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Evaluating synthetic substitutes to reduce illegal harvesting and support species recovery

open access: yesConservation Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Providing synthetic substitutes is a widely promoted strategy to shift consumer demand away from wildlife products derived from threatened species. Yet, there is little evidence on whether product substitution prevents illegal or unsustainable harvesting and contributes to the recovery of threatened populations.
Aditya Shekhar Malgaonkar   +17 more
wiley   +1 more source

Changes in the transformative potential of action proposals in Finnish Red Lists from 1986 to 2019

open access: yesConservation Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Red lists provide critical knowledge regarding biodiversity decline, especially in Finland, where broad assessments have been made regularly since the 1980s. They deliver information on the threat status of species and ecosystems, propose actions to guide conservation policy, and have the potential to spur transformative change.
Anni Arponen   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Self‐help and Volunteerism in Tanzania in the 1960s: Voluntary Labour, Nation Building and Constructing Modernity

open access: yesDevelopment and Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The United Nations has declared 2026 the International Year of Volunteers for Sustainable Development. Against that backdrop, this article examines the experience of volunteerism, and specifically self‐help voluntary labour in Tanzania in the early colonial period, to explore the place of volunteerism in the construction of the post‐colonial ...
Michael Jennings
wiley   +1 more source

Digital Crime, Dirty Money and the State: Southeast Asia's Illicit Political Economy and the Rise of Cybercrime

open access: yesDevelopment and Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Over the past decade, cyber scamming has expanded rapidly across Southeast Asia. These operations cluster in compounds within business parks, casinos, industrial zones and other real estate developments. Although organized crime is often assumed to thrive where states are weak, this article offers a politically grounded explanation for why ...
Neil Loughlin
wiley   +1 more source

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