Ecological Indicators,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
166, С. 112446 - 112446
Опубликована: Авг. 2, 2024
Urbanization,
industrialization,
land
development,
and
other
human
activities
have
led
to
ecological
issues
such
as
shrinking
lake
wetlands,
fragmented
cropland,
reduced
biodiversity.
Taking
the
Poyang
Lake
urban
agglomeration
study
area,
textual
analysis
method
was
used
analyze
typical
facts
of
historical
succession
since
1949,
then
index
spatial
were
adopted
characterize
temporal
evolution
ecosystem
health
in
period
2003–2020.
On
this
basis,
spillover
effects
on
investigated
based
Durbin
model
four
dimensions.
The
results
show
that
area
gone
through
management
path
from
"agricultural
retreat
fishery
advancement"
"dike
reclamation"
"sand
ban"
"returning
lake".
Ecological
protection
has
sublimation
"enlightenment"
"full
implementation"
"strengthening
upgrading".
2003
2020
been
range
0.37709
∼
0.3709
0.3709.
0.48485,
with
characteristics
"low
center
high
periphery".
city
expansion
agricultural
county
are
generally
distributed
pattern
"high
center,
low
periphery",
while
distribution
water
body
is
characterized
by
"near-lake"
"near-river",
newly
registered
enterprises
a
change
"point"
"surface".
"proximity
lake"
river",
changes
There
significant
competition
effect
health,
there
negative
collaboration
industrial
activities,
effect.
can
provide
more
detailed
empirical
support
for
regulation
global
lakeside
agglomerations.
The Lancet Global Health,
Год журнала:
2023,
Номер
12(2), С. e306 - e316
Опубликована: Дек. 6, 2023
The
reduction
of
maternal
mortality
and
the
promotion
health
wellbeing
are
complex
tasks.
This
Series
paper
analyses
distal
proximal
determinants
health,
as
well
exposures,
risk
factors,
micro-correlates
related
to
mortality.
also
examines
relationship
between
these
gradual
shift
over
time
from
a
pattern
high
low
(a
phenomenon
described
transition).
We
conducted
two
systematic
reviews
literature
we
analysed
publicly
available
data
on
indicators
Sustainable
Development
Goals,
specifically,
estimates
prepared
by
international
organisations,
including
UN
World
Bank.
considered
23
frameworks
depicting
multifactorial
process,
with
superdeterminants
that
broadly
affect
women's
before,
during,
after
pregnancy.
explore
role
social
individual
characteristics,
health-system
features
in
production
wellbeing.
argues
preventable
deaths
millions
women
each
decade
not
solely
due
biomedical
complications
pregnancy,
childbirth,
postnatal
period,
but
tangible
manifestations
prevailing
persistent
inequities
global
socioeconomic
development.
underscores
need
for
broader,
multipronged
actions
improve
accelerate
sustainable
reductions
For
who
have
or
postpartum
complications,
system
provides
crucial
opportunity
interrupt
chain
events
can
potentially
end
death.
Ultimately,
expanding
sector
ecosystem
mitigate
tailoring
configuration
systems
counter
detrimental
effects
eco-social
forces,
though
increased
access
quality-assured
commodities
services,
essential
reduce
Understanding
the
capacity
of
forests
to
adapt
climate
change
is
pivotal
importance
for
conservation
science,
yet
this
still
widely
unknown.
This
knowledge
gap
particularly
acute
in
high-biodiversity
tropical
forests.
Here,
we
examined
how
Americas
have
shifted
community
trait
composition
recent
decades
as
a
response
changes
climate.
Based
on
historical
trait-climate
relationships,
found
that,
overall,
studied
functional
traits
show
shifts
less
than
8%
what
would
be
expected
given
observed
However,
recruit
assemblage
shows
21%
relative
expectation.
The
most
diverse
Earth
are
changing
but
at
rate
that
fundamentally
insufficient
track
change.
