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When Nature Counts: Corporate Biodiversity Attention and Access to Bank Finance

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper investigates whether corporate attention to biodiversity influences firms' access to bank loans, an overlooked question in the emerging biodiversity–finance literature. Using a novel, text‐based measure constructed from 446 biodiversity‐related keywords and applied to Chinese A‐share listed firms from 2000 to 2023, we show that ...
Ruxiao Li, Bo Zhang, Zhang‐Hangjian Chen, Hafiz Hoque   +3 more
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Transcriptome Analysis Revealed Potential Immune-Related Genes of Head Kidney in the Yellow Catfish (Pelteobagrus fulvidraco) Challenged with Aeromonas hydrophila

Fishes
Yellow catfish (Pelteobagrus fulvidraco) is an important freshwater fish species in aquaculture. However, as intensive farming has rapidly expanded, infectious diseases caused by various bacteria, such as Aeromonas hydrophila, have also increased.
Senhao Jiang, Yuting Lei, Ti Wang, Ruiting Ma, Chunqiang Hou, Qiuning Liu   +5 more
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Business and Biodiversity: Scaling Conservation Enterprises Within and Beyond Place for Transformative Change

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Transformative change is required to address persistent and systemic drivers of biodiversity loss. There is an urgent need for innovative solutions that tackle root causes in place‐specific contexts. Evidence indicates that small, innovative, purpose‐driven businesses can serve as vehicles for developing place‐based solutions.
Shova Thapa Karki, Bradley D. Parrish
wiley   +1 more source

Biogeomorphic Feedbacks Triggered by Mangrove Degradation at the Seaward Margin Accelerate Persistent Vegetation Decline

Ecology and Evolution
Mangrove ecosystems are vulnerable to extreme events and sea‐level rise. The present study examined how biological and geomorphological processes interact at mangrove seaward margins (MSM) using remote sensing, field surveys, and elevation monitoring ...
Longlong Du, Yijuan Deng, Lin Zhang, Zifeng Luo, Mao Wang, Wenqing Wang   +5 more
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Isolation and Plant Growth Promotion Effect of Endophytic Siderophore-Producing Bacteria: A Study on Halophyte Sesuvium portulacastrum

Plants
The objective of the present study was to isolate endophytes from the roots of the halophyte Sesuvium portulacastrum, which is applied for aquatic phytoremediation.
Xinyi Cen, Hua Li, Yanhua Zhang, Lingfeng Huang, Yuanrong Luo   +4 more
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CHANGES IN LANDSCAPE PATTERN OF WETLAND AROUND HANGZHOU BAY [PDF]

ISPRS Annals of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 2018
Hangzhou Bay is an important estuarial coastal wetland, which offers a large number of land and ecological resources. It plays a significant role in the sustainable development of resources, environment and economy.
W. Lin, Y. Li, D. Xu, Y. Zeng
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The plant ecology of Miranda wetland: Restoration options [PDF]

, 2014
Wetlands are increasingly recognised and valued. Communities are accepting the challenges of restoring these severely degraded ecosystems. This study discusses the problems and opportunities associated with restoring Miranda wetland, that forms part of ...
Strahan, Dougal Clyde
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Corporate Indigenous Stakeholder Engagement in the Sustainability Reporting: Evidence From the Australian Mining Industry

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Given the growing pressure for indigenous stakeholder engagement, this paper explores the extent and nature of indigenous stakeholder engagement disclosures in the sustainability reporting of Australian mining companies. Drawing on stakeholder theory and legitimacy theory, this study explores how large Australian mining companies disclose ...
Md. Moazzem Hossain, Aklema Choudhury Lema, Shamsun Nahar, Md. Jahidur Rahman, Udani Chathurika Edirisinghe, Kerry Bodle   +5 more
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Does a Large-Ear Wheat Cultivar Benefit More from Elevated CO₂ than a Multiple-Ear Wheat for the Utilization of Non-Structural Carbohydrates?

Plants
The effects of elevated CO2 concentration (eCO2) on the utilization of carbohydrates in wheat cultivars with different ear types remain poorly understood, despite the critical role of wheat ears as major carbohydrate sinks and the importance of ear type ...
Yuting Li, Han Yu, Yuqiao Xia, Zhenhua Zhang, Qiufeng Wang, Bingjian Sha, Han Xue   +6 more
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Water Governance Under International Pressure: Policy Narratives, Food Security, Scarcity, and the Politics of Survival in Iran

Environmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Water governance is increasingly influenced by a paradox at the nexus of environmental scarcity and food security. Escalating water scarcity crises coincide with geopolitical disruptions that have exposed the fragility of global food supply chains, prompting states to expand domestic food production at the expense of water conservation ...
Alireza Raisi
wiley   +1 more source