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Community participation and empowerment in sustainable rural development in Poland [PDF]

The proposed article seeks to identify forms and quality of participation in the EU context based on the example of the LEADER development framework and European Ecological Network - the NATURA 2000.
Grodzińska-Jurczak, Małgorzata, Gutowska, Justyna, Strzelecka, Marianna   +2 more
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A new tool to calculate roadless space in forest landscapes, applied in the Congo basin [PDF]

, 2015
New global strategies for road building require innovative tools to analyze linear patterns and their spatial distribution and to evaluate their environmental impacts. Roads not only present physical barriers to wildlife but also provide access for human
Gourlet-Fleury, Sylvie, Healey, John R., Kleinschroth, Fritz, Mortier, Frédéric, Stoica, Radu S.   +4 more
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Valorization of Garcinia humilis Residues in Active Collagen/Starch Films for Biodegradable Packaging Applications

Packaging Technology and Science, Volume 39, Issue 5, Page 517-531, May 2026.
Residues from Garcinia humilis were used to obtain a phenolic‐rich extract (GHRE) and incorporated into collagen–starch films. The addition of GHRE improved antioxidant activity, thermal stability and elasticity, while reducing water vapour permeability.
Érica da Costa Monção, Cristiani Viegas Brandão Grisi, Rita de Cassia Andrade da Silva, Sanierlly da Paz do Nascimento, Priscila Santos Souza, Laís Chantelle de Lima, Angela Maria Tribuzy de Magalhães Cordeiro, Antonia Lucia de Souza   +7 more
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Vulnerability and Adaptations to Climate Change in EU Protected Areas: A Natura 2000 Managers’ perspective

Conservation Letters, Volume 19, Issue 3, May/June 2026.
ABSTRACT The Natura 2000 (N2K)—Europe's network of protected areas—is a key conservation instrument, but its effectiveness is challenged by climate change. We surveyed 382 N2K managers to investigate their perceptions of climate change and related site adaptation strategies.
Giorgio Zavattoni, Jon E. Brommer, Tyler Hallman, Ineta Kačergytė, Szabolcs Nagy, Tomas Pärt, Diego Pavón‐Jordán, Alaaeldin Soultan, Yanjie Xu, Elie Gaget   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Natura 2000 sites as a crucial part of nature conservation? An analysis of landscape development in selected areas of the Czech Republic

Moravian Geographical Reports
The Natura 2000 network is the key tool for preserving biodiversity in the EU. However, such a system of territorial protection is under increasing anthropogenic pressure and sites with no national designation are managed rather insufficiently across ...
Janík Tomáš, Zýka Vladimír, Havlíček Marek, Borovec Roman, Demková Katarína, Skokanová Hana, Lichová Anna, Mrkvová Barbora, Romportl Dušan   +8 more
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Effectiveness of the European Natura 2000 network to sustain a specialist wintering waterbird population in the face of climate change. [PDF]

Sci Rep, 2020
Marchowski D, Ławicki Ł, Fox AD, Nielsen RD, Petersen IK, Hornman M, Nilsson L, Haas F, Wahl J, Kieckbusch J, Nehls HW, Calbrade N, Hearn R, Meissner W, Fitzgerald N, Luigujoe L, Zenatello M, Gaudard C, Koschinski S.   +18 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Towards an ecological network for the Carpathians [PDF]

, 2009
The Carpathian Biodiversity Information System (CBIS) and the proposal for an ecological network for the eastern part of the Carpathians are the two main outcomes of the project funded by the BBI Matra program of the Dutch government.
Baltzer, M., Bouwma, I.M., Kitnaes, K., Lasak, R., Predoiu, G.E., Prots, B., Seffer, J., Sekulic, G., Smith, B., Walters, L.J., Zingstra, H.L.   +10 more
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The ecclesiastical fight against storm‐makers in the Latin west

Early Medieval Europe, Volume 34, Issue 2, Page 275-298, May 2026.
This paper studies the strategies used by the Church to fight against the storm‐makers. These figures were said to cause the storms that ruined crops, and during Late Antiquity and the early Middle Ages in the Visigothic and Frankish kingdoms were subject to punishment and constraints.
Juan Antonio Jiménez Sánchez
wiley   +1 more source

Frame Overlapping in Moral Markets: The Case of an ‘Open, Free, and Neutral’ Telecommunications Network

Journal of Management Studies, Volume 63, Issue 3, Page 1509-1537, May 2026.
Abstract This study explores how social movement activists, engaged in constructing and expanding moral markets, sustain the integrity of their initial moral values, avoiding dilution or cooptation by conventional market practices. Through a qualitative case study of a telecommunications network, we show that activists can expand a moral market by a ...
Daniel Arenas, Joan Rodón, Mireia Yter
wiley   +1 more source

Guidelines for assessing favourable conservation status of Natura 2000 species and habitat types in Bulgaria [PDF]

, 2009
This executive summary describes the methodology for assessing the favourable conservation status of N2000 habitats and species on site level in Bulgaria and gives guidelines for its application.
Dimova, D., Kitnaes, K., Kovachev, A., Tzonev, R., Tzvetkov, P., Zingstra, H.L.   +5 more
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