Recent
international
agreements
have
strengthened
and
expanded
commitments
to
protect
restore
native
habitats
for
biodiversity
protection
("area-based
conservation").
Nevertheless,
conservation
is
hindered
because
how
such
should
be
implemented
has
been
strongly
debated,
which
can
lead
suboptimal
habitat
decisions.
We
argue
that,
despite
the
debates,
there
are
three
essential
principles
area-based
conservation.
These
related
geographic
coverage,
amount,
connectivity.
They
emerge
from
evidence
while
large
areas
of
nature
important
must
protected,
or
restoration
multiple
small
patches
also
critical
global
conservation,
particularly
in
regions
with
high
land
use.
contend
that
many
initiatives
expected
coming
decades
follow
we
identify,
regardless
ongoing
debates.
Considering
importance
maintenance
ecosystem
services,
suggest
this
would
bring
widespread
societal
benefits.
Communications Earth & Environment,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
5(1)
Опубликована: Янв. 22, 2024
Abstract
The
Amazon
is
the
largest
continuous
tropical
forest
in
world
and
plays
a
key
role
global
carbon
cycle.
Human-induced
disturbances
climate
change
have
impacted
balance.
Here
we
conduct
comprehensive
synthesis
of
existing
state-of-the-art
estimates
contemporary
land
fluxes
using
set
bottom-up
methods
(i.e.,
dynamic
vegetation
models
bookkeeping
models)
top-down
inversion
(atmospheric
model)
over
Brazilian
whole
Biogeographical
domain.
Over
biogeographical
region
methodologies
suggest
small
average
sink
2010-2020,
contrast
to
source
simulated
by
(2010-2018).
However,
these
are
not
significantly
different
from
one
another
when
accounting
for
their
large
individual
uncertainties,
highlighting
remaining
knowledge
gaps,
urgent
need
reduce
such
uncertainties.
Nevertheless,
both
agreed
that
has
been
net
during
recent
extremes
south-eastern
was
study
period
(2010-2020).
Overall,
our
results
point
increasing
human-induced
(deforestation
degradation
wildfires)
reduction
old-growth
drought.
ABSTRACT
Amazonia
(defined
herein
as
the
Amazon
basin)
is
home
to
greatest
concentration
of
biodiversity
on
Earth,
providing
unique
genetic
resources
and
ecological
functions
that
contribute
ecosystem
services
globally.
The
lengthy
complex
evolutionary
history
this
region
has
produced
heterogeneous
landscapes
riverscapes
at
multiple
scales,
altered
geographic
connections
among
populations,
impacted
rates
adaptation,
speciation,
extinction.
In
turn,
ecologically
diverse
Amazonian
biotas
promoted
further
diversification,
species
coexistence,
coevolution,
with
accumulating
over
tens
millions
years.
Important
events
in
included:
(i)
late
Cretaceous
early
Paleogene
origin
major
rainforest
plant
animal
groups;
(ii)
Eocene-Oligocene
global
cooling
rainforests
contracting
tropical
latitudes
separating
Atlantic
coastal
rainforests;
(iii)
Miocene
uplift
central
northern
Andes
separated
Pacific
rainforests,
spurred
formation
mega-wetlands
western
Amazon,
contributed
modern
transcontinental
River;
(iv)
Neogene
Panamanian
Isthmus
facilitated
Great
American
Biotic
Interchange;
(v)
Pleistocene
climate
oscillations
followed
by
Pleistocene-Holocene
human
colonization
megafaunal
extinctions;
(vi)
era
widespread
anthropogenic
deforestation,
defaunation,
transformations
regional
climates.
conservation
requires
decade-scale
investments
into
documentation
monitoring
leverage
existing
scientific
capacity,
strategic
habitat
planning
allow
continuity
processes
now
future.
Heliyon,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
10(7), С. e28851 - e28851
Опубликована: Март 30, 2024
Microplastics
(MPs)
have
been
identified
as
a
major
potential
threat
to
the
biota
and
human
health.
