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A Dynamic Model of Mesh Size Regulatory Compliance [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper employs a dynamic model for crimes that involve time and punishment to analyze the use of a net with illegal mesh size in a management regime where each community claims territorial use right over a fishery but has a discount rate that may ...
Akpalu, Wisdom
core  

Illegal, Unreported, Unregulated Fishing

open access: yes, 2006
This volume contains the first results of the research project relating to "The evolution of the Environmental Protection Legal Regime for Antarctica", carried out within the Italian Antarctic Research Programme (PNRA) in the disciplinary sector "Geographical and Juridical Sciences".
openaire   +2 more sources

Significant Far‐Right Challenges to Australian Society? The XYZ and AustraliaOne

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Politics &History, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Scholars who analyse the Australian far‐right from a criminological or security studies perspective propose that activists and groups pose ‘political’ challenges to Australian society. This paper examines the far‐right news website The XYZ and the AustraliaOne political party, and argues that claims that the far‐right may normalise ...
Timothy Lynch
wiley   +1 more source

Latinos mobilizing beyond threats: The role of fear and hope in issue activism

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Interest groups intent on spurring political participation often highlight potential threats to galvanize audiences into action. However, while loss aversion is typically seen as a strong motivator, it is important not to neglect the motivational effect of hope and reward‐seeking behavior as people navigate their political landscape.
Vanessa Cruz Nichols
wiley   +1 more source

Author Correction: Gene-associated markers provide tools for tackling illegal fishing and false eco-certification. [PDF]

open access: yesNat Commun, 2019
Nielsen EE   +24 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Electric Scooter‐Related Deaths in Queensland, Australia

open access: yesANZ Journal of Surgery, EarlyView.
E‐scooter usage has risen in recent years, and Queensland has seen increasing numbers of e‐scooter‐related deaths. Potential factors associated with these fatal collisions include excessive speed, alcohol intoxication, failure to give way and poor compliance with helmet use.
Nathan Milne   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Transformation of the Agrarian Landscape and Hope in the Central Kalimantan Peatlands

open access: yesAsia Pacific Viewpoint, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In Kalimantan, Indonesian Borneo, agrarian state programs and corporate strategies seek to transform indigenous Ngaju Dayak into sedentary farmers. Focusing on the notion of transformation, the paper traces whether and how rural people can engage in struggles against structural injustices.
Anu Lounela
wiley   +1 more source

Illegal Migration, Enforcement and Minimum Wage [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper examines the connection between illegal migration, minimum wages and enforcement policy. We first explore the employers' decision regarding the employment of illegal migrants in the presence of an effective minimum wage.
Odelia Heizler, Gil S. Epstein
core  

Using the capabilities approach to achieve people‐centered conservation

open access: yesConservation Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Top‐down interventions carried out by state and nonstate institutions to conserve biodiversity and improve the lives of forest‐proximate people (FPP) in the Global South tend to reflect economistic understandings of human well‐being. More progressive and people‐centered conservation projects are guided by normative visions of how the world ...
Arthur Rodrigues   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Presenting the scientific discourse of biodiversity loss through drivers, solutions, and responsibilities

open access: yesConservation Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Biodiversity loss is considered a major global issue, but at the same time, scientists interpret it differently, identifying varied drivers, solutions, and responsibilities in their published works. These interpretations shape the scientific narratives these scientists use to discuss biodiversity loss, which, in turn, affects policy through ...
Willem van Doorninck, Jelle Behagel
wiley   +1 more source

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