchester CO4 3SQ, UK
    Science 302:1912-4. 2003
  3. ncbi The mental and physical health outcomes of green exercise
    Jules Pretty
    Department of Biological Sciences, University of Essex, Colchester, UK
    Int J Environ Health Res 15:319-37. 2005
  4. ncbi Resource-conserving agriculture increases yields in developing countries
    J N Pretty
    Department of Biological Sciences and Centre for Environment and Society, University of Essex, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester CO4 3SQ, UK
    Environ Sci Technol 40:1114-9. 2006
  5. ncbi Agricultural sustainability: concepts, principles and evidence
    Jules Pretty
    Department of Biological Sciences, University of Essex, Colchester CO4 3SQ, UK
    Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 363:447-65. 2008
  6. ncbi Responses of active bacterial and fungal communities in soils under winter wheat to different fertilizer and pesticide regimens
    Martina S Girvan
    Department of Biological Sciences, University of Essex, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester CO4 3SQ, England, United Kingdom
    Appl Environ Microbiol 70:2692-701. 2004
  7. ncbi Soil type is the primary determinant of the composition of the total and active bacterial communities in arable soils
    Martina S Girvan
    Department of Biological Sciences, University of Essex, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester CO4 3SQ, England, UK
    Appl Environ Microbiol 69:1800-9. 2003
  8. ncbi The role of sustainable agriculture and renewable-resource management in reducing greenhouse-gas emissions and increasing sinks in China and India
    J N Pretty
    Centre for Environment and Society and Department of Biological Sciences, University of Essex, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester CO4 3SQ, UK
    Philos Transact A Math Phys Eng Sci 360:1741-61. 2002

Detail Information

Publications8

  1. ncbi Environmental costs of freshwater eutrophication in England and Wales
    Jules N Pretty
    Centre for Environment and Society, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Essex, Colchester CO4 3SQ, UK
    Environ Sci Technol 37:201-8. 2003
    ..A variety of effective economic, regulatory, and administrative policy instruments are available for internalizing these costs...
  2. ncbi Social capital and the collective management of resources
    Jules Pretty
    Department of Biological Sciences, University of Essex, Colchester CO4 3SQ, UK
    Science 302:1912-4. 2003
    ..4 to 0.5 million groups have been established since the early 1990s for watershed, forest, irrigation, pest, wildlife, fishery, and microfinance management. These offer a route to sustainable management and governance of common resources...
  3. ncbi The mental and physical health outcomes of green exercise
    Jules Pretty
    Department of Biological Sciences, University of Essex, Colchester, UK
    Int J Environ Health Res 15:319-37. 2005
    ..We conclude that green exercise has important public and environmental health consequences...
  4. ncbi Resource-conserving agriculture increases yields in developing countries
    J N Pretty
    Department of Biological Sciences and Centre for Environment and Society, University of Essex, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester CO4 3SQ, UK
    Environ Sci Technol 40:1114-9. 2006
    ..Although it is uncertain whether these approaches can meet future food needs, there are grounds for cautious optimism, particularly as poor farm households benefit more from their adoption...
  5. ncbi Agricultural sustainability: concepts, principles and evidence
    Jules Pretty
    Department of Biological Sciences, University of Essex, Colchester CO4 3SQ, UK
    Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 363:447-65. 2008
    ..Significant challenges, however, remain to develop national and international policies to support the wider emergence of more sustainable forms of agricultural production across both industrialized and developing countries...
  6. ncbi Responses of active bacterial and fungal communities in soils under winter wheat to different fertilizer and pesticide regimens
    Martina S Girvan
    Department of Biological Sciences, University of Essex, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester CO4 3SQ, England, United Kingdom
    Appl Environ Microbiol 70:2692-701. 2004
    ..After plowing, the level of Glomales was reduced in noninoculated field sections but remained high in VAM-inoculated field sections. Inoculation of VAM correlated with elevated soil phosphate and carbon levels...
  7. ncbi Soil type is the primary determinant of the composition of the total and active bacterial communities in arable soils
    Martina S Girvan
    Department of Biological Sciences, University of Essex, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester CO4 3SQ, England, UK
    Appl Environ Microbiol 69:1800-9. 2003
    ..The active population was therefore more indicative of short-term management changes...
  8. ncbi The role of sustainable agriculture and renewable-resource management in reducing greenhouse-gas emissions and increasing sinks in China and India
    J N Pretty
    Centre for Environment and Society and Department of Biological Sciences, University of Essex, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester CO4 3SQ, UK
    Philos Transact A Math Phys Eng Sci 360:1741-61. 2002
    ..Most agricultural mitigation options also provide several ancillary benefits. However, there are many technical, financial, policy, legal and institutional barriers to overcome...