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Forestry in the Face of Global Change: Results of a Global Survey of Professionals

ecological aspects, but respondents also highlighted the need for a better appreciation of social/political and economic barriers, especially regarding transformation strategies. In addition, the response ... acceptance for transform strategies. Further, this study highlights the importance of social and political factors and the need to understand the general public's values regarding adaptation strategies as well

The Vision of Managing for Pest-Resistant Landscapes: Realistic or Utopic?

landscapes. However, the precise mechanisms by which silviculture can increase resistance remains uncertain. Further, humans tend to more often create pest-prone forests due to political, economic, and human ... on social, political, cultural, and educational mechanisms to motivate implementation of proven ecological solutions if pest-resistant forests are to be favoured by management. Unprecedented outbreaks

Exploring Forest Sector Research Subjects and Trends from 2000 to 2019 Using Topic Modeling

analysis framework covers the complete forest wood chain (FWC) with PESTE factors. PESTE is applied to analyze political, economic, social, technological, and ecological/environmental factors affecting the ... and climate change was detected, but the development of research on economic, political, and especially social factors remained weak. A more recent worldwide review focusing on forest ecosystem services

Education is a Fundamental Right

enjoyment of the rights of speech and of full participation in the political process." 2 7 Unfortunately, since the plaintiffs did not present any evidence that their education was not preparing them to ... . 22 Id at 15-16. 23 Id at 6. 24 Id at 56. 25 Id at 18. 26 Id at 30-31. 27 Id at 37. 28 Id. at 35. 29 Id at 91. 30 Id the political system and be self-sufficient.31 Ultimately, with this dissent

The Next Era of Health Law: Medical-Legal Partnerships

' health access and outcomes. As the health justice framework moves more into the mainstream political discourse, this momentum must be used to address the justice gap and legal determinants of health ... political attitudes toward health care. 2 7 Medicare for all moved from the confines of the far left to a central platform of many democratic presidential candidates in 2020, signifying how the tenets of

Criteria for Assessing the Sustainability of Logging Operations—A Systematic Review

forest management (SFM) was defined and adopted at the political level [ 8 ]. The United Nations Forum on Forests (2007) defines SFM “as a dynamic and evolving concept, aims to maintain and enhance the ... ]. C&I belong to a hierarchical framework and represent the levels below the principles, which are the result of a political process [12]. Criteria have the function of compliance with defined principles

A Look at Race & Reparations in America

follow predictable racial and political breakdowns: eighty-six percent of African Americans are in favor of reparations, while only twenty-eight percent of white people support the measure; sixty-four ... from enslavement, and therefore their taxpayer dollars should not be spent on such a program. In an article for the Report from the Institute for Philosophy and Public Policy, Robert K. Fullinwider

Why Offshore Betting is Risky

thrive is the existence of illegal gambling markets). 27 Gregory Lu , Esports Enforcement: How CriminalSentencing Philosophy Can Stop Esports Match-Fixing, 59 HouS. L. REv. ( 2022 ). 28 See Jon Wertheim

Guilty Until the Check Clears: How Money Bail Incentivizes Wealth and Criminalizes Poverty

order to be successful.3 1 Although the law has not yet taken effect, the Act already has many vocal opponents. State Republicans are calling for repeal of the Act and using it "as a political football ... In the event that judges are unable to jail people, then they can make defendants pay a money bond before release.4 5 "The political incentives are, in many cases, stacked against the constitutional

Applying Constitutional Due Process Rights in Immigration Detainment

Security ("DHS"). 10 A "reasonable fear of persecution" is demonstrated by a reasonable possibility of being persecuted or tortured on the basis of race, religion, nationality, political opinion, or

The Persecution of Asylum Seekers

the United States had a direct impact in bringing about said conditions.1 Yet political actors and movements in the United States have been increasingly vocal about their scrutiny and disdain of ... of asylum policy in the United States, from the political climate becoming increasingly hostile to immigrants in recent years to foreign policy decisions made during the past decades. While the Trump

The Right to Vote: Felony Disenfranchisement and Making Restoration a Reality

modern adversarial political climate and the needlessly controversial nature of the topic. As it pertains to the powers possessed by Congress, federal courts have embraced voting rights rather coldly ... the DRA deferential review because it inherently seeks to demolish that ever-present political intersection of racial discrimination and deprivation of the fundamental right to vote. 58 Across the

Sustainable Forest Management in Mexico

Forest management in Mexico is immersed in diverse and complex ecological, socio-cultural, political, economic, and technological contexts. These contexts have led to the use of the forests for many ... characteristics will allow better adaptation to the rapid changes, complexities, and ambiguities of the global environment and the Mexican ecological, social, political, and economic conditions. Forest

José Luis Gómez-Skarmeta (1966–2020)

passion for science, energetic personality and collaborative philosophy, which he incorporated into a unique way of doing research. Over the course of his career, he published 117 scientific articles with

Centering Indigenous Voices: The Role of Fire in the Boreal Forest of North America

of berry patches was guided by complex political and social systems which varied by group, but which served to conserve and enhance the yield of favorable plants [ 110, 111 ]. For example, burning ... : the algonquins of Barriere Lake against the State . University of Minnesota Press; 2017 . 132. Roberts J. “ What are we protecting out here?” a political ecology of forest, fire, and fuels management in

A Review of Potential Innovation Pathways to Enhance Resilience in Wood-Based Value Chains

. [ 19–22 ]). As an indication, a political vision introduced in the New European Forest Strategy suggests that innovation and new product development have the potential to shift the composition of value

The Legal and Constitutional Consequences of U.S. Police Departments Collaborating with Israeli Security Forces

and regulation that targets democratically-elected Palestinian members, preventing Palestinians from having fair political representation.3 9 These elected members represent roughly the 20% Palestinian ... Bank, Gaza, and East Jerusalem, are given no political rights or representation within the Knesset.4 1 In 2018, the Israeli government formalized apartheid through its enactment of the Nation-State Law

Juveniles, Mass Incarceration, and Why "Raising the Age

.' The court's purLoyola Public Interest Law Reporter pose was to be more rehabilitative as opposed to punitive.7 The thinking in choosing that philosophy seemed to be that mistakes made as a youth should ... 1990s, the system also made a change in philosophy." The philosophy went from being completely focused on rehabilitation to one focused on getting tough on crime, including crime done by the youth.12 This