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Using the capabilities approach to achieve people‐centered conservation

Conservation Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Top‐down interventions carried out by state and nonstate institutions to conserve biodiversity and improve the lives of forest‐proximate people (FPP) in the Global South tend to reflect economistic understandings of human well‐being. More progressive and people‐centered conservation projects are guided by normative visions of how the world ...
Arthur Rodrigues, Felipe P. L. Melo, Lucas Alencar, James Angus Fraser, Luke Parry   +4 more
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Genomics‐informed management of ex situ populations

Conservation Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract The European Association of Zoos and Aquariums (EAZA) manages insurance populations for hundreds of species through its EAZA ex situ programs (EEPs). EEPs help safeguard against extinction in the wild and provide source populations for genetic rescue programs.
Cock van Oosterhout, Philippe Helsen, Elmar Fienieg, Claudia Fontsere, Linett Rasmussen, Mirte Bosse, Zjef Pereboom, Christina Hvilsom, Hernán E. Morales   +8 more
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Synthesis of Pollinator‐Friendly Management in European Protected Areas

Conservation Biology, EarlyView.
Effectiveness of pollinator‐friendly management in European protected areas. Abstract Pollinators are important to humans and nature due to their role in ecosystem functioning and services. Research on the effects of pollinator management in protected areas is insufficient compared with that on farmlands and urban areas, potentially hindering ...
Gabriella Süle, András Báldi, David Kleijn, Ingolf Steffan‐Dewenter, Matthias Albrecht, Péter Batáry, Carolin Biegerl, Petr Bogusch, Veronika Braunisch, Jörn Buse, Andree Cappellari, Tristan Eckerter, Thomas Fartmann, Thomas Frank, Florian Fumy, Michael Garratt, Maria Georgi, Elia Guariento, Petr Heneberg, Andreas Hilpold, Andrea Holzschuh, Sebastian Hopfenmüller, Jakub Horák, Raja Imran Hussain, Zsolt Józan, Reet Karise, Vassiliki Kati, Alexandra‐Maria Klein, Anikó Kovács‐Hostyánszki, Petr Kozel, Ádám Kőrösi, Egle Liiskmann, Franz Löffler, Lorenzo Marini, Gabrielle McLaughlin, Amparo Mora, Morgan Morrison, Konstantina Nasiou, Kristýna Nehybová, Péter Ódor, Dominik Poniatowski, Zoltán Soltész, István Szentirmai, Csaba Tölgyesi, Konstantina Zografou, Viktor Szigeti   +45 more
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Methodology to identify ecologically matching areas and its applications in conservation planning

Conservation Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Identifying ecologically matching areas is both challenging and critical for understanding spatial patterns of biodiversity and advancing conservation planning. However, existing approaches often lack spatial flexibility, overlook shape and size constraints, or rely on limited environmental parameters, reducing their effectiveness in real ...
Pietro Milanesi, Alessandro Chiarucci, Alessandra Maria Bissattini, Vincenzo Buono, Gianluca Piovesan, Carlo Rondinini, Umberto Valdrè, Marco Musiani   +7 more
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Early outcomes of England's new biodiversity offset market

Conservation Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Nature markets are being operationalized as a tool to address the biodiversity finance gap and achieve global biodiversity targets. However, there is limited understanding of how the outcomes of these markets align with biodiversity targets.
N. E. Duffus, S. O. S. E. zu Ermgassen, R. Grenyer, O. T. Lewis   +3 more
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The Effects of Gen‐AI on Situated and Future‐Driven Academic Writing Motivation

International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Despite the increasing use of Generative Artificial Intelligence (Gen‐AI) in education, there is still a significant gap in understanding its effects on the situated‐ and future‐driven motivation in academic writing. This longitudinal design‐based research sought to explore variations in academic writing motivation of 110 Chinese university ...
Xiao Hu, David Lasagabaster, Ada Bier, Mairin Hennebry‐Leung   +3 more
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Infrastructure as Inherited Knowledge: Artificial Intelligence and the Governance of Long‐Life Infrastructure

Journal of Critical Infrastructure Policy, Volume 8, Issue 1, Spring/Summer 2027.
ABSTRACT Epistemic orphaning, responsibility drift, loss of institutional memory, and non‐stationarity are not new problems in infrastructure governance—they have accompanied long‐life infrastructure throughout its history. What artificial intelligence changes is not the existence of these problems but their scale, opacity, and the structural ...
Priscilla P. Nelson
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Does the Adoption of Improved Cassava Varieties Boost Productivity in Ghana? The Role of Technology, Management, and Structural Gaps

World Food Policy, Volume 12, Issue 2, November 2026.
ABSTRACT Agricultural development initiatives in sub‐Saharan Africa have emphasized improved crop varieties as a pathway to food security, resilience, and rural poverty reduction. However, empirical evidence often focuses narrowly on plot‐level outcomes and overlooks whole‐farm effects and the substantial heterogeneity in farmers' management practices,
Kodjo Kondo, Renato A. Villano, Oscar Cacho, Omphile Temoso, Stephen Prah   +4 more
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“It Is More Than Just Food, We Need To Be Human Beings Together”: Service Provider and Leader Perspectives on Charitable Food Services for Persons Experiencing Homelessness

World Food Policy, Volume 12, Issue 2, November 2026.
ABSTRACT This critical ethnographic study examined the perspectives of service providers and organizational leaders working within charitable food services for people experiencing homelessness in two Canadian cities. Informed by Paulo Freire's writings and a human rights‐based approach, we explored how power is enacted through everyday practices and ...
Corinna Easton, Abe Oudshoorn, Tracy Smith‐Carrier, Cheryl Forchuk, Carrie Anne Marshall   +4 more
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From Indicator to Prediction: Five Decades of Biochemical Oxygen Demand Research in Tropical Freshwaters

World Water Policy, Volume 12, Issue 4, November 2026.
ABSTRACT Biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) remains a core indicator of organic pollution in freshwater monitoring, but its role in water policy and practice is changing as water‐quality assessment moves toward predictive, integrative, and decision‐support approaches.
Isadora Favero Roque Cenci, Stephany Luz, Cássia Alves Lima‐Rezende, Jean Carlo Bacca, Karling Fernanda Schuster, Renan de Souza Rezende   +5 more
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