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Moving in Cycles: Explaining the Failure of Militarization to Address Illegal Mining in Ghana
Politics &Policy, Volume 54, Issue 4, August 2026.ABSTRACT Mining contributes to Ghana's economic growth but also imposes significant social costs—land dispossession and unemployment—which have fueled the rise of illegal mining (galamsey). Galamsey, which intensified during the commodity boom of the 2010s, provides livelihoods while simultaneously worsening environmental degradation and social ...
Sulemana Alhassan Saaka, Phil Faanu
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Journal of Applied Ecology, Volume 63, Issue 7, July 2026.By using probabilistic models to predict contacts as a function of spatially and temporally varying environmental conditions, we show that population‐level conditions at the time of disease introduction can structure opportunities for transmission within each population.
Diana K. Meza +10 more
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People and Nature, Volume 8, Issue 6, Page 1705-1727, June 2026.Abstract Active outdoor play has been positioned in the literature as an opportunity to address concerns over climate (in)action and the rising trend of disconnection from the outdoors and nature. The objective of this systematic review was to examine associations between active outdoor play and people's connection to nature and/or environmental ...
Louise de Lannoy +10 more
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Effects of selective harvest on antler size of white‐tailed deer in Texas, USA
Wildlife Monographs, Volume 222, Issue 1, June 2026.We conducted 20 years of experiments on the selective harvest of white‐tailed deer by antler size, judged inferior, in 2 areas of South Texas, USA. Selective harvest increased the phenotypic antler size of older males in one study area but not the other. There was little evidence of evolution resulting from selective harvesting. Abstract There has been
Don A. Draeger +8 more
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Representation of obligate groundwater‐dwelling copepod diversity in European protected areas
Conservation Biology, Volume 40, Issue 3, June 2026.Abstract Groundwaters sustain diverse surface ecosystems and are populated by metazoan species, mostly invertebrates, that provide fundamental ecological functions and are often of prominent conservation value due to narrow endemism and high phylogenetic rarity.
Francesco Cerasoli +7 more
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Características fisicoquímicas y contaminación por metales pesados en el Rio Negro
Revista Facultad de Ingeniería Universidad de Antioquia, 1998 Entre Marzo y Junio de 1996 se hizo un seguimiento de algunas variables físicoquímicas y de siete metales pesados en la columna de agua en tres estaciones del Río Negro.
Margarita Posada, Jaime Palacio
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Efectos ambientales del ascenso del nivel medio del mar. Caso: Isla Múcura
, 2019 El ascenso del nivel medio del mar es un fenómeno natural que es acelerado como consecuencia del calentamiento global causado principalmente por acciones antrópicas. Entre los efectos generados sobre los servicios ecosistémicos (SE), están la pérdida de playas, la salinización de acuíferos y suelos para la agricultura, la pérdida de hábitat para ...
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Evidencias ambientales de cambios de nivel de la costa del Pacífico de México: terremotos y tsunamis [PDF]
Revista de geografía Norte Grande, 2011 El estudio de sismos y tsunamis prehistóricos usando evidencias ambientales de cambios de nivel de la costa, donde se conservan los cambios abruptos de ambientes terrestres a marinos y viceversa, y los depósitos de tsunamis han proporcionado información valiosa en la evaluación del peligro por sismos y tsunamis.
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Defining and identifying relevant stakeholders to advance effective conservation
Conservation Biology, Volume 40, Issue 3, June 2026.The challenge of defining stakeholders in environmental science and an approach for refining existing definitions. Abstract Stakeholder is a contested term that has spawned a multitude of ad hoc definitions. The ambiguity of these definitions has oftentimes impeded transdisciplinary research in environmental governance and conservation science because ...
Milan Büscher +5 more
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Revista de Salud Ambiental, 2013 Introducción: El plomo es un elemento tóxico para el hombre, siendo los niños la población más vulnerable. Objetivo: Conocer los factores de riesgo asociados a los niveles de plomo en sangre existente en niños de la Comunidad de Madrid tras 9 años de ...
José María Ordóñez-Iriarte +6 more
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