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Predicting the ecological outcomes of global consumption [PDF]
arXiv, 2020 Mapping pathways to achieving the sustainable development goals requires understanding and predicting how social, economic and political factors impact biodiversity. Trends in demography, economic growth, regional alliances and consumption behaviours can have profound effects on the environment by driving resource use and production.
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The Florida Natural Resources Leadership Institute
EDIS, 2006 FE-667, a 6-page fact sheet by Roy R. Carriker, provides an introduction to the FNRLI. It describes the structure and the content of the curriculum, profiles the natural resource leaders for whom the program is designed and introduces the faculty and ...
Roy R. Carriker
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The Waikato River Settlement and Natural Resource Management in New Zealand [PDF]
This paper examines the Waikato River Agreement in Principle by considering the implications of accommodating cultural values in natural resource management for the Waikato River and New Zealand.
Steenstra, Alex
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Advanced Energy and Sustainability Research, EarlyView.This review highlights recent advancements in converting lignocellulosic biomass to fuel precursors. It emphasizes the role of FUR and 2‐methylfuran in aldol condensation and hydroxyalkylation–alkylation reactions. The article discusses their efficiency, potential applications, and emerging technologies that promise cleaner and more sustainable energy ...
Errol D. Saluta +2 more
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Livelihood diversification and coping strategies: evidence from small-scale fish farmers in Ghana
Cogent Social SciencesThe study assessed livelihood diversification and coping strategies among small-scale fish farmers in the Nzema East Municipality, Ghana. Multistage sampling techniques comprising purposive sampling and snowball sampling were adopted to sample 200 fish ...
Samuel Afotey Anang +5 more
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Heliyon, 2022 Soil fertility is the ability of the soil to provide favorable chemical, physical and biological characteristics to sustain plant growth. Its physicochemical properties are greatly influenced by altitude and farmer wealth status.
Abiyot Mebrate +3 more
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Tsunami impacts on shallow groundwater and associated water supply on the East Coast of Sri Lanka: a post-tsunami well recovery support initiative and an assessment of groundwater salinity in three areas of Batticaloa and Ampara Districts [PDF]
Groundwater, Aquifers, Salinity, Natural disasters, Water supply, Drinking water, Wells, Rehabilitation, Mosquitoes, Disease vectors, Environmental Economics and Policy, Health Economics and Policy, Resource /Energy Economics and Policy,
Amalraj, N. +11 more
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Advanced Energy and Sustainability Research, EarlyView.Integrated production of pigments, fermentation sugars, and pure lignin has been investigated for the creation of profitable biorefinery developments. Choline chloride‐based natural deep eutectic solvents possess unique solvent capabilities to interact with plant cell wall components to disintegrate lignin‐carbohydrate complex.
Tirath Raj, Vijay Singh
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The artefact of the Natural Resources Curse [PDF]
arXiv, 2019 This paper reexamines the validity of the natural resource curse hypothesis, using the database of mineral exporting countries. Our findings are as follows: (i) Resource-rich countries (RRCs) do not necessarily exhibit poor political, economic and social performance; (ii) RRCs that perform poorly have a low diversified exports portfolio; (iii) In ...
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Economic Properties of Multi-Product Supply Chains [PDF]
arXiv, 2020 We interpret multi-product supply chains (SCs) as coordinated markets; under this interpretation, a SC optimization problem is a market clearing problem that allocates resources and associated economic values (prices) to different stakeholders that bid into the market (suppliers, consumers, transportation, and processing technologies).
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