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Implementing Innovative Climate Change Procedural Instruments to Mitigate Livestock Farming Foodprint in Colorado State, United States of America

Review of Policy Research, Volume 42, Issue 6, Page 1428-1449, November 2025.
ABSTRACT In Colorado, cattle farming—the state's leading agricultural sector—is a significant source of methane emissions. In response, both the government and producers have initiated efforts to mitigate the effects of climate change and enhance sustainability.
Lauren Lecuyer, Mathilde Verrier
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Analysis of morphological attributes as a driver of trade in poison dart frogs

Conservation Biology, Volume 39, Issue 5, October 2025.
Abstract The unsustainable use of wildlife is a threat to biodiversity on a global scale, and the insatiable demand is driven by the attributes of the species, their parts, and derivatives. However, not all species are equally valued; certain attributes command a higher price. One example is the exotic pet trade in amphibians and reptiles.
Puja Jaichand, David L. Roberts, Iain M. Fraser   +2 more
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Civic engagement among adolescents: Spanish adaptation and validation of the civic engagement scale

American Journal of Community Psychology, Volume 76, Issue 1-2, Page 66-77, September 2025.
Abstract The aim of this research was to adapt and validate the Civic Engagement Scale (CES) developed by Doolittle & Faul for the Spanish adolescent population while providing empirical support for its psychometric properties. After administering the instruments to 965 adolescents from high schools, confirmatory factor analyses were conducted to ...
Patricia Ayllón‐Salas, José L. Arco‐Tirado, Francisco D. Fernández‐Martín   +2 more
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Entre la participación y la voluntad política. La iniciativa popular y el caso de ley de gestión integral del recurso hídrico en Costa Rica

Anuario (Centro de Investigación y Estudios Políticos), 2014
El presente artículo analiza el proceso político y organizativo del contexto de discusión y la lucha por nuevos espacios de participación política en regímenes democráticos por medio de los mecanismos de democracia directa como la iniciativa popular ...
Rocío Abarca
doaj   +1 more source

Expanding the Resist–Accept–Direct framework for developing nature‐based solutions and societal adaptations to biological invasions

People and Nature, Volume 7, Issue 7, Page 1505-1520, July 2025.
Abstract Biological invasions threaten biodiversity and human well‐being, making invasive species management a global necessity. Despite substantial investments in engineering‐based management approaches, preventing invasions is becoming harder with rising species introductions.
Ninad Avinash Mungi, Alejandro Ordonez Gloria, Rajat Rastogi, Jens‐Christian Svenning   +3 more
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Poder constituinte derivado: uma análise crítica sobre a possibilidade de iniciativa popular para proposta de emenda à constituição

Revista da Faculdade de Direito da Universidade de Uberlândia, 2012
A democracia pressupõe a participação popular na tomada de decisões, seja de forma indireta, por meio de representantes, ou direta, por meio de instrumentos como o plebiscito, o referendo e a iniciativa popular de lei.
Priscila Aparecida Lamana Diniz
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Reformas a la Ley de Iniciativa Popular, porcentajes de firmas para presentación de proyectos [PDF]

Revista de Derecho Electoral, 2017
El artículo pretende analizar el mecanismo de participación ciudadana denominado iniciativa popular, y una propuesta de reforma a su legislación. La primera parte refiere a aspectos generales, como la definición de la iniciativa popular y su fundamento ...
Lucía Carro Zúñiga
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Explaining change in linguistic voting: The case of Catalonia

Nations and Nationalism, Volume 31, Issue 3, Page 589-609, July 2025.
Abstract In this paper, we investigate the evolving impact of linguistic voting and its relationship with values and preferences in Catalonia. Our central argument posits that both bottom‐up and top‐down dynamics serve as complementary and interactive explanations for ethnolinguistic voting.
Lluis Orriols, Pablo Simón
wiley   +1 more source

What can drive a digital governance transformation? Greece, the Covid‐19 crisis and “a jump‐started Lamborghini”

Policy &Internet, Volume 17, Issue 2, June 2025.
Abstract The COVID‐19 pandemic tested state preparedness across the globe and exposed cross‐sectoral deficiencies in infrastructure, resources and policymaking patterns. However, the prospects of the pandemic facilitating lasting institutional change have received limited attention.
Vassilis Karokis‐Mavrikos
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La ampliación de la iniciativa legislativa popular

Revista Andaluza de Administración Pública, 2011
El nuevo Estatuto andaluz recoge, pues, la participación política ciudadana en diversos planos. En realidad, desde hace ya bastantes años, constituye un lugar común en la literatura especializada articular y sistematizar los mecanismos de participación a través de “escaleras de participación”2, en cada uno de cuyos peldaños se situarían las diversas ...
openaire   +4 more sources