Results 111 to 120 of about 5,518 (254)
People and Nature, EarlyView.Abstract There is rising recognition of resource‐use rights of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities (IPLCs) within wildlife conservation. Historically, sociocultural institutions ensured wildlife sustainability in many IPLC areas. However, the future viability of such institutions is uncertain as IPLCs change in response to external pressures and ...
Sahil Nijhawan +5 more
wiley +1 more source
Privacy‐Preserving Data‐Driven Distributed MPC for Heterogeneous Nonlinear Multi‐Agent Systems
International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Distributed model predictive control (DMPC) is a cornerstone for coordinating multi‐agent systems, yet simultaneously ensuring data privacy, handling unknown nonlinear dynamics, and managing heterogeneous constraints remains an open challenge.
Mahmood Mazare, Hossein Ramezani
wiley +1 more source
Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation, EarlyView.Intelligent approaches are required to extract valuable phenological information from time‐series digital camera photos. In this research, we employed YOLO‐based object detection and semantic segmentation models to identify flowers and flower pixels, acquire flower count and flower cover data, and extract phenophases such as first, peak, and end ...
Chuangye Song +3 more
wiley +1 more source
Central Asia as New Battle Grounds: Critical Mineral Strategies of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan
Journal of Eurasian StudiesThis paper examines how the energy transition may reproduce a “green resource curse” and how Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan attempt to escape it. While debates emphasize upstream ESG compliance or downstream clean-tech deployment, this paper argues the ...
Younkyoo Kim +3 more
doaj +1 more source
Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Farmers' capabilities, a core component of social sustainability, have been largely neglected in sustainable agriculture discourse. Using a relational approach to capabilities and autonomy, this study explores how women farmers translate the opportunity of agricultural innovation into their valued outcomes, and which factors shape their ...
Dawn D. Cheong, Bettina Bock
wiley +1 more source
Investment, Employment, and Trade as Drivers of Income‐Based Inclusive Growth in Sub‐Saharan Africa
Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study investigates the drivers of income‐based inclusive economic growth in 14 Sub‐Saharan African countries from 2000 to 2023, focusing on investment, employment, trade openness, population growth, inflation, and foreign direct investment.
Evans Yeboah +3 more
wiley +1 more source
Examining the Role of Economic Complexity and Climate Readiness in the Climate‐Fishing Nexus
Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper investigates the climate‐fisheries association in Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) nations from 1999 to 2022. A key objective is to explore the role of both the economic complexity index (ECI) and the climate readiness factor (READ) in the climate‐fishing nexus.
Mohamed Sami Ben Ali +2 more
wiley +1 more source
The 'Resource Curse' And Conflicts In Africa
SSRN Electronic JournalIn what has become widely known as the 'resource curse', high value natural resources have been linked to numerous armed conflicts and instability, significant loss of life, and lost opportunities for development. Apart from armed conflict and their repercussions, the resource curse affects other forms of conflicts and disputes over land, water ...
openaire +1 more source
Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Climate change, political stability, and sustainability are three central factors that interact and serve as key drivers of achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the MENA (Middle East and North Africa) region. Accordingly, this paper aims to fill a vital research gap by examining the impacts of climate change, natural resource ...
Hicham Ayad +2 more
wiley +1 more source