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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 +2 more
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Addressing environmental misperceptions for nature recovery
Abstract A poorly understood and systemic challenge to global conservation agreements is shifting baseline syndrome (SBS), wherein people misperceive the extent to which nature has changed. This can diminish societal expectations for nature recovery. We broadened the conceptual framing of SBS beyond the more common elements of nature loss to include ...
Shuo Gao +3 more
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Lessons from an eradication under multiple constraints of an island rat population of record density
Abstract Invasive rats threaten island biodiversity, disrupting ecosystems and endangering native species. Although rat eradication has succeeded on many islands, tropical islands present unique management challenges. Strict regulations and financial constraints on some tropical islands further limit proven eradication methods, complicating rodent ...
Tatiane Micheletti +7 more
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Abstract In the western United States, conservation practitioners are increasingly working with private landowners to restore habitat for North American beavers (Castor canadensis) and to use nonlethal mitigation techniques when beavers damage crops and infrastructure.
Brian D. Erickson, Megan S. Jones
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ABSTRACT Foreign languages are often learnt in formal and disembodied environments which may limit the emotional resonance of their vocabulary and their pragmatic usage in real‐life communication. In a context of English as a foreign language (EFL), this study examines whether elaborative processing as a teaching strategy leads to changes in the ...
María Jesús Sánchez +3 more
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Long‐Term Time Horizons and Support for Public Investment
ABSTRACT Generating public support for long‐term public investment may require understanding what citizens perceive as the “long term” in politics and how these perceptions shape their preferences. Across two studies, we find that UK citizens generally understand “long term” as 5–10 years.
Matthew Barnfield +2 more
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In this study, we experimentally show that stochasticity can play prominent roles in driving local species assembly in annual plant‐dominated communities of semiarid gypsum ecosystems. Drylands are traditionally viewed as restrictive environments that impose strong deterministic filtering effects, but neutral events can also contribute decisively to ...
Laura Ortiz +3 more
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Illikviditetsrabatter- En estimering av illikviditetsrabatter på den svenska aktiemarknaden [PDF]
Title: Illiquidity discounts – An estimation of illiquidity discounts on the Swedish stock market Seminar date: 4-5/6 2015 Course: FEKH89, bachelor thesis in finance, 15 ECTS Authors: Viktor Gårdemyr, Jacob Källholm, Emelie Storckenfeldt och Nicholas ...
Gårdemyr, Viktor +3 more
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ABSTRACT Objective Pre‐eclampsia (PE) is a leading cause of maternal and neonatal morbidity and mortality worldwide. Early identification of high‐risk pregnancies in the first trimester allows preventive treatment with low‐dose aspirin. This study aimed to evaluate whether multivariable Gaussian algorithm‐based PE screening strategies, with and without
E. Bonacina +10 more
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”Svenska direktörers ersättning följer inte deras prestation” [PDF]
Uppsatsens titel: ”Svenska direktörers ersättning följer inte deras prestation” Seminariedatum: 2014-06-05 Ämne/kurs: FEKH 89, Examensarbete i finansiering på kandidatnivå, 15 HP. Författare: Hampus Forsberg, Gustav Hall och Adam Janson Handledare: Johan
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