Daniel Simberloff, Jean‐Louis Martin, Piero Genovesi, Virginie Maris et al.
Study of the impacts of biological invasions, a pervasive component of global change, has generated remarkable understanding of the mechanisms and consequences of the spread of introduced populations. The growing field of invasion science, poised at a crossroads where ecology, social sciences, resou...
As a global society, we need to take action not only to prevent the potentially catastrophic effects of climate change but also to adapt to the unavoidable effects of climate change already imposed on the world. Fairness in Adaptation to Climate Change looks at the challenges of ensuring that policy...
Yunus, Muhammad 1940-
Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus looks more deeply into the concept of social business, an alternative to unfettered capitalism that channels the best energies of capitalism while addressing pressing human needs, by showing how the theory and practice of this idea is growing in the business, academic a...
Thomas Tanner, David Lewis, David Wrathall, Robin Bronen et al.
Martha C. Nussbaum, Jonathan Glover
BL Distinguished editors and contributors BL Addresses questions of some urgency for the question of women's quality of life BL Inter-disciplinary, ranging over philosophy, economics, political science, anthropology, law and sociology BL Combines theory with case-studies BL Accessible to non-special...
Marvin Harris, Eric Β. Ross
Introduction Part I: Theoretical Overview 1. An Overview of Trends in Dietary Variation from Hunter-Gatherer to Modern Capitalist Societies - Eric B. Ross 2. Foodways: Historical Overview and Theoretical Prolegomenon - Marvin Harris Part II: Bioevolutionary Antecedents and Constraints 3. Primate Die...
Islam Md Meftaul, Kadiyala Venkateswarlu, Rajarathnam Dharmarajan, Prasath Annamalai et al.
Glyphosate, introduced by Monsanto Company under the commercial name Roundup in 1974, became the extensively used herbicide worldwide in the last few decades. Glyphosate has excellent properties of fast sorption in soil, biodegradation and less toxicity to nontarget organisms. However, glyphosate ha...
Hanne Svarstad, Ragnhild Overå, Tor A. Benjaminsen
Power plays a key role in definitions of political ecology. Likewise, empirical studies within this field tend to provide detailed presentations of various uses of power, involving corporate and conservation interventions influencing access to land and natural resources. The results include struggle...
Aney Parven, Islam Md Meftaul, Kadiyala Venkateswarlu, Mallavarapu Megharaj
Abstract Herbicides play a crucial role in modern agriculture by controlling weeds and ensuring sustainable crop productivity. However, the use of herbicides has raised concerns regarding their contamination, posing serious threat to the environment, biodiversity, and food safety. Recent trends indi...
Reinhard Mechler, Chandni Singh, Kristie L. Ebi, Riyanti Djalante et al.
Abstract Recent evidence shows that climate change is leading to irreversible and existential impacts on vulnerable communities and countries across the globe. Among other effects, this has given rise to public debate and engagement around notions of climate crisis and emergency. The Loss and Damage...
Jason Cons
This essay interrogates an emergent genre of development projects that seek to instill resilience in populations likely to be severely impacted by climate change. These new projects venture a dark vision of life in a warming world—one where portable technologies become necessary for managing a futur...
Rajib Roychowdhury, Shuvasish Choudhury, Mirza Hasanuzzaman, Sangeeta Srivastava
John H. Bodley
List of Figures and Tables Preface Acknowledgments Chapter 1 Anthropological Perspectives on Contemporary Human Problems Nature and Scope of the Problems World Scientists' Warning to Humanity, 1992 UN Millennium Goals Crisis Awareness and Response Significance of Culture Scale Uniqueness of Tribal S...
Paul Sillitoe
Abstract. Scientific land and soil resource surveys have had only limited impacts locally on development and extension practice in the tropics. They are thought to have little relevance for subsistence farmers. Their failure to accommodate local social and cultural priorities is a factor. Soil scien...
Carol Shennan, Timothy J. Krupnik, Graeme Baird, Hamutahl Cohen et al.
In this review, we examine the debate surrounding the role for organic agriculture in future food production systems. Typically represented as a binary organic–conventional question, this debate perpetuates an either/or mentality. We question this framing and examine the pitfalls of organic–conventi...