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05/12/2026
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Cottonii seaweed (Kappaphycus alvarezii) farming is a growing activity in Madagascar, promoted as part of the country’s blue economy strategy for sustainable development. Despite its expansion, few interdisciplinary studies have simultaneously examined its environmental, social, and legal dimensions.
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05/08/2026
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The authors explore how Zero Deforestation Commitments (ZDCs) are perceived and implemented at the local level in Indonesia, focusing on the interactions between communities and corporations. They uncover shortfalls in procedural equity related to ZDCs, including poor community feedback mechanisms, limited meaningful participation, and insensitivity towards the local communities’ expectations of ZDCs.
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03/30/2026
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As resource envelopes to fund research for development activities become tighter, demonstrating value for money is key. This is difficult for various reasons, chief among these being the failure to embed evaluation frameworks in project design. The multiplicity of scaling partners and their interests, and levels of involvement makes it even more complicated to ensure consistent monitoring...
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02/27/2026
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Sweden has an abundance of wild bilberries which are collected and distributed by domestic firms. A large part of the collected berries are exported to other countries where compounds such as anthocyanins are extracted and supplied to producers of dietary supplements and cosmetics, rather than refined domestically.
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02/01/2023
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Spillias and colleagues
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02/18/2026
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A growing body of literature has documented the links between extreme ecological shocks and poor mental well-being. Nonetheless, postharvest loss remains an underexplored shock to farmers that has the potential to trigger suicidal ideation. The need to examine the connection between postharvest loss and...
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12/16/2025
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In the hope to make a difference in facing today’s formidable global socio-ecological challenges, scientists provide profuse input to global intergovernmental environmental science-policy processes.
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01/16/2026
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The clean energy transition, while critical for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, poses a threat to regions specialized in fossil fuel extraction.
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01/13/2026
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Merkelbach and colleagues
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01/13/2026
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Thapa and colleagues
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