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Drone photogrammetry reveals contrasting body conditions of dugongs across the Indo‐Pacific

open access: yesRemote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation, EarlyView.
The monitoring of body condition has gained traction as a way to provide early warning signals of population decline, prompting conservation actions. However, the environmental and anthropogenic drivers of body condition variations are rarely investigated.
Camille Goudalier   +16 more
wiley   +1 more source

Revisiting the Classic Moby Dick: The Environmental Significance of the Narrative in the Light of International Environmental Law on the Preservation of the Whaling Marine Life

open access: yesRevista de Direito, Arte e Literatura, 2016
This article aims to analyze the environmental significance of Moby Dick, narrative that, in the mid-nineteenth century, warned, indirectly, on the need to preserve nature against the excesses of whaling.
Ana Cristina Alves de Paula
doaj   +1 more source

Biomimetic Approaches for Renewable Energy and Carbon Neutrality: Advancing Nature‐Inspired Approaches for Sustainable Development

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT As global non‐renewable energy sources depletes, achieving carbon neutrality by 2050 has become an urgent international priority, as outlined in the Paris Agreement. Renewable energy transition demands environmentally sustainable, economically viable, and energy‐efficient innovations.
Wen Han   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Opposing Lethal Wildlife Research When Nonlethal Methods Exist: Scientific Whaling as a Case Study

open access: yes, 2016
As our understanding of sentience in certain wildlife species grows, and technological advancements promote nonlethal data collection, we believe that we ought to adjust our field methods to incorporate a regime of best practice that prioritizes ...
C. Waugh, V. Monamy
semanticscholar   +1 more source

A whale's tale [PDF]

open access: yesCurrent Biology, 2006
Hopes are raised that a visible stranding may raise awareness of the challenges facing cetaceans. Nigel Williams reports.
openaire   +2 more sources

The Role of Māori Values in Corporate Culture and CSR: A Comparative Study in Aotearoa‐New Zealand's Fishing Industry

open access: yesSystems Research and Behavioral Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study explores the interaction of organisational culture, corporate social responsibility (CSR) and Indigenous values in Aotearoa‐New Zealand's fishing industry, focusing on Māori‐owned and non–Māori‐owned companies. It reveals how Māori values shape company culture and how CSR aligns with them. Using Hofstede's cultural dimensions theory,
Davood Askarany, Jenny Lam
wiley   +1 more source

Evolutionary impacts differ between two exploited populations of northern bottlenose whale (Hyperoodon ampullatus)

open access: yesEcology and Evolution, 2019
Interpretation of conservation status should be informed by an appreciation of genetic diversity, past demography, and overall trends in population size, which contribute to a species' evolutionary potential and resilience to genetic risks.
Laura Joan Feyrer   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Granny Whale [PDF]

open access: yesScientific American, 1880
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openaire   +2 more sources

Distributed AutoML framework for multi‐objective optimization of concrete crack segmentation models

open access: yesStructural Concrete, EarlyView.
Abstract Monitoring cracks in concrete surfaces is essential for structural safety. While machine vision techniques have received significant interest in this domain, selecting optimal models and tuning hyperparameters remain challenging. This paper proposes a Distributed Automated Machine Learning (AutoML) framework for efficiently designing and ...
Armin Dadras Eslamlou   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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