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Oxfam GB Statement on Modern Slavery: For the financial year 2017/18

open access: yes, 2018
The UK Modern Slavery Act 2015 requires organizations with a turnover of at least £36m to make a public statement on steps they are taking to identify and prevent modern slavery in their operations and supply chains.
Brill, Sophie   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Human Trafficking and the UK Modern Slavery Bill

open access: yesSocial Inclusion, 2015
This article provides a commentary on growing awareness of human trafficking to and within the United Kingdom and government responses to it.
Gary Craig
doaj   +1 more source

Systemic bio‐inequity links poverty to biodiversity and induces a conservation paradox

open access: yesPeople and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Biodiversity is declining globally while inequity is growing, and poverty rates are not improving. Global sustainable development and conservation initiatives aim to address biodiversity loss and poverty simultaneously. Through text analysis of global biodiversity policies, we identified a consistent narrative that countries with high ...
Conor Waldock   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Modern Slavery in the Gig Economy: Analysing the Exploitation of Gig and Freelance Workers through AI-Driven Communication Strategies and Automated Surveillance

open access: yesInternational Journal of Management, Knowledge and Learning
Purpose: In modern corporate slavery, especially in Gig and freelance there is a significant gap concerning the critical analysis of AI-driven communication technologies and automated surveillance instruments in continued exploitation. This article aims
Ioseb Gabelaia   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Spatial Variability of Permafrost and Active Layer Thickness in a Forested Hillslope of the Taiga Shield

open access: yesPermafrost and Periglacial Processes, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Under continued climate warming, understanding present‐day permafrost distribution and the controls on ground thaw are critical for predicting permafrost thaw trajectories and associated implications. This study presents a high‐resolution investigation of permafrost extent and active layer thickness (ALT) across a coniferous forested hillslope
Alana Muenchrath   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Orphanage Trafficking and the Modern Slavery Act in Australia

open access: yes, 2018
Recent estimates suggest that there are over 40 million victims of modern slavery in the world today. Modern Slavery is an umbrella term encompassing the offences of human trafficking, slavery, debt bondage, forced labour and other slavery-like practices.
van Doore, Kathryn, Nhep, Rebecca
core  

Mapping Modern Slavery in the Context of the 2030 Agenda: A Scoping Review Protocol

open access: yesInternational Journal of Qualitative Methods
Background: Modern slavery is one of the most serious violations of human rights and decent work, affecting around 50 million people worldwide. Despite international regulations and initiatives such as Agenda 2030, the phenomenon persists in multiple ...
Adelina Prado Caldas Neres   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Islam dan Human Trafficking (Upaya Nabi dalam Melawan Praktik Human Trafficking pada Masa Awal Islam)

open access: yesMuwazah
This article examines the issue of human trafficking at once how did the Prophet effort in countering it in the early period of Islam. Indeed, the term of human trafficking has not arisen yet in the Prophet‟s period.
Niki Alma Febriana Fauzi
doaj   +1 more source

Breaking the Chains: A Public Health Approach to Modern day Slavery

open access: yesJournal of the Georgia Public Health Association, 2017
Background: Modern day slavery is a $150 billion industry and the second largest criminal enterprise, behind drug trafficking.1 Approximately 21-30 million men, women, and children are modern day slaves worldwide, and over 200 cases of human trafficking ...
Rachael Nosin
doaj   +1 more source

Lacking data? No worries! How synthetic images can alleviate image scarcity in wildlife surveys: A case study with muskox (Ovibos moschatus)

open access: yesRemote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation, EarlyView.
This study investigates the integration of synthetic imagery, created with diffusion‐based models, to supplement limited training data and improve muskox (Ovibos moschatus) detection in zero‐shot (ZS) and few‐shot (FS) settings. ZS models detected more than 80% of muskoxen in real images, confirming the potential of synthetic data as a substitute for ...
Simon Durand   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

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