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Bridging the Gap: Student Voices on Recruitment and Retention in Ecology

open access: yesThe Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America, EarlyView.
Abstract Students entering ecology and environmental science face a variety of challenges, including limited awareness of career paths, lack of mentorship, and difficulties connecting with peers and faculty. These challenges are often amplified for students from marginalized backgrounds, who may also encounter microaggressions, underrepresentation, and
Alexis Ellis   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Restoring Trust: Rebuilding the Forest Carbon Credit System Through Scientific Rigor

open access: yesBiological Diversity, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT As pivotal nature‐based climate solutions (NbCS), forests are increasingly recognized for their climate mitigation potential. However, this potential is undermined by fundamental flaws in current carbon credit systems. Our analysis identifies four interconnected systemic challenges: (1) subjective additionality assessments arising from ...
Xiaoqian Che, Shaokun Li
wiley   +1 more source

A quantitative analysis of Zimbabwe's land reform policy: An application of Zimbabwe SAM multipliers [PDF]

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This study was designed to quantitatively investigate the economy-wide impact of land reform policies in Zimbabwe. Land reforms came with the realm of independence in Zimbabwe. Four models were used to implement the reform policies.
Juana, James S.
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Communication of Business‐Nonprofit Collaborations and Environmental Legitimacy: Exploratory Insights From Italian Firms

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Collaborations with nonprofits can enhance firms' legitimacy, yet the relationship between their communication and corporate environmental legitimacy remains poorly understood. Furthermore, research lacks an analysis of the communication of business‐nonprofit collaborations through multiple actors' perspectives.
Andrea Rizzuni   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Spectral Discrimination of Common Karoo Shrub and Grass Species Using Spectroscopic Data

open access: yesRemote Sensing
Rangelands represent about 25% of the Earth’s land surface but are under severe pressure. Rangeland degradation is a gradually increasing global environmental problem, resulting in temporary or permanent loss of ecosystem functions.
Christiaan Johannes Harmse   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Colonialism, Land, Ethnicity, and Class: Namibia after the Second National Land Conference

open access: yesAfrica Spectrum, 2019
Since independence in March 1990, the unequal distribution and ownership of land as a leftover of colonial-era dispossession and appropriation has been a major issue of sociopolitical contestation in Namibia.
Henning Melber
doaj   +1 more source

Land reforms, poverty reduction, and economic growth : evidence from India [PDF]

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Recognition of the importance of institutions that provide security of property rights and relatively equal access to economic resources to a broad cross-section of society has renewed interest in the potential of asset redistribution, including land ...
Deininger, Klaus   +2 more
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How to Navigate Disrupted Business Models in the 21st Century: At the Crossroads of the Circular Economy and the Industry 4.0 Transition

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Our planet faces a critical crisis, with pollution, resource depletion and biodiversity loss surpassing sustainable limits. Businesses must address these challenges, with the circular economy and Industry 4.0 offering transformative potential through closed‐loop systems, regenerative solutions and advanced technologies.
Agnes Toth‐Peter   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

When Do Robots Go Green? Unveiling Mechanisms, Thresholds, and Spillovers of Industrial Robotics on Global Ecological Capacity

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines the relationship between industrial robotics adoption and ecological capacity, measured by biocapacity, using panel data from 50 countries over the period 2000–2024. We investigate the transmission mechanisms, non‐linearities, spatial spillovers, and heterogeneity characterizing this relationship.
Brahim Bergougui   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Land reform in Zimbabwe [PDF]

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There is widespread agreement on the need for land reform in Zimbabwe as a means of reducing poverty. This paper assesses the potential consequences of a land-reform scheme that draws on proposals from Zimbabwe's government in 1998 and 1999.
Löfgren, Hans   +3 more
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