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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

Trends in body condition in polar bears (Ursus maritimus) from the Southern Hudson Bay subpopulation in relation to changes in sea ice

Arctic Science, 2016
Sea ice is declining over much of the Arctic. In Hudson Bay the ice melts completely each summer, and advances in break-up have resulted in longer ice-free seasons. Consequently, earlier break-up is implicated in declines in body condition, survival, and
M.E. Obbard, M.R.L. Cattet, E.J. Howe, K.R. Middel, E.J. Newton, G.B. Kolenosky, K.F. Abraham, C.J. Greenwood   +7 more
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Business and Biodiversity: Scaling Conservation Enterprises Within and Beyond Place for Transformative Change

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Transformative change is required to address persistent and systemic drivers of biodiversity loss. There is an urgent need for innovative solutions that tackle root causes in place‐specific contexts. Evidence indicates that small, innovative, purpose‐driven businesses can serve as vehicles for developing place‐based solutions.
Shova Thapa Karki, Bradley D. Parrish
wiley   +1 more source

The use of orthoimagery and stereoscopic aerial imagery to identify muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus) houses

Wildlife Society Bulletin
The muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus) is considered a ubiquitous inhabitant of wetlands across Canada and the United States, but recent studies indicate that muskrat populations in many parts of North America have experienced substantial declines over the ...
Janet E. Greenhorn, Carrie Sadowski, Jennifer A. Rodgers, Jeff Bowman   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Impact of FinTech on the Achievement of the UN Sustainable Development Goals: A Hybrid Systematic Review

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Financial technology (FinTech) is recognized as an important enabler of sustainable development. However, it presents a fragmented and limited explanation of how FinTech may contribute to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Through this hybrid systematic review of 93 articles published between 2015 and May 2026, this study ...
Salman Bahoo, Galina Kondrateva, Ramil Khabirov, John W. Goodell, Justin Paul   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Fungal Antimicrobial Resistance: Mechanisms, Drivers, and Global Clinical Burden

ChemFoodChem, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Fungal antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a growing concern for world health caused by an increase in multidrug‐resistant infections, an increase in environmental reservoirs, and the ineffectiveness of current antifungal treatments. Fungal infections continue to be largely excluded from AMR initiatives while causing over 1.6 million deaths ...
Bikash Baral
wiley   +1 more source

Ehrlichia canis and Hepatozoon spp. in captive tigers in Thailand

International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife
Captive wildlife can serve as reservoirs for various tick-borne pathogens for both domestic animals and humans. Ecotourism tiger parks, where tigers (Panthera tigris) engage with humans and other animals, increase the risk of disease transmission.
C. Mongkolphan, A. Saechin, T. Chamsai, P. Sedwisai, R. Boonyarittichaikij, S. Tangsudjai   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Greenwashing in the Spotlight: Synthesising Evidence on Unethical Environmental Claims and Future Pathways

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Firms are experiencing mounting pressure to report their environmental impact. Rather than disclosing their actual performance, however, some are engaging in unethical business (i.e., greenwashing) practices. Prior studies have contributed significantly to the greenwashing literature from varied perspectives, but a comprehensive understanding ...
Sher Jahan Khan, Norah Albishri, Bhumika Gupta, Piera Centobelli, Manlio Del Giudice   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Climate‐driven resource availability drives medium‐ and broad‐scale temporal changes in owl–prey interactions over 24 years in a semi‐arid ecosystem

Ecography, EarlyView.
Predator–prey interactions are vital to ecosystem functioning but may be disrupted by climate change. We investigated a food‐web network involving three owl species over 24 years in a semi‐arid ecosystem at Bosque Fray Jorge National Park, Chile.
Jazmin M. Quiroz‐Calizaya, Adriana Lozada, Douglas A. Kelt, Alejandra J. Troncoso, Peter L. Meserve, M. Andrea Previtali, W. Bryan Milstead, Julio R. Gutiérrez, Craig Weideman, Nicolas Gouin, Tyler R. Kartzinel, Karin Maldonado, Angéline Bertin   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

High-Efficiency Progressive Transmission and Automatic Recognition of Wildlife Monitoring Images With WISNs

IEEE Access, 2019
Wireless image sensor networks (WISNs) are widely applied in wildlife monitoring, as they present a better performance in remote, real-time monitoring. However, traditional WISNs suffer from the limitations of low processing capability, power consumption
Wenzhao Feng, Wenhua Ju, Anqi Li, Weidong Bao, Junguo Zhang   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source