Publication date: April 2023 Source: Ecological Economics, Volume 206 Author(s): Samane Ghazali, Mansour Zibaei, Hossein Azadi
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US Installs New Nukes in Europe: As Destructive as 83 Hiroshima Bombs
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A place to belong: creating an urban, Indian, women-led land trust in the San Francisco Bay Area
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Synthesis, part of a special feature on Collaborative Management, Environmental Caretaking, and Sustainable Livelihoods ABSTRACT When grounded in Indigenous epistemologies, land trust structures provide an effective, inclusive vehicle to enact community and landscape care in the face of colonial disruptions. The Sogorea Te’ Land Trust in Lisjan (Ohlone) homelands in the San Francisco East Bay
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Environmental justice targets needed to cut global inequality, say researchers
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Ukraine Crisis and No First Use of Nuclear Weapons
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Daisaku Ikeda. Credit: Seikyo Shimbun By Daisaku IkedaTOKYO, Japan, Jan 18 2023 (IPS) The Ukraine crisis that erupted in February last year continues with no prospect for cessation. The intensified hostilities have inflicted great suffering in population centers and destroyed infrastructure facilities, compelling large numbers of civilians, including many children and women, to live in
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What comes after crises? Key elements and insights into feedback amplifying community self-organization
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Synthesis ABSTRACT In face of complex socio-environmental issues experienced in different social-ecological systems, we ask if comprehensive lessons could be learned from cases of community self-organization that were successful in solving collective problems at the local level. Considering that the trajectory of each community is unique and self-organization develops in distinctive settings, we sought to
17 January 2023
Recovery or continued resuscitation? A clinical diagnosis of Colorado River sub-basin recovery programs
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Research ABSTRACT With a particular emphasis on the Upper Colorado River Endangered Fish Recovery Program (UCR-EFRP) and Lower Colorado River Multi-Species Conservation Program (LCR-MSCP), we analyze, for each program, four system properties that contribute to resilience: system architecture, which includes (1) connectivity and distribution and (2) assemblage of system elements; and system dynamics, which includes
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NATO’s Opportunity in the Indo-Pacific
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By Taehun LimGWANGIU, South Korea, Jan 17 2023 (IPS) Given the tensions in the Indo-Pacific, a co-operation between South Korea, Japan and NATO sends a message of deterrence and shared liberal values. The year 2022 was pivotal for the West and the NATO military alliance. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and China’s mounting military threats against
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Atmospheric dust may have hidden true extent of global heating
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Material from dry landscapes has surged since the 1800s, possibly helping to cool the planet for decades Dust that billows up from desert storms and arid landscapes has helped cool the planet for the past several decades, and its presence in the atmosphere may have obscured the true extent of global heating caused by fossil