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The Thinking Healthcare System Artificial Intelligence and Human Equity: Chapter 4 - AI + public health: effective and fair collaboration

Elsevier,

The Thinking Healthcare System

Artificial Intelligence and Human Equity

2023, Pages 99-129

Highlights the 21st century's fundamental “global health” reformulation of PubHealth and anticolonial resistance (to a perceived cultural imperialism of the West including in PubHealth) supporting SDG 3.
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SDG:

Goal 3: Good health and well-being

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Global Health; deglobalization; public health, Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Europe, Global, Middle East, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America

Complexity and Complex Ecological Systems - Chapter 6 - Biodiversity maintenance in food webs

Elsevier,

Stanislaw Sieniutycz, Chapter 6 - Biodiversity maintenance in food webs, Editor(s): Stanislaw Sieniutycz, Complexity and Complex Ecological Systems, Elsevier, 2023, Pages 75-97, ISBN 9780443192371

This content aligns with Goal 15: Life on Land by introducing the subject of trophic relationships in coastal and estuarine ecosystems.
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SDG:

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

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Biodiversity and ecosystems; Food security and nutrition and sustainable agriculture, Global

Plant RNA Viruses - Chapter 12 - Biodiversity and characterization of economically important viruses on potato cultivars

Elsevier,

Nikolay Manchev Petrov, Mariya Ivanova Stoyanova, Rajarshi Kumar Gaur, Chapter 12 - Biodiversity and characterization of economically important viruses on potato cultivars, Editor(s): Rajarshi Kumar Gaur, Basavaprabhu L. Patil, Ramasamy Selvarajan, Plant RNA Viruses, Academic Press, 2023, Pages 245-270, ISBN 9780323953399

This content aligns with Goal 15: Life on Earth as it discusses the different viruses that can infect potatoes which are a problem for the quality and the quantity of global potato production which can exacerbate any food security issues.
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SDG:

Goal 15: Life on land; Goal 2: Zero hunger; Goal 12: Responsible consumption and production

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Biodiversity and ecosystems; Food security and nutrition and sustainable agriculture; Health and population, Global

Multi-Hazard Vulnerability and Resilience Building - Chapter 9: Integrating indigenous knowledge with science to suitably tackle disasters due to climate and environmental change: an overview of the progress and way forward

Elsevier,

Multi-Hazard Vulnerability and Resilience Building: Cross Cutting Issues, 2023, Pages 127-143

This chapter advances the UN SDG goals 11 and 10 by developing a practical philosophy that elaborates elements from the Indigenous knowledge system for hybrid epistemologies from which actions can be developed for disaster risk reduction.
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SDG:

Goal 11: Sustainable cities and communities; Goal 10: Reduced inequalities

Tags:

Disaster risk reduction; Sustainable cities and human settlements, Global

Multi-Hazard Vulnerability and Resilience Building - Chapter 21: Foundation of indigenous knowledge theory for disaster risk reduction

Elsevier,

Multi-Hazard Vulnerability and Resilience Building: Cross Cutting Issues, 2023, Pages 347-361

This chapter advances the UN SDG goals 11 and 10 by contextualizing how the integration of indigenous practice and scientific knowledge of DRR can support development organizations and policymakers in planning effective and practical activities to mitigate and manage disaster risk in indigenous communities. This conceptual article argues that indigenous knowledge can assist in becoming more aware of disaster risks, implementing a successful local disaster management plan, and conducting scientific research and training.
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SDG:

Goal 11: Sustainable cities and communities; Goal 10: Reduced inequalities

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Disaster risk reduction; Sustainable cities and human settlements; Indigenous Knowledge, Global

International Encyclopedia of Education, Fourth Edition - Human rights education

Elsevier,

International Encyclopedia of Education, Fourth Edition, 2023, Pages 53-64

This chapter advances Goals 4, 10, and 3 by providing an overview of human rights education in formal and non-formal educational spaces and in professional settings. It includes current debates in the field around the pedagogy and practice of teaching human rights.
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SDG:

Goal 4: Quality education; Goal 3: Good health and well-being; Goal 10: Reduced inequalities

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Human rights; Education, Global

International Encyclopedia of Education, Fourth Edition - Education International and its global contribution to educational debates

Elsevier,

International Encyclopedia of Education, Fourth Edition, 2023, Pages 574-585

This chapter advances Goals 4 and 19 by describing some of the ways in which Education International approaches some of key issues of policy and practice, both long-standing, such as social equality and human rights, and those that are emerging, such as uses of new technologies, privatization, decolonization of education and climate change.
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SDG:

Goal 4: Quality education; Goal 10: Reduced inequalities

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Human rights; Education, Global

Advances in Immunology - Chapter 3: The CARD8 inflammasome in HIV infection

Elsevier,

Advances in Immunology
Volume 157, 2023, Pages 59-100

This content aligns with Goal 3: Good Health and Wellbeing by summarize the current understanding of inflammasome biology and the role of different inflammasomes in HIV pathogenesis with a focus on the recently described CARD8 inflammasome.
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SDG:

Goal 3: Good health and well-being

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Health and population; Health and wellbeing, Global

Groundwater Ecology and Evolution (Second Edition) - Chapter 23 - Recent concepts and approaches for conserving groundwater biodiversity

Elsevier,

Andrew J. Boulton, Maria Elina Bichuette, Kathryn Korbel, Fabio Stoch, Matthew L. Niemiller, Grant C. Hose, Simon Linke, Chapter 23 - Recent concepts and approaches for conserving groundwater biodiversity, Editor(s): Florian Malard, Christian Griebler, Sylvie Rétaux, Groundwater Ecology and Evolution (Second Edition), Academic Press, 2023, Pages 525-550, ISBN 9780128191194

This content aligns with Goal 14: Life under Water by exploring different approaches for conserving groundwater biodiversity.
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SDG:

Goal 14: Life below water

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Biodiversity and ecosystems; Science, Global

LiDAR Principles, Processing and Applications in Forest Ecology - Chapter 13 - Applications of LiDAR in Biodiversity Conservation, Ecohydrology, and Ecological Process Modeling of Forest Ecosystems

Elsevier,

Chapter 13 - Applications of LiDAR in Biodiversity Conservation, Ecohydrology, and Ecological Process Modeling of Forest Ecosystems, Editor(s): Qinghua Guo, Yanjun Su, Tianyu Hu, LiDAR Principles, Processing and Applications in Forest Ecology, Academic Press, 2023, Pages 407-442, ISBN 9780128238943

This content aligns with Goal 15: Life on Land by exploring the role and advantages of LiDAR in biodiversity monitoring in forest ecosystems.
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SDG:

Goal 15: Life on land

Tags:

Biodiversity and ecosystems; Forests, Global

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