Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns

Sustainable Agriculture and the Environment - Chapter 10: Traditional ecological knowledge towards natural resource management: perspective and challenges in North East India

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Sustainable Agriculture and the Environment, 2023, Pages 275-294
This chapter advances the UN SDG goals 12 and 10 by attempting to explore, analyze, and demonstrate the different traditional methods practiced by indigenous communities of the NE India, in context to NRM. It also explores various aspects of TEK and practices like indigenous farming and irrigation systems, conservation of sacred forests, age-old ethnobotanical knowledge, and cultural customs and rituals of different tribes of NE India.
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Sustainable consumption and production; Biodiversity and ecosystems, Global

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

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

Resilient and Sustainable Cities - Chapter 28: Re-envisaging cities: biophilic and First Nations strategies from Australia

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Resilient and Sustainable Cities: Research, Policy and Practice, 2022, Pages 519-535
This chapter advances the UN SDG goals 11, 12, and 13 by offering two alternate approaches to Western planning—city making informed by biophilic systems and First Nations values—through Australian case studies that have similar systems of thought, aspirations, and values. The challenge is for use to adapt (or retrofit) our cities to redress climate change and our consumption values toward crafting robust, resilient, respectful and sustainable places.
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Sustainable cities and human settlements; Sustainable consumption and production; Climate change, Global

Environmental Sustainability of Biofuels - Chapter 8 - Impact assessment of global biofuel regulations and policies on biodiversity

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Emma Suali, Latifah Suali, Chapter 8 - Impact assessment of global biofuel regulations and policies on biodiversity, Editor(s): Khalid Rehman Hakeem, Suhaib A. Bandh, Fayaz A. Malla, Mohammad Aneesul Mehmood, Environmental Sustainability of Biofuels, Elsevier, 2023, Pages 137-161, ISBN 9780323911597
This content aligns with Goal 7, Clean and Affordable Energy, and Goal 15, Life on Land, by assessing the impact of biofuel feedstocks on the environment, ecosystem, and biodiversity of the regions where energy crops will be grown and harvested.
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Biodiversity and ecosystems; Energy, Global

Plastics and Sustainability - Chapter 1: Plastics and environmental sustainability issues

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Plastics and Sustainability: Practical Approaches, 2023, Pages 1-43
This chapter aligns with Goal 3: Good health and well-being and Goal 12: Responsible consumption by providing an overview of types of commodity plastics, plastics and microplastics pollution, and availability of recycling methods.
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Health and wellbeing; Sustainable consumption and production, Global

Conservation of Marine Birds - Chapter 11: Cultural aspects of seabird conservation

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Conservation of Marine Birds, 2022, Pages 321-344
This chapter advances the UN SDG goals 12 and 11 by focusing mainly on the IPLC perspective in seabird conservation. By understanding this worldview and the associated approaches, we can set the stage to build a bridge between both groups in an effort to achieve more effective approaches to seabird conservation.
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Biodiversity and ecosystems; Oceans & Seas, Global

Materials and Sustainable Development, Second Edition - Chapter 3: What is a "Sustainable Development"

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Michael F. Ashby, Chapter 3 - What is a ‘Sustainable Development’?, Editor(s): Michael F. Ashby, Materials and Sustainable Development (Second Edition), Butterworth-Heinemann, 2022, Pages 51-68, ISBN 9780323983617.
This chapter advances the UN SDG goals 11 and 12 by defining what is meant by a 'sustainable development' and describing the challenges inherent in planning one.
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Imperiled: The Encyclopedia of Conservation - Cultural Ecosystem Services—Key to Address Pressing Environmental Concerns of Climate Change and Biodiversity Decline

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Imperiled: The Encyclopedia of Conservation, 2022, Pages 216-221
This chapter advances the UN SDG goals 11, 12, and 3 by highlighting the role of indigenous peoples and local communities’ cultural customs, lores, and practices in relation to managing their land and other natural resources; they need to be appropriately understood and acknowledged for public and environmental policy decision making.
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Biodiversity and ecosystems; Diversity and inclusion, Global

Imperiled: The Encyclopedia of Conservation - Restoring Biodiversity and Living With Nature (Based Solutions)

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Mark John Costello, Restoring Biodiversity and Living With Nature (Based Solutions), Editor(s): Dominick A. DellaSala, Michael I. Goldstein, Imperiled: The Encyclopedia of Conservation, Elsevier, 2022, Pages 7-14, ISBN 9780128211397
This chapter advances the UN SDG goals 12, 13 and 17 focussing on the restoration of biodiversity, which has become an international priority. Recognizing that it is difficult to determine when biodiversity has recovered, five indicators of recovery are proposed.
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Biodiversity and ecosystems; Indicators, Global

Imperiled - The Jaguar: Hope for a Brighter Future in the Americas

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Imperiled: The Encyclopedia of Conservation, 2022, pp 113-120
This chapter aligns with Goal 12: Responsible Consumption and Goal 15: Life on Land by giving a review of the jaguar species, including their ecology, behavior, threats, and conservation status, highlighting recent initiatives to conserve jaguars.
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Biodiversity and ecosystems; Forests, South America

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