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Extent, characteristics and policy applications of Key Biodiversity Areas

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT A global standard for the identification of Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) was published 10 years ago to provide a unified set of criteria for identifying ‘sites of significance for the global persistence of biodiversity’. We review the initiative's origins, the KBA identification process, characteristics of the current network, threats, policy
Stuart H. M. Butchart, Olivia Crowe, Tom Scott, Andrew J. Plumptre, Megan Eldred, Ellen McKee, Zoltan Waliczky, Ibrahim Al Hasani, Adrián B. Azpiroz, Daniele Baisero, Fred Barasa, Alison E. Beresford, Bezeng S. Bezeng, Charlotte Boyd, Thomas M. Brooks, Graeme Buchanan, Gill Bunting, Sofia Capellan, Neil Cox, Tim R. B. Davenport, Tammy E. Davies, Gina Della Togna, Wendy Elliott, Matt Foster, Jo Gilbert, Jonathan M. Handley, Diego Juffe‐Bignoli, Victoria R. Jones, Naomi Kingston, Jeannot Kivono, John Lamoreux, Penny F. Langhammer, James Lewis, Bruce Liggitt, Daniel Marnewick, Paul Matiku, Erin McCreless, Rachel A. Neugarten, Catherine Numa, Mark O'Brien, Madhu Rao, Ciara Raudsepp‐Hearne, Justina C. Ray, Samridhi Rijal, Jon Paul Rodríguez, Jurgis Sapijanskas, Wes Sechrest, Martin Sneary, Andrew Snyder, Konstantina Spiliopoulou, Thomas Starnes, Cecilia Tobar, Gautam Surya, Marcelo F. Tognelli, Andrew W. Tordoff, Maria G. Toscano, Yongyut Trisurat, Amy Upgren   +57 more
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A Cross-Linguistic Preference For Torso Stability In The Lexicon: Evidence From 24 Sign Languages [PDF]

, 2016
When the arms move in certain ways, they can cause the torso to twist or rock. Such extraneous torso movement is undesirable, especially during sign language communication, when torso position may carry linguistic significance, so we expend effort to ...
Napoli, Donna Jo, Sanders, N.
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Patient and public attitudes to and awareness of clinical practice guidelines : a systematic review with thematic and narrative syntheses [PDF]

, 2014
Article Accepted Date: 15 July 2014 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any
Callaghan, Margaret, Graham, Karen, Harbour, Jenny, Harbour, Robin, Kunnamo, Ilkka, Liira, Helena, Loudon, Kirsty, McFarlane, Emma, Ritchie, Karen, Santesso, Nancy, Thornton, Judith, Treweek, Shaun   +11 more
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The Technology Valley of Death of Circular Economy Solutions: A System Dynamics Simulation of Business Strategies for the Second‐Use Battery Industry

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Retired electric vehicle (EV) batteries can be repurposed to stationary storage batteries. While this circularity solution has attracted attention from entrepreneurs, falling battery prices, along with the longer lifetime of new batteries, high consumer expectations and limited governmental support challenge the approach.
Juliane Seika, Merla Kubli
wiley   +1 more source

Do Eco‐Emotions and Climate Change Perceptions Influence Environmentally Conscious Decisions? Implications for Business Strategies

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Despite growing research on explicating travelers' decision‐making processes regarding greener travel options, there remains potential for exploring nuances of different factors and mechanisms that may encourage higher green travel. Grounded in the propositions of the push–pull–mooring framework, our study attempts to explicate whether eco ...
Chuhong Wang, Muhammad Danish Habib, Anushree Tandon, Attila Kurucz   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Kaamos käsillä : Journalismin opiskelijoiden radiolähetyksen tulkkaus suomalaiselle viittomakielelle [PDF]

, 2015
Opinnäytetyöni oli toiminnallinen ja työn produktina oli radiolähetyksen tulkkaus suomalaiselle viittomakielelle. Työn tilaajana oli Oulun seudun ammattikorkeakoulun kulttuurialan yksikkö ja työelämäohjaajina toimivat Jussi Haukkamaa ja Ari-Pekka ...
Tapper, Aino
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Beyond East-West : marginality and national dignity in Finnish identity construction [PDF]

, 2007
Since the end of the Cold War it has become common for Finnish academics and politicians alike to frame debates about Finnish national identity in terms of locating Finland somewhere along a continuum between East and West (e.g., Harle and Moisio 2000 ...
Aho, Alasuutari, Antola, Ardener, Arter, Arter, Breuilly, Browning, Butler, Castells, Christopher Browning, Cohen, Connery, Eglitis, Engman, Greenfeld, Griffiths, Hadjú, Hall, Hanhimäki, Hannula, Harle, Hechter, Hroch, Huxley, Immonen, Jakobson, Joenniemi, Joenniemi, Jokisipilä, Karemaa, Kekkonen, Kemiläinen, Kivi, Klinge, Klinge, Korhonen, Koskinen, Laine, Lehti, Lehti, Lehti, Lehti, Lehtonen, Marko Lehti, Meinander, Moisio, Nousiainen, Paasi, Paasikivi, Paasivirta, Peuranen, Roshwald, Ruokanen, Ruokanen, Salmi, Salokangas, Shields, Smeds, Smith, Valenius, Viljanen, Wiik, Wilson, Wæver   +64 more
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Do Governance Structures Drive Green Building Adoption? A Machine Learning Approach With Random Forests

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the determinants of firms' propensity to adopt green buildings in the Euro Stoxx 300 and the S&P 500 indices, during 2012–2023. Using random forest binary classifiers, we assess the relative importance of financial, sectoral, geographic, and climate governance predictors and uncover nonlinear relationships often overlooked ...
María del Carmen Valls Martínez, José Manuel Santos‐Jaén, María Estefanía Sánchez Pacheco, Fernando José Zambrano Farías   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Evaluation of techniques to improve the legibility of bilingual Variable Message Signs [PDF]

, 2004
This study evaluated a number of techniques that could be employed to reduce the amount of time drivers spend searching and reading bilingual signs.
Jamson, S.L.
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Family Involvement and Financial Performance: How Do They Affect the Sustainability Commitment of Family Businesses?

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The socio‐emotional wealth (SEW) perspective suggests that the specific priorities of a family business may make it more or less inclined to engage in sustainable practices. This paper examines how family business heterogeneity regarding family ownership, financial performance, and family board members affects the sustainability commitment of ...
Sonia Sánchez‐Andújar, Purificación Parrado‐Martínez, María Comino‐Jurado   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source