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Extent, characteristics and policy applications of Key Biodiversity Areas
Biological Reviews, EarlyView.ABSTRACT A global standard for the identification of Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) was published 10 years ago to provide a unified set of criteria for identifying ‘sites of significance for the global persistence of biodiversity’. We review the initiative's origins, the KBA identification process, characteristics of the current network, threats, policy
Stuart H. M. Butchart +57 more
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Between Cooperation and Individual Action: Relational Capital of Poland’s Local Government
Quaestiones GeographicaeRelational capital is a commonly used concept in spatial economics, yet it remains poorly researched, particularly within the context of territorial development.
Nowakowska Aleksandra +2 more
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European regions in Brussels: towards functional interest representation? Bruges Political Research Papers 53/2016 [PDF]
, 2016 Opportunities structures for participation in EU policy-making are characterised by the inefficiency of institutional channels of territorial representation and the progressive inclusion of broad civil society in new systems of consultation and ...
Trobbiani, Riccardo
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study integrates multidimensional sustainability indicators into a unified assessment approach to evaluate circular strategies in agri‐food industry businesses. This methodological approach is applied to empirically examine the case of the olive oil industry's by‐product valorization.
David Polonio +3 more
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The role of business towards achieving the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) has been well established. However, SDG contextualization continues to pose a conundrum, particularly for firms operating in multiple contexts. This becomes even more problematic in the case of SDG 11, the only goal in the sustainable development agenda directly
Andreas Georgiou
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Barrier effect and cross-border cooperation. The Sweden-Norway INTERREG–A territorial effects [PDF]
Finisterra - Revista Portuguesa de Geografia, 2014 Historic developments that occurred in the last centuries have affected the barrier effect of national borders in Europe and, consequently, the degree and the intensity of the cooperation between neighbouring countries.
Eduardo Medeiros
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External Economic Relations of the Administrative-Territorial Units of the CIS States
Московский журнал международного права, 2007 The participation of the federations“ subjects (administrative-territorial units) in external relations is in the centre of attention of the specialists of different kind, lawyers as well.
N. N. Nasibov
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Although recent literature on the circular economy (CE) has highlighted the important role of ecosystems, there is still limited understanding of the main themes that characterize circular ecosystems. This study addresses this gap by combining a comprehensive topic modeling analysis employing latent Dirichlet allocation (LDA) with a systematic
Aline Gabriela Ferrari +4 more
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Cross programme collaboration between regional territorial cooperation programmes [PDF]
, 2016 There are increased pressures to improve linkages between European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF) programmes. This article identifies three models that can assist more collaborative approaches.
McMaster, Irene +2 more
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Functional Urban Areas as the Focus of Development Policy in Poland [PDF]
, 2015 This article presents the premises, current status and the prospects of using functional urban areas as the focus of Poland's development policy. For the past 10 years, cities, especially large ones, have been increasingly impacting on their surrounding ...
Kaczmarek, Tomasz
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