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Australia's Migration Strategy: An Effective Response to Migrant Worker Exploitation?

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT A series of publicised migrant worker injuries and deaths has drawn attention to the issue of migrant worker exploitation (MWE) in Australia. In response, the Australian Government has included ‘Tackling Worker Exploitation’ as a key area of its Migration Strategy which it introduced in 2023. However, it is unclear how effective the Strategy’s
Evelyn Dowling, Alexandra Ridgway
wiley   +1 more source

Sustainable oases agriculture: A journey through Morocco’s date palm production system [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Water and Land Development
In the heart of Moroccan oases, date palm trees stand as the lifeblood of local communities, serving as both a livelihood cornerstone and a dietary treasure trove. Morocco has long been a leading date fruit producer.
Kaoutar Hamriri   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Palm heart harvesting in the Brazilian Atlantic forest: changes in industry structure and the illegal trade

open access: yes, 1998
1. Until the late 1960s, Euterpe edulis was the most important edible palm species in the Brazilian markets. Since then, overharvesting of natural stands and the limited scope of plantations have caused the industry to shift to the multistemmed E ...
JosÉ Carlos Fernandez   +3 more
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Leaf histology of greenhouse plants, in vitro cultured and somatic embryo-derived plants of Bactris gasipaes Kunth

open access: yesActa Scientiarum: Biological Sciences, 2018
  In vitro cultures of peach palm (Bactris gasipaes Kunth) were established by somatic embryogenesis but some improvements in maturation and conversion steps are still needed.
João Henrique Delfrate Padilha   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Preliminary assessment of nutritional value of palm heart of Phoenix sylvestris (Roxb.)

open access: yes, 2014
Phoenix sylvestris (wild date palm) plays an important role in the diet of the inhabitants of tribal area of southern Rajasthan. There is a lacuna in the study of its nutritional value and its potential as an alternative source of food.
Fazril Zayadi
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Sustainable Palm Oil Extraction and Trends in the Use of Green Technologies: State‐of‐the‐Art and Future Directions

open access: yesJournal of the American Oil Chemists' Society, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Palm oil, which is extracted from the mesocarp of the fruit of the Elaeis guineensis Jacq. palm tree, is the most widely produced vegetable oil in the world. The extraction of this substance typically utilizes the conventional pressing method, a technique that is advantageous due to its low operating cost and simplified process.
Constantino Lucas Queta   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Enzymatic synthesis of acylglycerides from agroindustrial residues: process design and simplified techno‐economic assessment

open access: yesBiofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining, EarlyView.
Abstract This study developed an enzymatic process to add value to palm oil fatty acid distillate (PFAD) and glycerol, resulting in the production of monoacylglycerides (MAG) and diacylglycerides (DAG). The biocatalyst loading (Novozym 435) and molar ratio of reagents were evaluated to obtain a suitable reaction condition in terms of space–time yield ...
Ronaldo Rodrigues de Sousa   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Thielaviopsis Trunk Rot of Palm

open access: yesEDIS, 2019
Thielaviopsis paradoxa is a fungus that can infect any part of a palm, and so can cause numerous diseases. In Florida, the two most frequent (and usually lethal) Thielaviopsis diseases observed in the landscape and field nursery are a bud (heart) rot ...
Monica L. Elliott
doaj   +1 more source

Mapping opioid exposure through prescription data and postmortem analysis of opioid drugs in multiple tissues

open access: yesBritish Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Background and Purpose Although opioids are central to end of life (EoL) care, tissue‐level opioid exposure remains poorly understood. The objective of this study was to characterize the relationship between prescription‐derived morphine equivalent daily dose (MEDD) and measured morphine concentrations across multiple organs.
Niamh Higgins   +23 more
wiley   +1 more source

Lanjak Entimau Wildlife Sanctuary—a Palm Hotspot in the Heart of Borneo

open access: yes, 2020
With over 300 species, Borneo has the richest palm flora of any Malesian island. Here, we describe an expedition to Lanjak Entimau Wildlife Sanctuary, a remote region of Sarawak in the heart of Borneo and provide a checklist of the 46 palm species that ...
Kuhnhäuser, B.G.   +5 more
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