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Blockchain and Food Trust: Will Consumers Pay More?

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Blockchain is increasingly used in agri‐food supply chains to make products more transparent and trustworthy. Yet, in countries like Italy, where certifications such as PDO, PGI, and organic labels already shape consumer confidence, its added value is still unclear.
Federico Modica, Filippo Sgroi, Giusi Giamporcaro, Caterina Sciortino   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Reusing waste toner powder as functional additives for alkali-activated slag

Case Studies in Construction Materials
The incorporation of waste toner powder (WTP), a recognized hazardous waste, into cementitious materials as a functional additive offers a cost-effective disposal method and a sustainable utilization approach.
Jun Ren, Xincheng Huang, Junjie Liu, Jianghong Mao, Chengzhao Liang, Zhaowei Cheng, Haiyan Zhu, Jian Xu, Ziqi Dong, Moray Newlands, Tangwei Mi   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

Urban Environmental Health and Sensitive Populations: How Much Are the Italians Willing to Pay to Reduce Their Risks? [PDF]

We use contingent valuation to elicit WTP for a reduction in the risk of dying for cardiovascular and respiratory causes, the most important causes of premature mortality associated with heat wave and air pollution, among the Italian public.
Aline Chiabai, Anna Alberini
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Environmental Identity, Social Openness and Economic Support for Sustainable Festivals: The Mediating Role of Attitudes Toward Sustainable Practices

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT As sustainability pressures intensify across the global event and tourism industries, this study examines how environmental identity and social openness shape visitors' willingness to pay more for sustainable festivals and whether attitudes toward specific sustainability practices mediate these relationships.
László Kökény, Melinda Jászberényi, Gilda Hernández‐Maskivker, Levente Kökény   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Public Willingness to Pay for Regenerative Agriculture: Socioeconomic Drivers and Perception of Ecosystem Services

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Agricultural intensification is a key driver of soil erosion, biodiversity loss, and the progressive degradation of ecosystems, increasing the urgency for transformative agricultural models. Regenerative agriculture (RA) has emerged as a promising solution by integrating ecological principles with long‐term economic viability to restore ...
Beatriz Salazar‐Gálvez, Yolanda Sorroche‐del‐Rey, Laura Piedra‐Muñoz, Pedro A. Aguilera   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Location differences in communities’ preferences for environmental improvements in selected NSW catchments: A Choice Modelling approach [PDF]

To elicit household willingness to pay (WTP) for improvements in environmental quality in three NSW catchments (Lachlan, Namoi and Hawkesbury-Nepean), a choice modelling (CM) study was conducted.
Mazur, Kasia, Bennett, Jeffrey W.
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Mitigating the Impact of Drought on Inland Water Transport: A System Dynamics Approach

Systems Research and Behavioral Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In recent years, droughts have disrupted goods transport on Dutch waterways, causing production losses in the hinterland and reputational damage to inland water transport (IWT). As future droughts are expected to be more extreme, the question is how IWT can stay reliable.
Stefan Salome, Arjen Ros, Marjolein Mens, Willem L. Auping, Jan H. Kwakkel   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Roaring to Go: Engagement With Positive Reinforcement Training as a Valid and Reliable Indicator of Positive Welfare in Zoo Big Cats

Zoo Biology, EarlyView.
A figure summarising the information conveyed by the abstract in graphical form ABSTRACT Engagement with positive reinforcement training is a non‐invasive, easily recorded, and valid indicator of welfare in captive bottlenose dolphins. However, despite the ubiquitousness of training programs in zoo‐housed mammals in accredited zoos, this metric has yet
Kalliopi Angelakopoulos, Aurelie Jolivald   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Value of Controlling Wilding Conifers in New Zealand

Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Exotic, invasive conifer tree species, known as ‘wilding conifers’, pose a significant threat to natural ecosystems and are costly to manage, creating a need to identify community preferences in order to inform and balance public investment in their control.
Maksym Polyakov, Abbie Rogers, Philip Stahlmann‐Brown, Rowan Sprague, Olivia Burge, Johanna Yletyinen, Duane A. Peltzer   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

ACCOUNTING FOR BIODIVERSITY: Periphery Urbanization, Environmental Conflict, and Spatial Inequality in Monetizing the Value of Nature

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract In terms of mainstream sustainability economics, market‐led initiatives aimed at biodiversity restoration represent a productive, morally conscientious choice. Under this view, efforts in areas such as biodiversity offsetting, net gain, or finance are considered effective tools for preventing or managing environmental degradation.
Ihnji Jon
wiley   +1 more source