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Can Happiness Be Sustainable? Monitoring Global Consumption Footprints From 2015 to 2024

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Understanding how happiness relates to resource consumption requires considering not only domestic environmental impacts but also the broader transnational effects embedded in global trade. To address this gap, this study introduces the Consumption Footprint–Happiness Ratio (CHR), a visual analytic metric that captures the intensity of ...
Chong‐Wen Chen
wiley   +1 more source

On an Aggregation Theory for Indicators Expressing Behaviors of Complex Systems With an Application to Sustainability

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Certain attributes of large‐scale complex systems are often expressed through sets of indicators. For example, the sustainability of an entity, be it a nation, a city, an energy system, a corporation etc., can be effectively represented by indicators and corresponding data series.
Vassilis S. Kouikoglou   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mosses from the Mascarenes - 6 [PDF]

open access: yes, 1997
Sixty taxa of mosses, mainly pleurocarps, are reported from the Mascarenes. Two are new to Afr.3 sensu Index Muscorum, i.e., Brachythecium plumosum (Hedwig) Schimper in BSG and Palamocladium sericeum (Jaeger) C.Müller. Nine are new to the Mascarenes, i.e.
Een, Gillis
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Education in a Changing Climate: A Systematic Review for Low and Middle‐Income Countries (LMICs)

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Climate change is a major global challenge that affects many aspects of human life and hinders progress on the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). One area that has not received enough attention is its impact on children's education in low‐ and middle‐income countries (LMICs), which are especially vulnerable to ...
Afshan Ameer, Rami Ghannam
wiley   +1 more source

Knowledge, education and social differentiation amongst the Betsileo of Fisakana, highland Madagascar [PDF]

open access: yes, 2001
This thesis is an ethnographic study of a village in Fisakana, an area of highland Madagascar where the institution of formal education has had great social, economic and cultural influence.
Freeman, Luke
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Anti‐Globalization Dynamics and Africa's Structural Transformation: Identifying Avoidable Environmental Degradation Thresholds

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study pursues a dual objective. First, it investigates the unconditional impact of anti‐globalization on structural transformation in Africa. Second, it explores how environmental degradation interacts with anti‐globalization to influence structural transformation. The analysis focuses on 52 African countries over the period 2005–2023. To
Simplice A. Asongu, Ekene ThankGod Emeka
wiley   +1 more source

Identifying climatic drivers of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) seasonality in Antananarivo, Madagascar, 2011–2021: a sentinel surveillance study

open access: yesBMJ Public Health
Introduction Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a primary source of acute lower respiratory tract infection, the leading cause of death in children under 5. Over 99% of RSV-attributed deaths occur in low-income countries, including Madagascar.
Jean-Michel Heraud   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

Women's Empowerment, Governance, and the Economics of Clean Cooking Transitions in Africa

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Over the past few decades, the global economy, particularly in developing nations, has persistently grappled with rising dependence on conventional energy resources, thus rendering the realization of Sustainable Development Goals 5 and 7 (SDGs 5 and 7) an elusive aspiration for the international community.
Stephen Kelechi Dimnwobi   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Green Finance, Energy Transition and Biodiversity Conservation in Africa: A Dynamic Analysis of African Countries

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study evaluates the dynamic relationship between Green Finance (proxied by green Official Development Assistance) and the expansion of Renewable Energies on biodiversity conservation across 48 African countries over the period 2000–2017.
Mounkaila Gourouza Nana Hadiza   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Linear Morphometry of Male Genitalia Distinguishes the Ant Genera Monomorium and Syllophopsis (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Madagascar

open access: yesInsects
Morphometric analyses of male genitalia are routinely used to distinguish genera and species in beetles, butterflies, and flies, but are rarely used in ants, where most morphometric analyses focus on the external morphology of the worker caste.
Nomena F. Rasoarimalala   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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