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Cut loose in the Caribbean : neoliberalism and the demise of the Commonwealth sugar trade [PDF]
This article focuses on the way the Anglophone Caribbean succumbed to the overhaul of the European Union sugar trade and how these countries have attempted to restructure their economies in its wake. We show how the protagonists of reform gave a sense of
Richardson, Ben +1 more
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Ecography, EarlyView.Long‐distance seed dispersal by ocean currents plays a critical role in structuring coastal plant communities. As direct observations of this phenomenon are infeasible, numerical modeling is a valuable tool. Here, we use Lagrangian particle tracking to examine the colonization of the newly forming island Norderoogsand (German Bight, Wadden Sea) by five
Jakob Rahner +4 more
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Building capacities in Caribbean animal health in the : The VEP (Veterinary Epidemiologist / Para-Epidemiologist) Project [PDF]
, 2012 Disease surveillance and control within the Caribbean has historically been difficult. The region is made up of over 31 countries, territories, and protectorates, with concomitant differences in language, culture, and historical experiences.
Delgado, Amy +6 more
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Sidelining Mitigation: Climate Delay Discourses Among Municipal Legislators in Southeastern Brazil
Environmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study investigates how municipal legislators frame climate mitigation and how these framings shift responsibility, narrow the perceived scope of municipal authority, and reduce the urgency or feasibility of local action. We analyzed 31 interviews with city councilors serving on Permanent Environmental Committees across municipalities in ...
Tainá Yumi Patriani
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Catastrophe insurance market in the Caribbean Region : market failures and recommendations for public sector interventions [PDF]
The Caribbean region suffers from a high degree of economic volatility. A history of repeated external and domestic shocks has made economic insecurity a major concern across the region.
Auffret, Philippe
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Developing a disease prevention strategy in the Caribbean: the importance of assessing animal health related risks at the regional level [PDF]
, 2012 In 2009, the Caribbean Animal Health Network (CaribVET) conducted a survey among Caribbean national Veterinary Services to assess perceptions towards the use of risk assessment (RA) by animal health services in the region and to identify the main exotic ...
Gongora, Victor +5 more
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Feminist Anthropology, EarlyView.Abstract This article explores how Afro‐Brazilian communities in Pernambuco respond to state‐led industrial development through culturally rooted practices of resistance and repair. Drawing on archival and ethnographic research in the coastal municipalities of Cabo de Santo Agostinho and Ipojuca, this study traces the effects of Brazil's large‐scale ...
Shelly Annette Biesel
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Feminist Anthropology, EarlyView.Abstract The existence and development of feminist scholarship and practice have been revisited by feminist anthropologists and sociologists exploring it among the gendered cultural and historical dynamics of the Caribbean. Feminist Caribbeanists’ pioneering efforts that fit within this theoretical family have challenged the Global North status quo to ...
Cherisse Francis
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, 2020 Full transcript for the Caribbean Region Webinar on October 29, 2020, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Cm4CHzGuTg&list=PLW3UA0Q21Dx9YqpSzUJEDrLpdEftexstP&index=1&ab_channel ...
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OP07.04: Maternal and perinatal outcomes of a fetal surgery program in the Colombian Caribbean region [PDF]
, 2023 Jezid Miranda +4 more
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