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The Early Socio-ecological Dimensions of Tricontinental (1967–1971): A Sovereign Social Metabolism for the Third World

Agrarian South: Journal of Political Economy: A triannual Journal of Agrarian South Network and CARES
This article delves into the socio-ecological dimensions of OSPAAAL, the Cuban Third World solidarity institution, focusing particularly on the early years of its official organ: the magazine Tricontinental (1967–1971). Tricontinental’s articles and graphic works, even if not always in an explicit manner, addressed environmental concerns in a ...
Alberto García Molinero, Alejandro Pedregal   +1 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Asymmetric Responses of Ecosystem Health to Urbanization in a Typical Karst City: Spatiotemporal Patterns and Driving Mechanisms in Guilin, China

Land Degradation &Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Urban expansion can substantially reshape ecosystem structure and functioning, especially in ecologically fragile Karst landscapes. Clarifying how ecosystem health (EH) responds to urbanization and identifying the factors that drive spatial variation in EH are important for regional sustainability.
Jinlong Hu, Zhenhong Bin, Yingxue Wang
wiley   +1 more source

Beyond Chemical Compliance: A Critical Review Toward Microbiome‐Informed Ecological Exit Criteria for Bioremediated Soils

Land Degradation &Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Chemical compliance remains the usual endpoint for closing contaminated‐soil remediation projects, although it does not establish recovery of soil function or the durability of the post‐treatment state. This critical review examines when microbiological evidence can contribute to ecological closure decisions.
Mariusz Cycoń
wiley   +1 more source

Mapping the frontiers and front lines of global environmental justice: the EJAtlas

Journal of Political Ecology, 2015
This article highlights the need for collaborative research on ecological conflicts within a global perspective. As the social metabolism of our industrial economy increases, intensifying extractive activities and the production of waste, the related ...
Leah Temper, Daniela del Bene, Joan Martinez-Alier   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Interplanetary frontiers: terraforming from an invasion science perspective

Oikos, EarlyView.
The pursuit of a multi‐planetary existence represents one of humanity's greatest frontiers. If applied justly, it offers an opportunity to extend its civilization's lifespan amid escalating sustainability crises on Earth. One approach increasingly gaining traction is terraforming, a hitherto theoretical ecological and evolutionary experiment revolving ...
Teun Everts, Ronaldo Sousa, Phillip J. Haubrock   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Modeling Sustainability Trade-Offs in a High-Andean Rural Community: Pine Plantations, Livestock, and Food Systems in Patapallpa Alta (Cusco, Peru)

Land
Rural development strategies in the Andes face persistent tensions between income generation, food provision, and the conservation of ecological functions.
Juan José Cadillo-Benalcazar, Pablito Marcelo López Serrano, Amilcar Quispe, María E. Holgado-Rojas, Janet Mamani, Hugo B. Ccopa Huayta, María A. Paucarmayta-Holgado, Richard R. Vargas-Tito, Richard Tito   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

The importance of wild meat and freshwater fish for children's nutritional intake in the Congo Basin

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Wild meat and freshwater fish are widely consumed in the Congo Basin, but in some areas, they are at risk of disappearing due to unsustainable hunting and fishing and changes in their habitat. Wild meat is also at risk of being eliminated from local diets due to potential policy changes such as wild meat bans.
Amy Ickowitz, Muhammad Faisal Pratama, Mahdiyatur Rahmah, Caleb Yengo Tata, Erasmus Nchuaji Tang, Judith Laure Ngondi, Victor Buhendwa Mirindi   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

A comprehensive checklist of Mediterranean wild edible plants: Diversity, traditional uses, and knowledge gaps

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
The use of wild edible plants and the traditional knowledge associated with them are rapidly disappearing across the Mediterranean, with serious consequences for biodiversity, cultural heritage, and regional food security. This study compiles and organizes fragmented information to create the first comprehensive catalogue of these plants across the ...
Benedetta Gori, Tiziana Cossu, Hicham El Zein, Udayangani Liu, Tiziana Ulian, Gianluigi Bacchetta   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Living with the Void: Coexistence, Adaptation, and Acceptance of Urban Emptiness

Urban Science
Urban emptiness is a recurring spatial condition across contemporary cities, resulting from long-term planning decisions, functional transformations, and shifting socio-economic dynamics.
Tímea Žolobaničová, Zuzana Vinczeová, Roberta Štěpánková, Attila Tóth   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Plants, people and their shared heritage: A comparative medicinal and wild food ethnobotany of Albanians, Greeks and Aromanians living in the Gjirokaster area, southern Albania

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Traditional knowledge about wild plants connects people to nature and sustains both cultural identity and biodiversity. This study explores how cultural exchange among Albanians, Greeks and Aromanians in southern Albania shapes the use and naming of medicinal and food plants.
Evanthia Dina, Ani Bajrami, Mousaab Alrhmoun, Naji Sulaiman, Konstantinos Ntinas, Marjol Meço, Bledar Pulaj, Nektarios Aligiannis, Avni Hajdari, Andrea Pieroni   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source