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Synergies in Agricultural Biodiversity Conservation: Decomposing the Interaction Between Nature Parks and Agri‐Environment Schemes

open access: yesApplied 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
wiley   +1 more source

Systems thinking and Equity-focused evaluations

open access: yes, 2012
Questions about access to resources - who gets what? - ought not to be seen in isolation from related questions of power - who owns what? They also ought not to be seen in isolation from questions of knowledge and expertise - who does what?
Reynolds, Martin, Williams, Bob
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Water Rights and Water Allocation: Issues and Challenges for Asia [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
The primary audience for this report is management and staff working in water resources agencies in Asia, particularly those in river basin organizations (RBOs) in their various forms.
Dennis Von Custodio   +2 more
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Catalyst Layer Modifications for Enhanced Performance of Fluorine‐Free Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells

open access: yesAdvanced Energy and Sustainability Research, EarlyView.
Considerable improvement in the performance of fully‐hydrocarbon‐based fuel cells is necessary to replace and compete with Per‐ and polyfluoroalkyl substances‐containing fuel cells. Herein, a way to enhance the ionic conductivity of the catalyst layer (CL) by incorporating insoluble ionomer particles into the CL is presented.
Emmanuel Balogun   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Securing the Livelihoods and Nutritional Needs of Fish-Dependent Communities [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Starting in June 2012, the Rockefeller Foundation began investigating the pressing problem of the declining health of the oceans due to climate change, overfishing, pollution and habitat destruction, and the effects of this decline on poor and vulnerable
Amanda Goldberger   +2 more
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Leveraging Wind Energy for Electricity and Hydrogen Production: A Sustainable Solution to Power Shortages and Eco‐Friendly Alternative Fuel

open access: yesAdvanced Energy and Sustainability Research, EarlyView.
The article attracts researchers, policymakers, and industry leaders in renewable energy, hydrogen, and sustainable development, as it addresses the critical need for clean, efficient energy solutions. By evaluating the technical, environmental, and economic feasibility of integrating wind energy with hydrogen production. The findings offer significant
Mohamed Elnaggar   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Research on tourism ecological safety evaluation of Huizhou Cultural and ecological reserve based on entropy -TOPSIS

open access: yesHeliyon
Tourism ecological security is the basic guarantee for the sustainable development of tourist sites, Huizhou Cultural and Ecological Reserve is an important area for the im-plementation of ecological protection in China, and it is of great significance ...
Yanlong Guo   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Making the great transformation, November 13, 14, and 15, 2003 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2003
This repository item contains a single issue of the Pardee Conference Series, a publication series that began publishing in 2006 by the Boston University Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future.
Anderson, William P.   +21 more
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Effect Differences of Omega‐3 Fatty Acids From Plant Oil and Fish Oil on Human Health

open access: yesAgriFood: Journal of Agricultural Products for Food, EarlyView.
Omega‐3 fatty acids in plant oil is no less than fish oil on human health. ALA in plant oil takes directly healthy effects without conversion to DHA and EPA. Plant oil can be substitutes for fish oil to support partial ω‐3 fatty acids. For people who cannot afford fish oil, plant oil is also good for public health.
Mengxue Fang   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Bifurcation Instability Modulated by a Connecting Channel Leads to Periodic Water Partitioning in a Simple Channel Network

open access: yesWater Resources Research
Water and mass transport in distributary channel networks play an important role in nourishing fluvial and coastal wetlands, and are largely determined by the morphological configurations of channel bifurcations.
Weilun Gao   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

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