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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

Untitled: An exploration of anonymity in the Dominican Republic by Brittany Fulgione \u2718 [PDF]

, 2018
Brittany Fulgione \u2718 has traveled to Central America and the Caribbean three times to contextualize social justice work in Latin America.
Fulgione, Brittany
core   +1 more source

Stock Market Reactions to Climate Risk Events: A Systematic Literature Review and Research Agenda

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT As global warming intensifies, climate risks' impact on firm value has become a critical concern for academia and investors. This systematic literature review analyzes 50 event studies in this research field, classifying them by climate risk type.
Mario Schuster, Rainer Lueg
wiley   +1 more source

Sustainable development: Theory and some simple simulations

PSL Quarterly Review
This paper develops a unified framework to analyze the environmental, social, and economic dimensions of sustainable development within the context of a center-periphery international system.
Jose Eduardo Alatorre, Gabriel Porcile, Fernando Sossdorf, Miguel Torres   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Looking back and moving forward: can we accelerate progress on adolescent pregnancy in the Americas?

Reproductive Health, 2017
Adolescent fertility rates in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) remain unacceptably high, especially compared to the region’s declining total fertility rates.
Sonja Caffe, Marina Plesons, Alma Virginia Camacho, Luisa Brumana, Shelly N. Abdool, Silvia Huaynoca, Katherine Mayall, Lindsay Menard-Freeman, Luis Andres de Francisco Serpa, Rodolfo Gomez Ponce de Leon, Venkatraman Chandra-Mouli   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

Health and economic benefits of achieving contraceptive and maternal health targets in Small Island Developing States in the Pacific and Caribbean

BMJ Global Health, 2023
Introduction Reducing unmet need for modern contraception and expanding access to quality maternal health (MH) services are priorities for improving women’s health and economic empowerment.
Caroline SE Homer, Jennifer Butler, Tom Walsh, Nick Scott, Dominic Delport, Howard S Friedman, Sherrie L Kelly, Debra ten Brink, Rowan Martin-Hughes, Olanike Adedeji, Davide De Beni, Federica Maurizio, Doretta Di Marco, Federico Tobar, Maria Pilar de la Corte Molina, Andre S Richards   +15 more
doaj   +1 more source

Untitled: An exploration of anonymity in the Dominican Republic [PDF]

, 2018
Brittany Fulgione \u2718 has traveled to Central America and the Caribbean three times to contextualize social justice work in Latin America.
Fulgione, Brittany
core   +1 more source

Measuring Corporate Alignment With the Circular Economy: a Text‐Based Circularity Index From Mandatory Non‐Financial Disclosures

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The transition to a circular economy (CE) has become a strategic priority for firms, yet empirical assessments of corporate circularity remain fragmented and heavily dependent on structured indicators or self‐reported metrics. This paper proposes a novel, text‐based circularity index derived from mandatory non‐financial statements of large ...
Giuseppe Pernagallo, Francesco Quatraro, Eleonora Rubichi   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The invisible frontline: experiences of public health workers during the COVID-19 pandemic and health emergencies in Colombia

Frontiers in Public Health
BackgroundDuring the COVID-19 pandemic, frontline workers were widely recognized for their efforts, with an emphasis largely placed on clinical personnel providing individual care.
Sandra Martínez-Cabezas, Adriana Díaz del Castillo, Johana Linares-García, Natalia Niño-Machado, Alvaro J. Idrovo, Myriam Ruiz-Rodríguez, Catalina González-Uribe   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Neo-Kaleckian models with financial cycles: A center-periphery framework

PSL Quarterly Review, 2018
The article develops a Neo-Kaleckian model that takes into account the impact of financial cycles on demand regimes. Both the financial instability hypothesis and the paradox of debt are considered, as well as both the upward and the downward phases of ...
David Guimarães Coelho, Esteban Perez Caldentey   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source