scholarly journals Ecofeminism and Natural Resource Management: Justice Delayed, Justice Denied

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (13) ◽  
pp. 7319
Author(s):  
Yang Liu ◽  
Muhammad Khalid Anser ◽  
Khalid Zaman
Keyword(s):  
Mineral Resource ◽  
Natural Resource ◽  
Access To Finance ◽  
Positive Role ◽  
Women’S Autonomy ◽  
Ecological Footprints ◽  
Women's Autonomy ◽  
Resource Rents

Women have a right to excel in all spheres of activity. However, their roles are mainly confined in the resource extraction industry due to masculinity bias. African women are considered exemplary cases where women have low access to finance and economic opportunities to progress in the natural resource industry. This study examines the role of women’s autonomy in mineral resource extraction by controlling ecological footprints, financial development, environmental degradation, economic growth, and changes in the general price level in the Democratic Republic of the Congo data from 1975–2019. The autoregressive distributed lag estimates show that in the short-run, women’s autonomy decreases mineral resource rents; however, this result disappears in the long-run and the positive role of women’s autonomy in increasing resource capital is confirmed. Ecological footprints are in jeopardy from saving mineral resources both in the short- and long-term. Financial development negatively impacts mineral resource rents, while women’s access to finance supports the mineral resource agenda. The positive role of women in environmental protection has led to increased mineral resource rents in the short- and long-term. Women’s social and economic autonomy increases mineral resource rents in the short-term, while it has evaporated in the long-term. The Granger causality has confirmed the unidirectional linkages running from women’s green ecological footprints, access to finance, and women participating in environmental protection to mineral resource rents in a country. The variance decomposition analysis has shown that women’s economic autonomy and access to finance will exert more significant variance shocks to mineral resource rents over the next ten years’ period. The results conclude the positive role of women’s freedom in the mineral resource sustainability agenda. Thus, there is a high need to authorize women through access to finance and economic decisions to restore natural resource capital nationwide.

scholarly journals Technowomen: Women’s Autonomy and Its Impact on Environmental Quality

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 1611
Author(s):  
Saima Mujeed ◽  
Shuangyan Li ◽  
Musarrat Jabeen ◽  
Abdelmohsen A. Nassani ◽  
Sameh E. Askar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Energy Consumption ◽  
Environmental Quality ◽  
Ghg Emissions ◽  
Renewable Energy Consumption ◽  
Women’S Autonomy ◽  
Women's Autonomy ◽  
Role Of Women

The role of women in economic development and the global environment is vital for progressing them towards the United Nations sustainable development goal (SDG-5) that emphasized the need to empower women in every walk of life. The study examines women’s autonomy in the sustainable development agenda under China’s open innovation system from 1975 to 2019. The study employed an autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) model, vector autoregressive (VAR) Granger causality, and innovation accounting matrix to estimate parameters. The existing data are summarized and collated in the context of China to explain as a correlational study. The results show that women’s autonomy moderated with technology spills over to decrease greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and substantiate the hump-shaped relationship between them. The increased spending on research and development (R&D) activities, patent publications, and renewable energy consumption empowers women to be equipped with the latest sustainable technologies to improve environmental quality. The pollution haven hypothesis verifies a given country, where trade liberalization policies tend to increase polluting industries to set up their plants that engaged in dirty production that exacerbate GHG emissions. The causality estimates confirmed that technological innovations and renewable energy consumption leads to women’s autonomy. In contrast, females’ share in the labor force participation rate leads to an increase in renewable energy consumption. Thus, it is evident that there is a positive role of women in the country’s sustainable development.

scholarly journals The Long-term Effects of Instruction on EFL Learners' Use of Complaining Formulas

10.29007/5xsb ◽  
2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alicia Martínez-Flor ◽  
Esther Usó-Juan
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Learners ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Long Term Effects ◽  
Positive Role ◽  
Efl Learners ◽  
Foreign Language Learners ◽  
Over Time

Studies analysing the positive role of pragmatic instruction in formal settings have increased over the last decades. Within this area of interventional pragmatics, some studies have particularly examined whether the effectiveness of the instruction implemented is sustained over time. In order to shed more light on the long-term effects of instruction, this research investigates English as a Foreign Language learners’ use of complaining formulas not only after immediately receiving instruction, but also two months later. Results show that learners keep using a variety of appropriate complaining formulas two months after having participated in the instructional period. These findings are discussed and directions for future research suggested.

