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Design, Development, and Performance Evaluation of a Power-Operated Jute Fiber Extraction Machine

open access: yesAgriEngineering, 2021
Jute is the golden fiber of Bangladesh, but its production is declining due to the involvement of higher production and processing costs, where a major portion of the cost is needed for fiber extraction.
Md. Rejaul Karim   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Does Commons Grabbing Lead to Resilience Grabbing? The Anti-Politics Machine of Neo-Liberal Agrarian Development and Local Responses [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
This Special Issue contributes to the debate that land grabbing should be discussed as commons grabbing [...
Tobias Haller   +5 more
core   +2 more sources

What do tribes reveal about ecotourism, land, and livelihoods? A scoping review

open access: yesFrontiers in Ecology and Evolution
BackgroundEcotourism has been promoted globally since the 1980s as a tool to protect biodiversity while reducing poverty in indigenous territories.
N. Ramaprabha, J. Balamurugan
doaj   +1 more source

Not All Green Space Is Created Equal: Biodiversity Predicts Psychological Restorative Benefits From Urban Green Space

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2018
Contemporary epidemiological methods testing the associations between green space and psychological well-being treat all vegetation cover as equal. However, there is very good reason to expect that variations in ecological “quality” (number of species ...
Emma Wood   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Green Grabbing and Internal Displacement: Two Sides of the Same Coin : An Exploratory Case Study of Colombia

open access: yes, 2023
In the field of environmental migration studies, research on social consequences of  development projects has received limited attention. The study highlights the rise of “green grabbing,” e.g., the appropriation of land in the name of climate change ...
Giovannetti, Clara Micol
core   +2 more sources

The political ecologies of "green" extractivism(s): An introduction 

open access: yesJournal of Political Ecology
What is so-called 'green' extractivism and where did it come from? The introduction to this Special Section examines the origins and implications of the concept, linking it to a long history of exploitation, dispossession and (neo)colonialism under the ...
Alexander Dunlap   +2 more
doaj   +2 more sources

The Triumph of Large-Scale Agriculture and Its Socioeconomic Impact

open access: yesSociologija: Mintis ir Veiksmas, 2018
Large-scale farming that utilizes industrial methods to intensify production is becoming more significant worldwide. This study explores this phenomenon and sheds light on its consequences.
András Schlett, Judit Beke
doaj   +1 more source

Making environmental compensation visible. Biased data transparency and agrobusiness strategies in the Bahianese agricultural frontier of the Cerrado

open access: yesCybergeo
Although environmental compensation has become a cornerstone of contemporary environmental legislation, its visibility in both landscapes and public debate remains limited.
Pierre Gautreau   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Grabbed Urban Landscapes: Socio‐spatial Tensions in Green Infrastructure Planning in Medellín [PDF]

open access: yesInternational Journal of Urban and Regional Research, 2018
Abstract Cities confronted with unsustainable development and climatic changes are increasingly turning to green infrastructure as an approach for growth and climate risk management. In this context, recent scholarly attention has been paid to gentrification, real‐estate speculation and resident displacement in the context of ...
Anguelovski, Isabelle   +2 more
openaire   +1 more source

Green Map Flushing Meadow Queens NY

open access: yes, 2005
A map of Flushing Meadows Corona Park in Queens, NY, site of two world fairs (1939 and 1964) currently home to a number of recreation facilities and green space.
Green Map System (Firm)
core   +1 more source

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