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Advancing Energy Materials by In Situ Atomic Scale Methods

Advanced Energy Materials, Volume 15, Issue 11, March 18, 2025.
Progress in in situ atomic scale methods leads to an improved understanding of new and advanced energy materials, where a local understanding of complex, inhomogeneous systems or interfaces down to the atomic scale and quantum level is required. Topics from photovoltaics, dissipation losses, phase transitions, and chemical energy conversion are ...
Christian Jooss, Michael Seibt, Martin Wenderoth, Oliver Bünermann, Ole Bunjes, Till Domröse, Christian Eckel, Francesca Falorsi, Christoph Flathmann, Monica Kolek Martinez de Azagra, Matthias Krüger, Jonas Lindner, Tobias Meyer, Claus Ropers, Ulrich Ross, Kai Rossnagel, Sreeju Sreekantan Nair Lalithambika, Simone Techert, Georg A. Traeger, Cynthia Volkert, R. Thomas Weitz, Alec M. Wodtke   +21 more
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Traditional and local ecological knowledge about forest biodiversity in the Pacific Northwest /

, 2008
This paper synthesizes the existing literature about traditional and local ecological knowledge relating to biodiversity in Pacific Northwest forests in order to assess what is needed to apply this knowledge to forest biodiversity conservation efforts ...
Jones, Eric T., 1965-, Charnley, Susan., Fischer, A. Paige (Alexandra Paige), Pacific Northwest Research Station (Portland, Or.)   +3 more
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Integrating Ecological Knowledge into Regenerative Design: A Rapid Practice Review

, 2023
While sustainable design practice is working to reduce the ecological impacts of development, many of the earth’s already damaged life support systems require repair and regeneration.
Jane Toner, Toner, Jane, Reis, Kimberley, Cheryl Desha, Hayes, Samantha, Dominique Hes, Desha, Cheryl, Hes, Dominique, Kimberley Reis, Samantha Hayes   +9 more
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Differentiated Impacts of EU Rural Development Measures: A Finite Mixture Evaluation of Italian Olive Farms

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines the relationship between participation in the EU Rural Development Program and the economic performance of Italian olive farms using a finite‐mixture model with inverse‐probability‐weighted regression adjustment. Based on 2010–2022 FADN panel data, it estimates heterogeneous treatment effects while correcting for selection ...
Francesco Caracciolo, Marilena Furno
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Benchmarking local ecological performance using ecological footprint accounts [PDF]

Ecological footprint is good at telling us how much we weight relative to global ecological ressources. However it tells us nothing on their geographical origin and makes no distinction be-tween ecological ressources used from distant or local land ...
J. Alapetite
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How Competitive Is Myanmar's Rice Sector? A Comparison of Production Costs and Efficiency

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper analyzes the cost competitiveness of rice production in Myanmar by examining production costs, cost efficiency, and the potential effect of improving cost efficiency on the country's global competitiveness. To achieve this, we conduct a comparative analysis of production costs among major rice‐producing countries and estimate the ...
Nandar Aye Chan, Orkhan Sariyev, Mohammad Ariful Islam, Manfred Zeller   +3 more
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Charting the Path to Increased Oil Palm Output in Ghana Beyond Area Expansion: Technology or Managerial Capacity — Which Leads the Way?

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study sets out to investigate the prospects for raising oil palm output in sub‐Saharan Africa, particularly Ghana, without further expansion of cropland. Given global concerns about oil palm's role in deforestation and land use change, the focus is on enhancing productivity on existing farmlands.
Jacob Asravor, Francis Tsiboe, Ayobami Adetoyinbo, Jacob Ankamah   +3 more
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Perception-based Methods to Evaluate Conservation Impact in Forests Managed Through Popular Participation

Ecology and Society, 2010
We reviewed construct validity in perception-based methods assessing status and/or trend of forest condition as applied in 19 empirical studies that evaluated the conservation impact of popular participation in forest management. Perception-based methods
Jens F. Lund, Kulbhushan Balooni, Lila Puri   +2 more
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Is Youth's Engagement in Agribusiness an Opportunity or a Necessity? A Closer Look at the Situation in South Kivu, Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Despite the broad focus on necessity‐ and opportunity‐driven entrepreneurship in research and policy, the entrepreneurial dichotomy within the agribusiness context has not been adequately addressed. This study contributes to closing this knowledge gap by examining youth's perceptions of agribusiness through the lens of the push‐pull motivation
Cool Dady Mangole, Paul Martin Dontsop Nguezet, Shiferaw Feleke, Victor Manyong, Kamala Kaghoma Christian, Zoumana Bamba, Tahirou Abdoulaye   +6 more
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Whose knowledge matters? negotiating local experience and scientific expertise in Yangtze River ecological governance

Frontiers in Environmental Science
IntroductionChina’s ecological governance of the Yangtze River increasingly relies on scientific expertise and top–down interventions, most notably the 10-year fishing ban.
Jing Su, Tingting Tan, Yiting Xiao, Hongye Xu, Zihui Sun, Yu Cheng   +5 more
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