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Using photovoice to understand community perceptions of firearm risks and protective factors among Asian Americans

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract This study used photovoice methodology to explore Asian Americans' perspectives on the root causes and protective factors of firearm violence in their communities. Photovoice provided a participatory platform for community members to document lived experiences and identify priorities for change.
Tsu‐Yin Wu   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Managing for post-disturbance recovery. Lessons from active and passive restoration approaches in mountain forests.

open access: yes
When large and severe disturbances affect mountain forests, their ability to provide fundamental ecosystem services may be impaired for a long time. Indeed, in the Alps, forested slopes exert a crucial protective function and rapidly restoring the forest
Emanuele Lingua   +9 more
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Fact Sheet: Effects of Restoration on Wildlife Density and Populations [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Ecological restoration treatments, including thinning and/or burning, expose wildlife species to short- and long-term alterations to their habitat. Restoration treatments are an effort to return forest structure and composition to within the range of ...
Kalies, E.L.
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NO NĀ PUA: Exploring the feasibility of culture‐based social prescribing on firefighters' wellbeing in Hawaiʻi

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Firefighters face an array of stressors due to the demands of their occupation, leading to a high prevalence of mental health challenges. Social prescribing represents a novel approach to healthcare that emphasizes a holistic view of health and wellbeing.
Janice Ikeda   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

LIFE ECOREST: Ecological Restoration of Human-Impacted Benthic Marine Ecosystems Through Active Strategies

open access: yes
14th European Conference on Ecological Restoration (SERE24), 23-30 August 2024, Tartu, EstoniaPeer ...
Montseny, Maria   +12 more
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Negotiating contested spaces and places: Narratives of social suffering and resistance in racialized Cape Town communities

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract This study employs a schizocartographic approach to explore community narratives of space, memory, and violence in Kraaifontein, Cape Town. Through participants' accounts, ordinary places—gardens, shops, blocks, sports grounds, and streets—emerge as ambivalent geographies where trauma, resilience, and belonging intersect.
Guido Veronese   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Reading the landscape for ecological restoration : a resource to develop students' site assessment practice

open access: yes, 2016
More trained ecological restoration (ER) practitioners are needed to offer tangible solutions to widespread problems of ecosystem degradation. I developed educational resources and activities to support students as they learn to complete ER site ...
Mulholland, Caley
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The Politics of Framing the Student Problem: Inquiries Into Australian Civics Education, 2006–2024

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Recurring debates about civics, the kinds of history that should, and should not, be taught in school, and ‘standards debates’ about the ‘basics’ typically follow on the heels of recurring moral panics about the ‘declining’ state of ‘our’ education system.
Patrick O'Keeffe   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Underground mining impact on groundwater in Kuye River Basin, China: A coupling model study

open access: yesRiver
The Kuye River Basin has experienced a rapid depletion of groundwater due to the increased coal production. In this study, by introducing the empirical equations derived from the three zone theory in the coal mining industry in China as a boundary ...
Shu Li   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Indigenous invertebrate components in ecological restoration in agricultural landscapes [PDF]

open access: yes, 1998
The challenge of community restoration is to understand and exploit the principles of ecological succession at all seral stages, by complementing and accelerating the processes of colonisation and regeneration.
Wratten, SD, Keesing, VF
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