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Reclaim Conservation: Conservation Discourse and Initiatives of the Rondas Campesinas, North-Eastern Peru

open access: yesConservation & Society, 2019
Global conservation fails to stop or, as in most cases, even reduce the rapidly intensifying extinction crisis. Hence, alternatives to current dominant conservation ideologies and practices need to be explored.
Noga Shanee
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Perception of Affordances for Dribbling in Soccer: Exploring Children as Architects of Skill Development Opportunity

open access: yesSports, 2022
This study examined affordance perception for soccer dribbling using a mixed-methods approach in male grassroots soccer players. We examined how children construct and perceive skills practices for dribbling in soccer.
Michael J. Duncan   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Consequences of facilities, vehicle, and equipment failures in United States federal wildland firefighter retention and morale

open access: yesJournal of Safety and Sustainability
Equipment malfunctions and failures are a common cause of workplace injury. Here, we examined experiences with equipment, vehicles, and infrastructure malfunctions and failures, associated injuries, illnesses and casualties, and confidence in repair and ...
Grace DeBusschere   +5 more
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Grassroot Democracy is an Important Element in the Modernization of Grassroot Governance

open access: yesScientific and Social Research, 2021
The modernization of grassroot governance cannot be separated from the effective participation of the local people. In the process of modernizing grassroot governance, there is still a long way to go to achieve community level democracy and expand effective citizens’ participation.
Wentao Yao, Gang Wang
openaire   +2 more sources

News Media Framing of Grassroots Innovations in Denmark, the Netherlands and Sweden

open access: yesEnvironmental Communication, 2021
This paper explores how grassroots innovations are being framed in the news media in Denmark, the Netherlands and Sweden. By using framing analysis of newspaper items in the three countries, based on 30 cases, we identify that compared to literature on ...
Dick Magnusson   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The Global Challenges and Strategic Implementation of Local Economic Development (LED): Lessons for South African Local Development Plan [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Studies in Social Sciences and Humanities, 2023
The conceptual review aims to examine the international difficulties and the strategic application of the local economic development agenda. The study argued that for South Africa to implement its local development strategy at the grassroots level ...
Andrew Enaifoghe* , Anuoluwapo Durokifa
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The operational readiness capacities of the grassroots health system in responses to epidemics: Implications for COVID-19 control in Vietnam

open access: yesJournal of Global Health, 2020
Background There is a paucity of data on the operational readiness capacities of the grassroots health system in Vietnam while it plays a vital role as a first-line defense against health emergencies, including the coronavirus disease (COVID-19).
B. Tran   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Australian sport policy and advocacy: an historical account of policy evolution, government involvement, and the advent of lobbying

open access: yesFrontiers in Sports and Active Living
Various factors have influenced the evolution of Australian sport policy, including war and the importance of national health. Historically, the involvement of the Australian federal government was sporadic, and policy decisions were subject to ...
Charles Mountifield
doaj   +1 more source

Beyond the Grassroots: Two Trajectories of “Citizen Sciencization” in Environmental Governance

open access: yesCitizen Science: Theory and Practice, 2021
Grassroots, bottom-up citizen science is a burgeoning form of public engagement with science, in which citizens mobilize scientific data to address local and global concerns.
Michiel Van Oudheusden, Yasuhito Abe
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Rebuilding Authority: The Party's Relationship with Its Grassroots Organizations

open access: yesThe China Quarterly, 2021
While existing scholarship looks at the relationship between the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and emerging social strata and civil society, the Party's impact on its own grassroots has been largely overlooked.
Jean Christopher Mittelstaedt
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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