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Engendering social and environmental safeguards in REDD+: Lessons from feminist and development research
(2016)
Drawing on feminist and development literature, this paper suggests several important lessons and considerations for building equitable approaches to REDD+. Specifically, we illustrate the conceptual and practical ...
“Si no comemos tortilla, no vivimos:” Women, climate change and food security in central Mexico
(2014-04-30)
In recent years, it has become clear that food security is intimately related to complex environmental, social, political and economic issues. Even though several studies document the impact of climate on food production ...
Gendered spaces of payment for environmental services: A critical look
(2017)
This article investigates the paradoxical outcomes of a mechanism to promote women’s participation in PES. Focusing specifically on the “Legal Representative,” position, I examine how gendered and generational power dynamics ...
A feminist approach to climate change governance: Everyday and intimate politics
(2015)
Neoliberal climate governance, which focuses on shifting responsibility for mitigating climate change onto individuals through their consumption of techno-scientific solutions, ignores and obscures the experience of ...
COMPARISON OF TWO HUMAN CELL LINES FOLLOWING EXPOSURE TO LOW DOSE RADIATION AND TREATMENT WITH SOYBEAN MISO AND ITS ACTIVE INGREDIENT GENISTEIN
(East Carolina University, 2013)
Exposure to radiation is increasingly becoming a worldwide health issue. Because of this, the need for effective radioprotectors is critical. This need is not met by amifostine, the current "gold standard" in radioprotectors, ...
Components of Reproductive Isolation between Subspecies of an Annual Plant
(2014)
Reproductive isolation is required in the divergence of species. The components of reproductive isolation are separated into either ecological or genetic components. In plants these include: habitat, temporal, pollinator ...
From Steaming Hearths : The Transition from English Colonial Fare to African Foodways in the Coastal Regions of the American Upper South
(East Carolina University, 2014)
Traditional southeastern American food evolved from a complex series of regional food elements emerging from cultural exchange between Native Americans, European settlers, and African slaves. A study of the regional ...
Delayed Self-Fertilization in Triodanis perfoliata
(2014)
Self-fertilization is a reproductive technique that allows a plant to produce offspring even when pollinators may be scarce. Utilizing the process of delayed selfing, a species is with the benefits of both cross-pollination ...
International Students in US Colleges and Universities : Eating Habits, Cultural Identity, and Dietary Acculturation
(East Carolina University, 2011)
The aim of this study is to assess international students' dietary acculturation issues with a focus on students of African origins in the United States. Responses of 142 participants from a survey that was sent out in ...