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Seventy years of development of freshwater fish parasitology in China

open access: yesAquaculture and Fisheries
Fish diseases caused by parasites are considered one of the major causes of mortality in aquaculture, which can harm fish of various life stages from juvenile to adult fish.
Ming Li   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

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

Pro‐Organic by Design: Choice Architecture Shaping Online Organic Grocery Purchases

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Consumer uptake of organic food is shaped by both personal values and the way choices are structured in the retail environment. Unlike prior research, we here investigate how elements of supermarket choice architecture influence organic choices.
John Thøgersen   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Achieving Immanent Organizational Ethics: Managing Paradoxical Tensions in Packaging

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Firms face strategic tensions in packaging materials through their conflicting but complementary social, environmental and economic goals in achieving sustainability. Reducing and repurposing plastics, glass, paper and cardboard in agriculture, horticulture and aquaculture is proving a challenge.
Sitong Michelle Chen, Ralph J. Bathurst
wiley   +1 more source

A Quantitative Approach for Assessing and Monitoring the Social Licence of Forestry to Operate: A New Zealand Case Study

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Social Licence to Operate (SLO) is an increasingly strategic concern in forestry, yet its evaluation remains largely qualitative. This study presents the first quantitative framework for assessing SLO in New Zealand's forestry sector, adapted from the Boutilier and Thomson model, originally developed for the mining sector.
Grace B. Villamor   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Leveraging Double Materiality as a Decision‐Making Tool for ESG Management and Reporting in Hydroponics

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines how the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) and double materiality can be integrated within the agri‐food sector, with a particular focus on a company operating in hydroponic agriculture. This study conducts a comprehensive double materiality assessment to evaluate the organization's socio‐environmental ...
Christian Bux   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Target-specific feeding strategies in carp-tilapia polyculture ponds: Effects of feed type and carp size

open access: yesAquaculture Reports
In polyculture ponds, feeding strategies can affect the species-specific intake and utilisation of both supplementary feed and natural food, thereby influencing overall pond performance.
Morgina Akter   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Ecolabels as Instruments for Biodiversity Governance in Agri‐Food Systems: A Comparative Assessment of EU Certification Schemes

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Biodiversity underpins ecosystem functioning and the provision of ecosystem services, yet it continues to decline due to intensive agriculture, pollution, habitat loss and climate change. Although ecolabels are increasingly used to communicate sustainability attributes and influence consumer choices, their role in addressing biodiversity ...
Marzieh Aminravan   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Multi-omics analysis reveals that Bacillus spp. enhance mucosal antiviral immunity in teleost fish by mediating diglyceride production through lipid metabolism

open access: yesMicrobiome
Background Symbiotic microbiota in vertebrates play critical roles in establishing and enhancing host resistance to pathogenic infections as well as maintaining host homeostasis.
Gaofeng Cheng   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

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