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Proximal and distal impacts of a megaproject on ecosystem services in rural territories of the Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico

Frontiers in Environmental Science
IntroductionMegaprojects are strategically envisioned to boost regional development. Still, they drive ecosystem changes that generate ecological impacts in space and time beyond construction sites, particularly those established in rural regions, as ...
Luis Zambrano, Tania Fernandez Vargas, Edgar J. González, Alma Mendoza-Ponce, Manuel Llano Vazquez Prada, Carla Flores Lot, Rogelio O. Corona-Nuñez, Enrique Martínez-Meyer   +7 more
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Does employment generation really matter for poverty reduction ? [PDF]

This paper analyzes how the employment/productivity profile of growth and its sectoral pattern are correlated with poverty reduction. The authors use a sample of 104 short-run growth spells in developing countries, between 1980 and 2001.
Gutierrez, Catalina, Orecchia, Carlo, Paci, Pierella, Serneels, Pieter   +3 more
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A world without farmers? Food production, inclusive development and ecology: Historical Evidences for a New Deal [PDF]

, 2012
This paper questions the perspective of a "world without agriculture" which underpins the economic paradigm of "structural transformation" and "modern growth".
Benoit-Cattin, Michel, Dorin, Bruno, Hourcade, Jean-Charles   +2 more
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Water saving through international trade of agricultural products [PDF]

, 2005
Many nations save domestic water resources by importing water-intensive products and exporting commodities that are less water intensive. National water saving through the import of a product can imply saving water at a global level if the flow is from ...
Chapagain, A.K., Hoekstra, A.Y., Savenije, H.H.G.   +2 more
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Pulsed Electrolysis Prevents Sulfur Poisoning for Sustained Sulfide Valorization

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Integrating pulsed electrolysis with Sc‐doped NiFe‐LDH enables sustainable sulfide valorization, achieving >500 h stability, 99.8% efficiency. Moreover, this technology produces high‐purity sulfur and sodium formate, boosting profit by 121% to $1,294.7 per tonne of hydrogen.
Zhiyan Hou, Yangbo Ma, Yufeng Wu, Weijin Cao, Zhengxiao Guo, Changlong Wang   +5 more
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Environmental Impact of Conventional Agriculture [PDF]

Ovidius University Annals: Economic Sciences Series, 2020
In the last decades conventional agriculture has caused the decrease in organic matter content in the soil and the accumulation of toxic compounds, thus affecting soil fertility and health.
Maria Girip, Daniela Mărăcine, Lăcrămioara Dracea   +2 more
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Inert Catalytic Sites Unlocked by Micropollutants for Rapid Water Decontamination with Near‐Complete Chemical Utilization

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Micropollutants can act as molecular triggers that activate a newly designed and chemically inert Fenton‐like PKU‐24 catalyst for on‐demand singlet oxygen generation from peroxymonosulfate (PMS), enabling nearly complete peroxide utilization and selective micropollutant removal from complex real‐world wastewater.
Yu‐Hang Li, Mingyi Liu, Yuanhao Li, Yaran Bai, Fu‐Xue Wang, Xiaoyi Hu, Xiaoguang Duan, Haodong Ji   +7 more
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Economics and Biodiversity in Intensively Managed Agro-Ecosystems [PDF]

This paper explores the dynamic effects of biodiversity conservation on agricultural production in the context of specialised intensive farming systems. The focus is on the analysis of the dynamic effects of changes in the levels of agrobiodiversity, on ...
Omer, Amani A., Pascual, Unai, Russell, Noel P.   +2 more
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Corn or Current? The Agro-Industrial Water Conflict [PDF]

, 2014
A new report shows where conflicts between industry and agriculture for limited water supplies could be most severe. MSCI ESG Research used data from WRI's Aqueduct Water Risk Atlas to evaluate agro-industrial water conflict for 110 publicly traded ...

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Evaluation of sustainability and the impact of the agriculture styles of the chilean coastal dry lands

Acta Agronómica, 2017
Agriculture has been progressing continuously, from the use of free natural resources to the fossil fuels as energy sources. Even though agriculture depends mainly on ecosystem resources and services, its development has been apparently centered only on ...
Paco González Ulibarry, Pedro García Elizalde, Juan Gastó Corderch, Alejandro De Kartzow Garcia, Javier Mauricio Obando Ulloa   +4 more
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