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Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The extant carbon neutrality (CN) literature largely offers macro‐ or meso‐level analyses, providing limited insights into implementation experiences that could inform granular policymaking and industry strategies. To address this gap, we examine the lived CN experiences of firms in the transportation, energy, manufacturing, and construction ...
Adeel Luqman +4 more
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What happens when the market shifts to China? The Gabon timber and Thai cassava value chains [PDF]
, 2009 Rapid economic growth in China has boosted its demand for commodities. At the same time, many commodity sectors have experienced declining demand from high income northern economies. This paper examines two hypotheses of the consequences of this shift in
Kaplinsky, Raphael +2 more
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The Role of Business R&D in Environmental Sustainability: Evidence From the Nordic Countries
Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.ABSTRACT As environmental sustainability becomes an increasingly important concern for advanced economies, the role of business innovation in relation to environmental outcomes has attracted increasing attention. This study examines the relationship between business enterprise research and development (BERD) and environmental sustainability in the ...
Abdullah Emre Caglar +2 more
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La gestion des forêts communautaires face au défi de la pauvreté et du développement rural
VertigO, 2013 This article proposes to examine the governmental paradigm of granting and community management of forest resources so that the communities contribute to reduce their state of poverty and raise their standard of living and the potential of these ...
Hubert Ngoumou Mbarga
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Portable Sawmilling Costs for Landholders in Western Queensland [PDF]
Portable sawmilling trials with Acacia aneura (mulga) and A. cambagei (gidgee) have been undertaken to estimate the private landholder costs associated with small-scale timber production from woodlands in western Queensland, Australia.
Robbie McGavin +2 more
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Deep Underground Science and Engineering, EarlyView.This study demonstrates the feasibility of an underground closed‐loop thermal storage facility at a post‐mining site, intended for seasonal heat energy storage. Its principal design shows water flow directions in winter and summer (1, 2), heat pumps (3), an upper water reservoir (4), and connecting pipes (5).
Dmytro Rudakov, Oleksandr Inkin
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Is there a commercial case for tropical timber certification? [PDF]
The authors estimate the potential commercial benefits that tropical timber producing countries could enjoy by adopting timber certification schemes. Such benefits are crucial for encouraging the supply of certified timber.
Braga, Carlos A. Primo +2 more
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Environmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Deforestation and its social impacts are an enduring challenge in agrarian frontiers, especially in the tropics. Fueled by global demand for commodities, this process is mediated by ideas, concepts, meanings, and policies that uphold socioenvironmental degradation. A key and understudied—arena in which this mediation occurs is the sub‐national
Gabriela Russo Lopes, Fabio de Castro
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Implications of Expanding Bioenergy Production from Wood in British Columbia: An Application of a Regional Wood Fibre Allocation Model [PDF]
Energy has been produced from woody biomass in British Columbia for many decades, but it was used primarily within the pulp and paper sector, using residual streams from timber processing, to create heat and electricity for on-site use.
Brad Stennes +2 more
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Environmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Despite South Korea's extensive forest coverage, which accounts for approximately 63% of its total land area, the country imports over 83% of its timber needs and has shown a gradual decline in forest carbon sequestration capacity. The Circular Forest Management Policy (CFMP) addresses these challenges through systematic forest resource ...
Seoryeon Son +4 more
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