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Extent, characteristics and policy applications of Key Biodiversity Areas

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT A global standard for the identification of Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) was published 10 years ago to provide a unified set of criteria for identifying ‘sites of significance for the global persistence of biodiversity’. We review the initiative's origins, the KBA identification process, characteristics of the current network, threats, policy
Stuart H. M. Butchart, Olivia Crowe, Tom Scott, Andrew J. Plumptre, Megan Eldred, Ellen McKee, Zoltan Waliczky, Ibrahim Al Hasani, Adrián B. Azpiroz, Daniele Baisero, Fred Barasa, Alison E. Beresford, Bezeng S. Bezeng, Charlotte Boyd, Thomas M. Brooks, Graeme Buchanan, Gill Bunting, Sofia Capellan, Neil Cox, Tim R. B. Davenport, Tammy E. Davies, Gina Della Togna, Wendy Elliott, Matt Foster, Jo Gilbert, Jonathan M. Handley, Diego Juffe‐Bignoli, Victoria R. Jones, Naomi Kingston, Jeannot Kivono, John Lamoreux, Penny F. Langhammer, James Lewis, Bruce Liggitt, Daniel Marnewick, Paul Matiku, Erin McCreless, Rachel A. Neugarten, Catherine Numa, Mark O'Brien, Madhu Rao, Ciara Raudsepp‐Hearne, Justina C. Ray, Samridhi Rijal, Jon Paul Rodríguez, Jurgis Sapijanskas, Wes Sechrest, Martin Sneary, Andrew Snyder, Konstantina Spiliopoulou, Thomas Starnes, Cecilia Tobar, Gautam Surya, Marcelo F. Tognelli, Andrew W. Tordoff, Maria G. Toscano, Yongyut Trisurat, Amy Upgren   +57 more
wiley   +1 more source

Researching and Documenting the Languages of Tanzania [PDF]

, 2008
This paper describes the challenges that researchers have encountered during six years of implementing a research and documentation project for the languages of Tanzania. It discusses the methods evolved by the project researchers for the production of a
Muzale, Henry R.T., Rugemalira, Josephat M.   +1 more
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Advancing Pharmacometrics in Africa: Insights and Perspectives From the 2025 Pharmacometrics Africa Conference

Clinical Pharmacology &Therapeutics, EarlyView.
Pharmacometrics (PMX) in Africa has transitioned from foundational capacity‐building to job creation, scientific leadership, regulatory influence, and health innovation. To accelerate this progress, the 2025 Pharmacometrics Africa Conference (PMXAC‐2025) convened key stakeholders to consolidate the continental PMX community, review progress in local ...
Babatunde Ayodeji Adeagbo, Innocent Gerald Asiimwe, Linda Chaba, Aida N. Kawuma, Francis Williams Ojara, Ochuko Maureen Orherhe, Simon Peter Asiimwe, Veshni Pillay‐Fuentes Lorente, Sharon Sawe, Cassius M. Phogole, Catriona Waitt, Samer Mouksassi, Goonaseelan (Colin) Pillai   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Investigating the ways of cooking and the properties of cook verbs in Nilamba (Bantu F31)

Cogent Arts & Humanities
The motivation for the current study is based on the existing body of research on variations in the lexical semantic properties of cook verbs, particularly in the manner and result components of meaning across languages.
Stella Michael Kiula, Amani Lusekelo
doaj   +1 more source

Do Investors React Differently to GHG Emission in Stock Pricing Across Firms? Evidence From Commonwealth African Countries Using a Novel Wavelet‐Enhanced QQR Approach

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the intricate and asymmetric relationship between corporate greenhouse gas emission disclosure and stock returns and crash risks, focusing on listed firms in six Commonwealth African countries characterized by regulatory fragility, limited investor protection, and growing climate vulnerability.
Idorenyin J. Okon, Adeolu O. Adewuyi, Simplice A. Asongu   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cultural echoes: linguistic insights into death and afterlife in the Swahili language

Cogent Arts & Humanities
This study explores the linguistic discourse of death and the afterlife among Swahili speakers. Using a cognitive linguistic lens, data were collected from eight funeral ceremonies and twelve YouTube videos to address two research questions: (1) What ...
John Misana Biseko
doaj   +1 more source

Expressions of Cardinal Directions in Nilotic and in Ubangian Languages [PDF]

, 2007
In the Nilotic and Ubangian languages expressions for cardinal directions have been created on the basis of a wide range of conceptual sources: primarily cosmological, geographical and atmospheric concepts.
Mietzner, Angelika, Pasch, Helma
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Synergies and Trade‐Offs in Circular Economy and Community Development Nexus: Pathways to Local Sustainability

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Recent scholarship shows growing interest in the circular economy (CE) approach, which promotes resource‐efficient, community‐friendly activities. However, scientific evidence is still needed on the synergies and trade‐offs between CE and community development (CD).
Michael Odei Erdiaw‐Kwasie, Matthew Abunyewah, Kerstin Zander, Patrick Arhin, Amila Kasun Sampath Udage Kankanamge, Walter Leal Filho, Khorshed Alam   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Tone in the Makonde dialects Chimahuta

Studies in African Linguistics, 1990
This paper expands the descriptive study of tone in the Makonde dialects, started in Odden [1990], by studying the Chimahuta dialect. Like the Chimaraba dialect and a number of closely related Bantu languages of Southern Tanzania, Chimahuta verbs lack ...
David Odden
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Vocabulary learning in EFL context: do primary school English Subject textbooks provide structured support?

Cogent Education
Vocabulary is recognised as a core aspect of EFL learning and communicative competency. To support this critical component of language proficiency, textbooks play a central role in EFL instruction and must be deliberately designed to foster learners ...
John Misana Biseko
doaj   +1 more source