Ambio - A Journal of Environment and Society
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Ambio publishes academic research on the interrelationships between environment and society that addresses sustainability challenges for a global audience
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Distribution of coastal blue carbon habitats in Sweden and their exposure to anthropogenic pressure
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Distribution of coastal blue carbon habitats in Sweden and their exposure to anthropogenic pressure
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Distribution of coastal blue carbon habitats in Sweden and their exposure to anthropogenic pressure - Ambio
Understanding where blue carbon habitats occur and how they are affected by human activity contributes to effective management of natural carbon sinks. Here, we compiled geographical data for Sweden t...
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December 4, 2025 at 12:40 PM
New publication
Distribution of coastal blue carbon habitats in Sweden and their exposure to anthropogenic pressure
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Distribution of coastal blue carbon habitats in Sweden and their exposure to anthropogenic pressure
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How England got to mandatory biodiversity net gain: A timeline
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How England got to mandatory biodiversity net gain: A timeline
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How England got to mandatory biodiversity net gain: A timeline - Ambio
Biodiversity net gain (BNG) is a “net outcome” planning policy which aims for development projects to leave biodiversity in a better state than before they started. Understanding the origins and histo...
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December 4, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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How England got to mandatory biodiversity net gain: A timeline
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How England got to mandatory biodiversity net gain: A timeline
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New publication:
Mapping European forest archetypes
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Mapping European forest archetypes
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Mapping European forest archetypes - Ambio
European forests have been extensively altered by human activity. Consequently, comprehensive socio-ecological information on forests is crucial for developing policies from multiple perspectives, suc...
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December 4, 2025 at 12:36 PM
New publication:
Mapping European forest archetypes
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Mapping European forest archetypes
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New publication
Bridging the gap between scientific models and water governance: A framework from China’s South-to-North Water Transfer Project
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Bridging the gap between scientific models and water governance: A framework from China’s South-to-North Water Transfer Project
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Bridging the gap between scientific models and water governance: A framework from China’s South-to-North Water Transfer Project - Ambio
Scientific models are increasingly expected to support decision making in complex governance environments. However, the institutional embedding of model outputs often encounters structural mismatches ...
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December 4, 2025 at 12:34 PM
New publication
Bridging the gap between scientific models and water governance: A framework from China’s South-to-North Water Transfer Project
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Bridging the gap between scientific models and water governance: A framework from China’s South-to-North Water Transfer Project
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New publication:
Pathways to bioeconomy development: A multi-regional perspective from Europe
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Pathways to bioeconomy development: A multi-regional perspective from Europe
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Pathways to bioeconomy development: A multi-regional perspective from Europe - Ambio
Abstract The transition towards a sustainable future is increasingly understood to rely on further development of the bioeconomy. In this, both public and private sectors play pivotal roles. Governmen...
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December 4, 2025 at 12:33 PM
New publication:
Pathways to bioeconomy development: A multi-regional perspective from Europe
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Pathways to bioeconomy development: A multi-regional perspective from Europe
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New publication:
Breaking boundaries: A social–ecological network approach to collaborative governance of soil erosion risk
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Breaking boundaries: A social–ecological network approach to collaborative governance of soil erosion risk
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Breaking boundaries: A social–ecological network approach to collaborative governance of soil erosion risk - Ambio
Complex interactions within social–ecological systems underpin multiple social–ecological risks, which can cross administrative boundaries and have large-scale impacts, especially under hierarchical g...
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December 4, 2025 at 12:31 PM
New publication:
Breaking boundaries: A social–ecological network approach to collaborative governance of soil erosion risk
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Breaking boundaries: A social–ecological network approach to collaborative governance of soil erosion risk
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New Publication
Illusion of influence? Public participation in the preparation of climate policies in Finland
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Illusion of influence? Public participation in the preparation of climate policies in Finland
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Illusion of influence? Public participation in the preparation of climate policies in Finland - Ambio
Calls for acceptable climate policies render public participation central to climate policy planning. However, implementing participation remains challenging and often limited. To foster more effectiv...
