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Classification and Definition of Nature Education Trails Based on Visitor Characteristics: A Comparative Analysis of Forest Cultural Perception among Multiple Groups — Results of Questionnaire Surveys and Semi-Structured Interviews in YingGe Ling, Hainan, China [PDF]

BIO Web of Conferences
Forests are widely recognized as critical environmental assets that deliver diverse ecological, economic, and social benefits. Taking YingGe Ling Tropical Rainforest National Park in Hainan, China as the case study, questionnaire surveys and semi ...
Liang Yue, Fu Hui
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Sustainable Business Model Innovation and Firm's Performance: A Multiple Case Study in the Agri‐Food Industry

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This research investigates how sustainability‐oriented initiatives aimed at innovating a firm's business model can lead to different economic, social and environmental performance configurations, with the objective of identifying the determinants that explain these differences. We carried out a multiple case study, selecting firms based on the
Paolo Di Toma, Francesca Maria Cesaroni, Annalisa Sentuti, Cecilia Correggi   +3 more
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Harmonizing Social Impact Assessment in the Bioeconomy: A Cross‐Regional Fuzzy‐Delphi Approach

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The bioeconomy transition risks underrepresenting social sustainability, while existing Social Life Cycle Assessment (S‐LCA) applications remain insufficient for comparison and decision support due to heterogeneous and non‐standardized selection of social impact categories. This study proposes a cross‐regional baseline set of impact categories
Julia Lessa Feitosa Virgolino, Claudia Coutinho‐Nóbrega, Nicholas M. Holden   +2 more
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Local Investment Funds & Rural Economic Revitalization [PDF]

Research from across North America has demonstrated the critical role that locally controlled investment funds can play in successful rural economic revitalization.
Borgstrom, Gordon, Yesh, Eden
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Radical Listening as a Governance Innovation: Integrating Planetary Health and Community‐Led Forest Conservation in Indonesia

Environmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT While REDD+ prioritizes carbon sequestration, its narrow focus often overlooks forest‐health linkages critical to community well‐being. This paper examines the holistic model of Health in Harmony (HIH) and Alam Sehat Lestari (ASRI), which integrates forest conservation with healthcare through radical listening—a decolonial community engagement
Angie Hsu, Nur Febriani, Luce Alvafritz, Firdani Asri   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Trade-off between Economic Revitalization and Social Capital: Application of Structural Equation Model in Japan [PDF]

An income inequality has been expanded in Japan and some policy is highly needed to revitalize rural areas. This study aims to show causative factors on regional satisfaction level by the estimation of the structural equation model (SEM) with data of ...
Kunimitsu, Yoji
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Partial Replacement of Chemical Fertilizer by Biochar-Based Fertilizer Increases Rice Yield and Soil Quality

Agronomy
Substituting chemical fertilizers with organic fertilizers is a significant agricultural practice that can enhance crop yield while influencing soil activity. To investigate the effects of biochar-based organic fertilizer on rice yield, quality, and soil
Chao Ding, Xikun Luo, Yuhui Wang, Weihua Long, Yongxiang Guan, Qiong Hou, Cansheng Yuan, Lin Wang   +7 more
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Making Sense of the Bioeconomy: A Critical Analysis of EU Policy Narratives and Responses

Environmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The bioeconomy has become an increasingly popular concept in European Union (EU) policy, promising sustainable growth, job creation, and reduced environmental impacts. Yet its meaning remains contested, ambiguous, and politically charged. This study critically examines how EU bioeconomy policy narratives prior to 2025 construct this concept ...
Elena Zepharovich, Zora Kovacic, Thomas Völker, Paloma Yáñez‐Serrano, Ângela Guimarães Pereira   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Managing “lesser urbanity” in light of the assumptions of revitalization [PDF]

, 2013
Enhancing the quality of life in rural areas was inscribed as one of the three core policy objectives for EU’s 2007–13 rural development. In small rural towns, conservation and upgrading of the local heritage became an important part of that objective ...
Dymitrow, Mirek,
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“You just want to re‐open our biggest wounds, don't you?”: Homeplace ethnography as (polluted) environmental method

Feminist Anthropology, EarlyView.
Abstract When I was 12, my family told me a story about their community falling apart and coming together, a time when someone tried putting a nuclear facility in their (our?) hometown. Since we moved when I was too young to remember, the story had little significance until I embarked on a “hometown” ethnographic journey for my dissertation.
Chandler L. Classen
wiley   +1 more source