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Green Finance, Energy Transition and Biodiversity Conservation in Africa: A Dynamic Analysis of African Countries

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study evaluates the dynamic relationship between Green Finance (proxied by green Official Development Assistance) and the expansion of Renewable Energies on biodiversity conservation across 48 African countries over the period 2000–2017.
Mounkaila Gourouza Nana Hadiza, Mohamed Kouni   +1 more
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Security Shaping Sustainability: The Difference Between Securitized and Community‐Based Conservation in Benin

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT As global conservation efforts intensify, balancing environmental protection with social sustainability has become increasingly urgent. This study employs a comparative case study approach to examine two natural resource management interventions in northern Benin: one led by African Parks in an insecure zone, and another by TMG Research in a ...
Ramoudane Orou Sannou, Christian P. Schneider   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Evaluating the Role of Higher Education Institutions in Fostering Environmental Awareness, Behaviour and Sustainable Development

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study provides a critical evaluation of the role of Libyan Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) as catalysts for environmental awareness and sustainable development. Employing a robust dual theoretical framework grounded in neo‐institutional and environmental education theories, it presents a large‐scale empirical analysis based on a ...
Ali Rugbani, Mustafa Ben Hkoma, Ali Almaktoof, Taher Galouz   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Detection of Leptospira in cane toads (Rhinella jimi) from urban and rural Paraíba, Brazil

Veterinary Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Leptospirosis is a significant zoonosis in tropical regions, where poor sanitation and favourable climate aid its spread. Synanthropic animals such as the cane toad (Rhinella jimi), which share environments with both people and wild and domestic animals, may harbour Leptospira and contribute to urban and rural transmission cycles ...
Karla N. de Souza Rocha, Aline de Lima Peixoto, Lucila S. de Medeiros Pereira, Debora Ferreira Cardoso, Maria L. C. Rodrigues Silva, Sérgio S. de Azevedo, Juliana P. F. de Oliveira, Clebert J. Alves, Mozar Alves Fonseca, Severino S. dos Santos Higino   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

PRECARIZED AGEING‐IN‐PERIFERIA: Low‐Income Older Adults in a Transforming Neighbourhood

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract In this article we investigate how intersecting forms of precarity shape the everyday practices of ageing‐in‐place developed by low‐income older adults in Via Milano, a historically segregated yet rapidly transforming neighbourhood in Brescia, northern Italy. We draw on qualitative and ethnographic research to examine how diverse urban changes—
Marco Alioni, Barbara Badiani
wiley   +1 more source

An Overview of the Rock Art of AlUla: Tracing Changes in Content and Form Across 12,000 Years of Human History

Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Between 2018 and 2021, the Identification and Documentation of Immovable Heritage Assets (IDIHA) Project recorded over 19,000 rock art panels in the AlUla (al‐‘Ulā) region of north‐western Saudi Arabia. This study presents a chronological assessment of the corpus, drawing on superimpositions, datable motifs, inscriptions, and varnish formation,
Maria Guagnin, Laura Morabito, Hannah Leighton, Tahani AlMahmoud   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Environmental justice in education for climate action: Case studies from Perú and Uganda

Children &Society, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper draws on participatory research with secondary school learners in Perú and Uganda that shows how environmental and social (in) justices are interwoven and embedded in young people's experiences of the natural world. These experiences contrast with learners' accounts of environmental education in secondary schooling, in which the ...
Rachel Wilder, Expedito Nuwategeka, Carlos Monge, Alithu Bazan Talavera   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

‘I like to dance with the flowers!’: Exploring the possibilities for biodiverse futures in an urban forest school

Children &Society, EarlyView.
Abstract This article explores the ways in which ‘forest school’, an educational approach where children engage in creative and play based activities in a ‘natural’ environment, can contribute towards Sustainable Development Goal 15 (SDG 15) by promoting sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems and by helping address biodiversity loss. Drawing on data
Hannah Hogarth
wiley   +1 more source

Correlation mechanism between rocky desertification degrees and slope position factors in karst mountainous area of southeast Yunnan

Carsologica Sinica
As a kind of land degradation phenomenon, rocky desertification is one of the main ecological problems in karst areas in Southwest China. The key to the effective control of rocky desertification is to explore the distribution law and influence mechanism
Yanjun CHEN, Xiaoqing ZHAO, Junwei PU, Xiaoqian SHI, Yan FENG, Shijie ZHOU   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Global overview of progress in respecting the contributions of traditional knowledge in biodiversity governance

Conservation Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Recognition and engagement of Indigenous Peoples and local communities (IP&LCs) and other traditional knowledge (TK) holders in formal biodiversity governance remain limited, despite their significant contribution to the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity through their knowledge, innovations, practices, and land stewardship.
Kinga Öllerer, Pernilla Malmer, Marianna Biró, Noor Noor, Polina Shulbaeva, Maurizio Farhan Ferrari, Suneetha M. Subramanian, András Báldi, Zsolt Molnár   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source