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December 4, 2025 at 12:31 PM
New Publication
Illusion of influence? Public participation in the preparation of climate policies in Finland
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Illusion of influence? Public participation in the preparation of climate policies in Finland
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new publication: Driving change or stuck in place? Mobility justice in Finnish and European transport policy
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Driving change or stuck in place? Mobility justice in Finnish and European transport policy - Ambio
While mobility justice has been the subject of much research, it is unclear to what degree the insights of the field are applied in national and EU-level transport policy. This work examines this ques...
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December 2, 2025 at 4:01 PM
new publication: Driving change or stuck in place? Mobility justice in Finnish and European transport policy
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New publication:
Uncovering the governance and financing mechanisms supporting urban nature-based solutions: Case Stiemer Valley, Genk
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Uncovering the governance and financing mechanisms supporting urban nature-based solutions: Case Stiemer Valley, Genk
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Uncovering the governance and financing mechanisms supporting urban nature-based solutions: Case Stiemer Valley, Genk - Ambio
A nature-based solutions (NBS) approach to integrated urban water management is increasingly being recognized as offering an ecological and cost-effective alternative to gray infrastructure and additi...
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December 2, 2025 at 4:00 PM
New publication:
Uncovering the governance and financing mechanisms supporting urban nature-based solutions: Case Stiemer Valley, Genk
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Uncovering the governance and financing mechanisms supporting urban nature-based solutions: Case Stiemer Valley, Genk
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New publication;
Citizen science contributions to environmental risks assessment and management: A systematic map and qualitative evidence synthesis
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Citizen science contributions to environmental risks assessment and management: A systematic map and qualitative evidence synthesis
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Citizen science contributions to environmental risks assessment and management: A systematic map and qualitative evidence synthesis - Ambio
In an era of systemic risks from natural and human-induced hazards, we need approaches that address such risks at different governance levels, including those at the community level. Citizen science (...
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December 2, 2025 at 3:58 PM
New publication;
Citizen science contributions to environmental risks assessment and management: A systematic map and qualitative evidence synthesis
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Citizen science contributions to environmental risks assessment and management: A systematic map and qualitative evidence synthesis
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new publication:
What drives participation in community-based forest management? Insights from a global review
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What drives participation in community-based forest management? Insights from a global review
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What drives participation in community-based forest management? Insights from a global review - Ambio
Community-based forest management (CBFM) is widely promoted as a strategy that links forest management with local livelihoods through participatory governance. This global review used novel systematic...
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December 2, 2025 at 3:58 PM
new publication:
What drives participation in community-based forest management? Insights from a global review
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What drives participation in community-based forest management? Insights from a global review
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New Publication:
Resilience and regeneration for a world in crisis
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Resilience and regeneration for a world in crisis
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Resilience and regeneration for a world in crisis - Ambio
Both resilience and regeneration are relevant concepts in sustainability science. Resilience thinking has led to improved understanding of cross-scale cycles of growth and renewal, regime shifts, and ...
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November 26, 2025 at 9:20 AM
This ⬇️ is a exceptional perspective on #resilience #regeneration and #sustainability
Well worth a read
Well worth a read
New publication:
Hundreds of #fungi under the city: Opportunities and challenges of ectomycorrhizal research and application in urban spaces
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Hundreds of #fungi under the city: Opportunities and challenges of ectomycorrhizal research and application in urban spaces
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Hundreds of fungi under the city: Opportunities and challenges of ectomycorrhizal research and application in urban spaces - Ambio
In the expanding urban landscape, a major challenge is to ensure the resilience of plant communities developed in stressful conditions, with limited soil resources and exposed to high disturbance regi...
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November 27, 2025 at 11:24 AM
New publication:
Hundreds of #fungi under the city: Opportunities and challenges of ectomycorrhizal research and application in urban spaces
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Hundreds of #fungi under the city: Opportunities and challenges of ectomycorrhizal research and application in urban spaces
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New publication:
Improving biocultural diversity conservation: Integrating the multiple evidence base (MEB) approach and co-design
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Improving biocultural diversity conservation: Integrating the multiple evidence base (MEB) approach and co-design
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Improving biocultural diversity conservation: Integrating the multiple evidence base (MEB) approach and co-design - Ambio
The convergent extinction crisis—characterized by the simultaneous loss of biological and cultural diversity—poses a critical threat to the resilience of socio-ecological systems. To address this chal...
