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SYRIA: TWO YEARS OF POLITICAL LABILITY

Вестник Кемеровского государственного университета, 2013
The paper addresses the political crisis in Syria taking place over the past two years. The author examines the nature of the crisis and the role of external forces, and provides prognostic variants of its possible developmenton the basis of research ...
M. A. Lukyanov
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Systemic bio‐inequity links poverty to biodiversity and induces a conservation paradox

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Biodiversity is declining globally while inequity is growing, and poverty rates are not improving. Global sustainable development and conservation initiatives aim to address biodiversity loss and poverty simultaneously. Through text analysis of global biodiversity policies, we identified a consistent narrative that countries with high ...
Conor Waldock, Van Thi Hai Nguyen, Margaret Awuor Owuor, Anna Samwel Manyanza, Ole Seehausen   +4 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

New aid architecture and resilience building around the Syria crisis

Forced Migration Review, 2016
The international community has been piloting an integrated humanitarian, development and government response to the crisis in the region of Syria.
Gustavo Gonzalez
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The Humanitarian Situation in Syria: A Snapshot in the Third Year of the Crisis

PLoS Currents, 2015
Between April and June 2014, International Orthodox Christian Charities (IOCC), an International NGO, and the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East (GOPA) conducted a needs assessment of Syrians affected by the crisis with the objective of gaining a better understanding of humanitarian needs and assistance priorities. Findings suggest
Shannon Doocy, Tefera D. Delbiso, * The IOCC/GOPA Study Team, Debarati Guha-Sapir   +3 more
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Ethnobotanical insights into the medicinal and food uses of Lamiaceae in the Mediterranean region: A systematic review and meta‐analysis

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
For generations, Mediterranean communities have used Lamiaceae or Labiatae plants like rosemary, thyme or mint to care for their health and to enrich their food. By bringing together dispersed knowledge from across the Mediterranean region, our review revealed the continuing relevance of Lamiaceae while also compiling past uses that may hold future ...
Fuencisla Cáceres, Joan Vallès, Teresa Garnatje, Airy Gras   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Integrating habitat suitability, socioeconomics, and infrastructure to assess global biological invasion risk under climate change: A case study of the rice stem borer, Chilo suppressalis

Pest Management Science, EarlyView.
We developed an invasion risk index framework that integrates socioeconomic and environmental data using an entropy‐weighting method. The case study highlights the need for region‐specific biosecurity measures for Chilo suppressalis. Abstract BACKGROUND Biological invasion risk is a multifaceted concept that, according to the Food and Agriculture ...
Jinsol Hong, Minyoung Lee, Yongeun Kim, Yun‐Sik Lee, June Wee, Jaejun Song, Taewoo Kim, Jung‐Joon Park, Florian Kraxner, Woo‐Kyun Lee, Youngil Song, Kijong Cho   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Isolation, Insularity and Resilience: A Review of the Geophysical, Socioeconomic, and Environmental Vulnerabilities of Gran Canaria and Lesvos Islands for Policy Interventions to Global Change

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The dynamic nature of small islands being geographically isolated and their perceived connectedness with global networks complicates research attempts to draw general conclusions on whether insularity leads to marginalization or strengthens their resilience for sustainable development.
Toheeb Lekan Jolaosho, Mazen Marouani, Takwa Boughanmi   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

THE UNITED NATIONS CHARTER AND THE RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT: INTERROGATING THE HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IN SYRIA

International Studies Journal
The Syrian crisis which began in 2011 has left in its trail series of humanitarian catastrophe that has begged for solution. The crisis has decimated the country’s population since it started in 2011, provoking serious humanitarian crisis.
ANTHONY IMEH UMOH, BARINAADAA NWINKOL
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The Implications of Devastating Conditions in Refugee Camps on the European Migration Crisis

Köz-gazdaság, 2019
Th is paper provides a comprehensive overview of the devastating conditions in refugee camps in the Middle-East and their contribution to the European refugee crisis.
Paul Sebastian
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