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Secondary schools' preparation for roll‐out of Curriculum for Wales: Case studies of approaches to health and well‐being in the context of national education system reform

open access: yesThe Curriculum Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Schools are increasingly positioned as key settings for promoting health behaviours and well‐being. Curriculum for Wales (CfW) represents major national reform of the Welsh education system, placing unprecedented focus on health and well‐being for learners in compulsory education (aged 3–16).
Rochelle Embling   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Self-Governance and Adaptation: Rethinking Indigenous Arctic Histories

open access: yesInternational Journal of the Commons
How can a self-governance perspective reshape our understanding of Indigenous Arctic histories? This paper aims at advancing our understanding about aboriginal societies and their historical use of common pool resources.
Jesper Larsson   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

The “new pastoral commons” of Eastern and Southern Africa

open access: yesInternational Journal of the Commons, 2016
Editorial for: Pastoralism and the new commons: Co-management, conflict and ...
Michael Bollig, Carolyn Lesorogol
doaj   +1 more source

Seasonal drivers of plant–soil–microbial community structure and functions in Western Himalayan grasslands, Pakistan

open access: yesGrassland Research, EarlyView.
Plant species richness was greater in summer in both alpine and subalpine grassland ecosystems. Soil moisture demonstrates significant positive correlations with soil organic carbon and total nitrogen across seasonal periods. Microbial α‐diversity peaks during summer but maintains functional stability across seasons.
Huma Ali   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

The transformation of the Afar commons in Ethiopia: State coercion, diversification and property rights change among pastoralists [PDF]

open access: yes
"The major economic activity for pastoralists is animal husbandry. The harsh environment in which herders raise their livestock requires constant mobility to regulate resource utilisation via a common property regime.
Hundie Bekele, Padmanabhan, Martina
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BAICE Thematic Forum:Challenging deficit discourses in international education and development [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Research and policy in international education has o en been framed in terms of a deficit discourse. For instance, policy debates on women’s literacy and education have begun by positioning women as a group who need to ‘catch up’ on certain skills in ...
Aikman, Sheila   +5 more
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Patterns of help‐seeking for mental health problems in 1001 self‐identified neurodivergent adolescents who self‐harm

open access: yesJCPP Advances, EarlyView.
Adolescents who self‐harm are also more likely to seek support from informal than formal sources and least likely to seek support online. But neurodivergent adolescents who self‐harm are more likely to seek any and especially formal (pastoral school staff or mental health services) support than their peers.
Simona Skripkauskaite   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Phylogenetic analysis of the evolution of lactose digestion in adults [PDF]

open access: yes, 1997
In most of the world's population the ability to digest lactose declines sharply after infancy, High lactose digestion capacity in adults is common only in populations of European and circum-Mediterranean origin and is thought to be an evolutionary ...
Holden, C, Mace, R
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Unveiling human–wildlife interactions in the context of livestock grazing abandonment and the return of large carnivores, ungulates and vultures: A stakeholder perspective

open access: yesPeople and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Pastoral practices remain a widespread economic activity across European mountain regions. However, the viability of this activity may be threatened by the recovery of large wild vertebrates associated with passive rewilding, leading to the so‐called human–wildlife conflicts.
P. Acebes   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Who is local and what do they know? Braiding knowledges within carnivore management in Europe

open access: yesPeople and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Growing recognition of Indigenous Peoples and traditional local communities as stewards of biodiversity has brought to the fore the issues of knowledge and value pluralism in conservation policy and practice. Given their basis in practical and multi‐generational experience, Indigenous and local knowledges are highly relevant to managing human ...
Hanna Pettersson   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

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