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Den attendance by Arctic foxes experiencing 10 years of increasing tourism

open access: yesWildlife Biology, EarlyView.
Wildlife tourism is a growing industry, and an increasing number of people seek to observe and interact with wild animals in their natural surroundings. In Iceland, the native Arctic fox Vulpes lagopus is widespread and has been under heavy hunting pressure for centuries.
Ester Rut Unnsteinsdóttir   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

New racisms and asylum seekers in Australia

open access: yes, 2008
This chapter focuses on new racisms that have emerged in Australia and their negative impact on asylum seekers. After broadly defining new racisms, the characteristics of new racisms will be discussed in the context of impacting upon asylum seekers ...
Babacan, Hurriyet   +1 more
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The Evolution of EU Asylum Policy. ZEI Discussion Papers C. 142, 2005 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
[From the Introduction]. The Single European Act (SEA) began a process that has evolved into a truly borderless Europe for some years. While it is now much easier for citizens to move freely in this new area, it became necessary to find an effective way ...
Rahimi, Ashkaan.
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Enhancing hotspot mapping of illegal wild meat trade in Kenya through market surveys and confiscated meat analyses

open access: yesWildlife Biology, EarlyView.
Illegal trade of wild meat pose a severe threat to the survival of wildlife populations. The decline in the number of some species has been directly linked to these illegal activities. Poachers and traders of illegal wild meat products often mask them as livestock meat to sell to consumers who may or may not be complicit.
Moses Y. Otiende   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

THE ‘TAMPA EFFECT’ AUSTRALIAN ASYLUM POLICY IN INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE [PDF]

open access: yes
Australia’s policies towards asylum seekers hit the headlines when it refused to admit those aboard the Tampa in September 2001. This tough stance and the raft of legislation that followed became known as Australia’s “Pacific Solution”.
Tim Hatton, Audrey Lim
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A Case Report on Rehabilitation of the Asiatic Black Bear (Ursus thibetanus ussuricus) in the Wild 亚洲黑熊 (Ursus thibetanus ussuricus) 野外放归野化案例报告

open access: yesWildlife Letters, EarlyView.
Asiatic black bears in Russia face conservation threats such as habitat destruction and fragmentation, which exacerbate food shortages caused by crop failures. This study explores an innovative approach to rehabilitating bears that abandon hibernation in mid‐winter due to extreme exhaustion by providing supplemental food near their den sites.
Sergey A. Kolchin   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Forced inactivity and barriers to participation among refused asylum seekers

open access: yes, 2009
PAFRAS Briefing Paper 12 focuses on the ‘deskilling’ of refused asylum seekers. Asylum seekers are prevented from working in the UK except where there are extenuating circumstances, and if a claim for asylum is refused then this denial of work is ...
Jon Burnett
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Human‐Caused Leopard Deaths in Sri Lanka Are Concentrated in Central Highlands' Estate Mosaics: Evidence From 17 Years of Mortality Records 人为因素导致斯里兰卡豹死亡事件集中于中部高地种植园镶嵌景观:来自 17 年死亡记录的证据

open access: yesWildlife Letters, EarlyView.
Human‐caused leopard deaths in Sri Lanka averaged 9.65 ± 4.5 records year−1 over 17 years (2008–2024; n = 164), with records highly clustered in the central highland mosaic ecosystem. Mortality was dominated by adult males and driven primarily by snaring in plantation landscapes, and indicating an increase approximately 0.7–0.8 deaths per year.
Sanjaya Weerakkody   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Data privacy model using blockchain reinforcement federated learning approach for scalable internet of medical things

open access: yesCAAI Transactions on Intelligence Technology, EarlyView.
Abstract Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) has typical advancements in the healthcare sector with rapid potential proof for decentralised communication systems that have been applied for collecting and monitoring COVID‐19 patient data. Machine Learning algorithms typically use the risk score of each patient based on risk factors, which could help ...
Chandramohan Dhasaratha   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Elephant space use and habitat selection change across drought timescales

open access: yesJournal of Animal Ecology, EarlyView.
Drought threatens wildlife worldwide, but little is known about wildlife behaviour during drought. This study combines 19 years of elephant GPS data with drought conditions at three timescales. Key findings include that elephants (i) move less during drought at a 1‐month timescale and (ii) change habitat selection across drought timescales.
Irene Bouwman   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

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