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Community‐based marine restoration to generate social licence and ecological knowledge for upscaling oyster reef restoration

open access: yesPeople and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Community‐led restoration operates at the intersection of ecological feasibility and social acceptability. In the marine realm, restoration is challenging due to gaps in ecological knowledge on how and where to restore lost ecosystems and limited public engagement that provides social licence for restoration.
Nichole Lindsey   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Contribution to the Liturgical Items made of Precious Metals in the Parish Church of St. George in Lovran

open access: yesZbornik Lovranšćine, 2014
The medieval parish church of St. George in Lovran was being continuously enlarged and renewed in the period between 17th and 19th centuries. These reconstructions resulted in the ordering of several new altars adorned with paintings but also furnished ...
Mateja Jerman
doaj  

Salvation and Sociology in the Methodist Episcopal Deaconess Movement

open access: yes, 2002
Excerpt: Rather than being an American innovation which was spread to missionary contexts abroad, the deaconess movement in the Methodist Episcopal Church began on the Methodist missionary frontiers of India and Germany in the late 19th century.
Hartley, Benjamin
core  

Synergistic efforts in specimen digitisation, curation and cataloguing of Brazil's megadiverse flora and funga

open access: yesPLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
The advancement of digital technologies has brought a rapid global information exchange, impacting all areas of our lives. This also applies to science. Knowledge, conservation and scientific innovation on global biodiversity are being strengthened and disseminated at unprecedented scales.
Ana Flávia Alves Versiane   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Human influence on climate detectable in the late 19th century. [PDF]

open access: yesProc Natl Acad Sci U S A
Santer BD   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Tracing holotype trajectories: Mapping the movement of the most valuable herbarium specimens

open access: yesPLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Global efforts to protect biodiversity depend on fair access to key plant specimens. This study examines the distribution of 119,361 holotypes—unique herbarium specimens used to formally describe new plant species. By linking collection and storage data, we found that holotypes are increasingly held closer to their places of origin, particularly in ...
Dominik Tomaszewski   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Detecting and attributing climate change effects on vegetation: Australia as a test case

open access: yesPLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Climate change is contributing to vegetation changes that threaten life support systems. Yet, inherent climatic variability and past and present human actions—such as clearing, burning and grazing regimes—also alter vegetation and complicate understanding of vegetation change. Australian ecosystems exemplify such complexity.
Laura J. Williams   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

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