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Ecological security evaluation of Africa [PDF]
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]
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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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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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]
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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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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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]
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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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]
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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