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Ocean‐scale footprint of a highly mobile fishing fleet: Social‐ecological drivers of fleet behaviour and evidence of illegal fishing

People and Nature, 2021
Managing the footprint of highly mobile fishing fleets is increasingly important due to continuing declines in fish populations. However, social‐ecological drivers for fisher behaviour remain poorly understood for many fleets globally.
Claire Collins, Ana Nuno, Aloka Benaragama, Annette Broderick, Isuru Wijesundara, Dilhara Wijetunge, Tom B. Letessier   +6 more
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Participatory Ecological Monitoring (PEM): Participatory research methods for sustainability ‐ toolkit #4

GAIA - Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society, 2022
Participatory Ecological Monitoring (PEM) is a conservation methodology aiming to include local communities in the collection and analysis of biodiversity and threats data in a managed conservation zone. Often implemented annually, PEM optimises local knowledge to help understand ecological change which is an essential step towards assessing the ...
Herizo T. Andrianandrasana, Jessica Savage, Anselme Toto Volahy, Peter R. Long, Nikoleta Jones   +4 more
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Adapting a Participatory and Ecosystem-Based Assessment Impacted by the Pandemic: Lessons Learned With Farmers in Tajikistan

Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2021
The paper presents a systemic and participatory assessment approach and scrutinizes how methodological changes necessitated during the Covid-19 pandemic implicated the process and its outcomes.
Michael Spies, Axel Schick, Sharofiddin Karomatov, Bobozoda Bakokhoja, Khaidarov Zikriyokhon, Shonazar Jobirov, Ralf Bloch, Ralf Bloch, Pierre L. Ibisch   +8 more
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Undoing the unspeakable: researching racism in Swedish healthcare using a participatory process to build dialogue

Health Research Policy and Systems, 2019
Background Racism is difficult to discuss in the context of Swedish healthcare for various cultural and administrative reasons. Herein, we interpret the fragmentary nature of the evidence of racialising processes and the difficulty of reporting racist ...
Hannah Bradby, Suruchi Thapar-Björkert, Sarah Hamed, Beth Maina Ahlberg   +3 more
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Cognitive Maps Across Multiple Social Sectors: Shared and Unique Perceptions on the Quality of Agricultural Soils in Mexico

Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2021
Incorporating the views and perceptions of local farmers and other actors with stakes in agricultural production is critical for better-informed decision making and tackling pressing issues, such as soil degradation.
Denise Arroyo-Lambaer, Adriana Uscanga, Víctor M. Piña Tejeda, Valeria Vázquez-Barrios, Frédérique Reverchon, Julieta A. Rosell, Ana E. Escalante, Víctor M. Peña-Ramírez, Mariana Benítez, Mariana Benítez, Ana Wegier   +10 more
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Participatory design methods in telemedicine research [PDF]

Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare, 2016
Healthcare systems require a paradigm shift in the way healthcare services are delivered to counteract demographic changes in patient populations, expanding technological developments and the increasing complexity of healthcare. Participatory design (PD) is a methodology that promotes the participation of users in the design process of potential ...
Clemensen, Jane, Rothmann, Mette J., Smith, Anthony C., Caffery, Liam J., Danbjorg, Dorthe B.   +4 more
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Re-connecting with a Recovering River through Imaginative Engagement

Ecology and Society, 2010
Imaginative engagement as a mode of citizen participation - the use of arts-based methods to involve people actively in shared learning experiences - holds promise as a means to increase awareness and understanding, and to build capacity, for sustainable
Paul Selman, Claudia Carter, Anna Lawrence, Clare Morgan   +3 more
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Mapping Cultural Ecosystem Services (CESs) and key urban landscape features: a pilot study for land use policy and planning review

International Journal of Urban Sustainable Development, 2021
Cultural ecosystem services (CESs), despite providing multiple non-material benefits associated with human well-being, have been overlooked in urban planning.
Laura Bachi, Diomira M. C. P. Faria, Marise Barreiros Horta, Sónia Carvalho-Ribeiro   +3 more
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Participatory Methods: the Exemplary Case of the Bela Vista “Island” in Porto (2013-2017)

Социологический журнал, 2022
The authors summarize the origin and evolution of the urban “island” of Bela Vista in Porto, Portugal, since the 19th century. Despite local residents mobilizing in the wake of the revolution of April 25th 1974 in the context of the urban housing ...
Manuel Carlos Silva, Fernando Matos Rodrigues, Ant?nio Jorge Cerejeira Fontes, Andr? Cerejeira Fontes   +3 more
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Policy for sustainable consumption – an assessment of Swedish municipalities

Frontiers in Sustainability, 2023
IntroductionMunicipalities have a key role to play in developing and implementing policy for sustainable consumption, yet the evidence on the extent of municipalities’ work in this area and the constraining and enabling factors they face in this endeavor
Elena Dawkins, Elena Dawkins, Karin André, Elin Leander, Katarina Axelsson, Åsa Gerger Swartling   +5 more
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