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Deforestation and environmental (ecological) security
Scientific Journal of Bielsko-Biała School of Finance and Law, 2021 The article outlines the problem of deforestation and its relationship with national security. Deforestation is one of the aspects of environmental security. In the first decades of the 21th century, the problem of deforestation is one of the most serious threats to humanity.
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Resilience: an all-encompassing solution to global problems? A biopolitical analysis of resilience in the policies of EC, FEMA, UNDP, USAID, WB, and WEF [PDF]
, 2015 This thesis examines the use of resilience in international policy-making. A concept that originally meant an ability of ecosystems to absorb disturbance has not only been welcomed in many disciplines outside ecology, but lately become popular in the ...
Jakola, Iiris
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Risks of new pests and diseases [PDF]
, 2019 Climate change will affect the social and environmental determinants of the health of human, animal and plant populations around the world. It will challenge the social and biological capacities of food systems to regulate the emergence of pests and ...
Binot, Aurélie, Cilas, Christian
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Beyond the Ban—Shedding Light on Smallholders' Price Vulnerability in Indonesia's Palm Oil Industry
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The Indonesian government imposed a palm oil export ban in April 2022 to address rising cooking oil prices. This study explores oil palm smallholders' vulnerability to the policy using descriptive statistics, Lasso, and post‐Lasso OLS regressions.
Charlotte‐Elena Reich +3 more
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Tibetan Plateau Grassland Protection: Tibetan Herders\u27 Ecological Conception Versus State Policies [PDF]
, 2011 The establishment of the “Three Rivers’ Sources Nature Reserve” in 2002 - one of China’s largest ecological protection projects - has had a major impact on the lives of Tibetan nomadic herders.
Cencetti, Elisa
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Balancing conservation with national development: a socio-economic case study of the alternatives to the Serengeti Road [PDF]
, 2015 Developing countries often have rich natural resources but poor infrastructure to capitalize on them, which leads to significant challenges in terms of balancing poverty alleviation with conservation.
Bigurube, Gerald +4 more
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Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Understanding how policy instruments with overlapping goals interact is crucial for leveraging their synergies. This study explores the mechanisms for regional nature parks (a form of protected areas that impose no restrictions on agriculture) to enhance the adoption of biodiversity‐conserving agri‐environment schemes (AES) in Switzerland ...
Yanbing Wang +3 more
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Ecology and EvolutionForest rodents are important mediators of plant seed dispersal and their seed caching tactics are influenced by a variety of environmental factors; however, the role of terrain slope remains uninvestigated.
Ning Han +6 more
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Security in the anthropocene: Environment, ecology, escape [PDF]
European Journal of International Relations, 2016 The anthropocene poses a set of conceptual challenges for the study of security in the discipline of International Relations. By complicating the distinction between human and nature, the concept of the anthropocene puts into question one of the key organizing logics of upon which much security discourse is built; what would a security look like whose ...
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AgriFood: Journal of Agricultural Products for Food, EarlyView.Fermented citrus transforms bioactive compounds into metabolites with probiotic and prebiotic properties, enhancing gut health, immunity, and metabolic balance. This review highlights fermentation's role in developing sustainable, health‐promoting functional foods while addressing challenges in process optimization, sensory quality, and commercial ...
Sony Kumari +3 more
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