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Factors Influencing Landowners’ Decisions for Income-Generating Activities on Private Coastal Wetland in Louisiana

open access: yesResources, 2019
The coastal zone of Louisiana contains more than 3 million wetland acres and has the highest acreage of salt marsh of any state. However, Louisiana accounts for 80 percent of the nation’s coastal land loss.
Hua Wang, Walter Keithly, Rex Caffey
doaj   +1 more source

Poverty, environment and natural resource use: introduction to the special issue [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
A growing population and growing per capita consumption threaten the environment and the natural resource base. Where natural resources are at risk, the livelihoods of many are at risk as well.
Ierland, E.C., van, Weikard, H.P.
core   +2 more sources

Socio-Ecological Outcomes of Single-Species Fisheries Management: The Case of Yellow Perch in Lake Erie

open access: yesFrontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2021
This manuscript uses seminal models in fisheries economics to assess the ecosystem effects of policy focused on sustainable management of a single fish stock.
Katherine Lee   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Are fluctuations in coal, oil and natural gas consumption permanent or transitory? Evidence from OECD countries

open access: yesHeliyon, 2020
Economic development is characterised by natural resource extraction and consumption. However, due to the finite nature of fossil fuel energy sources and its price shocks, an investigation into its historical fluctuations is essential for energy policy ...
Mehmet Akif Destek   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Analysis of households food insecurity and its coping mechanisms in Western Ethiopia

open access: yesAgricultural and Food Economics, 2019
This study analyzed households’ food insecurity and its determinants along with the coping mechanisms opted against food insecurity and shortage in Assosa zone, western Ethiopia.
Seid Sani, Biruk Kemaw
doaj   +1 more source

Natural Resource Abundance and Economic Growth [PDF]

open access: yes, 1995
One of the surprising features of modern economic growth is that economies with abundant natural resources have tended to grow less rapidly than natural-resource-scarce economies. In this paper we show that economies with a high ratio of natural resource exports to GDP in 1971 (the base year) tended have low growth rates during the subsequent period ...
Sachs, Jeffrey D., Warner, Andrew M.
openaire   +4 more sources

Perceptions of pastoral communities on cattle breed improvement: insights from Uganda’s community-based breeding scheme

open access: yesFrontiers in Animal Science
This study assesses pastoral livestock-keepers’ perceptions of breed improvement based on participants in the Community Based Bull Breeding Programme (CBBP) of the Regional Pastoral Livelihood Resilience Project in Uganda (RPLRP).
Gonzaga Ssekibaala   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Roadmap to Precision 3D Printing of Cellulose: Rheology‐Guided Formulation, Fidelity Assessment, and Application Horizons

open access: yesAdvanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
This critical review presents a comprehensive roadmap for the precision 3D printing of cellulose. Quantitative correlations link ink formulation and rheological properties to print fidelity and final material performance. This framework guides the development of advanced functional materials, from biomedical scaffolds to electromagnetic shielding ...
Majed Amini   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effect of Covid 19 on butchers and their coping strategies in Kampala district

open access: yesCogent Food & Agriculture
The study examined the effect of Covid-19 on butchers and their coping strategies using data collected from120 butchers in Kampala City. The results show that COVID-19 reduced volumes of meat supplied and sold, number of consumers and increased the ...
Joan Namakula, John Ilukor
doaj   +1 more source

Coupling Nitrogenous Organic Wastewater Treatment and Biorefinery via N‐Cycling Bacterium

open access: yesAdvanced Science, EarlyView.
The vast reservoir of nitrogenous organic pollutants in industrial wastewaters can serve as untapped carbon‐nitrogen resources. This study employs the newly discovered Paracoccus sp. ZQW‐1 as a versatile chassis to simultaneously achieve N‐methylpyrrolidone (NMP) wastewater depuration and polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) synthesis.
Ziqian Wang   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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