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Gladiolus filiformis, a poorly known species from North West Province, South Africa

Bothalia: African Biodiversity & Conservation, 2014
Background: Gladiolus filiformis was described in 1998 from only the type specimen, which was collected in 1977. Objectives: The aim of this article was to expand our knowledge of the morphology, distribution, ecology, and conservation status of this ...
Norbert Hahn, Hermien Roux
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Waders in a sea of debris: a global overview

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The impact of plastic pollution on ecosystems and marine fauna is well documented, although research into its effects on waders (also known as shorebirds) remains limited. Given that waders are exposed to coastal marine litter, this exposure could be a significant factor in the decline of their populations. This study aims to assess the global
Yada Trapletti‐Lanti, Mónica Expósito‐Granados, Elizabeth Znidersic, Marga L. Rivas   +3 more
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The Impact of Tourism on Curacao's Economy: A Scenario Approach

, 2011
Curaçao is an autonomous countrywithin the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The governmentwants to support tourism development. However,various development strategies are possible. This articlepresents four scenarios of marketing and investmentstrategies that
Heijman, W.J.M., Korteweg Maris, DM, Heijman, Wim, Korteweg Maris, D., Jelsma, L., Jelsma, Liselotte, Heijman, W., Korteweg Maris, Diana   +7 more
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Orchard netting impacts on biodiversity leading to cascading effects at the ecosystem level

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Agriculture must ensure food production without further compromising the ecosystem functions upon which it depends. Agricultural practices should therefore avoid harming farmland biodiversity, especially of taxa that supply the key ecosystem services (e.g.
Corrado Alessandrini, Karan Sethi, Emanuela Granata, Ekaterina Mogilnaia, Valeria Vitangeli, Giovanni Zanfei, Chiara Fedrigotti, Paolo Biella, Dino Scaravelli, Luigi Marchesi, Péter Batáry, Diego Rubolini, Paolo Pedrini, Mattia Brambilla   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sustainable tourism development : a critique

, 2003
Sustainable tourism has become an increasingly popular field of research since the late 1980s. However, the sustainable tourism debate is patchy, disjointed and often flawed with false assumptions and arguments.
Liu, Zhenhua
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Co-financing opportunities for innovative projects in Geotourism and Sustainable Tourism in Latin America and the Caribbean [PDF]

, 2009
The Multilateral Investment Fund (MIF) of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), through its Sustainable Tourism Cluster (STC), is launching the Geotourism Challenge 2009 competition in partnership with Ashoka Changemakers and National ...
Inter-American Development Bank
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Review of the fauna associated with wild and farmed mussels and oysters in the Mediterranean

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Mussels and oysters are important ecosystem engineers which modify the physical and chemical characteristics of the environment and create habitats that support highly diverse associated communities. In the Mediterranean Sea, the native Mediterranean mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis and the European flat oyster Ostrea edulis, together the ...
Barbara Mikac, Marina Antonia Colangelo, Alessandro Tarullo, Marco Abbiati, Eugenio Fossi, Federica Costantini   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sustainable tourism development towards spatial justice: Evidence from Masłomęcz, Poland

, 2019
Since 1980s tourism related academia, institutions and organizations (including United Nations), and business practice have focused on the relationship between tourism and sustainable development.
Napierała, Tomasz, Wójcik, Marcin, Leśniewska-Napierała, Katarzyna, Tobiasz-Lis, Paulina   +3 more
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Digital Transformation for Eco‐Innovation: Evidence From Agriculture 4.0 Adoption in Wine Firms

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Firms face a fundamental strategic dilemma: how to align digital transformation with environmental sustainability while maintaining competitive advantage. Drawing on the eco‐innovation and green business strategy literature, this paper investigates how Agriculture 4.0 technologies act as enablers of sustainability strategies.
Alessandro Muscio, Amir Maghssudipour, Yuntao Wang   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Twenty Reasons Sustainable Tourism Counts for Development

, 2017
The focus of this paper is on sustainable tourism’s wider benefits, it is important to acknowledge that there are tradeoffs involved.
International Finance Corporation
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