Impact of human factors on wildfire occurrence in Mississippi, United States
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DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2017.04.011
Abstract: Fires have important ecological and socioeconomic effects in fire-prone regions globally. Human-caused wildfires often pose considerable safety and environmental hazards, and can result in sizeable economic losses. This study analyzed the relative importance of temporal,… read more here.
Keywords: caused wildfires; incendiary wildfires; human caused; debris burning ... See more keywords
The potential role of actively open-minded thinking in preventing motivated reasoning about controversial science
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvp.2018.06.001
Abstract: Abstract Ideologically motivated rejection of scientific evidence can be harmful to individuals and society, especially regarding consequential issues like climate change. A growing base of evidence suggests a cognitive style known as Actively Open-Minded Thinking… read more here.
Keywords: open minded; minded thinking; human caused; actively open ... See more keywords
The ecology of human-caused mortality for a protected large carnivore.
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DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2220030120
Abstract: Mitigating human-caused mortality for large carnivores is a pressing global challenge for wildlife conservation. However, mortality is almost exclusively studied at local (within-population) scales creating a mismatch between our understanding of risk and the spatial… read more here.
Keywords: ecology; caused mortality; human caused; mortality ... See more keywords
Greenwashing of Local Government: The Human-Caused Risks in the Process of Environmental Information Disclosure in China
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DOI: 10.3390/su12166329
Abstract: The increasing occurrences of greenwashing pose great risks to environmental protection. The current studies mainly focused on corporate greenwashing, and few paid attention to the greenwashing of the local government (GLG), thus lacking methods to… read more here.
Keywords: greenwashing local; information; local government; information disclosure ... See more keywords