The most comprehensive global analysis of community forestry ever undertaken shows that government policies formalizing local residents' land access and resource rights often backfire by resulting in less access and weakened ...
Environment
Nov 9, 2020
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As the planet continues to warm, people living in the world's most vulnerable regions—like arid or low-lying nations—must contend with the decision to stay in a place where livability is decreasing or leave for countries ...
Environment
Oct 12, 2020
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Research by the University of Liverpool sheds new light on the complex relationship between phytoplankton, iron uptake, global warming and fish stocks which is essential in helping policymakers develop effective conservation ...
Ecology
Sep 29, 2020
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Around 1 billion people on the planet are infected with parasitic helminths, round worms that live in soil and colonize human guts through dirty water. The helminths owe their ability to survive in the low oxygen environment ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Aug 4, 2020
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Voter information campaigns don't shape voter behavior, according to an analysis of data combined from studies independently conducted but coordinated by researchers working in six developing countries. The study, co-authored ...
Political science
Jul 18, 2019
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An international group of scientists is making major advances in sustaining the world's environments, untangling the intricate ways in which people and nature depend on each other.
Environment
Jun 24, 2019
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A landmark study of the relationship between each of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) has found that tackling inequality in rich countries could unlock the prize of a better and more sustainable future ...
Environment
Mar 5, 2019
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Achieving the Paris Agreement global warming target could protect millions of tonnes in annual worldwide fisheries catch, as well as billions of dollars of annual revenues for fishers, workers' income and household seafood ...
Environment
Feb 27, 2019
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New research confronts the elephant in the room—the 'trilemma' of population growth, economic growth and environmental sustainability—and reveals the vast incompatibility of current models of economic development with ...
Environment
Sep 5, 2018
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A revolutionary microbial-based paper sensor has been developed by researchers at the University of Bath, creating a cheap, sustainable and recyclable device for detecting toxic compounds in water.
Analytical Chemistry
Jan 17, 2018
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