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Opium Cultivation Imperilling Endangered Species in Northern Laos

Animal Conservation, EarlyView.
To avoid government eradication efforts, farmers in northeastern Laos shifted opium cultivation deep into a national park, causing a > 1000% increase in protected forest cleared for the crop between 2018 and 2022. This displacement directly threatened endangered species like white‐cheeked gibbons, elephants, and dholes by causing a rise in hunting ...
Jay White, Khamphui Invixay, Akchousanh Rasphone, Vincent Nijman   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Genome-Wide Identification of the GDSL Gene Family and Functional Validation of DfDACX1 in Secondary Wall Synthesis in <i>Dendrocalamus farinosus</i>. [PDF]

Cells
Zhao X, Zhao Y, Chen M, Tang M, Long Z, Xu G, Cao Y, Hu S.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Rise of the south: How Arab‐led maritime trade transformed China, 671–1371 CE

Asia‐Pacific Economic History Review, Volume 65, Issue 1, Page 3-38, March 2025.
Abstract China's center of socioeconomic activities was in the North prior to the Tang dynasty but is in the South today. We demonstrate that Arab and Persian Muslim traders triggered that transition when they came to China in the late seventh century, by lifting maritime trade along the South Coast and re‐creating the South.
Zhiwu Chen, Zhan Lin, Kaixiang Peng
wiley   +1 more source

Ammonium assimilation inhibitors weaken the growth of moso bamboo seedlings through metabolic dysregulation. [PDF]

PeerJ
Li Z, Cheng M, Liu C, Zou H, Du C, Shi J, Zou N.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Agroecology and Transformative Adaptation to Climate Change

Asia Pacific Viewpoint, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines transformative adaptation to climate change through the EFICAS Project (Eco‐Friendly Intensification and Climate‐resilient Agricultural Systems) implemented across 12 upland communities in northern Laos from 2014 to 2020.
Jean‐Christophe Castella
wiley   +1 more source

Bamboo-Jointed Bismuth Vanadate Structural Engineering and In Situ Atomic-Scale Insights into Anisotropy and Sodium Ion Storage. [PDF]

Small
Cai R, Zhang W, Ma Z, Xiong Y, An Q, Li Y, Guo S, Zhou J, Xia W, Dong L, Hu B.   +10 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The Construction of an Environmental Villain: A Discourse Analysis of Upland Maize Farming in Thailand

Asia Pacific Viewpoint, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Since the mid‐2010s, Thai public discourse has villainised upland maize cultivation in northern Thailand for deforestation and environmental degradation through the popular imagery of bald mountains. The attention has prompted a new wave of land‐use interventions urging upland smallholders to replace maize with trees and perennials.
Pin Pravalprukskul, Cecilie Friis, Thilde Bech Bruun   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Distribution and Evolutionary Implications of Flagellum-Associated Gene Families in Representative Algal Genomes. [PDF]

Biology (Basel)
Jia L, Hou Y, Zhang M, Li L, Zhang Y, Wang J, Yuan Z, Fan G, Shi C, Zhao H.   +9 more
europepmc   +1 more source

A Study of the Patterns of Bamboo Forest Expansion in Kishiwada City, Osaka

Journal of The Japanese Institute of Landscape Architecture, 2002
Tomoko OHNO, Hiroyuki KAGA, Yasuhiko SHIMOMURA, Noboru MASUDA   +3 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Emerging Paediatric Uses of Dupilumab Beyond Approvals

Clinical &Experimental Allergy, EarlyView.
Dupilumab, through IL‐4Rα blockade, shows promising efficacy beyond approved indications in paediatric diseases driven by T2 inflammation. Emerging evidence—mainly from small studies—supports improvements in disease severity and quality of life, highlighting its potential as a targeted, steroid‐sparing therapy while underscoring the need for ...
Simone Foti Randazzese, Anna Calamita, Diletta D'Angelo, Alessia Marseglia, Esther Mesa Lombardero, Sara Pedersoli, Micol Tedeschi, Mara De Amici, Sara Manti, Valeria Brazzelli, Amelia Licari, Gian Luigi Marseglia   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source