Long Term Follow-up of a Population of Low-Intermediate Risk Myelodisplastyc Syndrome Patients Treated with a Combination of Recombinant Erythropoietin, 13-Cis-Retinoic Acid and Dihydroxylated Vitamin D3 Confirms the Positive Role of Erythroid Response on Survival

Blood ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 116 (21) ◽  
pp. 4968-4968
Author(s):  
Dario Ferrero ◽  
Elena Crisà ◽  
Antonella Darbesio ◽  
Cristina Foli ◽  
Valentina Giai ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Retinoic Acid ◽  
Median Survival ◽  
Vitamin D3 ◽  
Recombinant Erythropoietin ◽  
Positive Role ◽  
Erythroid Response ◽  
Long Term Follow Up

Abstract Abstract 4968 In our previous paper (Ferrero et al, BJH 2009) we reported the treatment of 63 MDS patients (median age 75, 16 RAEB1, 47 non RAEB) with a combination of human recombinant erythropoietin (alfa or beta epoetin, 30–80000 U/ week, median 65000U/week), 13-cis-retinoic acid (20 mg day) and dihydroxylated vitamin D3 (1 ug day). Eleven of the 16 RAEB1 patients also received intermittent, low dose of 6-thioguanine. In spite of adverse prognostic factors for response to erythropoietin (all patients with Hb <9.5 g/dl, 70% transfusion dependent, 51% IPSS intermediate 1 or 2) 64% of non RAEB and 50% of RAEB1 displayed an erythroid response according to Cheson et al (Blood 2006). At previous evaluation (41 months of follow-up) a survival advantage was evident for non RAEB patients with erythroid response. Now we updated the casistic after 3 years from the previous evaluation. Median follow up for alive patients is now 64 months (5 months - 12 years). Median duration of erythroid response is now increased to 25 (2-88+) months for non RAEB and 6 (2.5-34.5+) months for RAEB1, 32.5% of responses in non RAEB patients have lasted more than 3 years. Twenty-nine/46 non RAEB and 14/16 RAEB1 patients died, with a median survival respectively of 57 and 15 months. Acute myeloid leukemia evolution occurred to 10 patients (5 RAEB1 and 5 non RAEB patients). Although the erythroid response did not correlate with known risk factors such as IPSS score, caryotype and transfusion requirement, it confirmed its positive prognostic role for survival in non RAEB patients (p 0.04, HR 2.06): median survival 71.5 months (range 12–150+) for responders, 30.6 months (range 5–149) for non responders. A trend towards a better survival for responder was also observed among RAEB1 patients (median survival 17 months for responders, 10 months for non responders), however, due to the low numbers of patients in this group, the difference was not statistically significant, even if border line (p 0.052, HR 2.52). In conclusion our long term follow-up confirmed the positive role of our combined treatment for response duration and survival in a group of non RAEB patients, most of them with unfavorable prognostic features.Figure 1.Overall survival of myelodisplastyc patients according to erythroid response: A. Non-RAEB patients:“___” responsive patients, “—” not responsive patients (p 0.04, HR 2.06) B. RAEB patients: “___” responsive patients, “—” not responsive patients (p 0.05, HR 2.52)Figure 1. Overall survival of myelodisplastyc patients according to erythroid response: A. Non-RAEB patients:“___” responsive patients, “—” not responsive patients (p 0.04, HR 2.06) B. RAEB patients: “___” responsive patients, “—” not responsive patients (p 0.05, HR 2.52) Disclosures: Off Label Use: The use of 13-cis retinoic acid and 1; 25(OH)2 vitamin D3 in myelodisplastyc syndrome is off-label. In our study we used that drugs in combination with erythropoietin as differentiative agents.

The Role of the Neighbourhood in Rehabilitation of an Urban Aquatic Ecosystem

1997 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 245-256 ◽  
Author(s):  
K.W. Dance
Keyword(s):  
Fish Species ◽  
Exotic Fish ◽  
Positive Role ◽  
Management Intervention ◽  
Rehabilitation Plan ◽  
Management Interventions ◽  
Periodic Monitoring ◽  
Exotic Fish Species

Abstract For the first 10 to 15 years following rehabilitation, the original goals at West Heights Pond, Kitchener, were attained. Monitoring over a 16-year period revealed that if ecosystem health and aesthetics goals are to be sustained in the future, management intervention is required. Required management includes on-going control of aggressive wetland plant pests; efforts to discourage waterfowl feeding so that numbers decline and water quality improves; and potential future control of exotic fish species goldfish and carp. The study has concluded that (1) periodic monitoring over the long term is required to determine whether rehabilitation plan goals are being met and to identify the nature of required management interventions; (2) human neighbours are a critical species in the ecosystem management process since they can be the agents of significant positive and negative actions which affect attainment of rehabilitation plan goals; and (3) the lead agency in rehabilitation implementation should ensure that a long-term dialogue with site neighbours capitalizes on the positive role neighbours can play and avoids negative actions such as feeding waterfowl, trampling banks and vegetation, and introducing exotic fish species.

scholarly journals An accident of history? How mopeds boosted Dutch cycling infrastructure (1950–1970)

2021 ◽  
pp. 002252662110119
Author(s):  
Henk-Jan Dekker
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Positive Role ◽  
Long Run ◽  
The 1950S ◽  
Cycle Path

