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Community Management of Natural Resources in Africa: Impacts, Experiences and Future Directions [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
More than twenty years have passed since community-based natural resource management (CBNRM) rose to prominence in different parts of Africa as a strategy for rural development, local empowerment, and conservation.
Chris Sandbrook, Dilys Roe, Fred Nelson
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“Visiting scientist effect”? Exploring the impact of time‐lags in the digitization of 2D landmark data

open access: yesThe Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Measurement error (ME) in geometric morphometrics has been the subject of countless articles, but none specific to the effect of time lags on landmark digitization error. Yet, especially for visiting scientists working on museum collections, it is not uncommon to collect data in multiple rounds, with interruptions of weeks or years. To explore
Andrea Cardini
wiley   +1 more source

Retracted: Can the chemical industry solve the climate change?On the role of human energy production, renewable energies, and the potential of chemistry as a solution provider

open access: yesChemie Ingenieur Technik, EarlyView., 2023
Let us consider an alternative perspective on climate change: The sum of solar radiation and heat generated by human activity result in a net energy input of 1.96 times that of the Sun on the Earth's surface. The expanding global population is expected to exacerbate this issue. Potential solutions are proposed, including replacement and heat recycling.
Martin Bertau, Gerald Steiner
wiley   +1 more source

The Globalization of Maternal Healthcare in Western Africa

open access: yes, 2014
Maternal healthcare is one of the most important global issues in today’s world, reflected in its inclusion in the Millennium Development Goals. Globalization, through increased acceleration and movement, has improved maternal healthcare in Western ...
Magistrali, Maura T.
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Morphology and paleoecology of a hybodontiform with serrated teeth, Priohybodus arambourgi, from the Late Jurassic of northeastern Brazil

open access: yesThe Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Hybodontiformes was a diverse, successful, and important group of shark‐like chondrichthyans known from a variety of ecosystems. Some representatives of the order had a wide palaeogeographic distribution, as is the case with Priohybodus arambourgi. With a multicuspidate crown, P. arambourgi was the first hybodontiform to develop fully serrated
Estevan Eltink   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

DETERMINANTS OF CONSTRUCTION FIRMS' COMPLIANCE WITH HEALTH AND SAFETY REGULATIONS IN SOUTH AFRICA [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
The management of health and safety issues is very significant in the construction industry in South Africa in terms of accident rates and cost to contractors.
Oladapo, Adebayo Akanbi   +1 more
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Silesaurid (Archosauria: Dinosauriformes) remains from the base of the Dockum Group (Late Triassic: Otischalkian) of Texas provide new insights to the North American record of dinosauriforms

open access: yesThe Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Silesaurids (Archosauria: Dinosauriformes) are found in Middle to Upper Triassic deposits across Pangea, but few stratigraphic sections record the evolution of the group in one geographic area over millions of years. Here, we describe silesaurid remains from the oldest of the Upper Triassic stratigraphic sequence from the base of the Dockum ...
Frederick B. Tolchard   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Assessing the Seasonal Water Requirement of Fully Mature Japanese Plum Orchards: A Systematic Review

open access: yesApplied Sciences
Japanese plums have relatively high water requirements, which depend on supplementing rainfall volumes with accurately quantified irrigation water. There is a lack of knowledge on the seasonal water requirements of plum orchards.
Munashe Mashabatu   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

XV. On the Palms of Western Tropical Africa. [PDF]

open access: yesTransactions of the Linnean Society of London
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Mann, Gustav, Wendland, Hermann
openaire   +3 more sources

Prophetic Movements: Western Africa [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
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Kustenbauder, Matthew
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