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View article: Long-term monitoring of ocelots Leopardus pardalis (Carnivora: Felidae) in Tortuguero National Park, Costa Rica
Long-term monitoring of ocelots Leopardus pardalis (Carnivora: Felidae) in Tortuguero National Park, Costa Rica Open
Introduction: The ocelot Leopardus pardalis, though currently listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, has a declining population, and faces threats such as habitat loss and fragmentation and hunting across the entirety of its geograp…
View article: Indro Montanelli: Our Man in the Baltic
Indro Montanelli: Our Man in the Baltic Open
This essay looks at the four-year period Indro Montanelli spent as a journalist, writer, and Fascist government representative in Estonia, Poland, and Finland between 1937 and 1941: four years during which the map of Europe was permanently…
View article: New records of jaguar (Panthera onca) in Península Papagayo, Guanacaste Conservation Area, Costa Rica
New records of jaguar (Panthera onca) in Península Papagayo, Guanacaste Conservation Area, Costa Rica Open
While jaguars (Panthera onca) are known to inhabit Guanacaste Conservation Area, Costa Rica, there are sectors within the conservation area where the species has not been confirmed. Therefore, herein we document the first jaguar records in…
View article: Reflecting on Recent History, Challenges and Scholarship Opportunities
Reflecting on Recent History, Challenges and Scholarship Opportunities Open
This Editorial is not our regular overview of the year (it would be odd to do it so early in the year) but it accompanies a less ordinary issue of the Social and Environmental Accountability Journal (SEAJ). In the first issue of 2024, we f…
View article: Accounting, finance and conflict in football arenas
Accounting, finance and conflict in football arenas Open
Purpose To provide insights into the role of formal and informal accounts in preventing the liquidation of a professional football club and in post-crisis rebuilding. Design/methodology/approach This case study, framed as a conflict arena,…
View article: Engaging with the IPCC on Climate Finance: A Call to Action and Platform for Social and Environmental Accounting Scholars
Engaging with the IPCC on Climate Finance: A Call to Action and Platform for Social and Environmental Accounting Scholars Open
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has entered a new era, with insights from the social sciences now seen as critical to informing global policymaking decisions on the climate crisis. Previously, economists dominated the …
View article: Mobilising Islamic Funds for Climate Actions: From Transparency to Traceability
Mobilising Islamic Funds for Climate Actions: From Transparency to Traceability Open
Mobilising sufficient financial resources for low carbon development has led to countries integrating green bonds into their sovereign bond portfolios. However, questions remain over the efficacy and integrity of these financial instrument…
View article: Phenotypical Screening on Neuronal Plasticity in Hippocampal-Prefrontal Cortex Connectivity Reveals an Antipsychotic with a Novel Profile
Phenotypical Screening on Neuronal Plasticity in Hippocampal-Prefrontal Cortex Connectivity Reveals an Antipsychotic with a Novel Profile Open
Dysfunction in the hippocampus-prefrontal cortex (H-PFC) circuit is a critical determinant of schizophrenia. Screening of pyridazinone-risperidone hybrids on this circuit revealed EGIS 11150 (S 36549). EGIS 11150 induced theta rhythm in hi…
View article: Addressing the climate challenge
Addressing the climate challenge Open
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View article: Accounting and Climate Finance: Engaging with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
Accounting and Climate Finance: Engaging with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Open
Following our recent commentary (Charnock and Thomson 2019), we are calling on SEA scholars to engage with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The IPCC synthesise climate research...
View article: Framing sustainable development challenges: accounting for SDG-15 in the UK
Framing sustainable development challenges: accounting for SDG-15 in the UK Open
Purpose This research seeks to explain how a national government becomes capable of constructing an account of its biodiversity performance that is aimed at enabling formulation of policy in pursuit of SDG 15: Life on Land. Design/methodol…
View article: Policymakers, Regulators and Courts – Who Decides What, When and How? The Evolution of Regulatory Independence
Policymakers, Regulators and Courts – Who Decides What, When and How? The Evolution of Regulatory Independence Open
This new discussion paper, authored by Positive Energy Executive-in-Residence Mike Cleland and Research Associate Ian T.D. Thomson, with Positive Energy Chair Professor Monica Gattinger, builds on Positive Energy's ongoing research and eng…
View article: Ecological damage, human rights and oil: local advocacy NGOs dialogic action and alternative accounting practices
Ecological damage, human rights and oil: local advocacy NGOs dialogic action and alternative accounting practices Open
This study explores why local NGOs in the Niger Delta integrate dialogic action and accounts into their campaigns to protect the human, economic and environmental rights of indigenous communities. The NGOs considered their alternative-acco…
View article: NGO accounting and accountability: past, present and future
NGO accounting and accountability: past, present and future Open
The main aim of this paper is to introduce key themes of NGO accounting and accountability and provide an overview of the papers included in this special issue. These papers deal with formal reporting issues related to the regulatory requi…
View article: Teaching Case. The Case of Assabi: Expanding the Learning on Sustainability Through an Experiential Qualitative Multi-Criteria Decision Making Activity
Teaching Case. The Case of Assabi: Expanding the Learning on Sustainability Through an Experiential Qualitative Multi-Criteria Decision Making Activity Open
This teaching case study provides a learning context to explore the integration of sustainability concepts into business decision-making processes from multiple stakeholder perspectives. The case study consists of the simulation of a multi…
View article: Accountability, maps and inter-generational equity: evaluating the Nigerian oil spill monitor
Accountability, maps and inter-generational equity: evaluating the Nigerian oil spill monitor Open
The Oil Spill Monitor (OSM) is an innovative public sector accounting system intended to improve the regulation of oil pollution in the Niger Delta through greater transparency and stakeholders’ engagement. The Nigerian OSM, an online acco…
View article: Review: Time machines, ethics and sustainable development: accounting for inter-generational equity in public sector organizations
Review: Time machines, ethics and sustainable development: accounting for inter-generational equity in public sector organizations Open
This review paper explores the key challenges associated with effective inter-generational equity accounts in relation to the governance of public sector organizations and sustainable development transformations. Three different approaches…
View article: Feeding habits of the jaguar Panthera onca (Carnivora: Felidae) in Tortuguero National Park, Costa Rica
Feeding habits of the jaguar Panthera onca (Carnivora: Felidae) in Tortuguero National Park, Costa Rica Open
Although dietary studies are considered an important conservation tool, few studies have assessed jaguar (Panthera onca) diet in Costa Rica. Therefore, this study describes the diet composition of the jaguar in Tortuguero National Park, Co…
View article: International advocacy NGOs, counter accounting, accountability and engagement
International advocacy NGOs, counter accounting, accountability and engagement Open
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore how and why international advocacy NGOs (iaNGOs) use counter accounting as part of their campaigns against oil companies operating in the Niger Delta to reform problematic regulatory systems …
View article: Relative abundance and activity patterns of terrestrial mammals in Pacuare Nature Reserve, Costa Rica
Relative abundance and activity patterns of terrestrial mammals in Pacuare Nature Reserve, Costa Rica Open
Located in Costa Rica, Pacuare Nature Reserve has a long established history of wildlife monitoring programs primarily focused on species of nesting marine turtles and the Agami herons (Agamia agami) found within the reserve. Our research …
View article: ICT in Education in Small Island Developing States of the Pacific
ICT in Education in Small Island Developing States of the Pacific Open
This chapter outlines how Information Communication Technology (ICT) in education supports and facilitates the processes of e-government. ICT educationICT education , its use in teaching and learningTeaching and learning and for enhancing …