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Competing coalitions: The politics of renewable energy and fossil fuels in Mexico, South Africa and Thailand

Author: Rennkamp, Britta ; Haunss, Sebastian ; Wongsa, Kridtiyaporn ; Ortega, Araceli Date: 2017 This paper analyses why middle-income countries incentivize renewable energy despite inexpensive domestic fossil fuel resources and lack of international support. We examine the politics of renewable energy programs in Mexico, South Africa ... Read more c b n d
Editorial for Special Issue: “Collaboration and Multi-Stakeholder Engagement in Landscape Governance and Management in Africa: Lessons from Practice”

Author: Favretto, Nicola ; Shackleton, Sheona ; Sallu, Susannah M ; Hoffman, Tali Date: 10 Mar 2021 A multitude of interconnected socio-economic and environmental impacts are emerging across Africa as a result of escalating anthropogenic drivers of global and local change [...] Read more c b
Evaluating the Effectiveness and Efficiency of Climate Information Communication in the African Agricultural Sector: A Systematic Analysis of Climate Services

Author: Ofoegbu, Chidiebere ; New, Mark Date: 24 Jan 2022 The use of climate services (CS) for the provisioning of climate information for informed decision-making on adaptation action has gained momentum. However, a comprehensive review of the literature to evaluate the lessons and experiences of ... Read more c b
Indigenous uses of wild and tended plant biodiversity maintain ecosystem services in agricultural landscapes of the Terai Plains of Nepal

Author: Thorn, Jessica P R ; Thornton, Thomas F ; Helfgott, Ariella ; Willis, Kathy J Date: 08 Jun 2020 Background Despite a rapidly accumulating evidence base quantifying ecosystem services, the role of biodiversity in the maintenance of ecosystem services in shared human-nature environments is still understudied, as is how indigenous and ... Read more c b
“Learning Service” in International Contexts: Partnership-based Service-Learning and Research in Cape Town, South Africa

Author: McMillan, Janice ; Stanton, Timothy K Date: 2014 In this paper we explore an approach to developing and implementing service-learning and community based research in a study-abroad program in Cape Town, South Africa. Drawing on a notion of partnerships reflecting the values of accompaniment ... Read more c b
Storm-triggered landslides in the Peruvian Andes and implications for topography, carbon cycles, and biodiversity

Author: West, A J ; New, M ; Malhi, Y Date: 2016 In this study, we assess the geomorphic role of a rare, large-magnitude landslide-triggering event and consider its effect on mountain forest ecosystems and the erosion of organic carbon in an Andean river catchment. Proximal triggers such ... Read more
The hydrological regime of a forested tropical Andean catchment

Author: West, A J ; Hilton, R G ; New, M ; Horwath, A B ; Fisher, J B ; Rapp, J M ; Robles Caceres, A ; Malhi, Y Date: 2014 The hydrology of tropical mountain catchments plays a central role in ecological function, geochemical and biogeochemical cycles, erosion and sediment production, and water supply in globally important environments. There have been few studies ... Read more
Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Vulnerability among Rural Areas and Small Towns in South Africa: Exploring the Role of Climate Change, Marginalization, and Inequality

Author: Abrams, Amber L ; Carden, Kirsty ; Teta, Charles ; Wågsæther, Katinka Date: 09 Oct 2021 Access to water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH)—including drainage-services—is essential for public health and socio-economic development, but access remains inadequate and inequitable in low- to middle-income countries such as South Africa. ... Read more c b
What do we know about the impacts of the Marine Stewardship Council seafood ecolabelling program? A systematic map

Author: Arton, Ashleigh ; Leiman, Anthony ; Petrokofsky, Gillian ; Toonen, Hilde ; Longo, Catherine S Date: 01 Apr 2020 Abstract Background Voluntary Sustainability Standards and ecolabels are market-based mechanisms used to encourage producers and consumers toward environmental sustainability. The Marine ... Read more c b
What drives farmers to make top-down or bottom-up adaptation to climate change and fluctuations? A comparative study on 3 cases of apple farming in Japan and South Africa

Author: Fujisawa, Mariko ; Kobayashi, Kazuhiko ; Johnston, Peter ; New, Mark Date: 2015 Agriculture is one of the most vulnerable sectors to climate change. Farmers have been exposed to multiple stressors including climate change, and they have managed to adapt to those risks. The adaptation actions undertaken by farmers and ... Read more c b

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