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Extent, characteristics and policy applications of Key Biodiversity Areas

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT A global standard for the identification of Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) was published 10 years ago to provide a unified set of criteria for identifying ‘sites of significance for the global persistence of biodiversity’. We review the initiative's origins, the KBA identification process, characteristics of the current network, threats, policy
Stuart H. M. Butchart, Olivia Crowe, Tom Scott, Andrew J. Plumptre, Megan Eldred, Ellen McKee, Zoltan Waliczky, Ibrahim Al Hasani, Adrián B. Azpiroz, Daniele Baisero, Fred Barasa, Alison E. Beresford, Bezeng S. Bezeng, Charlotte Boyd, Thomas M. Brooks, Graeme Buchanan, Gill Bunting, Sofia Capellan, Neil Cox, Tim R. B. Davenport, Tammy E. Davies, Gina Della Togna, Wendy Elliott, Matt Foster, Jo Gilbert, Jonathan M. Handley, Diego Juffe‐Bignoli, Victoria R. Jones, Naomi Kingston, Jeannot Kivono, John Lamoreux, Penny F. Langhammer, James Lewis, Bruce Liggitt, Daniel Marnewick, Paul Matiku, Erin McCreless, Rachel A. Neugarten, Catherine Numa, Mark O'Brien, Madhu Rao, Ciara Raudsepp‐Hearne, Justina C. Ray, Samridhi Rijal, Jon Paul Rodríguez, Jurgis Sapijanskas, Wes Sechrest, Martin Sneary, Andrew Snyder, Konstantina Spiliopoulou, Thomas Starnes, Cecilia Tobar, Gautam Surya, Marcelo F. Tognelli, Andrew W. Tordoff, Maria G. Toscano, Yongyut Trisurat, Amy Upgren   +57 more
wiley   +1 more source

Strategic Sustainability Assessment in the Construction Sector: A Multidimensional Index for Decision Making in Decentralised Economies

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article evaluates the average business performance of construction firms across Spain's 17 autonomous communities within a decentralised governance framework. A regional composite sustainability index is developed, integrating economic, social and environmental intensity indicators.
Francisco José Castillo‐Díaz, Luis J. Belmonte‐Ureña, Pedro Fernandes da Anunciação, Francisco Camacho‐Ferre   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cross-border knowledge transfer and innovation in the European neighbourhood: Tourism cooperation at the Finnish-Russian border [PDF]

, 2018
Knowledge transfer and innovation cooperation between the EU and its neighbours has remained weakly developed. To promote this cooperation, the EU has set up initiatives for the European neighbourhood.
Kaisto, Virpi, Makkonen, Teemu, Weidenfeld, Adi, Williams, Allan   +3 more
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The Role of Sustainable Social Media Marketing Activities in Raising Bottom‐of‐the‐Pyramid Customers' Engagement, Satisfaction, and Subjective Well‐Being

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Though prior studies have explored the effects of firms' social media marketing activities on customer engagement, the dynamics characterizing this association in bottom‐of‐the‐pyramid (BoP) markets remain tenuous, exposing a critical gap. Addressing this gap, we develop and test a model assessing (a) the effects of firms' sustainable social ...
Md. Al Amin, Md Masudur Rahman, Linda D. Hollebeek, Jamid Ul Islam, Moira K. Clark   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Green Human Resource Management and Employee Green Behaviour in Hotels: Mediating Roles of Job Satisfaction and Work Well‐Being

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates the impact of green human resource management (GHRM) practices on employee green behavioural intention (GBI) and in‐role green behaviour (EGB‐IR) in the hospitality sector. Drawing on conservation of resources (COR) theory, we examine the mediating roles of job satisfaction and employee well‐being as psychological ...
Vanessa Guerra‐Lombardi, Desiderio Gutiérrez‐Taño, Raúl Hernández‐Martín, Noemi Padrón‐Fumero   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Charting the Course: Real‐World Application of Sustainability and Innovation Principles in the Portuguese Blue Economy Firms

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The blue economy has emerged as a key sector for linking sustainability and innovation, yet existing research has largely overlooked how firms operationalize these processes in practice. This study addresses that gap by asking: How do Portuguese blue economy firms embed sustainability‐oriented innovation (SOI) into their strategies, and what ...
Jennifer Nicole Elston, Hugo Emanuel dos Reis Sales da Cruz Pinto, Carla Filipa Sequeira Valente Nogueira   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

All Eyes on Us: A Comparative Critique of the North Carolina Innocence Inquiry Commission [PDF]

, 2007
Tourism as one of the biggest industries in the world has been changing continuously and rapidly. The publishing of the Brundtland Report in 1987 has accelerated the discussion about combining economic, social and environmental factors – the so-called ...
Dreger, Elena, Reje, Anders
core   +1 more source

Environmental Sustainability in Wineries: How Contingency Factors and Environmental Management Accounting Tools Influence Environmental Performance?

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT How do wineries design sustainability practices and use environmental management accounting (EMA)? This study addresses that question by analyzing the influence of contingency factors on the adoption of sustainability practices and the use of EMA tools to improve the environmental performance of wineries. The research was carried out through a
Andréia Cittadin, Fabricia Silva da Rosa, Januario Monteiro   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Indigenous society and immigrants : tourism and retailing in Lijiang, China, a World Heritage city. [PDF]

, 2003
This paper examines the present state of commercial use of historical buildings, details of business categories, and descriptions of items on sale in the shops in the old town of Lijiang, China in order to investigate the problems of cultural-tourism ...
Yamamura, Takayoshi
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Addressing the Attitude Behaviour Perception Gap—Multimethod Sustainable Tourist Behaviour Evaluation

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Quantitative and perceptual studies have been used to define and model sustainable tourist behaviour in past years, but few studies have undertaken qualitative research of actual behaviour to delve deeper into understanding the different classifications of such behaviour. This research employed a three‐phase design, comprising a pretrip survey,
Rachel Dodds, Mark Robert Holmes
wiley   +1 more source