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Soil domestication by rice cultivation results in plant-soil feedback through shifts in soil microbiota. [PDF]

, 2019
BackgroundSoils are a key component of agricultural productivity, and soil microbiota determine the availability of many essential plant nutrients.
Edwards, Joseph, Kilmer, John, Liechty, Zachary, Nguyen, Bao, Ni, Jiadong, Phillips, Gregory, Santos-Medellín, Christian, Sundaresan, Venkatesan, Veliz, Esteban   +8 more
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Making teaching an attractive profession: What are the challenges and opportunities for minority ethnic teachers in England?

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper explores the challenges and opportunities surrounding the recruitment and retention of minority ethnic teachers in England. Drawing on interview data from 33 teachers and school leaders of diverse ethnic backgrounds, it investigates whether racialised barriers identified in earlier research have shifted in the current context of ...
Antonina Tereshchenko, Feyisa Demie, Stephen Gorard, Yiyang Gao, Beng Huat See, Nadia Siddiqui   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Influence of eucalyptus plantations on benthic macroinvertebrate assemblages in neotropical springs [PDF]

Acta Limnologica Brasiliensia
Aim The high sensitivity of springs to anthropic impacts is largely due to the high existing aquatic-terrestrial connectivity. The degradation of these ecosystems can be caused by land use, such as eucalyptus monoculture.
Sheila Sousa de Jesus Peixoto, Luiza Pedrosa Guimarães, Roberto da Gama Alves   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Cool Season Annual Forage Mixtures Trial [PDF]

, 2017
In 2017, the University of Vermont Extension Northwest Crops and Soils Program evaluated yield and quality of cool season annuals and mixtures of these annuals at Borderview Research Farm in Alburgh, VT.
Darby, Heather, Gervais, Amanda, Gupta, Abha, Ruhl, Lindsey, Ziegler, Sara   +4 more
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Restoring Trust: Rebuilding the Forest Carbon Credit System Through Scientific Rigor

Biological Diversity, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT As pivotal nature‐based climate solutions (NbCS), forests are increasingly recognized for their climate mitigation potential. However, this potential is undermined by fundamental flaws in current carbon credit systems. Our analysis identifies four interconnected systemic challenges: (1) subjective additionality assessments arising from ...
Xiaoqian Che, Shaokun Li
wiley   +1 more source

Zero Deforestation Commitments and Industry 4.0 Enabling Technologies: An Analysis of Their Role in Mitigating Deforestation

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the role of corporate zero‐deforestation commitments (ZDCs) and Industry 4.0 (I4.0) enabling technologies in mitigating deforestation. Drawing on data from 110 companies included in the Forest 500 dataset, the research explores whether sustainability commitments and digital innovation influence firms' deforestation ...
Valentina Beretta, Eugenia Parodi, Celine Buschmann   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Back to Nature or Technology to the Rescue? Climate Managers' Preferences for Investment in Carbon Dioxide Removal

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Firms are increasingly looking into carbon dioxide removal (CDR), a set of options to take past emissions of greenhouse gases out of the atmosphere. Often two basic categories of CDR are distinguished: nature‐based solutions, such as planting trees or restoring wetlands, and technology‐based solutions, such as various forms of carbon capture ...
Sabrina Mili, Robert Mai, Rolf Wüstenhagen, Moritz Loock   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Participatory simulations of competing aquacultural and agricultural land uses in bac lieu province, Mekong Delta, Vietnam [PDF]

, 2007
Rice and black tiger shrimp (Penaeus monodon) are produced in coastal area of the Mekong, Vietnam under different patterns depending on biophysical and social economic conditions.
Chu Thai Hoanh,, Le Canh Dung,, Le Page, Christophe   +2 more
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Greens in Regulation: Biodiversity Strategy Implementation Across the Golf Industry

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Although much of the business and biodiversity literature focuses on extractive industries, we turn our attention to the golf industry. Golf courses occupy millions of acres globally, yet biodiversity strategy implementation across the golf industry remains understudied.
Jordan P. Howell, Jordan Moore
wiley   +1 more source

Multispecies Monocultures.

, 2021
Im Rahmen einer Multispezies-Ethnographie untersucht dieser Beitrag die vielfältigen ontologischen Politiken der Landwirtschaft auf indischen Teeplantagen. Zunächst werden die unterschiedlichen Praktiken herausgearbeitet, die an der Produktion der weitläufigen Monokulturen beteiligt sind.
openaire   +1 more source