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Exploring the Sustainability Landscape of Nature‐Based Solutions in Food Systems

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Nature‐based solutions (NbS) offer a pathway toward more resilient food systems. Although previous studies analysed various sustainability benefits of integrating NbS within food systems, the field remains fragmented, with a significant gap in understanding development patterns, emerging research trends at the intersection of NbS, food systems,
Elaheh Jalilzadehazhari
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THE FISHERY EXPLOITATION OF ACOUPA WEAKFISH OFF SÃO PAULO COAST, SOUTHEASTERN BRAZIL

Boletim do Instituto de Pesca, 2019
The Acoupa weakfish Cynoscion acoupa (Lacepède, 1801) is a large inshore sciaenid of commercial and social importance found along the entire Brazilian coast.
Rodrigo Silvestre MARTINS, Julia Garcia ALVARES, Bruno Leite MOURATO, Antônio Olinto Ávila da SILVA, Gastão César Cyrino BASTOS   +4 more
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How Brazilian Public Universities Are Operationalizing The SDGs: Strategic Plans Analysis

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Despite the importance of universities for Sustainable Development, only a handful of studies have evaluated the implementation levels of SDGs in HEIs in Latin America. To fill this void, this study examines the strategic plans of 70 Brazilian public universities, which account for 92.8% of Federal Universities.
Carolina Grano, Walter Leal Filho, Marly Monteiro de Carvalho, Lucas Veiga Ávila, José Carlos Curvelo Santana, Delmo Alves de Moura, Vanderli Correia   +6 more
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Tracking Post‐Consumer Packaging Plastics With Global Positioning Systems: Pilot Study in Malaysia

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Landfilling and the mismanagement of packaging plastic waste pose significant challenges in developing countries, especially in Southeast Asia. There is an empirical gap in plastic waste management data, which is largely handled by informal players despite established municipal solid waste collection systems.
Shafeeq Ahmed Syed Ali, I. M. S. K. Ilankoon, Ammar Ehsan Bin Omar, Lian Zhang, Jully Tan   +4 more
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The sea basses Diplectrum formosum and D. radiale (Serranidae) as followers of the sea star Luidia senegalensis (Asteroidea) in Southeastern Brazil

Brazilian Journal of Biology, 2002
This paper reports on Luidia senegalensis being followed by Diplectrum formosum and D. radiale in shallow soft bottoms of southeastern Brazilian coast, and comments on this association between bottom-dwelling organisms and serranids.
GIBRAN F. Z.
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Organic and Inorganic Pollutants, Oxidative Stress Biomarkers, and Electrophoretic Protein Profiles in an Endangered Thresher Shark (Alopias vulpinus) From Southeastern Brazil: A Case Study

Environmental Toxicology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT A comprehensive screening of different environmental contaminants (total metals, thermostable metal fractions associated with detoxification, and persistent organic pollutants) was conducted in an endangered common thresher shark (Alopias vulpinus ) individual incidentally captured in southeastern Brazil.
Sidney Fernandes Sales Junior, Amanda Pontes Lopes, Heloíse Martins de Souza, Regina Fonseca, Enrico Mendes Saggioro, Francielli Monteiro Casanova, Kamila Cezar Gramlich, Tatiana Dillenburg Saint'Pierre, Carlos German Massone, Renato Carreira, Rachel Ann Hauser‐Davis   +10 more
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The ethnoecology of Caiçara metapopulations (Atlantic Forest, Brazil): ecological concepts and questions

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, 2006
The Atlantic Forest is represented on the coast of Brazil by approximately 7,5% of remnants, much of these concentrated on the country's SE coast. Within these southeastern remnants, we still find the coastal Caiçaras who descend from Native Indians and ...
Begossi Alpina
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Assessing the Health Impacts of Contaminants on Green Turtles (Chelonia mydas) Along the Southern Coast of Brazil

Environmental Toxicology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Chemical pollutants pose a significant threat to marine ecosystems. Among these contaminants are trace elements and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH). Green turtles can be employed to evaluate the oceans' health due to their coastal habitats and exposure to multiple threats.
Camila Roberta da Silva Ribeiro, Andressa Maria Rorato Nascimento de Matos, Eloiza Teles Caldart, Liana Rosa, Camila Domit, Guilherme dos Santos Lima, Ana Paula Frederico Rodrigues Loureiro Bracarense   +6 more
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Hunting and use of terrestrial fauna used by Caiçaras from the Atlantic Forest coast (Brazil)

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, 2009
Background The Brazilian Atlantic Forest is considered one of the hotspots for conservation, comprising remnants of rain forest along the eastern Brazilian coast.
Alves Rômulo RN, Hanazaki Natalia, Begossi Alpina   +2 more
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Assessment of Oxidative Stress, Vitellogenin, and Human Health Risks Derived From Nile Tilapia Exposed to Metals and Metalloids in Southeastern Brazil

Environmental Toxicology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Urban coastal lagoons are highly vulnerable ecosystems increasingly affected by metal contamination, as well as multiple anthropogenic stressors. This study evaluated ecotoxicological and human health risks associated with chronic metal exposure in Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) from an anthropogenically impacted lagoon in southeastern ...
Julia Araújo Alves, Priscila M. O. Muniz Cunha, Shênia Patrícia Corrêa Novo, Lorena Oliveira Souza Soares, Tatiana Dillenburg Saint‐Pierre, Fábio Veríssimo Correia, André Luís de Sá Salomão, Rachel Ann Hauser‐Davis, Enrico Mendes Saggioro   +8 more
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