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Environmental governance in the face of collapse: The case of Acapulco, Mexico, between tourist splendour and ecological risk

Ecological Solutions and Evidence, Volume 7, Issue 2, April–June 2026.
Underwater clean‐up efforts in Acapulco Bay reveal the visible consequences of chronic coastal pollution. This study shows how Environmental Risk Assessments (ERAs) can integrate scientific evidence, regulatory frameworks and practitioner experience to identify pollution sources and guide more effective coastal governance in cities of the Global South.
Sinuhé Hernández Márquez, María Eugenia Zamudio‐Resendiz, María Luisa Núñez Resendiz, Montserrat Murrieta Alarcón, Alejandro Federico Alva Martínez, Laura Margarita Márquez Valdelamar, Nelly María López Ortiz, Carlos Alberto Sandoval Navarrete, Alberto Pérez Rojas, Alma Socorro Sobrino Figueroa, Yanin Islas Barrios, Ricardo Caballero Fuentes, Nataly Graciela Santos Bustos, Abel Sentíes   +13 more
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Evaluating Youth Participatory Action Research in the Americas: Comparative Insights on Empowerment, Methodologies, and Social Change

Journal of Adolescence, Volume 98, Issue 3, Page 698-723, April 2026.
ABSTRACT Introduction Youth Participatory Action Research (YPAR) positions adolescents as co‐researchers to investigate and address social issues affecting their lives. While YPAR has gained global prominence, comparative research examining how it is conceptualized and practiced across regional contexts remains limited.
John Diaz, Paola Velasquez Quintero, Cody Gusto, Ivan Muñoz‐Echeverri, Camilo Norena Herrera, Laura Valencia   +5 more
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Diagnosing scaling bottlenecks in 10 community conservation initiatives in southern and eastern Africa

Conservation Biology, Volume 40, Issue 2, April 2026.
Scaling area‐based conservation, including initiatives led or comanaged by Indigenous Peoples and local communities, is a flagship goal of the Kunming‐Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework. Conservationists often aspire to scale initiatives, but this is rarely achieved in practice. Identifying and addressing factors that limit initiative adoption (i.e.
Thomas Pienkowski, Matt Clark, Arundhati Jagadish, Aklei Albert, Mohanjeet Brar, Tarn Breedveld, Linda Chinangwa, Deepali Gohil, Deziderius Irumba, Ramzy Kanaan, Rose Peter Kicheleri, Phillip Kihumuro, Wilhelm Andrew Kiwango, Mathew Bukhi Mabele, Paul Matiku, Gimbage Mbeyale, Musingo Tito E. Mbuvi, Arthur Mugisha, Stanley Mwango, Iddi Mwanyoka, Robson Nyirenda, Geoffrey Oula, Jón Geir Pétursson, Taddeo Rusoke, Nelson Turyahabwe, Moses Kazungu, Lessah Mandoloma, Charles Meshack, Kaala B. Moombe, Francis Moyo, Victor K. Muposhi, Amos Ochieng, Edwin Sabuhoro, Anna Spenceley, Emmanuel Sulle, David Mwesigye Tumusiime, Paulo Wilfred, Peadar Brehony, Elias Damtew Assef, Morena Mills   +39 more
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Strengthening community‐based fisheries monitoring programs with Indigenous perspectives

Conservation Biology, Volume 40, Issue 2, April 2026.
Abstract Community‐based monitoring (CBM) programs are increasingly recognized as essential for adaptive environmental stewardship. Yet, the CBM literature often highlights successful cases and privileges evaluations by external experts over those of community members themselves.
Kanwaljeet Dewan, Monica E. Mulrennan, Edward Georgekish   +2 more
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Aportes para pensar la participación comunitaria en salud/salud mental desde la perspectiva de redes

Ciencia, Docencia y Tecnología, 2013
Desde la declaración de Alma-Ata, en 1978, múltiples experiencias han incluido en sus prácticas en salud/salud mental dispositivos basados en la participación comunitaria.
Claudia Bang, Alicia Stolkiner
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Descolonizando Decolonizing Linguistics, or the Perils of Refusing Pero no Mucho

Journal of Sociolinguistics, Volume 30, Issue 2, Page 198-206, April 2026.
Kakaretso Tshekatsheko eno e e tseneletseng ya Decolonizing Linguistics e baya kgatiso eno mo gare ga dikganetsano tsa Amerika Borwa ka ga sekolone go botsolotsa melelwane ya dipuisano tsa segompieno tsa go tlosa bokolone mo thutapuong ya Seesemane. Ke ikaegile ka tshekatsheko ya ga Cusicanqui ya mogopolo wa go ganetsa sekolone, le mogopolo wa ga Bispo,
Rodrigo Borba
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Overcoming barriers to build partnerships for managing plant invasions under global change

Conservation Biology, Volume 40, Issue 1, February 2026.
Abstract Non‐native plant invasions are a cross‐boundary conservation challenge, requiring coordinated management and policy responses underpinned by science. Global change is expected to exacerbate this challenge by changing abiotic and biotic drivers of invasive plant distribution, abundance, and impact. Current approaches may no longer be effective,
Jennifer L. Bufford, Angela J. Brandt, Kwek Yan Chong, Anna Hooper, Katie L. Kamelamela, Christy Martin, Ingrid M. Parker, Aníbal Pauchard, Katharine N. Suding, Duane A. Peltzer   +9 more
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La mediación comunitaria como estrategia de apropiación del desarrollo social

Mediaciones Sociales, 2020
El presente trabajo es una reflexión teórica sobre la importancia de considerar la mediación comunitaria como una estrategia de las políticas públicas de desarrollo en el proceso de desarrollo social de Costa de Marfil. Para ello, compila las reflexiones
Karla Sáenz López, María Leonor Ramos Morales, Bi Zoan Sylvain Toa   +2 more
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Coproduction as a Causal Process

Policy Studies Journal, Volume 54, Issue 1, February 2026.
ABSTRACT That many public goods and services are coproduced jointly by government agencies (regular producers) together with clients and citizens (consumer producers) represents a fundamental insight, although it has proven a challenge to define coproduction clearly and to study it rigorously.
Gregg G. Van Ryzin
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Community Strengthening in Urban Neighborhoods: Psychosocial Dynamics in Vulnerable Contexts

Journal of Community Psychology, Volume 54, Issue 1, January 2026.
ABSTRACT This study aimed to understand the local particularities and common aspects of community psychosocial dynamics in different neighborhoods of the city of Temuco. These neighborhoods share conditions of social vulnerability and established a collaborative agreement with the research team.
Alba Zambrano Constanzo, Vaite Trujillo, Mauricio García Ojeda, Francisca Román Mella   +3 more
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