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ABSTRACT Bengaluru, a primary metropolitan centre in India, is currently grappling with the dual crises of urban flooding and severe groundwater depletion. These challenges are driven by rapid urbanization, which has seen built‐up areas increase from 42% to 86% over two decades, resulting in a dramatic loss of vegetation and wetlands.
S. Biswas, S. V. B. Patel, B. Maheshwari
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Genealogía de la violencia en la Argentina de los años 70
Este artículo aborda las condiciones históricas que llevaron a que Argentina –un país próspero y relativamente pacífico para los estándares latinoamericanos de la primera mitad del siglo XX- experimentara un ciclo de violencia devastador, particularmente
Guillermo Mira Delli-Zotti
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Using customs data to understand overlooked trade in non‐CITES birds between Africa and Asia
Abstract The international trade in live birds poses risks to animals, people, and biodiversity. To effectively mitigate these risks, decision‐makers require information on the volume, dynamics, and direction of trade. Despite Africa once being the largest exporter of birds by region, very little data exist on recent trade in live birds not listed on ...
Alisa Davies +4 more
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Changes in the transformative potential of action proposals in Finnish Red Lists from 1986 to 2019
Abstract Red lists provide critical knowledge regarding biodiversity decline, especially in Finland, where broad assessments have been made regularly since the 1980s. They deliver information on the threat status of species and ecosystems, propose actions to guide conservation policy, and have the potential to spur transformative change.
Anni Arponen +4 more
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Os exilados da década de 80: imigrantes brasileiros nos Estados Unidos
O artigo trata da questão da imigração de brasileiros para os Estados Unidos, fenômeno social que vem atingindo enormes proporções, mas que ainda é relativamente desconhecido e pouco estudado no país. O texto privilegia o processo migratório na década de
Maria Cecília Spina Forjaz
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From community care to corporate category: Platforms' discourse on digital trans‐affirming practices
Abstract Trans‐affirming community movements have interfaced with tech platforms in recent decades, leading to innovations in pronoun‐sharing online. As (mostly US‐based) platforms created online “pronouns fields,” they released supportive statements and help pages about the feature. However, with the recent roll‐back of LGBTQ+ support, such support is
Cedar Brown
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Espacios para lo fotográfico. La Plata y Buenos Aires 1980-1991
El trabajo examina la construcción de nuevos circuitos públicos e independientes entre 1980 y 1991, mediante el análisis de determinadas exposiciones, de reseñas de prensa y de testimonios que indican el avance de la fotografía en el campo artístico.
Natalia Giglietti
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Moving in Cycles: Explaining the Failure of Militarization to Address Illegal Mining in Ghana
ABSTRACT Mining contributes to Ghana's economic growth but also imposes significant social costs—land dispossession and unemployment—which have fueled the rise of illegal mining (galamsey). Galamsey, which intensified during the commodity boom of the 2010s, provides livelihoods while simultaneously worsening environmental degradation and social ...
Sulemana Alhassan Saaka, Phil Faanu
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ABSTRACT What are the conditions under which business corporations expand their institutional power? This paper argues that institutional power is affected by the architecture of the “acquisition regime”—the set of formal (and informal) rules that govern how states purchase public services.
Reut Marciano, Shir Gal
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En el artículo se examina el constructo «masculinidad» de acuerdo a las in-terpretaciones que estudiantes-varones de cuarto grado de Educación Secun-daria Obligatoria (ESO) ofrecen en torno a la identidad de género masculina.
MARTA CEBALLOS FERNÁNDEZ
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