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Patterns of wild meat and other protein consumption in the periphery of Salonga National Park, Democratic Republic of the Congo

open access: yesPeople and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract In Central Africa, human activities are severely impacting terrestrial and aquatic wildlife, threatening the food security of millions of people. Accordingly, sustainable use of wildlife is crucial for the nutrition and livelihoods of many rural communities in the region.
Zolo Admettons   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Equalization through the People’s Republic of China’s Intergovernmental Fiscal System: The Effectiveness of Central and Provincial Transfers

open access: yesAsian Development Review
The People’s Republic of China’s (PRC) fiscal system is characterized by very high expenditure decentralization and heavy reliance on transfers to finance public services.
XIAO TAN, YING TAN
doaj   +1 more source

Improvement of methodological approaches to the budget regulation at the state and local levels [PDF]

open access: yesMarketing i Menedžment Innovacij, 2011
The article is dedicated to the economic essence of the budget regulation and to its main forms. The authors of the article analyzed the existing forms and proposed methodological approach to the management of intergovernmental transfers based on the ...
O.V. Prokopenko, V.Yu. Shkola
doaj  

Are intergovernmental transfers in Russia equalizing? [PDF]

open access: yes, 1997
Digitised version produced by the EUI Library and made available online in 2020.
openaire   +1 more source

Legislative Malapportionment and the Politicization of Germany’s Intergovernmental Transfer System [PDF]

open access: yes
Legislative bargaining theory suggests that fiscal transfers among member states of a federation are determined to a substantial degree by political bargaining powers.
Friedrich Schneider   +2 more
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Digitising biological collections to advance National Species Inventories: A case study from the flora of Chile

open access: yesPLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
In response to Chile's public policy to establish a national biodiversity inventory and monitoring system, we launched the HerbarioDigital.cl portal. We have digitised over 120,000 specimens representing more than 3,900 species from two Chilean herbaria, integrating them through a curated local taxonomic index.
Ricardo A. Segovia   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Fiscal Decentralization and Government Size in Latin America [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper explores the link between fiscal decentralization and government size in Latin America. While most related work attempts to test Brennan and Buchanan's "Liviathan" hypothesis, here the emphasis is placed on a different channel: the potential ...
Ernesto Stein
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Agroforestry and enhanced rock weathering: A dual strategy for sustainable cacao

open access: yesPLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Cacao production is both economically vital and environmentally intensive, presenting a major sustainability challenge as a crop largely cultivated by smallholder farmers in climate‐vulnerable regions. This review synthesises evidence that integrating agroforestry with enhanced rock weathering (EW) may significantly reduce emissions from cacao ...
Isabella L. Steeley   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

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