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Underwater Archaeology [PDF]

open access: yes, 2002
An overview of 'Underwater Archaeology'. The article covers a number of key themes in underwater archaeology i.e. methodology and techniques, effects of the environment, sites and structures, artifact conservation, curation, and ...
Delgado, J, Staniforth, Mark
core  

Benefit or ecological trap? Monitoring the effects of small clear‐cuts on capercaillie Tetrao urogallus and its mammalian predators

open access: yesWildlife Biology, EarlyView.
The shift to ‘close to nature forestry' as the dominating forestry regime in western‐European forests has resulted in increasing timber volume and denser forests with negative effects on photophilic species. Hence, there is an increasing focus on active habitat management measures to support these species.
Maria Kochs   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Price Gap in Agriculture‐Based Greenhouse Gas Offset Markets

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Today, there is a global effort to reduce greenhouse gas net emissions (GHGNE). For economic well‐being, it is important to identify low‐cost means of net emission offsets. Agriculture and forestry have received considerable attention as a means of supplying emissions offsets, as they contribute nearly 20% of global emissions.
Jingyi W. Liu   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Environmental Total Factor Productivity and the Cost‐Effectiveness of GHG Emission Reduction: The Case of Crop Production in China

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT China's diversified agricultural policies have effectively improved both the yield and environmental performance of the crop sector. Quantifying productivity trends and their drivers is key to formulating strategies for high‐quality and low‐carbon crop development.
Yang Liu   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The contribution of the humanities to the theory and practice of public administration in the 21st century

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Public Administration, EarlyView.
Abstract This Forum Article integrates a range of four contributions which are all underpinned by the conviction that the rediscovery of the humanities may be beneficial to the field of public administration. The first piece examines the contribution that philosophy, as a key discipline of the humanities, can provide to the field of public ...
Edoardo Ongaro   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

The impacts of the International Convention on Salvage 1989 on marine insurance in law and practice

open access: yes, 1998
The first chapter of this dissertation examines four kinds of various expenses or charges incurring for preventing a loss by perils insured under the 1906 Marine Insurance Act: they are general average, salvage charges, particular charges and suing and labouring expenses in order to find out the real statutory position and application of salvage on the
openaire   +1 more source

Manufacturing SMEs Leveraging a Progressive Model for Circular Economy Capability Development to Catalyse Sustainable Commitment

open access: yesBritish Journal of Management, EarlyView.
Abstract This study theorizes the developmental process of circular economy (CE) capabilities in manufacturing small‐ and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs), with a particular emphasis on aligning these efforts with the pursuit of net‐zero targets. Drawing on dynamic capability theory (DCT) and employing a comparative longitudinal case study approach, we ...
Jianwen Zheng   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

INVESTMENT ANALYSIS OF ALTERNATIVE FRUIT TREE SPRAYERS IN MICHIGAN ORCHARDS [PDF]

open access: yes
Changing orchard sprayer technology and rising pesticide costs to fruit growers raise the need to analyze the profitability of alternative sprayer investments. This study analyzes investments in four orchard sprayers for use in Michigan apple production:
Asuming-Brempong, Samuel   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Evaluation of the Wadden Sea Particularly sensitive Sea Area. On behalf of the Common Wadden Sea Secretariat. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
The purpose of this document is to present the high level outcomes for the evaluation of the effectiveness of the Wadden Sea PSSA, seven years after its designation by the IMO.
Butt, Nickie   +4 more
core   +1 more source

Desegregationist Pan‐African Spiritual Strivings: Du Bois, the Black Church and the Critique of Imperialism*

open access: yesJournal of Religious History, EarlyView.
Abstract This article argues that W. E. B. Du Bois grounded his seminal conceptualisation of “the Negro church” in a Pan‐Africanist challenge to how Christian reformers and missionaries' usage of “Darkest Africa” as a metaphor for modern urban vice and poverty denigrated Africa and the African diaspora while promoting a segregated, imperialist version ...
Kai Parker
wiley   +1 more source

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