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Science and the Green Revolution in the Brazilian Amazon: The Establishment of Embrapa during of the Civilian-Military Dictatorship and the Emergence of Environmental Movements (1972-1991)

open access: yesHistoria Ambiental Latinoamericana y Caribeña, 2022
The Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária (Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation), known by the acronym Embrapa, was established in 1972 under Brazil’s civilian-military dictatorship with the purpose of fostering agricultural modernization ...
Vanessa Pereira da Silva e Mello   +1 more
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Analysis of the Relationships between the Islamic Revolution Identity and Environmental Movement Identity in the World Arena [PDF]

open access: yesFaṣlnāmah-i Pizhūhish/hā-yi Rāhburdī-i Siyāsat, 2022
Given the significance of the Islamic Revolution role-playing and increasing importance of the role of new social movements in the world arena, the present paper investigates the relations between new social movements and the Islamic Revolution and the ...
hasan naserkhaki, Ali Morshedizad
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Environmental Movements, Institutions and Civil Society: A New Way to Preserve Common Goods

open access: yesPartecipazione e Conflitto, 2014
This paper aims at studying environmental participative movements which have national/Eu­ro­pean/international relevance and use digital media, as well as local connections and conventional networks for interacting, socializing, mobilizing people and ...
Laura Massoli, Lucia D’Ambrosi
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Activating Neighborliness Frames: Drawing on Culturally-Relevant Discourses of Community to Build a Stronger and More Diverse Environmental Movement

open access: yesFrontiers in Communication, 2020
In this article, I draw on my experience as an environmental social scientist and narrative nonfiction writer conducting research in working class conservative agricultural communities that frequently challenge or reject science communication.
Liz Carlisle
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Do protests influence environmental attitudes? Evidence from Extinction Rebellion

open access: yesEnvironmental Research Communications, 2023
Protests are frequently used to raise public awareness of environmental challenges and increase support for pro-environmental behavior and policy. In this paper we examine the influence of protests on environmental attitudes, focusing on Extinction ...
Yiannis Kountouris, Eleri Williams
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Disentangling scatter in long-term concentration–discharge relationships: the role of event types [PDF]

open access: yesHydrology and Earth System Sciences, 2022
Relationships between nitrate concentrations and discharge rates (C–Q) at the catchment outlet can provide insights into sources, mobilization and biogeochemical transformations of nitrate within the catchment.
F. A. Saavedra   +6 more
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Grassroots engagement with transition to sustainability: diversity and modes of participation in the international permaculture movement

open access: yesEcology and Society, 2015
Grassroots networks and social movements are increasingly regarded as agents of change that can help respond to environmental degradation both by generating novel solutions to existing problems and influencing institutions toward more substantive ...
Rafter Sass. Ferguson, Sarah T. Lovell
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Court-Appointed Monitoring Committees: The Case of the Dahanu Taluka Environment Protection Authority - Comment [PDF]

open access: yesLaw, Environment and Development Journal, 2009
The premise of this paper is that, despite the existence of a well-established regulatory framework to enforce environmental laws and policies in each state of India, there has been a variation in the implementation of environmental judgments. This paper
Geetanjoy Sahu & Armin Rosencranz
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Ecological movement in Baltic republics in the years of perestroika [PDF]

open access: yesОмский научный вестник: Серия "Общество. История. Современность"
The article is devoted to the history of the environmental movement in the Baltic republics during the first stages of perestroika (1985–1987). The aim of the paper is to analysis of the use of the environmental agenda to develop political national ...
A. K. Potapov
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The Holy See and the Global Environmental Movements

open access: yesFrontiers in Communication, 2021
Laudato Si has garnered acclaim from world leaders and actors who support care for the environment. The encyclical has received praise for its ability to communicate the Church’s environmental views to the secular world.
Theodore Lai, Cecilia Tortajada
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