Despite
exponential
increase
in
MP
research
worldwide,
few
studies
focused
on
extensive
Amazon
biome.
To
assess
priorities,
present
study
reviewed
summarized
available
scientific
knowledge
MPs
Amazon,
addition
analyzing
population
waste-management
data,
evaluate
sources
of
hydrographic
system.
Poor
sanitation
conditions
are
main
source
for
vast
basin,
and,
consequently,
adjacent
ocean.
Secondary
predominated,
mostly
fibers
(96%
debris),
composed
polyamide
(32%).
Mean
concentrations
ranged
from
0.34
38.3
particles.individual−1
biota,
5
476,000
particles.m−3
water,
492.5
1.30848
×
107
sediment,
values
close
comparison
with
those
found
areas
profoundly
affected
by
anthropogenic
pollution.
were
widespread
range
Amazonian
environments
species,
negative
effects
probably
occurring
at
various
ecological
levels.
However,
limited
research,
methodological
constraints,
flaws
lack
standardization,
combined
continental
dimensions
hampers
collection
fundamental
needed
reliably
impacts
implement
effective
mitigation
measures.
There
is
an
urgent
need
expand
data
region,
improving
local
infrastructure,
training
deploying
researchers.
Journal of International Business Studies,
Год журнала:
2025,
Номер
unknown
Опубликована: Янв. 10, 2025
Abstract
Climate
change
and
the
associated
issue
of
curbing
carbon
emissions
have
risen
on
agenda
policymakers
worldwide.
However,
global
coordination
matters
such
as
harmonized
regulation
has
been
subject
to
significant
political
frictions,
large
intergovernmental
transfers
needed
finance
transition
developing
economies
proven
hard
raise.
Recently,
there
considerable
responses
climate
from
private
sector,
with
stakeholders
placing
more
pressure
firms,
financial
markets
mobilizing
increasingly
capital
towards
reduction
negative
externalities.
We
argue
that
although
multinational
enterprises
(MNEs)
a
major
contributor
problem,
they
can
be
an
important
part
solution
–
unique
features
enable
them
play
role
in
fight
against
change.
MNEs
extensive
efficient
internal
for
governance,
financing,
technology,
which
circumvent
country-specific
frictions
action
heterogeneous
regulation,
corruption,
lack
technology.
analyze
how
different
public
incentive
mechanisms
could
designed
leverage
MNEs’
features,
realign
their
incentives,
engage
potential
decarbonizing
economy.
Lastly,
we
discuss
challenges,
opportunities,
future
research.
The
rich
biodiversity
of
Amazonia
is
shaped
geographically
and
ecologically
by
its
rivers
their
cycles
seasonal
flooding.
Anthropogenic
effects,
such
as
deforestation,
infrastructure
development
extreme
climatic
events,
threaten
the
ecological
processes
sustaining
Amazonian
ecosystems.
In
this
Review,
we
explore
coupled
evolution
associated
with
terrestrial
seasonally
flooded
environments,
integrating
geological,
climatic,
genetic
evidence.
fluvial
environments
are
highly
heterogeneous,
drainage
system
historically
dynamic
continually
evolving;
a
result,
discharge,
sediment
load
strength
barriers
to
biotic
dispersal
has
changed
through
time.
Ecological
affinities
taxa,
rearrangements
variations
in
riverine
landscape
caused
past
climate
changes
have
mediated
high
diversity
found
modern-day
Amazonia.
connected
history
region's
provides
fundamental
information
for
mitigating
current
future
impacts.
However,
incomplete
knowledge
about
species
taxonomy,
distributions,
habitat
use,
interactions
occurrence
patterns
limits
our
understanding.
Partnerships
Indigenous
peoples
local
communities,
who
close
ties
land
natural
resources,
key
improving
generation
dissemination,
enabling
better
impact
assessments,
monitoring
management
systems
at
risk
from
evolving
pressures.
features
biodiverse
range
organisms
habitats.
This
Review
explores
geological
characteristics
role
shaping
region.