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State‐Level Politics in Forest Governance: The Role of the Narrative‐Policy Nexus in the Brazilian Amazon

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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Urban greening with shrubs can supercharge invertebrate abundance and diversity

Scientific Reports
In urban areas, diverse and complex habitats for biodiversity are often lacking. This lack of diversity not only compromises essential ecological processes, such as pollination and nutrient cycling, but also diminishes the resilience of urban ecosystems ...
Mahmuda Sharmin, Mark G. Tjoelker, Manuel Esperon-Rodriguez, Alihan Katlav, Amy-Marie Gilpin, Paul D. Rymer, Sally A. Power   +6 more
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Licensed Commoning and the Authoritarian Commons: Governing Participation in China's Community Gardens

Environmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT China's environmental governance transition combines intensified vertical accountability and performance‐based management with expanding calls for public participation. However, despite growing demand for civic engagement, there remains limited understanding of how participatory environmental initiatives are structured and governed in practice.
Linjun Xie, Mengqi Shao, Gaohan Deng
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Integrating Urban Tree Carbon Sequestration into Metropolitan Ecosystem Services for Climate-Neutral Cities: A Citizen Science-Based Methodology

Urban Science
Urban trees play a critical role in mitigating climate change by capturing atmospheric CO2 and providing multiple co-benefits, including cooling urban environments, reducing building energy demand, and enhancing citizens’ physical and psychological well ...
Jordi Mazon
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Residential Exposure to Urban Trees and Medication Sales for Mood Disorders and Cardiovascular Disease in Brussels, Belgium: An Ecological Study. [PDF]

Environ Health Perspect, 2022
Chi D, Aerts R, Van Nieuwenhuyse A, Bauwelinck M, Demoury C, Plusquin M, Nawrot TS, Casas L, Somers B.   +8 more
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When Policy Is the Hazard: Institutional Legitimacy and Climate Risk Attribution Among Farmers in Water Stressed California

Environmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines how farmers perceive and respond to climate policy risk in the context of drought and argues that understanding such responses is as important as understanding farmer reactions to the biophysical impacts of climate change.
M. Anne Visser, Jordan Pantano, Grace Kumetat, Julia Marhenke   +3 more
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Above-ground biomass references for urban trees from terrestrial laser scanning data. [PDF]

Ann Bot, 2021
Kükenbrink D, Gardi O, Morsdorf F, Thürig E, Schellenberger A, Mathys L.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The Global Epilepsy Needs Study (GENS): A mixed‐methods, multi‐country exploration of the unmet psychosocial and everyday needs of people with epilepsy

Epilepsia Open, EarlyView.
Abstract Objective While epilepsy research has largely focused on medical management and clinical outcomes, less attention has been given to the unmet psychosocial and everyday needs of people with epilepsy (PWE), particularly in low‐ and middle‐income countries.
Gus A. Baker, Sandeep Kumar Bagga, Donna Walsh, Claire Nolan, Shivani Sharma, Charlotte Hooker, Pepa Gonzalez Parrao, Francesca Sofia, J. Helen Cross, Ma. Marta Bertone, Ivana García, Adam Jallow Janneh, Alison Kukla, Elvira Vacas Montero, Ding Ding, Latica Friedrich, Lecio Figueira Pinto, Gagandeep Singh, Chahnez Charfi Triki, Leya Raj, Allan Reese, on behalf of GENS Collaborators, Naziya Anzari, Alicia Bogacz, Martin Brodie, Heather Brooks, Nicole Coulthard, Laura Dickson, Laura Maria de Figueiredo Ferreira Guilhoto, Anchor Hung, John Nute Jabang, Boram Lee, Kheng‐Seang Lim, Rebecca Lisle, Anita Mago, Sharon Mbugua, Bindu Menon, Sarah Nekesa, Youssouf Noormamode, Per Olesen, Kris Pierce, Dzenana Rustempasic, Jitendra K. Sahu, Ana Sruk, Christa Studzinski, Nirmal Surya, Maria Alice Susemihl, Laura Weidner, Samuel Wiebe, Andrea Wilkinson, Leonie Wollscheid, Ian Wong, Bernadette Zappa   +52 more
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Solid Biofuel Usage and Households' Behavior Toward Energy Choice in Northwest Ethiopia

Energy Science &Engineering, EarlyView.
This study analyzed household energy choice behavior in northwest Ethiopia using an integrated energy stacking and decision‐making framework. Evidence shows dominant reliance on solid biomass and a fuel‐stacking pattern, while urban residences, higher income, and education increase clean energy adoption, highlighting the need for pro‐poor, context ...
Habtamu Setargachew Molla, Zemen Ayalew Ayele, Essa Chanie Mussa, Marelign Adugna Mesele   +3 more
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The politics of urban trees: Tree planting is associated with gentrification in Portland, Oregon. [PDF]

For Policy Econ, 2021
Donovan GH, Prestemon JP, Butry DT, Kaminski AR, Monleon VJ.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source