This article argues that mopeds played an ambivalent but ultimately positive role in the long-term success of Dutch cycling. Unlike in many other countries, Dutch cycling levels dropped but remained significant throughout the 1950s and 1960s, partly because cycling infrastructure continued to be constructed. One underexplored factor explaining this is the role of mopeds in the 1950s. The Netherlands constructed a significant network of cycle paths before the 1950s. When mopeds became popular, the existence of this network raised the question of where they should ride. Engineers and politicians classified mopeds as bicycles, assigning them to the cycle path. As a result, engineers decided to build more and wider cycle paths. Despite the danger and discomfort of sharing cycling paths, cyclists therefore also benefited in the long run from the decision to reframe cycle paths as cycle-and-moped paths.

scholarly journals The Potency of Eco-Innovation, Natural Resource and Financial Development on Ecological Footprint: A Quantile-ARDL Based Evidence from China

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sahar Afshan ◽  
Tanzeela Yaqoob
Keyword(s):  
Natural Resources ◽  
Financial Development ◽  
Environmental Degradation ◽  
Natural Resource ◽  
Ecological Footprint ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Resource Rents ◽  
Long Run ◽  
Novel Method

Abstract Given the alarming deterioration of the environment, the present analysis investigates the role of eco-innovation, natural resources and financial development in influencing the environmental degradation of China. Applying the novel method of Quantile-ARDL, the current research is beneficial in portraying the dependence patterns of the variables with special emphasis on the nexus of eco-innovation and ecological footprint across numerous quantiles of the distribution which has not been examined so far in the literature. The empirical findings reveal that in the long run, eco-innovation reduces the level of ecological deterioration in China across all quantiles. On the other hand, the results suggest that the increase in credit to the private sector and natural resource rents augment environmental degradation. The outcomes imply that the over-dependence on natural resources and financial development can worsen the goals of sustainable development in China if the strategies of conservation and management are ignored. Moreover, witnessing the favourable role of eco-innovation, competent policies and regulations can be made towards sustainable efficient technologies and eco-friendly energy sources to halt global warming.

scholarly journals Natural Resources and Civil Conflict: The Role of Military Expenditures

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (12) ◽  
pp. 575
Author(s):  
Rabah Arezki ◽  
Markus Brueckner
Keyword(s):  
Natural Resources ◽  
Natural Resource ◽  
Resource Curse ◽  
Civil Conflict ◽  
Resource Rents ◽  
Important Message ◽  
Military Expenditures ◽  
Natural Resource Rents ◽  
The Relationship

Military expenditures significantly affect the relationship between the risk of civil conflict outbreak and natural resources. We show that a significant positive effect of natural resource rents on the risk of civil conflict outbreak is limited to countries with low military expenditures. In countries with high military expenditures, there is no significant effect of natural resource rents on civil conflict onset. An important message is thus that a conflict resource curse is absent in countries with sufficiently large military expenditures.

scholarly journals Climate refugees as the next era in globalisation process and the ground for re-shaping of world (dis)order

2016 ◽  
Vol 68 (4) ◽  
pp. 309-326
Author(s):  
Ivan Dujic
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Social Structure ◽  
Continuous Process ◽  
Common Denominator ◽  
International Organisations ◽  
Positive Role ◽  
The Common ◽  
Climate Refugees

In a fast-changing world, the process of globalisation imposes a long-term task: how to maintain or re-shape the existing world (dis)order. The aim of this paper is to point to the emergence of climate refugees in the context of refugee problems in general. The common denominator of all refugees is a risk of disrupting relationships and gradually undermining co-operation among states. This paper, however, emphasises the positive role of refugees in strengthening and revalorising of multiculturalism in the existing societies and states, as well as their contribution to the continuous process of globalisation. The second aim of the paper is to indicate the absence of the full authority of international organisations as decision-making centres. The important question and an acute problem as well, refer to the way in which societies and states, including Serbia, could be preserved as a historical outcome of the emergence of climate refugees who threaten, more than others, to destabilise their social structure.

scholarly journals Impact of Natural Resource Rents and Institutional Quality on Human Capital: A Case Study of the United Arab Emirates

Resources ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 152 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruba Aljarallah
Keyword(s):  
Human Capital ◽  
United Arab Emirates ◽  
Natural Resource ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Institutional Quality ◽  
Law And Order ◽  
Distributed Lag ◽  
Resource Rents ◽  
Natural Resource Rents

For many years, the United Arab Emirates has been using its natural resource wealth to develop infrastructure and attain economic growth. Nevertheless, human capital theory stresses the importance of human capital to reach sustainability in the long-term. This study examines the impacts of natural resource rents and institutional quality on human capital by applying the cointegration and error correction model based on the autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) approach. The study uses corruption and law and order as proxies for institutional quality. The results indicate that one percent increases in resource rents and corruption decrease the human capital by 0.16% and 0.14%, respectively, in the long-term. Moreover, in the short-term, the current corruption and lag of resource rents have significant negative impacts on human capital. However, law and order has a positive impact on human capital in both the short and long-term. Thus, this study suggests that there is an instant need to prioritize education to reach long-term sustainability.

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