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Synergies in Agricultural Biodiversity Conservation: Decomposing the Interaction Between Nature Parks and Agri‐Environment Schemes

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Understanding how policy instruments with overlapping goals interact is crucial for leveraging their synergies. This study explores the mechanisms for regional nature parks (a form of protected areas that impose no restrictions on agriculture) to enhance the adoption of biodiversity‐conserving agri‐environment schemes (AES) in Switzerland ...
Yanbing Wang, Christian Ritzel, Antonia Kaiser, Gabriele Mack   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

COVID-19 testing and vaccination uptake among Spanish-speaking Latine persons: impact of a novel social network intervention

BMC Public Health
Background COVID-19 disproportionately affected Latine communities in the United States, particularly Spanish-speaking and immigrant Latines. Our community-based participatory research (CBPR) partnership developed and tested Nuestra Comunidad Saludable ...
Sandy K. Aguilar-Palma, Thomas P. McCoy, Lilli Mann-Jackson, Jorge Alonzo, Amanda E. Tanner, Mark A. Hall, Alain G. Bertoni, Laurie P. Russell, Scott D. Rhodes   +8 more
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The change in the forest land share in communes threatened bysuburbanisation and the sustainable development principle [PDF]

, 2015
Publikacja zrealizowana dzięki wsparciu badań dla młodych naukowców pt. Systemy informacji przestrzennej w planowaniu przestrzennym wykorzystanie w sferze kultury i środowiska w roku 2014, kontynuacja w 2015 roku.The aim of the paper is to examine the ...
Feltynowski, Marcin
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Markets Mitigate Land‐Use Competition From Energy Crops and Increase Farm Revenues

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Meeting the US Sustainable Aviation Fuel Grand Challenge target of 35 billion gal annually by 2050 will require an estimated 380 million–700 million dry tons of agricultural biomass feedstock. This study evaluates the implications of large‐scale biomass production for land use, crop production, and market outcomes under mature market ...
Daniel G. De La Torre Ugarte, Matthew H. Langholtz, Chad M. Hellwinckel   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Through Smoke to Policy: Framing the EU Forest Fire Policy Landscape

Land
The global community is grappling with a significant increase in forest fires’ frequency, size, and intensity, presenting a profound challenge. To complement existing framing literature on forest fires, this paper examines collective frames applied to ...
Filip Aggestam
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Consumer Valuation of Meat Alternatives and Labeling Policies: A Comparative Perspective

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates and compares US consumer perceptions and the impact of environmental, human health, and animal welfare information related to conventional meat on preferences for meat alternatives and labeling policies. Using the best–worst scaling method across 10 different burger alternatives, our results show that the meat burger is
Daniele Asioli, Wei Yang, Jia Han, Quoc Cuong Nguyen, Massimiliano Petracci, Rodolfo M. Nayga Jr.   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Perspectives of the COVID-19 pandemic and vaccination among racially and ethnically diverse gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men with and without HIV in the US South: findings from qualitative individual in-depth interviews

BMC Infectious Diseases
Background The impact of COVID-19 on specific populations, including gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (GBMSM), varies based on a range of factors such as access to health care, underlying health behaviors and conditions, and social ...
Jake S. Waldman, Jorge Alonzo, Lilli Mann-Jackson, Sandy K. Aguilar-Palma, Manuel Garcia, Benjamin D. Smart, Scott D. Rhodes   +6 more
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Late-successional and old-growth forests in the northeastern United States: Structure, dynamics, and prospects for restoration. [PDF]

, 2013
Restoration of old-growth forest structure is an emerging silvicultural goal, especially in those regions where old-growth abundance falls below the historic range of variability.
Ducey, Mark J., Gunn, John S, Whitman, Andrew A   +2 more
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Sustainable Productivity Growth in Agriculture: The Role of Shifts in R&D Investments and Technology

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The objective of the paper is to evaluate the long‐term prospects of sustainable productivity growth linked to plausible assumptions on public agricultural R&D investments as the key productivity driver. Second, it investigates the role of changing R&D focus from yield maximization to input saving technologies (fertilizers and pesticides). The
Zuzana Smeets Křístková, Michiel van Dijk, Robert M'Barek, Hans van Meijl, Tomas Ratinger   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Embracing complexity in international forest governance: a way forward; Policy Brief [PDF]

This Policy Brief summarizes the findings of a comprehensive assessment of scientific information about international forest governance carried out by an Expert Panel of over 30 of the world's leading scientists working in the areas of environmental ...
Arts, B.J.M., Buck, A., Cashore, B., Hoogeveen, H., Katila, P., Rayner, J., Verkooijen, P.V.J.D., Visseren-Hamakers, I.J., Wood, P.   +8 more
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