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(2024)Ecosystem services (ES) can be defined as the components of ecosystems from which humans derive benefits, such as crop pollination and climate regulation. In a bid to ensure that biodiversity is taken into account in public ...
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(2024)While the representation of women in science is on the rise, this increase is not of the same magnitude in all fields, such as mathematics and computer science, for example. What's more, their presence decreases as one ...
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(2024)Biological invasions are one of the main causes of biodiversity decline worldwide. While Japanese knotweed and tiger mosquito are invasive species that are well known to the public, the same could not be said for the ...
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(2024)Knowledge of habitats and their distribution is crucial for the long-term management and monitoring of protected natural areas, particularly in Sub-Antarctic regions, which are severely affected by climate change and ...
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(2024)Mycotoxins are metabolites that can be toxic to humans and animals. Produced and excreted by filamentous fungi, they contaminate crops in the field or during storage.Mycotoxins can cause human, animal and environmental ...
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(2024)Climate change and the current context of environmental crises are prompting those involved in water resource management to rethink the hydrological systems inherited from past centuries. As an international reference, the ...
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(2024)What causes vegetation and soil degradation? What are the consequences for ecosystems, biodiversity, water resources and the climate? What are future impacts on human societies and the economy? Desertification is often ...
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(2024)The use of chemical pesticides is a major societal concern due to their negative impact on the environment and health. The French Priority Research Programme "Growing and Protecting Crops Differently", led by INRAE, has a ...
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(2024)As holders of local knowledge, indigenous peoples are veritable sentinels of the climate upheavals they have been observing and adapting to for several decades. Faced with the complex challenges of the environmental crisis, ...
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(2024)The farm is the basic economic unit of agricultural production. Mastering the concepts and methodological tools of its economy therefore appears essential to fostering sustainable development, particularly in southern ...
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(2025)Precarious Motherhood explores the experiences of racially minoritised mothers living with insecure immigration status and financial hardship in London, UK. It exposes the impact of hostile immigration policies and precarity ...
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(2025)Sierra Leone is often sensationalized as a place of extreme violence and suffering—of blood diamonds, child soldiers, war amputations, and Ebola and now the highly addictive drug Kush. Before Before captures daily life in ...
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(2025)Thought-provoking analysis of how illiberalism, major crises and digital transformation are changing our politico-administrative systems. What does the future hold for the public sector? A convergence of illiberalism, ...
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(2024)In this edited book we are compelled to think about the convergences between the technological advances made possible by lockdowns brought on by the Covid-19 Pandemic and increased 4IR use in the South African context. ...
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(2024)This book begins with a simple observation: none of South Africa’s presidents since Nelson Mandela have held any ministerial portfolios. This is in contrast to the nine men who ruled the country during its Union and Apartheid ...
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(2025)Higher education is facing increasing challenges. Economic and financial pressures have heightened the strain on the sustainability of higher education institutions (HEIs). These pressures have prompted a shift toward ...
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(2024)“A Fair Share: Reflecting Essays on Economic Inequality in South Africa” explores the multifaceted issue of economic inequality in South Africa, delving into its historical roots, current manifestations, and potential ...
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(2024)Arab and African states have seen an unprecedented expansion in tertiary education in recent times, both in terms of number of students and institutions. While this development allows for more equity in access, it goes ...
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(2024)“Public sector communication in Southern Africa cannot be understood outside the factors shaped by the region’s historical context, political transitions and, subsequently, the need for transparent and inclusive governance." ...
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(2024)Practical Theology and Mission Studies: Understand, contemplate and do! South African Perspectives is an academic book that consists of theoretical contributions from lecturers and research associates of the Department of ...