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November 27, 2025 at 11:23 AM
New publication:
Improving biocultural diversity conservation: Integrating the multiple evidence base (MEB) approach and co-design
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Improving biocultural diversity conservation: Integrating the multiple evidence base (MEB) approach and co-design
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new publication:
From invasive to opportunity: Indigenous insights in balance, soil health and weed management
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From invasive to opportunity: Indigenous insights in balance, soil health and weed management
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From invasive to opportunity: Indigenous insights in balance, soil health and weed management - Ambio
This paper examines the concept of balance within Indigenous knowledge systems and its role in weed management and ecological restoration. Aboriginal cultural knowledge holders and weed managers view ...
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November 27, 2025 at 11:22 AM
new publication:
From invasive to opportunity: Indigenous insights in balance, soil health and weed management
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From invasive to opportunity: Indigenous insights in balance, soil health and weed management
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new publication:
Knowledge and uses of freshwater mussels in Europe
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Knowledge and uses of freshwater mussels in Europe
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Knowledge and uses of freshwater mussels in Europe - Ambio
Most freshwater mussels (FM) in Europe have dramatically declined and are now facing extinction due to human disturbances. Given the recent EU initiatives to protect and restore freshwater ecosystems,...
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November 27, 2025 at 11:21 AM
new publication:
Knowledge and uses of freshwater mussels in Europe
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Knowledge and uses of freshwater mussels in Europe
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New Publication:
Resilience and regeneration for a world in crisis
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Resilience and regeneration for a world in crisis
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Resilience and regeneration for a world in crisis - Ambio
Both resilience and regeneration are relevant concepts in sustainability science. Resilience thinking has led to improved understanding of cross-scale cycles of growth and renewal, regime shifts, and ...
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November 26, 2025 at 9:18 AM
New Publication:
Resilience and regeneration for a world in crisis
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Resilience and regeneration for a world in crisis
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New publication:
Exporting environmental democracy to international forums: Understanding the role of the Aarhus Convention
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Exporting environmental democracy to international forums: Understanding the role of the Aarhus Convention
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Exporting environmental democracy to international forums: Understanding the role of the Aarhus Convention - Ambio
This socio-legal paper examines how the duty under Article 3.7. of the Aarhus Convention to promote principles of environmental democracy in international environmental forums is being interpreted and...
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November 23, 2025 at 6:58 AM
New publication:
Exporting environmental democracy to international forums: Understanding the role of the Aarhus Convention
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Exporting environmental democracy to international forums: Understanding the role of the Aarhus Convention
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New Publication:
Discovering the world’s most endangered great whale species did not advance an issue-attention cycle in news media: Implications for Rice’s whale conservation and management
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Discovering the world’s most endangered great whale species did not advance an issue-attention cycle in news media: Implications for Rice’s whale conservation and management
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Discovering the world’s most endangered great whale species did not advance an issue-attention cycle in news media: Implications for Rice’s whale conservation and management - Ambio
Issue-attention cycles (IACs) follow the predictable rise and fall of media and public attention to topics through five defined stages. Using content analysis and critical discourse analysis, we analy...
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November 23, 2025 at 6:57 AM
New Publication:
Discovering the world’s most endangered great whale species did not advance an issue-attention cycle in news media: Implications for Rice’s whale conservation and management
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Discovering the world’s most endangered great whale species did not advance an issue-attention cycle in news media: Implications for Rice’s whale conservation and management
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New publication:
The transformation-mainstreaming conundrum: Making sense of tensions in adaptation practice
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The transformation-mainstreaming conundrum: Making sense of tensions in adaptation practice
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The transformation-mainstreaming conundrum: Making sense of tensions in adaptation practice - Ambio
As the scale of climate change impacts become apparent, organisations globally are seeking to adapt. They face dual imperatives of transformation—going beyond business-as-usual to embrace disruptive c...
