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Weaving everyday environmental heritage into modern conservation policy: Insights from Indigenous communities in northern Thailand

open access: yesPeople and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Signatories of global conservation treaties have pledged to support Indigenous peoples' rights and roles in maintaining biodiversity and ecosystems. Movements embracing biocultural concepts (e.g. Indigenous ecological knowledge, cultural ecosystem services) and governance approaches (e.g. sacred natural sites, biosphere reserves) have provided
Marco J. Haenssgen   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Religiosity and happiness: an ever-winning couple? An answer from India [PDF]

open access: yes
The link between individual religiosity and happiness has been studied with respect to different aspects. The general conclusion is that religiosity helps people to feel happier. However the extant studies have never taken into account how belonging to a
Migheli, Matteo
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Examining Identity Development in Multiracial Students: A Scoping Review of Terminology, Research Methods, and Educational Impact

open access: yesPsychology in the Schools, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The purpose of this scoping review was to map how multiracial identity development has been conceptualized, defined, and studied within educational contexts in the United States. Specifically, this review aimed to clarify what terminology is used and how those terms are defined, methodological approaches, populations represented, educational ...
Tiondra J. Little‐Evans   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Religion and fertility ideals, intentions and behaviour: a comparative study of European countries [PDF]

open access: yes
European demographers rarely study religion as a determinant of contemporary demographic behaviour. One reason could be the secularisation observed in European countries, implying that the effect of religiosity has been diminishing.
Caroline Berghammer, Dimiter Philipov
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The Long Trajectory of Rubber Physics: 3500+ Years and Counting

open access: yesJournal of Polymer Science, EarlyView.
Natural rubber's trajectory is traced from Mesoamerican use of Castilla elastica through vulcanization and the pneumatic tire to macromolecular physics and modern solid‐state refrigeration. Illustrations of C. elastica and an H. brasiliensis plantation frame the historical progression from indigenous material, then industrial crop and on to advanced ...
Gregory B. McKenna
wiley   +1 more source

Two centuries of Begonia exploration in the Philippines: Progress and challenges associated with a megadiverse genus in the Global South

open access: yesPLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Megadiverse genera represent the highest concentration of plant diversity, but these plants are also located primarily in countries in the Global South where huge gaps in botanical knowledge remain. This study summarized two centuries of Begonia collection records in the Philippines to show how historical events coincide with collection and taxonomic ...
Mark Angelo C. Bucay   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Deciphering argumentation on the regulation of genome‐edited crops in academic publications: A systematic review

open access: yesPLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Genome editing technologies such as CRISPR‐Cas are reshaping debates about the future of agriculture, yet disagreement over how these crops should be regulated remains widespread. This study clarifies the range of arguments used in scientific discussions about genome‐edited crops, making underlying assumptions and value judgements more visible.
Philippe Mathys   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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