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[Letter 1930 January] 12, Mount Airy, Pa. [to] Curtis [Bok, Philadelphia, Pa.] [PDF]
, 2014 This is a letter from Harvey Geiger, unknown association, to Curtis Bok upon hearing the news of Edward W. Bok's death. Mr. Bok was the former editor of Ladies' Home Journal and the founder of the Mountain Lake Sanctuary and Singing Tower (now Bok Tower ...
Geiger, Harvey
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Mobilizing Presence across Borders: Devotion to Papua New Guinea's Blessed Peter To Rot in Australia
Oceania, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article engages with the conjunctures between migration and religion by focusing on the celebration of Papua New Guinea's ‘National Patron Saint’, the Blessed Peter To Rot, in the Australian diaspora. Both in Sydney and Brisbane, Catholic Papua New Guinea (PNG) migrants have been ‘relocating’ PNG shrines, regalia, relics and ritual ...
Anna‐Karina Hermkens
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Environmental Research: ClimateCities are warming rapidly and urban heat is already affecting liveability, labour productivity and human health. Nature-based solutions (NbS) such as green roofs, increased urban tree cover and demarcating space for urban parks have been identified as ...
Chandni Singh +2 more
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[Letter 1930 January] 13, [Philadelphia, Pa. to] Mr. and Mrs. Bok, [Pennsylvania] [PDF]
, 2014 This is a letter signed only Grace, probably Grace Spofford who served as Dean of the Curtis Institute of Music, to Curtis Bok and his first wife (1924-1933) Margaret 'Peggy' Plummer Bok upon hearing the news of Edward W. Bok's death. Mr.
Spofford, Grace, 1887-1974
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Oikos, EarlyView.Biodiversity can influence forest productivity, but this does not necessarily translate into higher provision of wood‐based Nature's contributions to people (NCP), as only a subset of the wood produced is used for each NCP. Biodiversity–NCP relationships therefore require further assessment.
Koggani Dickson Koggani +7 more
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Home gardens' agrobiodiversity and owners' knowledge of their ecological, economic and socio-cultural multifunctionality: a case study in the lowlands of Tabasco, México. [PDF]
J Ethnobiol Ethnomed, 2020 Avilez-López T +3 more
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[Telegram] 1930 January 9, Albany, NY [to] Mrs. Edward Bok, Mountain Lake, Flo. [PDF]
, 2014 This is a telegram sent by Franklin D. Roosevelt, then New York state Governor and future U.S. President (1933-1945), to Mary Louise Curtis Bok upon hearing the news of Edward W. Bok's death. Mr.
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945;
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More than proteins for empty stomachs: Wild meat in the BaTonga food system
People and Nature, EarlyView.Abstract Our paper highlights the limitations of the framework used by many conservation‐focused programmes that incorporate food security objectives. This framework encourages the substitution of wild proteins with domestic proteins by promoting animal farming in communities located near conservation areas.
Muriel Figuié +5 more
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Non-native flora changes in rural gardens of China: the role of tourism
Discover SustainabilityHuman cultivation facilitates the naturalization and subsequent invasion of non-native plant species through, for example, protection from predators or reducing environmental stochasticity.
Mingyu Yang, Dezheng Zhang, Yupeng Geng
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[Overlooking Mountain Lake (Lake Wales, Fla.)] [PDF]
, 2014 distant views;This is likely a view of Mountain Lake from Edward W. Bok's home, Valentino, in Mountain Lake Estates. Mr. Bok was the editor of Ladies' Home Journal and the founder of the Mountain Lake Sanctuary (now Bok Tower Gardens).
Burrell, Horace H.;
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