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“It Looks as if They Threw the Entire Periodic Table Into the River”: A Decolonial Perspective for Chemistry Education in the Context of Environmental Injustices

Science Education, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In this article I explore the case of the Mariana dam disaster in 2015 in Brazil seeking to contribute to reflections about the role of chemistry and chemistry education in environmental injustices. Drawing on stories about this disaster shared in the Dead River Podcast (2024), on wider literature and on other cases of environmental injustices
Haira E. Gandolfi
wiley   +1 more source

Papua New Guinea

, 2021
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DESCRIPTION OP TWO NEW SPECIES OF HELICOID LAND-SHELLS FROM GERMAN NEW GUINEA

, 1907
John Henry Ponsonby
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Is the Implementation of Cocoa Companies' Forest Policies on Track to Effectively and Equitably Address Deforestation in West Africa?

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Tropical forests play a crucial role in achieving the sustainable development goals by contributing to climate stability, conserving biodiversity and sustaining livelihoods. However, forests are disappearing due to agricultural expansion. In West Africa, cocoa production is a major driver of deforestation.
Thomas Addoah, Joss Lyons‐White, Federico Cammelli, Keessy Maria‐Prisca Kouakou, Sophia Carodenuto, William J. Thompson, Cécile Renier, Rachael D. Garrett   +7 more
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The Melanesians of British New Guinea

, 1910
W. C., C. G. Seligmann
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Efficiency of Public Spending on Environmental Protection: The Role of Renewable Energy, Governance and Fossil Fuel Subsidies

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution pose a growing threat to ecosystems and human well‐being, prompting a call for action within the framework of the UN Decade of Ecosystem Restoration and Sustainable Development Goal 15 (SDG 15).
Pedro José Martínez Córdoba, Ventura Castillo Ramos, Elisabeth Zafra Gómez, Jose Luis Zafra Gómez   +3 more
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Systematics of Planchonella Pierre: The largest Sapotaceae genus in subfamily Chrysophylloideae

TAXON, EarlyView.
Abstract Planchonella is the largest genus in subfamily Chrysophylloideae (Sapotaceae), believed to circumscribe about 110 species, occurring throughout tropical Asia, Australia, and Oceania, as well as the Seychelles and Hawaii. Previous studies have confirmed the monophyly of Planchonella but also identified problems such as species limits of the ...
Ulf Swenson, Brendan Lepschi, Prima W.K. Hutabarat, Bodil Cronholm, Stephan Nylinder   +4 more
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Zoological Results based on Material from New Britain, New Guinea, Loyalty Islands and elsewhere, collected during the years 1895, 1896 and 1897, by Arthur Willey. Cambridge, Eng., the University Press. 4to. Part III., May, 1899; pp. 207-356; plates XXIV.-XXXIII. [PDF]

, 1900
G. H. Parker
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Next‐generation sequencing sheds new light on a major lineage of Acanthaceae, clarifying previously uncertain relationships in Barlerieae

TAXON, EarlyView.
Abstract The Acanthaceae tribe Barlerieae is an understudied lineage that consists of ca. 500 species, many of which are rare and range restricted. Though understudied, it is clear that many species play vital roles in tropical ecosystems, including supporting a wide range of pollinators and herbivores. The tribe contains 13 genera, the two largest and
Robert Comito, Iain Darbyshire, Carrie A. Kiel, Lucinda A. McDade   +3 more
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Ligneous Plants from the Solomon Islands (and New Guinea)

, 1950
C. T. White
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