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Ecological security evaluation of Africa [PDF]

open access: yesFrontiers of Agricultural Science and Engineering, 2020
Africa, the second largest continent in the world, has achieved remarkable economic and political results through exploration and positive development. Ecological security comprehensively reflects the health and integrity of an ecosystem, and it is broadly defined as the security state of a complex artificial ecosystem composed of natural, economic and
Guojun SUN   +3 more
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Enhancing Food Security in a Changing Climate in Africa [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
Climate and socio-ecological change scenarios are invaluable tools in developing appropriate response options for ensuring food security and human wellbeing in the future: evidence-based approach.
Africa Group of Negotiators Expert Support
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Ecological Security [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
This chapter appraises the concept of Ecological Security. The treatment of environmental questions as matters of security has grown over the last half century—both in theory and practice—but has also proved contentious. Firstly, environmental “securitization” is anathema to the traditional realist view that non-military issues do not warrant such ...
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Schizothorax prenanti Heat Shock Protein 27 Gene: Cloning, Expression, and Comparison with Other Heat Shock Protein Genes after Poly (I:C) Induction

open access: yesAnimals, 2022
We identified and cloned cDNA encoding the heat shock protein (Hsp) 27 gene from Schizothorax prenanti (SpHsp27), and compared its expression with that of SpHsp60, SpHsp70, and SpHsp90 in the liver, head kidney, hindgut, and spleen of S.
Jianlu Zhang   +8 more
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Food System Transformation: Integrating a Political-Economy and Social-Ecological Approach to Regime Shifts. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
Sustainably achieving the goal of global food security is one of the greatest challenges of the 21st century. The current food system is failing to meet the needs of people, and at the same time, is having far-reaching impacts on the environment and ...
Biggs, R. O.   +4 more
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Potential effects of climate change on the distribution of invasive bullfrogs Lithobates catesbeianus in China

open access: yesActa Herpetologica, 2020
Climate plays important roles in determining the geographical distribution of species, including the invasion area of alien species. Little is known, however, about the influence of climate change on the distribution area of invasive amphibian species in
Li Qing Peng   +6 more
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Impacts of Cetylpyridinium Chloride on the Survival, Development, Behavior, and Oxidative Stress of Early-Life-Stage Zebrafish (Danio rerio)

open access: yesAntioxidants, 2022
Cetylpyridinium chloride (CPC) is a widely used surfactant that has been detected in various water ecosystems. However, knowledge on the toxicity of CPC to fish remains scarce.
Xuchun Qiu   +9 more
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Essence and methodology of evaluation of the ecological-economic security of forestry enterprise [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
У дослідженні набули подальшого розвитку трактування та змістовне наповнення потенціалу еколого-економічної безпеки лісогосподарського підприємства як сукупності усіх його можливостей (ресурсів, компетенцій, прав) забезпечити захист власних інтересів ...
Черчик, Артур Олегович
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The complete chloroplast genome of Ottelia acuminate var. crispa, an endangered aquatic herb with extremely narrow distribution

open access: yesMitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2021
Ottelia acuminate var. crispa is an endangered aquatic herb with extremely narrow distribution. In this study, we assembled the chloroplast genome of this species based on the second-generation high-throughput sequencing.
Chaoyong Tu   +6 more
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ECOLOGY AND VIOLENCE: THE ENVIRONMENTAL DIMENSIONS OF WAR [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
Research reported by Thomas Homer-Dixon characterizes five social effects that can significantly increase the likelihood of violence in the emerging world, effects that are far deeper than can be controlled by security forces: (1) constrained ...
Fort, Timothy L., Schipani, Cindy A.
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