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‘Incoherence Is, in a Way, a Choice’: The Production of Policy Coherence at the Intersection of Uruguay's Agricultural, Environmental and Water Policies

Environmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study explores the production of coherence between Uruguay's agricultural, environmental and water policies amidst growing tensions, which are particularly manifested in conflicts between an expanding agricultural sector and water insecurity for the broader public.
Simon Ryfisch, Paula Díez Boldú, Tamara Avellán, Carlos Santos, José Sciandro, Manuel Vázquez Cirillo, Malgorzata Blicharska, Mariana Meerhoff   +7 more
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From maps to mandates: Multitemporal vegetation cover analysis as a tool to evaluate environmental judicial decisions

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract This study examines the use of multitemporal vegetation cover analysis as a tool to assess the ecological effectiveness of judicial decisions that recognize the rights of nature, using Colombia's 2016 T‐622 decision on the Atrato River as a case study.
Juan Camilo Ríos‐Orjuela, Ana María Medina‐Sánchez, William Gonzalez‐Daza, Francisco Villa‐Rojas, Mauricio Madrigal‐Pérez   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Charge towards green finance ignores risks of nature commodification: Evidence from the UK's climate and nature recovery policy landscape

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract The urgent need for up‐scaled finance has become central to the climate and nature recovery discourses worldwide. With most existing investments coming from public sources, closing the financing gap has become the overpowering argument for calling for private investments into nature restoration and conservation.
Julia Martin‐Ortega, Ruth Bookbinder, Joshua B. Cohen   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mammal Responses to Habitat Degradation Induced by Cashew Expansion in West Africa

Animal Conservation, EarlyView.
Relationships between (a) estimated mammal species richness, (b) overall mammal species photographic rate, (c) carnivore photographic rate, (d) insectivore photographic rate, (e) omnivore photographic rate and (f) herbivore photographic rate and the local habitat characteristics as denoted by the scores of the first component of the Principal Component
Daniel Na Mone, Isnaba Nhassé, João Soares, Raquel de Oliveira, Manuel Lopes‐Lima, Luís Palma, Ana Filipa Palmeirim   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Defining and identifying relevant stakeholders to advance effective conservation

Conservation Biology, EarlyView.
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, Felix Przesdzink, Christian Wilhelmy, Laura Herzog, Johannes Halbe, Florian Fiebelkorn   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Linking eBird data with high spatiotemporal remote sensing products to estimate occupancy of bird populations across the island of Ireland

Ibis, EarlyView.
The vast increase in biodiversity data generated through citizen science initiatives, alongside a growing suite of remote sensing products and advanced modelling tools, has opened new avenues for rapidly, accurately and efficiently monitoring species trends to inform conservation, management and policy.
Ramiro D. Crego, Solène Gobet, John Kennedy, Brian Burke, Andrew Lynch, Dick Coombes, Sinéad Cummins, Lesley Lewis   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Using Cultural Theory to Specify the Policy Actors, Belief Systems, and Sources of Coalition, Conflict, Stability, and Change in Policy Advocacy Coalitions and Environmental Resource Policies

Policy Studies Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We use grid‐group cultural theory (CT) to specify underspecified aspects of the Advocacy Coalition Framework (ACF). Our theoretical synthesis of CT and the ACF provides, first, an exhaustive typology of policy actors and their cultural cognitive biases that entail, guide, and constrain policy core beliefs about problem definitions and ...
Metodi Sotirov, Brendon Swedlow
wiley   +1 more source

Authority Versus Competition: Intergovernmental Interactions and Subnational Policy Adoption in Climate Policy

Review of Policy Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In the face of increasingly complex environmental challenges, subnational governments play a critical role in implementing climate policies. This study investigates how intergovernmental interactions—specifically formal authority interactions and informal competitive interactions—shape the adoption of climate policies by Chinese provincial ...
Shiming Zheng, Alex Jingwei He, Yujie He
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The Dejudicialization of the German Federal Bureaucracy: An Organizational Perspective on Policy‐Related Knowledge

Review of Policy Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Using data from a long‐term survey of senior civil servants (1970–2021), this study investigates the declining share of jurists in federal ministerial departments in Germany. The mechanisms driving this trend and its subsequent effects are discussed from an organizational perspective, highlighting the influence of environmental pressure and ...
Marian Döhler
wiley   +1 more source

Beyond Groups? Consociational Culture and the Representation of Cross‐Segmental Interests

Swiss Political Science Review, EarlyView.
Abstract In deeply divided societies, consociational power‐sharing ensures representation for ethnonational groups but raises questions about cross‐segmental interests. This paper explores “consociational culture,” arguing that consociational systems create a form of political culture which incentivises the use of group‐based categories and identities ...
Patrizia John
wiley   +1 more source