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Ethical Consumption: US/Leap Views on Fair Trade, Other Certification Programs, and Consumer Power [PDF]
, 2009 This article presents US/Leap’s views Fair Trade labeling schemes and their benefits to workers and consumers globally. Examples of effective certification labels and other tools that serve mainly as corporate marketing tools are included.
US LEAP
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Public Administration and Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Bringing together the literature on policy design, policy capacity and policy making in multilevel systems, this paper argues that the effectiveness of policy design in federal countries depends, ceteris paribus, on the adequacy of federal and local policy capacities.
Giliberto Capano +1 more
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Revista Brasileira de MeteorologiaResumo A substituição da cobertura natural por áreas de pastagem afeta o albedo superficial, que por sua vez influencia no saldo de radiação e na temperatura superficial.
Vagner Marques Pavão +4 more
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Shifting Climate, Altered Niche, and a Dynamic Conservation Strategy for Yellow-Cedar in the North Pacific Coastal Rainforest [PDF]
, 2012 Paul E. Hennon +4 more
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Management of Phytophthora cinnamomi for biodiversity conservation in Australia: Part 2. National best practice guidelines [PDF]
, 2005 Disease in natural ecosystems of Australia, caused by the introduced plant pathogen Phytophthora cinnamomi, is listed as a key threatening process under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act).
Hardy, G.E.St.J. +3 more
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When is an international branch campus? [PDF]
, 2014 For a Nottingham alumnus, driving onto the University of Nottingham’s branch campus in Malaysia is a surreal experience. Surrounded by tropical rainforest, a familiar white silhouette emerges—a clock tower atop the signature Trent Building, overlooking a
Healey, N
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People and Nature, EarlyView.Abstract Integrating diverse trees and shrubs (hereafter ‘trees’) in agricultural landscapes has emerged as a crucial nature‐based solution to the triple challenge of biodiversity loss, climate change and food security. The potential benefits of on‐farm trees for both people and nature, however, are often constrained by inadequate consideration of ...
Ennia Bosshard +6 more
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Effects of Climate, Soil, Topography and Disturbance on Liana Prevalence
Ecology and EvolutionLianas (woody vines and climbing monocots) are increasing in abundance in many tropical forests with uncertain consequences for forest functioning and recovery following disturbances.
Emma J. Mackintosh +7 more
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Ecology and Society, 2011 We present a local-scale case study in the Rio Juma Settlement Project (RJSP) in Apuí, a deforestation hotspot in the southern portion of Brazil's state of Amazonas.
Gabriel C. Carrero, Philip M. Fearnside
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Oribatid assemblies of tropical high mountains on some points of the “Gondwana-Bridge” – a case study [PDF]
, 2008 This work is the first part of a series of studies, which introduces the methodological possibilities of coenological and zoogeographical indication and – following the climate, vegetation and elevation zones – the pattern-describing analysis of the main
Balogh, P. +5 more
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