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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, David Brankovits, Tiziana Di Lorenzo, Isabel R. Amorim, Raluca Ioana Bancila, Adrià Bellvert, Enrico Bernard, Anna Blomberg, Paulo A.V. Borges, Martina Cappelletti, Rodrigo Lopes Ferreira, Rosalina Gabriel, Diana M. P. Galassi, Laura Garzoli, Vasilis Gerovasileiou, Grant C. Hose, Kathryn L. Korbel, Simone Martino, Ana Z Miller, Nataša Mori, Veronica Nanni, Giuseppe Nicolosi, Mattia Saccò, Troy S. Sakihara, Marconi Souza Silva, Anne E. Tamalavage, Maja Zagmajster, Efraín Chávez, Christian Griebler, Pedro Cardoso, Alejandro Martínez   +30 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Geography of New Firm Formation: Evidence from Independent Start-ups and New Subsidiaries in the Netherlands [PDF]

This paper investigates to what extent determinants of the rate of independent startups and the rate of new subsidiaries are different. Using a regional data base for the Netherlands over the period 1988-2002, we investigate the impact of two types of ...
André van Stel, Kashifa Suddle, Niels Bosma   +2 more
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A new emerging rural world : An overview of rural change in Africa [PDF]

, 2013
The atlas is a tool that is both accessible and indispensable for understanding rural change in Africa. This original tool relates data on demographics, urbanization and resource use with spatial and economic dynamics, both on a continental level and ...
Imbernon, Jacques (ed.), Losch, Bruno (ed.), Magrin, Géraud (ed.)   +2 more
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Quand les Autochtones réécrivent l’histoire ou comment se porte la réconciliation à Montréal

Revue d'Études Autochtones
Cet article présente les résultats de groupes de discussion menés à Montréal auprès de la population non autochtone, dans le cadre d’une recherche concernant les relations entre Autochtones et non-Autochtones dans les espaces publics urbains au Québec ...
Stéphane Guimont Marceau
doaj   +1 more source

« Nouvelles fondations privées » et transition de « régimes institutionnels »

Lien Social et Politiques, 2011
Depuis la fin des années 1980, de « nouvelles fondations privées » ont vu le jour, caractérisées par une volonté d’innover dans le domaine de la philanthropie.
Frédéric Lesemann
doaj   +1 more source

Evolución y perspectivas de la población francesa en las últimas décadas

Geograficando, 2017
Este texto corresponde a la conferencia dictada durante las XVIII Jornadas de Investigación organizadas por el Departamento de Geografía y el Centro de Investigaciones Geográficas de la Universidad Nacional de La Plata, realizadas en el mes de noviembre ...
Yvanne Bouvet
doaj   +1 more source

Subaltern Urbanisation Revisited *

, 2018
To recall, subaltern urbanisation refers to the autonomous growth of settlement agglomerations—large clusters of people living in close proximity (which may or may not be classified as urban by the Census of India or the relevant state government)—that are generated by market and historical forces, and which are not dependent on large, traditionally ...
Mukhopadhyay, Partha, Zerah, Marie-Hélène, Denis, Eric   +2 more
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Extent, characteristics and policy applications of Key Biodiversity Areas

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT A global standard for the identification of Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) was published 10 years ago to provide a unified set of criteria for identifying ‘sites of significance for the global persistence of biodiversity’. We review the initiative's origins, the KBA identification process, characteristics of the current network, threats, policy
Stuart H. M. Butchart, Olivia Crowe, Tom Scott, Andrew J. Plumptre, Megan Eldred, Ellen McKee, Zoltan Waliczky, Ibrahim Al Hasani, Adrián B. Azpiroz, Daniele Baisero, Fred Barasa, Alison E. Beresford, Bezeng S. Bezeng, Charlotte Boyd, Thomas M. Brooks, Graeme Buchanan, Gill Bunting, Sofia Capellan, Neil Cox, Tim R. B. Davenport, Tammy E. Davies, Gina Della Togna, Wendy Elliott, Matt Foster, Jo Gilbert, Jonathan M. Handley, Diego Juffe‐Bignoli, Victoria R. Jones, Naomi Kingston, Jeannot Kivono, John Lamoreux, Penny F. Langhammer, James Lewis, Bruce Liggitt, Daniel Marnewick, Paul Matiku, Erin McCreless, Rachel A. Neugarten, Catherine Numa, Mark O'Brien, Madhu Rao, Ciara Raudsepp‐Hearne, Justina C. Ray, Samridhi Rijal, Jon Paul Rodríguez, Jurgis Sapijanskas, Wes Sechrest, Martin Sneary, Andrew Snyder, Konstantina Spiliopoulou, Thomas Starnes, Cecilia Tobar, Gautam Surya, Marcelo F. Tognelli, Andrew W. Tordoff, Maria G. Toscano, Yongyut Trisurat, Amy Upgren   +57 more
wiley   +1 more source

L'accueil et l'intégration des immigrants : à qui la responsabilité ? Le cas des jumelages entre familles québécoises et familles immigrantes

Lien Social et Politiques, 2001
Le concept de responsabilité renvoie à des modalités très diversifiées. Dans le cours de ses interactions avec les autres, chacun le réinterprète à sa façon.
Michèle Vatz-Laaroussi, Johanne Charbonneau   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Think Global, Act Local? Fortune 500 Business Strategies for Sustainable Cities and Communities (SDG 11)

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The role of business towards achieving the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) has been well established. However, SDG contextualization continues to pose a conundrum, particularly for firms operating in multiple contexts. This becomes even more problematic in the case of SDG 11, the only goal in the sustainable development agenda directly
Andreas Georgiou
wiley   +1 more source