Distinct impacts of financial scarcity and natural resource scarcity on sustainable choices and motivations
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DOI: 10.1002/cb.1819
Abstract: The current study examined how financial scarcity and natural resource scarcity independently and interactively influence sustainable choices and motivations. Participants performed a shopping task where they chose between sustainable and conventional products, and rated their… read more here.
Keywords: financial scarcity; natural resource; sustainable choices; choices motivations ... See more keywords
The local health impacts of natural resource booms
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DOI: 10.1002/hec.4629
Abstract: Abstract This paper uses novel micro‐data on natural resources and administrative health data in Brazil to study how economic booms in minerals affect health at birth. By implementing a reduced‐form estimation of shift‐share research designs,… read more here.
Keywords: health; local health; natural resource; impacts natural ... See more keywords
Four Cultural Narratives for Managing Social-ecological Complexity in Public Natural Resource Management
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DOI: 10.1007/s00267-020-01320-6
Abstract: Public Natural Resource Management (NRM) agencies operate in complex social-ecological domains. These complexities proliferate unpredictably therefore investigating and supporting the ability of public agencies to respond effectively is increasingly important. However, understanding how public NRM… read more here.
Keywords: public natural; complexity; natural resource; management ... See more keywords
Natural resource professionals’ engagement with landowners on silvopasture in the Southeastern United States
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DOI: 10.1007/s10457-020-00536-z
Abstract: Landowners manage for multiple objectives (e.g. timber production, wildlife habitat, or as a legacy for heirs) and natural resource professionals (NRPs) are tasked with providing guidance and technical assistance. However, if a landowner is interested… read more here.
Keywords: natural resource; silvopasture; forestry; resource professionals ... See more keywords
Nanoarchitectonics of Nanoporous Carbon Materials from Natural Resource for Supercapacitor Application
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DOI: 10.1007/s10904-017-0548-2
Abstract: Nanoarchitectonics of nanoporous carbon materials (NCMs) derived from natural resource; Areca Catechu Nut (ACN) with enhanced electrochemical supercapacitance properties is reported. ACN powder is chemically activated in a tubular furnace at 400 °C and the effect… read more here.
Keywords: carbon; supercapacitance properties; natural resource; carbon materials ... See more keywords
Communicative farm-specific diagnosis of potential simultaneous savings in costs and natural resource demand of feed on dairy farms
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DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2016.09.020
Abstract: Feed plays a key role for dairy farmers to produce in an environmentally sustainable and competitive way. It determines both costs and natural resource demand. In this paper, we investigated whether and how dairy farms… read more here.
Keywords: farm; natural resource; dairy farms; costs natural ... See more keywords
Remittances and Natural Resource Extraction: Evidence from Mexico
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2016.10.010
Abstract: While much attention has been given to the effects of migration and remittances on agricultural activities in the communities of origin, the relationship between remittances and rural households' use of natural resources remains understudied. This… read more here.
Keywords: use natural; resource extraction; natural resource; natural resources ... See more keywords
Capturing natural resource heterogeneity in top-down energy-economic equilibrium models
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DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2018.07.019
Abstract: Top-down energy-economic modeling approaches often use simplified techniques to represent heterogeneous resource inputs to production. We show that for some policies, such as feed-in tariffs for renewable electricity, detailed representation of renewable resource grades is… read more here.
Keywords: natural resource; energy economic; energy; resource ... See more keywords
Natural resource abundance and healthcare efficiency in Appalachia: A robust conditional approach
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DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2019.03.010
Abstract: Abstract This study investigates the role of natural resource abundance on healthcare efficiency in Appalachia. Unconditional efficiency measures are calculated from a production process where health inputs are turned into health outcomes. We utilize a… read more here.
Keywords: health; healthcare efficiency; natural resource; production ... See more keywords
Institutional assessment in natural resource governance: A conceptual overview
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DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2016.10.006
Abstract: Natural resource governance is enhanced and structured by rules, norms and strategies which make institutionalism quintessential in the natural resource governance discourse. Adopting a retrospective analysis of classical theoretical literature and recent empirical experiences of… read more here.
Keywords: natural resource; resource; formal informal; resource governance ... See more keywords
Bringers of light: Performing resource revenue transparency in Liberia
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DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2018.09.004
Abstract: Abstract Initiatives designed to increase transparency have become a tool for improving governance and fighting corruption in the natural resource sector. The Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) is an international organisation that administers a voluntary… read more here.
Keywords: natural resource; resource; revenue transparency; transparency ... See more keywords