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Elaborating the Motivations and Attitudes Driving Interest in Voluntary Biodiversity Credits

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Global biodiversity loss has prompted the search for new sources of conservation finance, such as voluntary biodiversity credits (VBCs). However, despite optimistic market projections, current uptake of VBCs is limited. Adopting an interpretive approach, we analyse 21 semistructured interviews with early market actors (buyers, sellers ...
Gamze Yakar‐Pritchard, Andrew Greenman, Stacia Stetkiewicz, Bouwe Dijkstra, Frances Bowen, Richard Field   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Exploration and Practice of Hefei Botanical Garden in Biodiversity Conservation, Resource Utilization, and Public Education

Biological Diversity, EarlyView.
Jimei Zhang, Xu Li, Yuhua Ma, Fasih Ullah Haider, Yunfeng Zhou   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sustainability Certification and Tourist Behavior: The Role of Trust in Certification Bodies and Destination Social Responsibility

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Tourism is under growing pressure to adopt sustainable practices due to the negative impacts of mass tourism on destinations. Sustainability certification schemes (SCS) have emerged as voluntary governance tools that signal responsible practices and reduce information asymmetry.
Patricia Martínez García de Leaniz, Ángel Herrero Crespo, María del Mar García de los Salmones   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Managing urban areas for insect pollinators: As town and cities continue to grow how can land managers help insect pollinators in urban areas? [PDF]

, 2015
Insect pollinators are essential for food production and wild flower reproduction yet these important insects are declining in the UK and in other regions of the world.
Baldock, Katherine, Goddard, William E.and Potts, Memmott, Jane   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Botanical Gardens Can Play an Important Role in the Harmonious Coexistence of Humanity and Nature in Cities

Biological Diversity, EarlyView.
Xiangying Wen, Timothy John Entwisle, Hai Ren   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Conflicting Emotions, Environmental and Political Factors in Support for Local Environmental Morality Policies: Evidence From an Experiment on Wild Boars in Haifa

Environmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Can emotional responses help explain public support for local environmental morality policies? As cities increasingly contend with complex interspecies conflicts in densely populated urban settings, understanding the drivers of policy support becomes essential.
Itai Beeri
wiley   +1 more source

Urbanization effects on carabid diversity in boreal forests

European Journal of Entomology, 2003
Carabid abundance, species richness and diversity were compared along an urban-rural gradient in Helsinki, Finland. Increased urbanization was found to result in significant reductions in species richness, though the reductions in abundance and diversity
Stephen J. VENN, D. KOTZE, Jari NIEMELÄ   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Movement and habitat use of two aquatic turtles (\u3cem\u3eGraptemys geographic\u3c/em\u3e and \u3cem\u3eTrachemys scripta\u3c/em\u3e) in an urban landscape [PDF]

, 2008
Our study focuses on the spatial ecology and seasonal habitat use of two aquatic turtles in order to understand the manner in which upland habitat use by humans shapes the aquatic activity, movement, and habitat selection of these species in an urban ...
Conner, C A, Douthitt, B A, Ryan, Travis J, Salsbury, Carmen M., Sterrett, S C   +4 more
core   +1 more source

‘Incoherence Is, in a Way, a Choice’: The Production of Policy Coherence at the Intersection of Uruguay's Agricultural, Environmental and Water Policies

Environmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study explores the production of coherence between Uruguay's agricultural, environmental and water policies amidst growing tensions, which are particularly manifested in conflicts between an expanding agricultural sector and water insecurity for the broader public.
Simon Ryfisch, Paula Díez Boldú, Tamara Avellán, Carlos Santos, José Sciandro, Manuel Vázquez Cirillo, Malgorzata Blicharska, Mariana Meerhoff   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

La maison rurale au centre-est de la côte d’ivoire : typologie et évolution

Mu Kara Sani
L’étude de la maison rurale est l’un des axes les moins abordés dans la géographie rurale du monde tropical. L’étude menée dans la région du centre-est de la Côte d’Ivoire rentre dans le cadre d’une meilleure connaissance du mode d’habiter. La qualité de
Yao Frédéric KOUASSI
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