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Chinese artificial intelligence in Africa: Digital colonisation or liberalisation? by Tinarwo, Joseph, Babu, Suresh Chandra

“…Additionally, Chinese AI is undermining the rule of law and the functionality and legitimacy of weaker state institutions and processes.…”
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Impacts of sweeping agricultural marketing reforms in a poor state of India: Evidence from repeal of the APMC act by Kishore, Avinash, Kishore, Prabhat, Roy, Devesh, Saroj, Sunil

“…Bihar, among the poorest and least industrialized states in India implemented the most far reaching agricultural market reforms in 2006 by removing law (APMC act) that restricted farmers to selling in government regulated markets. …”
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Descentralizacion de la gestion forestal en Honduras: mirando hacia el futuro by Vallejo Larios, M., Guillen Coronado, I.

“…This book focuses on the results of the Honduran case study, where a new Forestry Law is being discussed that may bring a series of urgently needed changes in the administration of forests, a sector that is currently dominated by corruption and illegality. …”
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Environmental flow in Sri Lanka: ancient anicuts versus modern dams by Silva, E.I.L., Manthrithilake, Herath, Pitigala, D., Silva, E.N.S.

“…Although there is no universally accepted definition, convention or law on environmental flow, it has been now recognized that environmental flow is essential for sustainability of riparian ecosystem and their services, which are essential for our own existence, livelihoods and many more. …”
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Farm-forestry in the Peruvian Amazon and the feasibility of its regulation through forest policy reform by Sears, R., Cronkleton, P., Villanueva, F.P., Ruíz, M.M., Pérez Ojeda del Arco, M.

“…In 2015 the Peruvian government launched a new set of regulations associated with the forest law aimed to increase competiveness of the timber sector, ensure the conservation and sustainable production of timber on public and private forestlands, and improve rural livelihoods. …”
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Análisis productivo y económico de sistemas silvo-apícola pastoriles en el norte de la provincia de Buenos Aires by Ferrere, Paula, Signorelli, Alejandro Gabriel, Cabrini, Silvina María

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Public and private sector zero-deforestation commitments and their impacts: A case study from South Sumatra Province, Indonesia by Purnomo, H., Okarda, B., Puspitaloka, D., Ristiana, N., Sanjaya, M., Komarudin, H., Dermawan, A., Andrianto, A., Kusumadewi, S.D., Brady, M.A.

“…South Sumatra lost 63% of its natural forest between 1990 and 2019. Deforestation is driven by expansion of large-scale commercial plantations, as well as illegal logging and clearing. …”
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For whom and for what? principles, criteria, and indicators for sustainable forest resources management in Thailand by Rasmuseen, J.N., Kaosa-ard, A., Boon, T.E., Diaw, C., Edwards, K., Kadyschuk, S., Kaosa-ard, M., Lang, T., Preechapanya, P., Rerkasem, K., Rune, F.

“…A logging ban in the natural forests of 1989 has not been efficient in reversing this trend. …”
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Integrerat växtskydd i stadsmiljö by Berglund, Fanny

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A zoo-led study of the great ape bushmeat commodity chain in Cameroon by Tagg, N., Maddison, N., Dupain, J., Mcgilchrist, L., Mouamfon, M., Mccabe, G., Ngo-Badjeck, M.M., Tchouankep, M., Mbohli, D., Epanda, M.A., Ransom, C., Fa, J.E.

“…Current levels of bushmeat hunting in west and central Africa are largely unsustainable, and will lead to the loss of an important natural resource and cause the extinction of threatened species. …”
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The impact of trade and macroeconomic policies on frontier deforestation by Wunder, Sven, Verbist, B.

“…To comprehend trade-offs and synergies between policies for natural-forest conservation and those designed to promote economic development; c. …”
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Beyond timber: making multiple use forest management a reality in Central Africa forests by Nasi, Robert

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Forest or oil palm plantation? Interpretation of local responses to the oil palm promises in Kalimantan, Indonesia by Yuliani, L., Groot, W.T. de, Knippenberg, L., Bakara, D.O.

“…According to the Indonesian Law on Plantation, the indigenous people's decisions play important roles in land use decisions. …”
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The Effectiveness of Financial Incentives for Addressing Mangrove Loss in Northern Vietnam by Pham Thu Thuy, Vu, T.P., Hoang, T.L., Dao, T.L.C., Nguyen, D.T., Pham, D.C., Dao, L.H.T., Nguyen, V.T., Hoang, N.V.H.

“…Mangrove conservation in Vietnam is challenged further by inequitable distribution of power and benefits, difficulties accessing information, weak law enforcement, lack of compliance, low payments for protecting mangroves, lack of full recognition of local rights, discontinued funding after policies and projects end, and lack of participation by local people in policy and project design and implementation. …”
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Economics of land degradation and improvement: A global assessment for sustainable development by Nkonya, Ephraim M., Mirzabaev, Alisher, von Braun, Joachim

“…However, the impact of land degradation is especially severe on livelihoods of the poor who heavily depend on natural resources. The annual global cost of land degradation due to land use and cover change (LUCC) and lower cropland and rangeland productivity is estimated to be about 300 billion USD. …”
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Vegetationsutveckling och brandhistorik i Tyresta under 9000 år by Stedingk, Henrik von

“…The commercial use of the forests for fuel and timber, as well as the forest law of 1647, which prohibited deliberate burning of the forests, led to a partial cessation of deliberate burning and an initiation of fire control. …”
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Plantas Amazonicas de uso medicinal: diagnostico de un sector economico con un potencial de realizacion by Nalvarte A.W., Jong, W. de, Domínguez, G.

“…The state charges fees when extraction occurs, but has little opportunity to control actual levels and it does not engage in any kind of on the ground control, management, or restoration of natural populations. There is insufficient knowledge for the production of medicines that can meet strict standards imposed by law. …”
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Análisis y evaluación de las franjas ribereñas y de los usos adyacentes en la microcuenca del río Toila, subcuenca del río Matanzas, Guatemala by Quevedo Corado, Jerson E.

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A thematic landscape designed masterplan integrating urban ecology, water planning and social improvements by Islam, Nuzat Naila

“…The chronological changes of the natural setting due to rapid growth of urbanization in Dhaka city creates an imbalance with nature and disrupts urban ecology. …”
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Regionala skillnader i nyckelbiotopers biodiversitet by Lundqvist, Eric, Sterner, Britta

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