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A roadmap to key traits of invasive Drosophilidae

open access: yesBiological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Biological invasions have intensified in recent decades, mostly driven by international trade and travel, raising significant concerns, particularly regarding insect pests. Once non‐native species establish, they can disrupt natural ecosystem stability, undermine agroecosystem sustainability and cause substantial economic losses.
Gwenaëlle Deconninck   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

Urban Gardening: A Valuable Activity, But...

open access: yesJournal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, 2016
Urban gardening has a high popularity among civic politicians as well as certain vocal advocates. However, there is no basis to expect that this food-supply concept could ever deliver fresher food and/or lower cost foods to most people living within the ...
Alan Hallsworth, Alfred Wong
doaj   +1 more source

From Ecosystem Threats to Balance Sheets: Biodiversity Risks Exposure and Corporate Cash Policies

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates how firms strategically respond to biodiversity risk by examining their cash holding decisions. Using firm‐level data from China, we find that firm‐level biodiversity risk exposure significantly increases corporate cash holdings.
Jing Hao   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Everyday Urbanism in Lithuanian towns: the case of old community gardens in Grigiškės and Plungė

open access: yesJournal of Architecture and Urbanism
This paper examines old community gardens as an example of Everyday Urbanism in two small Lithuanian towns. While academic interest in newly created community gardens in Central and Eastern European countries is growing, old community gardens remain ...
Adomas Gedvilas, Dovilė Krupickaitė
doaj   +1 more source

Creative Projects: Getting Parents Involved [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
Drawing upon data from a large-scale research project, the publication provides insights for schools into how creative approaches to the curriculum engage families and communities.
O'Sullivan, Olivia, Safford, Kimberly
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Rising Strong: Cultivating Resilience in Edible City Entrepreneurship. Insights Into the Landscape of Urban Food Initiatives

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In response to growing global challenges, this study explores how social entrepreneurship within the Edible City movement contributes to building resilient, sustainable, and equitable urban food systems. Drawing on semistructured interviews with over 70 stakeholders across five cities—Berlin, Andernach, Oslo, Rotterdam, and Havana—we ...
Ina Säumel   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effects of a community gardening intervention on diet, physical activity, and anthropometry outcomes in the USA (CAPS): an observer-blind, randomised controlled trial. [PDF]

open access: yesLancet Planet Health, 2023
Litt JS   +12 more
europepmc   +1 more source

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