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The impacts of biological invasions
Biological Reviews, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The Anthropocene is characterised by a continuous human‐mediated reshuffling of the distributions of species globally. Both intentional and unintentional introductions have resulted in numerous species being translocated beyond their native ranges, often leading to their establishment and subsequent spread – a process referred to as biological
Phillip J. Haubrock +42 more
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Sustainability, emergence and the graduate attribute of global citizenship [PDF]
, 2013 Universities have an another valuable role in enabling sustainability besides their research capacity. We are interested in their role as risk taking institutions, because we see risk as a pre-condition for sustainability.
Bender, Helena, Judith, Kate
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Subterranean environments contribute to three‐quarters of classified ecosystem services
Biological Reviews, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Beneath the Earth's surface lies a network of interconnected caves, voids, and systems of fissures forming in rocks of sedimentary, igneous, or metamorphic origin. Although largely inaccessible to humans, this hidden realm supports and regulates services critical to ecological health and human well‐being.
Stefano Mammola +30 more
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Biochar Affects Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Urban Forestry Waste
LandUrban forests are vital to cities because they provide a range of ecosystem services, including carbon (C) sequestration, air purification, and urban cooling.
Kumuduni Niroshika Palansooriya +4 more
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Was ist «Urban Forestry»? [PDF]
Schweizerische Zeitschrift fur Forstwesen, 2017 What is “urban forestry”? This question is discussed in an interview with Cecil C. Konijnendijk van den Bosch, Professor of Urban Forestry at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver (CA). Urban forestry is an interdisciplinary field dealing with the planning, design and management of urban green spaces, and in particular with ...
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"Edible" urban forests as part of inclusive, sustainable cities [PDF]
, 2018 Feeding an increasingly urban population and ensuring the economic and social well-being of urban dwellers will be the primary challenge for cities in coming decades.
Cari\uf1anos, Paloma +4 more
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An Eco‐Social Lens on Voice for Undervoiced and Unvoiced Stakeholders
Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This conceptual paper argues it is important from an ecological–social (eco‐social) whole system point of view for businesses and policymakers to take the interests of and impacts on unvoiced and undervoiced [un(der)voiced] stakeholders into consideration for both strategic and justice reasons.
Sandra Waddock
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MINNESOTA'S ECONOMIC GROWTH IN RECESSION AND RECOVERY: PART I [PDF]
This report presents statistical reference series for the study and projection of Minnesota's economic outlook in the 1980's. The reference series serve as baseline forecasts for the assessment on Minnesota's job and income prospects in its basic ...
del Ninno, Carlo +2 more
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From Ecosystem Threats to Balance Sheets: Biodiversity Risks Exposure and Corporate Cash Policies
Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study investigates how firms strategically respond to biodiversity risk by examining their cash holding decisions. Using firm‐level data from China, we find that firm‐level biodiversity risk exposure significantly increases corporate cash holdings.
Jing Hao +4 more
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Conservation Can Better Integrate Environmental Justice if We Consider People’s Needs
The Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America, EarlyView.
Beck M. Swab
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