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More than proteins for empty stomachs: Wild meat in the BaTonga food system

open access: yesPeople and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Our paper highlights the limitations of the framework used by many conservation‐focused programmes that incorporate food security objectives. This framework encourages the substitution of wild proteins with domestic proteins by promoting animal farming in communities located near conservation areas.
Muriel Figuié   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Economics: An Emerging Small World? [PDF]

open access: yes
The structures of social interaction affect individual behavior and economic performance in important ways. This leads us to ask: does the architecture of social interaction exhibit particular patterns and are these patterns stable over time?
José Luis Moraga-Gonzàlez   +2 more
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A Social-ecological Approach to Voluntary Environmental Initiatives: The Case of Nature-based Tourism [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
This paper addresses the role of voluntary environmental initiatives by the tourism industry to alleviate social dilemmas for the management of natural ...
Esther Blanco
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Why do people go to nature? Enhancing the recognition and scope of cultural ecosystem services in landscape

open access: yesPeople and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract The cultural ecosystem services (CES) framework allows to systematically analyse non‐material human–nature relationships and can help to increase the recognition and scope of various intangible place‐based values. Although the amount of scientific literature addressing CES has increased over the last few decades, studies largely focus only on ...
Jan Daněk   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Determinants of African Tourism [PDF]

open access: yes
Using a standard panel gravity equation of 175 origin/destination countries between 1995 and 2008, 37 of which are African, we identify the factors that drive African-inbound (arrivals to Africa from other continents) and within-African tourism (arrivals
Johan Fourie, Maria Santana-Gallego
core   +1 more source

Synergizing scientific and local knowledge for ecosystem services assessments: A case study in northern Portugal

open access: yesPeople and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Integrating scientific and local ecological knowledge on ecosystem services (ES) is essential for effective and inclusive environmental management. Such an integration strengthens societal engagement, supports policy implementation and helps reduce sectoral conflicts across marine sectors.
Jacinto Cunha   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Trust and Fiscal Performance: A Panel Analysis with Swiss Data [PDF]

open access: yes
Citizens are willing to abandon their short-term financial interest in free-riding considerably, if governments act in their interest, if procedures of the public decisions-making process are felt to be fair and if other fellow-citizens have to ...
Benno Torgler, Christoph A. Schaltegger
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Analysis of the Relationships Between Sustainable Development Goals, Sustainable Development and Organizational Results: An Empirical Study

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study aims to determine whether the practices companies carry out to contribute to the SDGs have an impact on sustainable development and influence their performance. It also seeks to establish whether sustainable development enables companies to improve their business results.
Juan Antonio Giménez Espín   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Off-Season Tourists and the Cultural Offer of a Mass-Tourism Destination: The Case of Rimini [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper assesses the potential implications on off-season tourism of enhancing the cultural offer of Rimini, a popular Italian seaside holiday destination.
Laura Vici, Paolo Figini
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Biodiversity Research From an Accountability Perspective: Current Gaps and Prospects for Future Research

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study is to apply an accountability model to systematically review the biodiversity accounting research published in accounting journals over the last 23 years (2002–2024). An instrument containing a list of questions and sub‐questions addressing four steps of an accountability model—why to report, to whom to report, what ...
Damilola Felix Eluyela   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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