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Unravelling nature's values in EU agricultural policy: A critical discourse analysis

open access: yesPeople and Nature
Agriculture plays a dual role as both a key driver and a potential solution for biodiversity loss. Farmers, holding a variety of values related to nature, are therefore key actors in biodiversity conservation.
Iven Froese, Lasse Loft
doaj   +1 more source

Some Highlights on the Concept of Environmental Justice and its Use

open access: yese-cadernos ces, 2012
The article provides a review of the literature on environmental justice, aimed at showing the multifaceted character of the concept and how it has been used since the mid-80s, with special reference to its shift across the Atlantic and over time.
Ilaria Beretta
doaj   +1 more source

Recurrent cancer‐associated ERBB4 mutations are transforming and confer resistance to targeted therapies

open access: yesMolecular Oncology, EarlyView.
We show that the majority of the 18 analyzed recurrent cancer‐associated ERBB4 mutations are transforming. The most potent mutations are activating, co‐operate with other ERBB receptors, and are sensitive to pan‐ERBB inhibitors. Activating ERBB4 mutations also promote therapy resistance in EGFR‐mutant lung cancer.
Veera K. Ojala   +15 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Search for Environmental Justice (Book Review)

open access: yesPotchefstroom Electronic Law Journal, 2017
This contribution provides a short overview of the book by Martin P, Bigdeli SZ, Daya-Winterbottom T, Du Plessis W and Kennedy K (eds) The Search for Environmental Justice (Edward Elgar UK 2015) ISBN 978-1-78471-941-8.
Allison JN Geduld
doaj   +1 more source

Correlation of the differential expression of PIK3R1 and its spliced variant, p55α, in pan‐cancer

open access: yesMolecular Oncology, EarlyView.
PIK3R1 undergoes alternative splicing to generate the isoforms, p85α and p55α. By combining large patient datasets with laboratory experiments, we show that PIK3R1 spliced variants shape cancer behavior. While tumors lose the protective p85α isoform, p55α is overexpressed, changes linked to poorer survival and more pronounced in African American ...
Ishita Gupta   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Assessing air pollution exposure disparities in disadvantaged communities of Greater Boston: a new cumulative environmental justice score system

open access: yesEnvironmental Research Letters
Disadvantaged communities in the U.S. experience higher levels of air pollution, leading to increased environmental justice (EJ) challenges. In this work, we combine socioeconomic metrics with spatially interpolated fine particulate matter and ozone ...
Khanh Do   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Access to Environmental Justice in Canadian environmental impact assessment

open access: yesFACETS
Contemporaneous reforms to Canada and British Columbia's environmental impact assessment legislation have the potential to advance Access to Environmental Justice.
Thomas Gilmour, Jocelyn Stacey
doaj   +1 more source

Environmental Justice and Equity: An Exploration through the POP Movement

open access: yesCadmus, 2021
Environmental Justice, defined as “The fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all people regardless of race, color, national origin, or income with respect to the development, implementation, and enforcement of environmental laws, regulations, and ...
Ash Pachauri   +7 more
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The Practical Realities of Ecosocial Work

open access: yesCritical Social Work, 2019
The following article examines contemporary literary opinion on the link between social and environmental justice. It argues that social work’s historical adherence to the notion of person-in-environment that is, person-in-social environment, has meant ...
Rebecca Molyneux
doaj   +1 more source

Discourse on Creating a Special Environmental Court in Indonesia to Resolve Environmental Disputes

open access: yesBestuur, 2020
The purpose of this study is to determine the regulation of laws and regulations regarding environmental justice in Indonesia and how the concept of building environmental justice in the justice system in Indonesia.
Suwari Akhmaddhian
doaj   +1 more source

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