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Groundwater use for irrigation - a global inventory

, 2010
Irrigation is the most important water use sector accounting for about 70% of the global freshwater withdrawals and 90% of consumptive water uses. While the extent of irrigation and related water uses are reported in statistical databases or estimated by
P. Döll, Portmann, Felix Theodor, Frenken, K., Hoogeveen, J., Portmann, F. T., Hoogeveen, Jippe, J. Burke, Burke, Jacob, K. Frenken, Siebert, Stefan, Frenken, Karen, J. M. Faures, Faures, J. M., Döll, P., Döll, Petra, F. T. Portmann, Faures, Jean-Marc, J. Hoogeveen, S. Siebert, Burke, J.   +19 more
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A Systemic Model for Understanding Business Interactions With Biodiversity and Ecosystems

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Biodiversity loss and ecosystem degradation represent critical threats to human well‐being and economic resilience, challenging businesses to understand and manage their interdependence with natural systems. This study develops a systemic framework—the BioModel—that elucidates the reciprocal relationship between businesses, biodiversity, and ...
Lino Cinquini, Giacomo Pigatto, Andrea Tenucci   +2 more
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From Green Governance to Biodiversity Strategy: The Role of Environmentally Experienced Directors in Chinese Firms

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates how directors with environmental protection (EP) backgrounds influence corporate biodiversity concern (BIO) among Chinese A‐share listed firms from 2008 to 2023. Drawing on Upper Echelons Theory, we argue that directors' environmental expertise shapes firms' biodiversity strategies.
Chengming Huang, Sultan Sikandar Mirza, Chengwei Zhang   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Unlocking Africa's groundwater potential

, 2020
Groundwater is extremely important for sub-Saharan Africa, and how it is managed and shared in the future will be central to securing people’s lives and livelihoods.
Ciampi, Luisa, Cornforth, Rosalind, Myers, Jacob   +2 more
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Delineation of groundwater potential zone using remote sensing and GIS-based AHP for sustainable groundwater management in Aceh Besar Regency, Aceh Province, Indonesia

Journal of Degraded and Mining Lands Management
Sustainable groundwater management is crucial for ensuring the long-term availability of water resources and supporting socio-economic activities. As water demands increase and hydrological systems become more complex, accurately identifying groundwater ...
Muhammad Haikal Razi, Zahratunnisa Zahratunnisa, Nofrohu Retongga   +2 more
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A parsimonious approach to delineating groundwater potential zones using geospatial modeling and multicriteria decision analysis techniques under limited data availability condition

Engineering Reports, 2019
This study delineates groundwater potential zones by following an “equifinality” approach and adopting a standard methodology using remote sensing, geospatial modeling, geographic information system (GIS) and multicriteria decision analysis (MCDA ...
Sanjay Kumar, Deepesh Machiwal, Babu S Parmar   +2 more
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Barriers to the Adoption of Circular Economy Business Models in the Indian Textile Industry

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Indian textile industry has significant negative impacts on the environment. This industry needs to adopt a circular economy approach to become more sustainable; however, progress on this has been limited. In this study, we report on the barriers to adoption of Circular Economy Business Models (CEBMs) in the Indian textile industry.
Himanshu Chandra, Jerry Anthony, Aradhna Malik   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Spatially explicit groundwater vulnerability assessment to support the implementation of the Water Framework Directive – a practical approach with stakeholders

, 2008
The main objective of the study presented in this paper was to develop an evaluation scheme which is suitable for spatially explicit groundwater vulnerability assessment according to the Water Framework Directive (WFD).
Berkhoff, Karin, Berkhoff, K.
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Climate change impacts on groundwater recharge- uncertainty, shortcomings, and the way forward? [PDF]

, 2006
An integrated approach to assessing the regional impacts of climate and socio- economic change on groundwater recharge is described from East Anglia, UK.
Holman, Ian P.
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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
wiley   +1 more source