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A Systemic Model for Understanding Business Interactions With Biodiversity and Ecosystems

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Biodiversity loss and ecosystem degradation represent critical threats to human well‐being and economic resilience, challenging businesses to understand and manage their interdependence with natural systems. This study develops a systemic framework—the BioModel—that elucidates the reciprocal relationship between businesses, biodiversity, and ...
Lino Cinquini   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The riparian zone quality index: a tool for monitoring environmental regulations and raising awareness

open access: yesVertigO
In Quebec, due to climate change, the provincial government established a Policy for the Protection of Shorelines, Littoral Zones, and Floodplains in 1987.
Richard Massicotte
doaj   +1 more source

Amphibian richness along modified riparian areas of central Mexico: conservation priorities

open access: yesEcological Processes, 2022
Background Land-use change frequently affects faunistic populations and communities. To achieve successful conservation strategies, we need suitable information about species distribution and the causes of extinction risk.
Marco Tulio Oropeza-Sánchez   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Greens in Regulation: Biodiversity Strategy Implementation Across the Golf Industry

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Although much of the business and biodiversity literature focuses on extractive industries, we turn our attention to the golf industry. Golf courses occupy millions of acres globally, yet biodiversity strategy implementation across the golf industry remains understudied.
Jordan P. Howell, Jordan Moore
wiley   +1 more source

Assessing the effectiveness of riparian buffers in protecting biodiversity: a meta-analysis

open access: yesNature Communications
Riparian buffers – vegetation strips retained or established along waterways – are mandated in many countries for water and soil protection, yet their role in biodiversity conservation remains unclear.
Renato B. Dala-Corte   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Strategic Role of Sustainability Certifications: A Multi‐Theoretical Framework and Comparative Analysis in the Global Wine Industry

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Sustainability certifications are increasingly embedded in the governance and competitiveness of the wine sector, yet their strategic role remains under‐theorised. This study conceptualises certifications as multidimensional strategic mechanisms and conducts a comparative analysis of 50 schemes used in the global wine industry.
Alexy Apolo‐Romero   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Biodiversity Strategies in Action—Empirical Evidence From the Food Value Chain

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT There is an increasing need for better understanding of firm activities that contribute to biodiversity preservation. Panwar, Ober, and Pinkse offer a valuable typology of corporate biodiversity protection strategies based on temporal and spatial dimensions, namely, the preloss (proactive) strategies of conservation and compensation, and the ...
Joanna Scott‐Kennel   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Salinity and redox-driven niche differentiation of ammonia-oxidizing microbes in a saline-alkaline river system

open access: yesEcotoxicology and Environmental Safety
The ammonia oxidation process constitutes a critical step in the nitrogen cycle within river ecosystems. Ammonia-oxidizing archaea (AOA) and ammonia-oxidizing bacteria (AOB) are the major contributors to this process; however, their relative ...
Xiyan Sun   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Nested Carbon Governance in Southeast Asia: Towards Just Nature‐Based Solutions?

open access: yesEnvironmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Nature‐based solutions (NbS) have gained prominence as an integrated approach to addressing climate change and biodiversity loss while supporting sustainable development. Yet, their implementation across Southeast Asia remains fragmented and often contested.
Helena Varkkey   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Assessing the impacts of ecotourism activities on riparian health indicators along the Three Gorges Reservoir in China

open access: yesEcological Indicators, 2023
Ecotourism activities in riparian zones have heightened concern about protecting riparian health indicators (RHIs). Ecotourism in riparian zones is growing significantly, but its management requires trade-offs between recreational activities and ...
Muhammad Arif   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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