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Operational and environmental barriers to centralized composting in two small Brazilian municipalities: A longitudinal study

Environmental Progress &Sustainable Energy, EarlyView.
Abstract Municipal solid waste management in small cities faces severe logistical and financial barriers regarding organic fraction treatment. This study evaluates biological selective collection in two small Brazilian municipalities (Astorga and Sabáudia), comparing dynamics between gated communities (GC) and public thoroughfares (PT) over an annual ...
André Razente, Sérgio Henrique Bernardo de Faria, Marcos de Souza, Marcelino Luiz Gimenes   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Legacy effects of locally extinct flagship species on protected areas

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, EarlyView.
Protected areas (PAs) are often established to conserve flagship megafauna so as to mobilize political support and secure sustained conservation investment, with the expectation that flagship‐centered governance will also protect habitat. Despite such efforts, flagship species can experience extirpation, raising a fundamental question: do conservation ...
Rachakonda Sreekar, James EM Watson, Jiajia Liu, Aakash Lamba, Hoong Chen Teo, Jun Ying Lim, Yiwen Zeng   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Research and development resilience of foreign MNE subsidiaries during the Great Recession

Global Strategy Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Research Summary This study examines the research and development (R&D) resilience of subsidiaries of foreign multinational enterprises (MNEs) during the Great Recession, defined as the ability to sustain R&D investment amid economic disruption.
Omid Aliasghar, Pedro Mendi, C. Annique Un, Kazuhiro Asakawa   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Artificial intelligence and liquidation: Reality, destiny and fantasy

International Insolvency Review, EarlyView.
Abstract Artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly reshaping the administration of corporate liquidation. Beyond its established role in financial prediction and data analytics, AI is now assisting insolvency practitioners in identifying the onset of financial distress, managing creditor communications, tracing and valuing assets and enhancing ...
Kai Zhang, Jingchen Zhao
wiley   +1 more source

Research status and new design concept of compressed air energy storage technology in abandoned mine

Meitan kexue jishu
Compressed air energy storage(CAES) can be widely used in power grid peak load shifting and large-scale new energy consumption. It has the advantages of large installed capacity, long service life, and clean environmental protection, and is regarded as ...
Hanpeng WANG, Yunhao WU, Bing ZHANG, Jianguo FAN, Mengtian LI, Jiancai SUI, Wei WANG, Dekang SUN   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Remote Sensing for Irrigation Water Management—The State of the Art and Prospects for Near‐Future Operations

Irrigation and Drainage, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT A recent UN report describes many regions as facing ‘water bankruptcy,’ a condition in which available water resources can no longer meet existing demands. In practice, this means irrigation will likely bear the greatest burden of future water‐use reductions, a complicated and fraught decision to make given its critical role in food security ...
Wim G. M. Bastiaanssen, Chris Perry, Royce Dalby, Yasir Mohamed, Xueliang Cai, Poolad Karimi, IJsbrand de Jong, Pasquale Steduto, Marat Beksultanov, Christopher C. M. Neale, David Molden, Waqas Awan, Laarousi Mohamed, Jippe Hoogeveen, Jeff Davids, Nutchanart Sriwongsitanon, P. S. Rao, Roula Bachour, Palitha Bandara, Sophea Chhim, Richard Evans, Tom Lahad, D. Nagesh Kumar, Zakaria Adawy, Devendra Singh Bundela, Kawa Hakzi, Isaya Kisekka, Nicolas Puelma, Alejandro A. Pannunzio, Benjamin Koetz, Mukhiddin Ibragimov   +30 more
wiley   +1 more source

Revealing Dust Source Changes in East Asia From Past to Future: An Interpretable Deep Learning Approach

Land Degradation &Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aeolian dust source areas are controlled by climate and human activities and are closely associated with land degradation, yet their long‐term evolution under global warming remains insufficiently quantified. An integrated framework that couples a U‐Net segmentation model with Shapley Additive Explanations (SHAP) was built to map and attribute
Yanyu Li, Qizhong Wu, Xueshun Chen, Jiang Yue, Jieying He, Huaqiong Cheng   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Linking Ecosystem Risk, Health, Services to Ecological Security Assessment in the Yellow River Basin: Spatiotemporal Dynamics and Nonlinear Driving Characteristics

Land Degradation &Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT A scientific assessment of ecological security (ES) and its nonlinear mechanism for key driving factors in the Yellow River Basin (YRB) is of great significance for ecological protection and sustainable development. This study proposes an ES assessment framework, which links ecosystem risk (ER), ecosystem health (EH), and ecosystem services ...
Menghao Yang, Ming Wang, Haipeng Zhang, Zhihong Yao   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Driving Mechanisms of Land Degradation Neutrality at the County Level and Zonal Strategies in the Yellow River's Key Ecological Region (Part II: Post‐Assessment Driver Analysis)

Land Degradation &Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Achieving land degradation neutrality (LDN) is critical for sustainable socio‐ecological development; however, its practical implementation is often hindered by scale mismatches between assessments and administrative units, coupled with an over‐reliance on static drivers.
Shuheng Zhang, Xinyu Guo, Pan Wang, Fulin Wang, Tao Chen   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

A reflected radio wave-based exploration method for goaves in closed/abandoned mines and its application

Meitian dizhi yu kantan
Objective and Method The redevelopment and reutilization of closed/abandoned mines hold great research significance and practical production value due to their substantial number.
Yao PANG, Rongxin WU, Jinguo WANG, Ze’an HU   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source