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A Farewell to Arms… Manufacturing: Learning From a Landmine Producer Who Became a Deminer

Business Ethics, the Environment &Responsibility, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Certain industries—labeled “dirty,” “sinful,” “stigmatized,” or “controversial”—are under public scrutiny because of the ethical, social, and environmental concerns that they raise. Previous research has typically focused on the industry or organizational level of analysis, examining how companies in controversial industries can enhance their ...
Marco Guerci, Luca Carollo
wiley   +1 more source

Integrated organic and mineral fertilizer strategies for achieving sustainable maize yield and soil quality in dry sub-humid inceptisols. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Abrol V, Sharma P, Chary GR, Srinivasarao C, Maruthi Sankar GR, Singh B, Kumar A, Hashem A, Ibrahimova U, Abd-Allah EF, Kumar M.   +10 more
europepmc   +1 more source

‘Talk to Us, Not About Us’: Children's Understandings and Experiences of Participation in Australian Family Law

Child &Family Social Work, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT A hive of recent policy and legislative activity in Australian family law has emphasized the importance of children's right to participate in decision‐making following parental separation. Yet a powerful tension persists between supporting children's right to participation and protecting children from parental conflict.
Georgina Dimopoulos, Eliza Hew, Meaghan Vosz, Helen Walsh   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Full Manure Recycling Risks an 18% Rise in China's Cropland N₂O Emissions Without Improved Management. [PDF]

Glob Chang Biol
Ba S, Bai Z, Ma L, Jones DL, Chadwick DR.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Who Is a Sibling? Social Work Professionals' Views on Definitions of Siblinghood in Foster Care in England

Child &Family Social Work, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT When children are placed in foster care, social work professionals decide whether they should and can be placed with their siblings. In England, this has become an important discussion within social work, as research has highlighted both the value of sibling co‐placement and the extent to which it often does not happen.
Florie J. E. Schmits, Esther Dermott
wiley   +1 more source

Organic manures enhance biomass and improve content, chemical compounds of essential oil and antioxidant capacity of medicinal plants: A review. [PDF]

Heliyon
Rostaei M, Fallah S, Carrubba A, Lorigooini Z.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Ortolan buntings (Emberiza hortulana) consistently select breeding territories with structurally diverse crops on well‐drained soils

Conservation Science and Practice, EarlyView.
This study investigated consistency in habitat selection over a 12‐year period in a breeding population of Ortolan Bunting in Uelzen, Lower Saxony (Germany). We demonstrate strong interannual variation in crop type preferences and avoidance and breeding territories were strongly associated with well‐drained soils with low soil fertility.
Annika Jensen, Jörg Grützmann, Franz Bairlein, Nils Anthes, Heiko Schmaljohann   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Influence of organic growing medium supplemented with jeevamrit on physiological and biochemical responses of ornamental kale under subtropical conditions. [PDF]

BMC Plant Biol
Pangtu S, Sharma P, Dhiman SR, Dhiman MR, Sharma A, Kamal S, Sharma P.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Water pollution from swine factory farms poses a threat to endangered and threatened species

Conservation Science and Practice, EarlyView.
Abstract Factory farms, or concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs), generate millions of tons of manure each year in the United States. The storage, handling, and land application of this manure leads to air, water, and climate pollution, which disproportionately impacts low‐income communities of color and poses additional public health and ...
Mustafa Saifuddin, Sarah Brickman, Claire S. Huang, Harrison Watson   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source