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An evo-devo perspective on the regeneration patterns of continuous arm structures in stellate echinoderms

open access: yesThe European Zoological Journal, 2022
Regeneration is a post-embryonic developmental process common in Metazoa, which, despite obvious taxa-specific differences, can often share common principles and patterns.
A. Allievi   +4 more
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On Environmental Policy and Permitting [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Public Economic Theory, 2007
AbstractThe literature on environmental policy under adverse selection usually assumes that firms' profit vary monotonically with a private information parameter. However, it is easy to demonstrate using standard production setups that regularity is not the rule. We show that policy requirements are very sensitive to this assumption. In particular, the
Bontems, Philippe, Bourgeon, Jean Marc
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Approaching national climate targets in China considering the challenge of regional inequality

open access: yesNature Communications, 2023
Achievement of national climate targets and the corresponding costs would entirely depend on regional actions within the country. However, because of substantial inequalities and heterogeneities among regions, especially in developing economies ...
Biying Yu   +7 more
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The use of biodiversity data in rural development programming [PDF]

open access: yesResearch Ideas and Outcomes, 2017
This study focuses on rural development policy implementers and evaluators as users of European biodiversity data. It critically analyses the use of biodiversity data for measuring the impact of agri-environment programmes and related rural development ...
Evelyn Underwood, Miriam Grace
doaj   +2 more sources

The Diffusion of Environmental Policy Innovations: A Contribution to the Globalisation of Environmental Policy [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
The subject of this paper is the importance of the diffusion of environmental innovations between countries for the global development of environmental policy. Empirical observation has shown that national environmental initiatives are often rapidly adopted by other countries; thus, these initiatives spread internationally.
Kern, Kristine   +2 more
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Toward a new framework for restoring lost wildlife migrations

open access: yesConservation Letters, 2022
Global declines in wildlife migrations have prompted new initiatives to conserve remaining migratory behaviors. However, many migrations have already been lost.
Kristin J. Barker   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Biodiversity mediates ecosystem sensitivity to climate variability

open access: yesCommunications Biology, 2022
With the help of spatial autoregressive models, the relationship between multiple facets of plant biodiversity and ecosystem sensitivity to climate variability is explored on a landscape-scale.
Brunno F. Oliveira   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

EU land use futures: modelling food, bioenergy and carbon dynamics

open access: yesEnergy Strategy Reviews, 2020
This paper presents an original system dynamics model, which aims to assess how changes in diet, agricultural practices, bioenergy and forestry could help reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Alexandre Strapasson   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

ENVIRONMENTAL UNCERTAINTY AND THE TIMING OF ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY [PDF]

open access: yesNatural Resource Modeling, 2004
ABSTRACT. This paper shows that the timing of an investment to reduce the emissions of a stock pollutant under environmental uncertainty depends on the specification of uncertainty, on its level, and on the presence of a lower reflecting barrier for the stock pollutant.
openaire   +1 more source

A Global Systematic Map of Trends and Knowledge Gaps in Nontimber Forest Product Management for Livelihood and Ecosystem Resilience

open access: yesInternational Journal of Forestry Research
Nontimber forest products (NTFPs) are widely recognized for their roles in supporting the livelihoods and cultural practices of forest-dependent communities and their contributions to ecological conservation.
Zenebe Girmay Siyum   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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