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Wild meat consumption in changing rural landscapes of Indonesian Borneo

open access: yesPeople and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Wild meat can play a crucial role in the food system of rural communities residing near tropical forests. Yet, socio‐ecological changes across tropical landscapes are impacting the patterns and sustainability of meat consumption. To understand the prevalence, frequency and drivers of wild meat, domestic meat and fish consumption in this ...
Katie L. Spencer   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Community-based human-elephant conflict mitigation: The value of an evidence-based approach in promoting the uptake of effective methods.

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2017
Human-elephant conflict (HEC) is a serious threat to elephants and can cause major economic losses. It is widely accepted that reduction of HEC will often require community-based methods for repelling elephants but there are few tests of such methods. We
Donny Gunaryadi, Sugiyo, Simon Hedges
doaj   +1 more source

Why do we burn? Examining arguments underpinning the use of prescribed burning to manage wildfire risk

open access: yesPeople and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Managing wildfire risk requires consideration of complex and uncertain scientific evidence as well as trade‐offs between different values and goals. Conflicting perspectives on what values and goals are most important, what ought to be done and what trade‐offs are acceptable complicate those decisions.
Pele J. Cannon, Sarah Clement
wiley   +1 more source

CORPORATE RAIDS AND SMALL BUSINESS

open access: yesRussian Journal of Economics and Law, 2013
The article discusses the forms and prerequisites of raiders’ captures. The features and trends of this phenomenon in Russia are analyzed. The existing counter measures against unwanted merges are viewed.
V. V. Dubyaga, Yu. O. Dubyaga
doaj  

Forwarding forest restoration: Seven key socio‐ecological issues for advancing forest restoration in a world in flux

open access: yesPeople and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Restoring forests can help conserve biodiversity, mitigate climate change and enhance human well‐being. Despite financial and political support for global forest restoration initiatives, projects continue to face persistent challenges and trade‐offs between environmental, climatic and socio‐economic goals.
Mariana Hernandez‐Montilla   +24 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ram raiding the colony: Māori youth crime in capitalist ideology

open access: yesKōtuitui
The 2023 New Zealand general election was marked by media narratives about a youth crime crisis, with special emphasis placed on ram raids and the Māori children and young people blamed for perpetrating them.
Emmy Rākete, Kendra Cox
doaj   +1 more source

How digitisation of herbaria reveals the botanical legacy of the First World War

open access: yesPLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Digitisation of herbarium collections is bringing greater understanding to bear on the complexity of narratives relating to the First World War and its aftermath – scientific and societal. Plant collecting during the First World War was more widespread than previously understood, contributed to the psychological well‐being of those involved and ...
Christopher Kreuzer, James A. Wearn
wiley   +1 more source

Critical analysis of hookah smoking samples to formulate public health strategy to protect younger generations in Delhi, India

open access: yesTobacco Induced Diseases, 2018
Background Hookah smoking is a traditional smoking in rural areas of India. But these days the hookah / pipe has entered urban metropolitan cities & is seen in restaurants & hotels with the hidden name of herbal hookah.
Suresh Arora
doaj   +1 more source

Some notes on the ‘Baader-Meinhof Complex' [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
This film review essay offers some reflections on the contemporary receptions of left-wing armed struggle politics as represented in the film Baader Meinhof Complex, directed by Uli Edel and based on a book by Stefan Aust.
Schlembach, Raphael
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Detecting extirpation: A localized approach to a global problem

open access: yesPLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
The global biodiversity crisis stems from a cascading series of extirpations driving species toward extinction. Addressing this crisis requires methods for early detection of extinction at local scales, where communities can mobilize conservation efforts.
Andrew D. F. Simon   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

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