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Mixing Tropical Perennial Forage Grasses in Pastures—An Opportunity for Sustainable Intensification

Grasses
Botanical richness and diversity play crucial roles in regulating ecosystem functions and contribute to the sustainable intensification of perennial grasslands.
Alex Marciano dos Santos Silva, Emanoella Karol Saraiva Otaviano, Caio Macret Gomes, Alexandre Fameli Mammana, Larissa Fernanda Garcia Carvalho, Sila Carneiro da Silva   +5 more
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Tropical cities as windows into the ecosystems of our present and future [PDF]

Urban ecology and tropical biology have both developed rapidly in recent decades and matured into important interdisciplinary fields, with significant implications for biodiversity and human communities globally.
Tsang, Toby PN, Andersson, Astrid A, Li, Qiaosi, Ashton, Louise A, Dingle, Caroline, Yau, Eugene YH, Dongmo, Michel AK, Yu, Nicole, Ling, Yuet Fung, Tilley, Hannah B, Lee, Kit WK, Ledger, Martha J, Boyle, Michael JW, Guclu, Coskun, Bonebrake, Timothy C, Wang, Yifu, et al.   +16 more
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From Green Governance to Biodiversity Strategy: The Role of Environmentally Experienced Directors in Chinese Firms

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates how directors with environmental protection (EP) backgrounds influence corporate biodiversity concern (BIO) among Chinese A‐share listed firms from 2008 to 2023. Drawing on Upper Echelons Theory, we argue that directors' environmental expertise shapes firms' biodiversity strategies.
Chengming Huang, Sultan Sikandar Mirza, Chengwei Zhang   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Environmental problems and biodiversity conservation through silviculture in Sri Lanka: Current state, struggles and cooperation with Czech foresters - A review

Journal of Forest Science
Sri Lanka, as a developing tropical country, faces serious environmental challenges. Forests, as important ecosystems of Sri Lanka, are under pressure from intensive human activities and climate change.
Channa Suraweera, Josef Gallo, Stanislav Vacek, Martin Baláš   +3 more
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When Nature Counts: Corporate Biodiversity Attention and Access to Bank Finance

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper investigates whether corporate attention to biodiversity influences firms' access to bank loans, an overlooked question in the emerging biodiversity–finance literature. Using a novel, text‐based measure constructed from 446 biodiversity‐related keywords and applied to Chinese A‐share listed firms from 2000 to 2023, we show that ...
Ruxiao Li, Bo Zhang, Zhang‐Hangjian Chen, Hafiz Hoque   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

‘Too Close to Eat?’ Exploring Consumer Responses to Edible Packaging Through the Lens of Food Neophobia and Construal Level Theory

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The rapid growth of packaging waste has recently intensified the search for sustainable alternatives. Edible packaging, developed from biodegradable materials safe for consumption, represents a promising innovation that combines environmental responsibility with food preservation.
Donata Tania Vergura, Cristina Zerbini, Settimio Ziccarelli   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Aerosol–PAR Interactions: Critical Insights from a Systematic Review (2021–2025)

Atmosphere
Atmospheric aerosols significantly influence photosynthetically active radiation (PAR), critical for plant photosynthesis and ecosystem functioning. This study systematically reviewed recent research (2021–2025) on aerosol–PAR interactions.
Hilma Magalhães de Oliveira, Leone Francisco Amorim Curado, André Matheus de Souza Lima, Thamiris Amorim dos Santos Barbosa, Rafael da Silva Palácios, João Basso Marques, Nadja Gomes Machado, Marcelo Sacardi Biudes   +7 more
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Issue Construals and Corporate Water Stewardship

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In the face of mounting environmental and social pressures, the importance of responsible corporate water stewardship (CWS) should be evident, yet not all businesses are taking water management issues seriously. The aim of this study is to explore why differences in CWS persist, especially within industries facing similar resource challenges ...
Daina Mazutis, Mohamed Chelli, Sharon OSullivan, Katherine Hanly   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Do High Temperatures Affect Firm Demography? Evidence From Italy

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study analyses the impact of high temperatures and heat stress on Italian firm demography during 2009–2022. Combining provincial‐firm‐level data with a high‐resolution multidecadal meteorological dataset, we investigate whether high temperatures—absolute and anomalous—affect firm entry and exit rates.
Concetta Carnevale, Danilo Drago, Francesco Trivieri, Francesco De Simone   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Environmental drivers on leaf phenology of ironstone outcrops species under seasonal climate

Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências
Banded iron formations (BIF) have a particular vegetation type and provide a good model system for testing theories related to leaf phenology, due to unique stressful environmental conditions.
LETÍCIA C. GARCIA, FERNANDA V. BARROS, JOSÉ P. LEMOS-FILHO   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source