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Are agrochemical‐free and biodiversity‐friendly attributes substitutes or complements? Evidence from a coffee choice experiment

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract Eco‐labels inform consumers about the sustainable attributes of a product, but consumer face challenges to differentiate and select for specific attributes. Certification programs are similarly challenged to incentivize adoption of sustainable practices in product supply chains when consumer ability to differentiate sustainable attributes is ...
Nicolas Gatti   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Rediscovery of Ooline, Cadellia pentastylis, near Gunnedah : notes on the habitat and ecology of this dry rainforest tree [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Cadellia pentastylis F.Muell., (family Surianaceae), a dry rainforest tree with a conservation listing of Vulnerable at state and national levels, was first collected from the Gunnedah area by the botanical collector J.L. Boorman in 1907.
Curran, Sandra R., Curran, Timothy J.
core  

Forest restoration in tropical forests recovers topsoil water retention but does not improve deep soil layers

open access: yesInternational Soil and Water Conservation Research
Tropical primary forests have been rapidly reduced in recent decade owing to slash-and-burn, leading to the formation of tropical secondary forests in different recovery stages.
Qiaoyan Chen   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Teacher, a Totem, and a True Tropical Story: A Reading

open access: yeseTropic: electronic journal of studies in the tropics, 2013
A transformative spiritual experience with an Aboriginal rainforest family was not on the radar in 1999 when Hazel Menehira spent some spectacular months in Kuranda, Far North Queensland working with the Aboriginal Mayi Wunba (Native Honey Bee) Dance ...
Hazel Menehira
doaj   +1 more source

Distribution Characteristics and Influencing Factors of Soil Readily Oxidized Organic Carbon of Secondary Rainforests in Western Hainan Province

open access: yesGuangdong nongye kexue, 2022
【Objective】The distribution characteristics and influencing factors of soil readily oxidized organic carbon (ROC) were investigated in order to provide a scientific basis for improving the"carbon sequestration"capacity of tropical rainforests and ...
Hui WU, Zhizhong ZHAO, Dan WU
doaj   +1 more source

Sustainability Strategies in the Cocoa‐Chocolate Value Chain: An Analysis Using Stakeholder Theory, Global Value Chain Theory, and Resource Dependence Theory

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The cocoa‐chocolate value chain faces significant environmental and social challenges, driving firms to adopt sustainability strategies ranging from individual practices to third‐party certifications. This study investigates the factors associated with these strategies by analyzing 304 cocoa‐chocolate companies using firm‐level data from the ...
Stella Marschner   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Charting the Path to Increased Oil Palm Output in Ghana Beyond Area Expansion: Technology or Managerial Capacity — Which Leads the Way?

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study sets out to investigate the prospects for raising oil palm output in sub‐Saharan Africa, particularly Ghana, without further expansion of cropland. Given global concerns about oil palm's role in deforestation and land use change, the focus is on enhancing productivity on existing farmlands.
Jacob Asravor   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

"Modelling Sustainable International Tourism Demand to the Brazilian Amazon" [PDF]

open access: yes
The Amazon rainforest is one of the world's greatest natural wonders and holds great importance and significance for the world's environmental balance. Around 60% of the Amazon rainforest is located in the Brazilian territory.
Jose Angelo Divino, Michael McAleer
core   +3 more sources

Without management interventions, endemic wet‐sclerophyll forest is transitioning to rainforest in World Heritage listed K’gari (Fraser Island), Australia

open access: yesEcology and Evolution, 2019
Wet‐sclerophyll forests are unique ecosystems that can transition to dry‐sclerophyll forests or to rainforests. Understanding of the dynamics of these forests for conservation is limited. We evaluated the long‐term succession of wet‐sclerophyll forest on
Vithya Krishnan   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Pandemic State Failure, Hydrocarbon Control, and Indigenous Territorial Counteraction in the Peruvian Amazon

open access: yesFrontiers in Human Dynamics, 2021
During the COVID-19 pandemic, the Peruvian government failed to protect its sparsely populated Amazon region. While infections were still rising, resource extraction was quickly approved to continue operations as a declared essential service that ...
Ana Watson, Conny Davidsen
doaj   +1 more source

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