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Beyond scarcity and its management: Sociocultural dimensions of the water crisis in the Atacama Desert

open access: yesWater Policy, 2022
The depletion of freshwater sources by indiscriminate industrial actions is one of the direct causes of the current water crisis. One of the emblematic cases of this problem is the Atacama Desert, a unique hyper-arid zone in which an extensive copper ...
Raphael Cantillana   +1 more
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SUBJECTS AND POSITIONS IN THE DISCURSIVE ARENA OF THE «COAL REGION»: KUZBASS MEDIA DAILY OCCURRENCE

open access: yesВекторы благополучия: экономика и социум, 2022
The article is devoted to the understanding of the Kuzbass media space. It forms a discursive environment defined by the dynamics of meanings, images, symbols that focus on the contextual interpretation of coal as a resource.
Alexandra E. Piskunova
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Study review and conceptual approach: Urban extractivism (2014 – 2020)

open access: yesCuadernos de Administración
The article presents a review of studies conducted between 2014 and 2020 and a reference framework on urban extractivism, linking this concept to theories of classical authors in urban sociology and geography, as well as to contemporary scholars.
Guillermo León Moreno Soto
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Caryocar coriaceum Wittm. (Caryocaraceae): Botany, Ethnomedicinal Uses, Biological Activities, Phytochemistry, Extractivism and Conservation Needs

open access: yesPlants, 2022
Caryocar coriaceum is an endemic tree of Brazil, occurring mainly in the northeast region in the Cerrado environment. The species, popularly known as “pequi”, produces fruits that are used in the manufacture of oil for food and medicinal purposes.
José Weverton Almeida-Bezerra   +9 more
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Unveiling opportunities and challenges for a circular approach to macaúba biorefining: a technological roadmap

open access: yesBiofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining, EarlyView.
Abstract The macaúba fruit, native to tropical and subtropical regions, has received considerable attention in recent years as a promising raw material for the production of advanced biofuels in Brazil. However, the development of large‐scale biomass requires overcoming significant challenges, such as designing circular biorefineries.
Fábio de A. Oroski   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Indigenous Life Projects and Extractivism [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Exploring indigenous life projects in encounters with extractivism, the present open access volume discusses how current turbulences actualise questions of indigeneity, difference and ontological dynamics in the Andes and Amazonia.
Rivera Andía, Juan Javier.editor.edthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt   +2 more
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Patterns of Arctic Extractivism : Past and Present

open access: yes, 2022
Extractivism has been predominant in the Arctic since whaling and sealing campaigns began in the sixteenth century, followed by mining and drilling for oil and gas.
Dale, Brigt   +4 more
core   +1 more source

Ambientalismo e concepções de RESEX, extrativismo e conhecimento no ICMBIO na Amazônia Legal Environmentalism and conceptions of RESEX, extractivism and knowledge in the ICMBIO in the Brazilian Amazon

open access: yesREAd, 2011
O trabalho discute o posicionamento de técnicos de nível superior do Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade ICMBIO , em exercício na Amazônia Brasileira, em relação ao ambientalismo e identifica possíveis relações entre os ...
Daniel Santos Menezes   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Contemporary political ecologies of hydropower: insights from Bolivia and Brazil

open access: yesJournal of Political Ecology, 2021
Focusing on political ecology's grounded, empirical reading of broader environmental and epistemological claims, we identify two different ways that insights from political ecology can reveal the contemporary relevance of the local scale in critiquing ...
Ed Atkins, Jessica C. Hope
doaj   +2 more sources

Regenerative Business Between Normative Ambition and Managerial Practice: A Systematic Review Through the Integrated Management Model

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT As the regenerative rhetoric spreads across research and practice, management literature remains fragmented, with no coherent account of how regenerative principles are defined, governed, and enacted at the organizational level. This systematic literature review synthesizes 36 peer‐reviewed articles (2017–2025) through the lens of the ...
Lena Marie Kaufmann, Stephan Hankammer
wiley   +1 more source

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