Articles

Four steps for the Earth: mainstreaming the post-2020 global biodiversity framework

Elsevier, One Earth, Volume 4, 22 January 2021
The upcoming Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) meeting, and adoption of the new Global Biodiversity Framework, represent an opportunity to transform humanity's relationship with nature. Restoring nature while meeting human needs requires a bold vision, including mainstreaming biodiversity conservation in society. We present a framework that could support this: the Mitigation and Conservation Hierarchy.
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SDG:

Goal 14: Life below water; Goal 15: Life on land

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Biodiversity and ecosystems, Global

Porous liquids – Future for CO2 capture and separation?

Elsevier,

Current Research in Green and Sustainable Chemistry, Volume 4, January 2021

In this discussion, the authors present the most recent developments on porous liquids and how they can tackle energy and environmental issues through coupling with membrane technology. This article advances SDGs 7, 9 and 13.
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SDG:

Goal 7: Affordable and clean energy; Goal 9: Industry, innovation and infrastructure; Goal 13: Climate action

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Industry; Chemicals and waste; Climate change; Energy; Technology, Global

Tackling impostor syndrome: A multidisciplinary approach

Elsevier,

Tackling impostor syndrome: A multidisciplinary approach, Clinical Imaging, 2021

This journal article advances SDGs 3, 5 and 10 by explaining imposter syndrome, how it affects high-achieving women, and tips on how to tackle it.
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SDG:

Goal 5: Gender equality; Goal 3: Good health and well-being; Goal 10: Reduced inequalities

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Diversity and inclusion; Gender equality and women's empowerment; Health and wellbeing, Global

Anthropogenic resistance: accounting for human behavior in wildlife connectivity planning

Elsevier,

One Earth, Volume 4, 22 January 2021

Maintaining or restoring connectivity among wildlife populations is a primary strategy to overcome the negative impacts of habitat fragmentation. Yet, current connectivity planning efforts typically assess landscape resistance, the ability of organisms to cross various biophysical elements in a landscape, while overlooking the various ways in which human behaviors influence connectivity. Here, we introduce the concept of “anthropogenic resistance” to capture the impacts of human behaviors on species' movement through a landscape.

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SDG:

Goal 13: Climate action; Goal 14: Life below water; Goal 15: Life on land

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Biodiversity and ecosystems

Residues of currently used pesticides in soils and earthworms: A silent threat?

Elsevier,

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, Volume 305, 1 January 2021

Thirty-one pesticide residues were analyzed in 180 agricultural topsoils and 155 earthworms. The soils (100 %) and earthworms (92 %) contained at least one pesticide. The initial predicted environmental concentrations in soils were exceeded in 22 % of the soils.
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SDG:

Goal 2: Zero hunger; Goal 12: Responsible consumption and production

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Sustainable consumption and production; Climate change; Food security and nutrition and sustainable agriculture, Global

The vegan trend and the microfoundations of institutional change: A commentary on food producers’ sustainable innovation journeys in Europe

Elsevier,

Trends in Food Science and Technology, Volume 107, January 2021

Recent years have seen the rise in popularity of the vegan or plant-based diet among consumers, which can go some way to reducing the environmental burden. This trend has motivated pioneering food producers to develop innovative vegan food products for niche markets, thus driving the sustainability transition of the food sector.
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SDG:

Goal 2: Zero hunger; Goal 12: Responsible consumption and production; Goal 13: Climate action

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Sustainable consumption and production; Food security and nutrition and sustainable agriculture, Europe

Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Nursing Home End-of-Life Care: A Systematic Review

Elsevier,

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, Volume 22, Issue 2, 2021, Pages 279-290.e1, ISSN 1525-8610

This journal article addresses SDG 3 and 10 by discussing that nursing homes (NHs) end-of-life (EOL) care is suboptimal and NH health disparities are pervasive. This study found that racial/ethnic minority NH residents experience poorer EOL care compared with White NH residents, and particularly in NHs with larger proportions of Black residents.This systematic review has several implications for care provision and future research regarding NH EOL care for racial/ethnic minority residents.
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SDG:

Goal 3: Good health and well-being; Goal 10: Reduced inequalities

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Health and wellbeing; Diversity and inclusion, North America

When non-Whiteness becomes a condition

Elsevier,

 

Blood,
Volume 137, Issue 1,
2021,
Pages 13-15

This journal article advances SDG 10 by discussing that there is a long history in medicine of using healthy White men as the standard for normal, ascribing anything different as abnormal, other, or requiring adjustments. Although our understanding of and access to genetics has improved significantly in the past decades, our reliance on race as a proxy for genetic markers has not changed, suggesting that medicine as a profession, a system, and an institution has yet to erase racist ideologies acquired from the past.
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SDG:

Goal 10: Reduced inequalities; Goal 3: Good health and well-being

Tags:

Health and wellbeing; Diversity and inclusion, Global

Academic Radiology - The Current State of Gender Discrimination and Sexual Harassment in the Radiology Workplace: A Survey

Elsevier,

Academic Radiology, January 2021

This journal article promotes gender equality by examining the extent to which gender discrimination and sexual harassment are experienced by female radiologists and trainees, contributing to SDG 5.
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SDG:

Goal 5: Gender equality; Goal 3: Good health and well-being

Tags:

Gender equality and women's empowerment, Global

Water harvesting techniques for improving soil water content, and morpho-physiology of pistachio trees under rainfed conditions

Elsevier,

Agricultural Water Management, Volume 243, 1 January 2021, 106464

Advancing SDGs 2 and 15, a field study was conducted in Northern Jordan to assess the influence of combined in-situ water harvesting techniques, micro-catchment and mulching on soil moisture content, plant morphology, gas exchange and midday stem water potential of young pistachio trees.
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SDG:

Goal 15: Life on land; Goal 2: Zero hunger

Tags:

Biodiversity and ecosystems; Food security and nutrition and sustainable agriculture, Middle East

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