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November 23, 2025 at 6:56 AM
New publication:
The transformation-mainstreaming conundrum: Making sense of tensions in adaptation practice
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The transformation-mainstreaming conundrum: Making sense of tensions in adaptation practice
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New Publication:
National biodiversity and ecosystem assessments for conservation impact: Uptake and lessons learnt from the South African experience
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National biodiversity and ecosystem assessments for conservation impact: Uptake and lessons learnt from the South African experience
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National biodiversity and ecosystem assessments for conservation impact: Uptake and lessons learnt from the South African experience - Ambio
To combat global biodiversity decline, countries must identify priority ecosystems and species, often through National Ecosystem or Biodiversity Assessments (NEAs/NBAs). In developing nations, resourc...
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November 20, 2025 at 4:34 AM
New Publication:
National biodiversity and ecosystem assessments for conservation impact: Uptake and lessons learnt from the South African experience
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National biodiversity and ecosystem assessments for conservation impact: Uptake and lessons learnt from the South African experience
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new publication:
Ecosystem accounting through first nations’ lenses: Integrating the SEEA-EA and Indigenous knowledge systems
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Ecosystem accounting through first nations’ lenses: Integrating the SEEA-EA and Indigenous knowledge systems
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Ecosystem accounting through first nations’ lenses: Integrating the SEEA-EA and Indigenous knowledge systems - Ambio
The UN System of Environmental-Economic Accounting-Ecosystem Accounting (SEEA-EA) provides a framework for integrating information about the environment and the economy, organising information about e...
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November 16, 2025 at 1:09 PM
new publication:
Ecosystem accounting through first nations’ lenses: Integrating the SEEA-EA and Indigenous knowledge systems
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Ecosystem accounting through first nations’ lenses: Integrating the SEEA-EA and Indigenous knowledge systems
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new publication:
Beyond the finite pool of worry: War experiences and climate change concerns in Ukraine
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Beyond the finite pool of worry: War experiences and climate change concerns in Ukraine
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Beyond the finite pool of worry: War experiences and climate change concerns in Ukraine - Ambio
This study explores the relationship between self-reported war impacts on personal lives and climate change concerns in Ukraine, challenging the "finite pool of worry" hypothesis. Based on survey data...
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November 16, 2025 at 1:08 PM
new publication:
Beyond the finite pool of worry: War experiences and climate change concerns in Ukraine
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Beyond the finite pool of worry: War experiences and climate change concerns in Ukraine
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new publication:
Blue economy for sustainable fisheries and aquaculture in Egypt: Towards resilient food security
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Blue economy for sustainable fisheries and aquaculture in Egypt: Towards resilient food security
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Blue economy for sustainable fisheries and aquaculture in Egypt: Towards resilient food security - Ambio
This study examines Egypt's blue economy, focusing on fisheries and aquaculture, through a Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats (SWOT) analysis to enhance food security. Egypt holds significa...
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November 16, 2025 at 1:06 PM
new publication:
Blue economy for sustainable fisheries and aquaculture in Egypt: Towards resilient food security
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Blue economy for sustainable fisheries and aquaculture in Egypt: Towards resilient food security
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new publication:
The costs of connection: Socioenvironmental risks of the Brazil-China railway across the Amazon
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The costs of connection: Socioenvironmental risks of the Brazil-China railway across the Amazon
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The costs of connection: Socioenvironmental risks of the Brazil-China railway across the Amazon - Ambio
The proposed Brazil–China transcontinental railway, connecting Brazil’s Atlantic coast to Peru’s Pacific port of Chancay, has re-emerged as a flagship infrastructure project under China’s Belt and Roa...
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November 16, 2025 at 1:05 PM
new publication:
The costs of connection: Socioenvironmental risks of the Brazil-China railway across the Amazon
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The costs of connection: Socioenvironmental risks of the Brazil-China railway across the Amazon
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