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View article: Transformative change to address biodiversity loss is urgent and possible
Transformative change to address biodiversity loss is urgent and possible Open
Transformative change for a just and sustainable world often seems overwhelming, but it is possible. The IPBES Transformative Change Assessment shows how we can all be involved in the strategies and actions needed to achieve it.
View article: Climate change-related exposures, low birthweight, and preterm birth: Overview of reviews protocol
Climate change-related exposures, low birthweight, and preterm birth: Overview of reviews protocol Open
Anthropogenic climate change affects the health of people mostly negatively. Vulnerability to climate change-driven health risks potentially affects all people in all countries, but differentially. The negative effects are especially prono…
View article: Harnessing Nanotechnology for Sustainable Agriculture: Innovations in Crop Productivity, Soil Health, and Pest Management
Harnessing Nanotechnology for Sustainable Agriculture: Innovations in Crop Productivity, Soil Health, and Pest Management Open
Nanotechnology has emerged as a transformative tool in sustainable agriculture, addressing critical challenges like food security, environmental degradation and resource efficiency. This paper explores the applications of nanotechnology in…
View article: Mitigation justice
Mitigation justice Open
Mitigating climate change and social injustice are critical, interwoven challenges. Climate change is driven by grossly unequal contributions to elevated greenhouse gas emissions among individuals, socioeconomic groups, and nations. Yet, i…
View article: Mapping fine-scale socioeconomic inequality using machine learning and remotely sensed data
Mapping fine-scale socioeconomic inequality using machine learning and remotely sensed data Open
Limited and missing socioeconomic data have made it nearly impossible to measure or estimate inequality consistently at fine spatiotemporal and jurisdictional scales, especially for lower- and middle-income countries. We deploy a novel dat…
View article: Transforming the economic landscape for global sustainability
Transforming the economic landscape for global sustainability Open
Altres ajuts: Special thanks to support from the European Research Council (VRG: FP7-771056-LICCI and SV: FP7-101002784-EQUALSEA)
View article: Biological changes, political ideology, and scientific communication shape human perceptions of pollen seasons
Biological changes, political ideology, and scientific communication shape human perceptions of pollen seasons Open
Climate change is changing the timing and intensity of pollen seasons, thereby increasing human exposure to allergenic pollen. Climate-driven changes in pollen seasons present a unique opportunity to craft messaging aimed at communicating …
View article: Community forest governance and synergies among carbon, biodiversity and livelihoods
Community forest governance and synergies among carbon, biodiversity and livelihoods Open
Forest landscape restoration has emerged as a key strategy to sequester atmospheric carbon and conserve biodiversity while providing livelihood co-benefits for indigenous peoples and local communities. Using a dataset of 314 forest commons…
View article: The Commons
The Commons Open
Commons—resources used or governed by groups of heterogeneous users through agreed-upon institutional arrangements—are the subject of one of the more successful research programs in the social-environmental sciences. This review assesses r…
View article: Large-scale land acquisitions exacerbate local farmland inequalities in Tanzania
Large-scale land acquisitions exacerbate local farmland inequalities in Tanzania Open
Land inequality stalls economic development, entrenches poverty, and is associated with environmental degradation. Yet, rigorous assessments of land-use interventions attend to inequality only rarely. A land inequality lens is especially i…
View article: Replication Data & Code - Large-scale land acquisitions exacerbate local land inequalities in Tanzania
Replication Data & Code - Large-scale land acquisitions exacerbate local land inequalities in Tanzania Open
Reference Sullivan J.A., Samii, C., Brown, D., Moyo, F., Agrawal, A. 2023. Large-scale land acquisitions exacerbate local farmland inequalities in Tanzania. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 120, e2207398120. https://doi.org/…
View article: Replication Data & Code - Large-scale land acquisitions exacerbate local land inequalities in Tanzania
Replication Data & Code - Large-scale land acquisitions exacerbate local land inequalities in Tanzania Open
Reference Sullivan J.A., Samii, C., Brown, D., Moyo, F., Agrawal, A. 2023. Large-scale land acquisitions exacerbate local farmland inequalities in Tanzania. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 120, e2207398120. https://doi.org/…
View article: Introductory Essay: Shaping Interdisciplinary and Transdisciplinary Research
Introductory Essay: Shaping Interdisciplinary and Transdisciplinary Research Open
Introduction essay and Chapter 1 are available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. This groundbreaking reader is designed to lower the barriers to interdisciplinarity and transdisciplinarity in research. Edited by experienced researcher…
View article: The carbon cost of agricultural production in the global land rush
The carbon cost of agricultural production in the global land rush Open
Increases in the number of large-scale land transactions (LSLTs), commonly known as ‘land grabbing’ or ‘global land rush,’ have occurred throughout the lower- and middle-income world over the past two decades. Despite substantial and conti…
View article: Post operative opacification of polymethylmethacrylate, hydrophilic and hydrophobic acrylic intraocular lenses: A retrospective observational study
Post operative opacification of polymethylmethacrylate, hydrophilic and hydrophobic acrylic intraocular lenses: A retrospective observational study Open
: To evaluate post-operative opacification of hydrophobic, hydrophilic and polymethylmethacrylate intraocular lenses. We had performed a retrospective observational study on twenty-one patients in tertiary care hospital of North India and …
View article: Combining socioeconomic and biophysical data to identify people-centric restoration opportunities
Combining socioeconomic and biophysical data to identify people-centric restoration opportunities Open
Designing restoration projects requires integrating socio-economic and cultural needs of local stakeholders for enduring and just outcomes. Using India as a case study, we demonstrate a people-centric approach to help policymakers translat…
View article: Low-cost informational intervention reduced drinking water arsenic exposure in Bangladesh
Low-cost informational intervention reduced drinking water arsenic exposure in Bangladesh Open
Thirty million Bangladeshis continue to drink water with unacceptable levels of arsenic (>10 μg/L), resulting in a large public health burden. The vast majority of the Bangladeshi population relies on private wells, and less than 12% us…
View article: Prioritizing sustainable use in the Kunming-Montreal global biodiversity framework
Prioritizing sustainable use in the Kunming-Montreal global biodiversity framework Open
In late 2021, a range of experts from around the world came together through GEOBON and the bioDiscovery program of Future Earth to provide expert input to the Kunming-Montreal global biodiversity framework (GBF)—the new strategic framewor…
View article: Climate change, degradation, and land acquisitions: evaluating inequalities among competing interests for suitable cropland in Ethiopia
Climate change, degradation, and land acquisitions: evaluating inequalities among competing interests for suitable cropland in Ethiopia Open
Land is the central resource for agriculture. In many parts of Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), where a large portion of the population relies on agriculture for subsistence and household incomes, future declines in the productive capacity of the…
View article: Impacts of large-scale land acquisitions on smallholder agriculture and livelihoods in Tanzania
Impacts of large-scale land acquisitions on smallholder agriculture and livelihoods in Tanzania Open
Improving agricultural productivity is a foundational sustainability challenge in the 21st century. Large-scale land acquisitions (LSLAs) have important effects on both well-being and the environment in the Global South. Their impacts on a…
View article: The Great Intergenerational Robbery: A Call for Concerted Action Against Environmental Crises
The Great Intergenerational Robbery: A Call for Concerted Action Against Environmental Crises Open
Human interactions with wildlife are a defining experience of human existence. These interactions can be positive or negative. People compete with wildlife for food and resources, and have eradicated dangerous species; co-opted and domesti…