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When Nature Counts: Corporate Biodiversity Attention and Access to Bank Finance

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper investigates whether corporate attention to biodiversity influences firms' access to bank loans, an overlooked question in the emerging biodiversity–finance literature. Using a novel, text‐based measure constructed from 446 biodiversity‐related keywords and applied to Chinese A‐share listed firms from 2000 to 2023, we show that ...
Ruxiao Li, Bo Zhang, Zhang‐Hangjian Chen, Hafiz Hoque   +3 more
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Changes in the plant composition of an Amelichloa clandestina (Hack.) grassland after non-selective grazing

Notulae Botanicae Horti Agrobotanici Cluj-Napoca
This study evaluated the effect of intensive non-selective grazing on the richness, diversity, and structure of a grassland dominated by Amelichloa clandestina (Hack.) Arriaga & Barkworth at Rancho “Los Ángeles”, Saltillo, Coahuila.
Sait JUANES-MARQUEZ, Perpetuo ALVARES-VÁZQUEZ, Miguel MELLADO-BOSQUE, Juan A. ENCINA-DOMÍNGUEZ, Aurelio PEDROZA-SANDOVAL, Martin CADENA-ZAPATA   +5 more
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From Ecological Culture to Green Innovation: The Role of Ethnic Minority Corporate Leaders in China

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Do ecological values embedded in ethnic cultures influence the environmental strategies of corporate leaders and their firms' green innovation? We examine this question in China's multiethnic context, where distinct ecological traditions across ethnic groups create sharp cultural contrasts that can be traced into leadership composition and ...
Yuan Du, Yingxin Di, Wei Cui
wiley   +1 more source

Soil-specific enzyme activity provides novel insight into the soil microbial necromass accumulation during sand dune fixation

Frontiers in Microbiology
IntroductionSoil enzymes are critical to plant growth and soil carbon turnover. However, the traditional method of assessing enzyme activity per unit of soil may be insufficient; instead, soil-specific enzyme activity per unit of soil organic carbon ...
Qing Qu, Qing Qu, Xuying Hai
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Grass Functional Traits Differentiate Forest and Savanna in the Madagascar Central Highlands

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2018
Grassland, woodland, and forest are three key vegetation types that co-occur across the central highlands of Madagascar, where the woodland has historically been considered as degraded forest.
Cédrique L. Solofondranohatra, Cédrique L. Solofondranohatra, Maria S. Vorontsova, Jan Hackel, Jan Hackel, Guillaume Besnard, Stuart Cable, Stuart Cable, Jenny Williams, Vololoniaina Jeannoda, Caroline E. R. Lehmann, Caroline E. R. Lehmann, Caroline E. R. Lehmann   +12 more
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Biodiversity Strategies in Action—Empirical Evidence From the Food Value Chain

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT There is an increasing need for better understanding of firm activities that contribute to biodiversity preservation. Panwar, Ober, and Pinkse offer a valuable typology of corporate biodiversity protection strategies based on temporal and spatial dimensions, namely, the preloss (proactive) strategies of conservation and compensation, and the ...
Joanna Scott‐Kennel, Sini Laari, Asta Salmi   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Extraction of Photosynthetic and Non-Photosynthetic Vegetation Cover in Typical Grasslands Using UAV Imagery and an Improved SegFormer Model

Remote Sensing
Accurate monitoring of the coverage and distribution of photosynthetic (PV) and non-photosynthetic vegetation (NPV) in the grasslands of semi-arid regions is crucial for understanding the environment and addressing climate change. However, the extraction
Jie He, Xiaoping Zhang, Weibin Li, Du Lyu, Yi Ren, Wenlin Fu   +5 more
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Soil compaction: an issue for German grassland farmers?

, 2018
In areas with increasing farm sizes, soil compaction is a relevant issue due to the increasing size and weigth of agricultural machines. How do farmers perceive soil and soil compaction and how relevant do they view the need to prevent soil compaction ...
Gnutzmann, N., Fick, Johanna
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Leader–Member Exchange, Compliance and Sustainability Performance in Carbon‐Market Governance: A Global South Perspective

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines how Leader–Member Exchange quality shapes engagement, compliance, and sustainability performance within Uganda's emerging carbon‐trading market, adopting LMX theory to sustainability governance in a Global South context. A cross‐sectional survey of 206 carbon‐market participants in Uganda measured LMX quality, environmental
Liz Nantunda, Wilson Muyinda Mande, Helen Kopnina   +2 more
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Examining the Characteristics of Drought Resistance Under Different Types of Extreme Drought in Inner Mongolia Grassland, China

Remote Sensing
Extreme drought events may become more frequent with climate change. Understanding the impact of extreme drought on grassland ecosystems is therefore crucial for the long-term sustainability of ecosystems.
Jiaqi Han, Jian Guo, Xiuchun Yang, Weiguo Jiang, Wenwen Gao, Xiaoyu Xing, Dong Yang, Min Zhang, Bin Xu   +8 more
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