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Vulnerability of the agricultural sector to climate change: The development of a pantropical Climate Risk Vulnerability Assessment to inform sub-national decision making [PDF]

, 2019
As climate change continues to exert increasing pressure upon the livelihoods and agricultural sector of many developing and developed nations, a need exists to understand and prioritise at the sub national scale which areas and communities are most ...
Bourgoin, Clément, Läderach, Peter, Martinez-Valle, Armando, Parker, Louis   +3 more
core   +2 more sources

On an Aggregation Theory for Indicators Expressing Behaviors of Complex Systems With an Application to Sustainability

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Certain attributes of large‐scale complex systems are often expressed through sets of indicators. For example, the sustainability of an entity, be it a nation, a city, an energy system, a corporation etc., can be effectively represented by indicators and corresponding data series.
Vassilis S. Kouikoglou, Yannis A. Phillis   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Contabilidad Gerencial: Implementacion de estrategias y decisiones de inversion de capital en la Empresa Gallito Velez Cia, Lda [PDF]

, 2015
El presente seminario de graduación, denominado Implementación de las estrategias y decisiones de inversión de capital en la empresa de transporte ¨GALLITO VELOZ CIA, LTDA¨, para el periodo finalizado 2014, se elaboró con la finalidad de caracterizar el ...
Garcia Gallo, Diego Rodrigo, Nicaragua Nicaragua, Olga Lucia   +1 more
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Plan escolar de mitigación ante riesgos por árboles de gran tamaño

Wani
El presente artículo, de tipo informe, surge tras la realización de un diagnóstico escolar del Componente Integrador V de la carrera de Ciencias Naturales de la UNAN-Managua/CUR-Matagalpa como trabajo final de curso, para identificar vulnerabilidades en
Nayely Odily Bravo Cano, Isabel de Jesús Zelaya Palacios, José Manuel Vargas Aguilar, Moisés Antonio García Rodríguez, Rigoberto Francisco Jarquín Matamoro   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Education in a Changing Climate: A Systematic Review for Low and Middle‐Income Countries (LMICs)

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Climate change is a major global challenge that affects many aspects of human life and hinders progress on the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). One area that has not received enough attention is its impact on children's education in low‐ and middle‐income countries (LMICs), which are especially vulnerable to ...
Afshan Ameer, Rami Ghannam
wiley   +1 more source

Class action law suit filed by international workers against Wal-Mart, Dismissed [PDF]

, 2009
Workers in China, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Swaziland, and Nicaragua filed a suit against Wal-Mart for its failure to monitor factories. The court concluded that Wal-Mart had no legal duty under its ‘Standards for Suppliers’ or common law negligence ...
US District Court, Central District of California
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Ideas alternativas en docentes y estudiantes de Ciencias Físico-Naturales

Wani
El presente artículo aborda ciertas ideas alternativas de los docentes de Ciencias Físico-Naturales, así como la relación entre estas y las que poseen estudiantes. El principal objetivo fue identificar y analizar la presencia de ideas alternativas sobre
Andrea del Carmen Arteaga Juárez, Harold José García González, Jerald Brayan Meza Meza, Lener Josué Martínez Alvarado   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Tropical Forests and Sustainability: The Role of Multilateral Financing in Latin America

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The challenge of slowing deforestation and degradation in the tropical regions of Latin America requires financing mechanisms (public and private) that can enable actions to preserve and sustainably manage forest integrity. This paper begins by examining the strategy implemented by the World Bank to protect forest cover in tropical countries ...
Ángela Andrea Caviedes Conde, Encarnación Moral Pajares, Leticia Gallego Valero   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Nation-state Crises in the Absence and Presence of Segment States: The Case of Nicaragua

, 2014
This study provides a critical examination of the relationship between segment states and nationalist crises through a consideration of Nicaragua\u27s recent history. Nicaragua experienced a nationalist crisis from 1981 to the mid-1980s.
Instituto agrícola Murciano de San Isidro, Partido Constitucional de la Provincia (Murcia)   +1 more
core   +7 more sources

Revealing Hidden Impact: Social and Solidarity Economy Enterprise Networks and Sustainable Development in Developing Countries

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE) offers strong potential for sustainable development in low‐income regions, yet its enterprises often operate with scarce resources, weak monitoring systems, and limited visibility. These constraints hinder both their capacity to demonstrate contributions to sustainable development (SD) and their own ...
Maria‐del‐Mar Magallón, Josune Sáenz   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source