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Uncovering Positive Developments Amid the Wave of Negative News About Megafires in Brazil 在巴西特大火灾的负面消息浪潮中探寻积极进展

Integrative Conservation, Volume 4, Issue 2, Page 113-115, June 2025.
The integration of innovative public policies, interinstitutional collaboration and better scientific understanding of fire dynamics has enabled the effective implementation of the IFM and a more efficient response to megafires in Brazil. ABSTRACT Despite the ongoing challenges posed by megafires in Brazil, significant progress has been made from such ...
Alexandre de Matos Martins Pereira, Danilo Bandini Ribeiro, Lara Steil, Maxwell da Rosa Oliveira, Francielli Bao, Bruno Henrique dos Santos Ferreira, Geraldo Alves Damasceno‐Júnior, Fabio de Oliveira Roque   +7 more
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What constitutes sustainable agriculture for different audiences in Germany? A comparative analysis of large‐scale text data

People and Nature, Volume 7, Issue 3, Page 715-730, March 2025.
Abstract Agriculture contributes in several ways to achieving sustainability objectives. However, there is no agreement among different societal groups, such as farmers, consumers and scientists, on what constitutes ‘sustainable agriculture’. These differences affect how the impacts of agricultural production on sustainability objectives is perceived ...
Bartosz Bartkowski, Marieke Cornelia Baaken, Mansi Nagpal, Jan Sodoge, Mariana Madruga de Brito   +4 more
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Understanding clerical decisions in granting social assistance: Insights from national social security officials in Brazil

International Social Security Review, Volume 78, Issue 1, Page 29-56, January/March 2025.
Abstract Street‐level professionals, such as social workers, shape policy implementation by exerting discretion. However, it remains unclear how other street‐level bureaucrats (SLBs), who are not considered to hold a professional status and who perform highly regulated activities, can do the same. Even though the decision‐making leeway of these SLBs is
Luiz Alonso de Andrade, Elias Pekkola
wiley   +1 more source

Implementação da política de saúde pública e seus desafios na era digital

Revista de Administração Pública, 2017
Resumo Analisa-se a implementação da política pública de regulação de leitos em Unidades de Terapia Intensiva, considerando-se a política formulada, as condições institucionais e as estratégias utilizadas pelo estado e municípios baianos.
Vera Lúcia Peixoto Santos Mendes, Fábio Campos Aguiar   +1 more
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Enhancing gender‐responsive social protection among informal and traditionally uncovered workers in sub‐Saharan Africa: An assessment of access to maternity protection

International Social Security Review, Volume 77, Issue 4, Page 79-101, October/December 2024.
Abstract A wide and established body of research evidence has consistently shown how the effective provision of social protection benefits and the promotion of gender equality are among the key tools for addressing shocks, vulnerability and poverty.
Zitha Mokomane, Laurel Grzesik‐Mourad, Jody Heymann   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Applying genomic approaches to identify historic population declines in European forest bats

Journal of Applied Ecology, Volume 61, Issue 1, Page 160-172, January 2024.
Genomic approaches can provide a better understanding of the conservation status of threatened species, within historic and contemporary contexts, and inform their conservation management. Our findings of will directly influence the definition of the Favourable Conservation Status of the barbastelle, in turn influencing considerations of the ...
Orly Razgour, Cecilia Montauban, Francesca Festa, Daniel Whitby, Javier Juste, Carlos Ibáñez, Hugo Rebelo, Sandra Afonso, Michael Bekaert, Gareth Jones, Carol Williams, Katherine Boughey   +11 more
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Basic income as a pandemic social protection instrument: Lessons from Maricá, Brazil

International Social Security Review, Volume 77, Issue 1-2, Page 121-136, January-June 2024.
Abstract This article explores the connection between two related but distinct models of basic income proposals in the context of a pandemic emergency. While COVID‐19 appears to have increased interest in basic income, this often ended up taking the form of a temporary emergency basic income (EBI) instead of a permanent universal basic income (UBI). In
Jurgen De Wispelaere, Leticia Morales, Fabio Waltenberg   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Flirting with a basic income in Canada: Were the lessons worth the risk of popular backlash?

International Social Security Review, Volume 77, Issue 1-2, Page 67-83, January-June 2024.
Abstract Canada responded to the COVID‐19 pandemic with a series of supports, including direct payments to workers displaced by public health measures. While not a true basic income, the experience highlighted a number of issues including challenges with implementation and intergovernmental relations that affected public opinion and must be dealt with ...
Evelyn L. Forget, Sid Frankel
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Flash in the pan or eureka moment? What can be learned from Australia's natural experiment with basic income during COVID‐19

International Social Security Review, Volume 77, Issue 1-2, Page 103-120, January-June 2024.
Abstract The COVID‐19 pandemic led to widespread social and economic policy experimentation as governments sought to protect household finances while locking down economies. Cash transfers emerged as one of the most popular policy measures, leading many to reflect on new possibilities for enacting universal basic income through temporary or emergency ...
Troy Henderson, Ben Spies‐Butcher, Elise Klein   +2 more
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Jogando luzes sobre os determinantes burocráticos e de gestão da política de assistência social nos municípios brasileiros

Opinião Pública
As pesquisas empíricas conhecidas mostram-se insuficientes para explicar a variação da capacidade burocrática e de gestão no nível local e suas consequências para a implementação de políticas sociais.
Natália Guimarães Duarte Sátyro, Eleonora Schettini M. Cunha   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source