Online via keyword search of UI ECatalog., Historical analysis of environmental journalism in Brazil, centered on the pioneering efforts of Euclydes da Cunha in his "masterful Os Sertoes published in 1897." Warnings of "the ecological devastation of the Brazilian backlands" continue to echo in public dialogue.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 196 Document Number: D08042
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John L. Woods Collection, Early progress report involving the Forest Resources and Technologies (FOREST) Project in Russia. Conducted by Chemonics International, Inc., Washington, D.C., with funding from the U. S. Agency for International Development. 4 pages.
Worthington, Thomas A. (author), Andradi-Brown, Dominic A. (author), Bhargava, Radhika (author), Buelow, Christina (author), Bunting, Pete (author), Duncan, Clare (author), Fatoyinbo, Lola (author), Friess, Daniel A. (author), Goldberg, Liza (author), Hilarides, Lambert (author), Lagomasino, David (author), Landis, Emily (author), Longley-Wood, Kate (author), Lovelock, Catherine E. (author), Murray, Nicholas J. (author), Narayan, Siddharth (author), Rosenqvist, Ake (author), Sievers, Michael (author), Simard, Marc (author), Thomas, Nathan (author), van Eijk, Pieter (author), Zganjar, Chris (author), and Spalding, Mark (author)
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Journal article
Publication Date:
2020
Published:
International
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Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 201 Document Number: D11696
27 pages., Authors provide an overview of recent and forthcoming global datasets and explore the challenges of translating these new analyses into policy action and on-the-ground conservation of mangrove forests. They describe a new platform for visualizing and disseminating these datasets to the global science community and other audiences - and they highlight future directions and collaborations.
USA: Two Sides North America, Inc., Chicago, Illinois.
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Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 142 Document Number: D11533
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1 page., Online from publisher website. 1 page., Author discussed paper as a "natural fit for the circular economy model," in which recyclable paper-based materials are replacing pollution-oriented plastic packaging as companies look for more sustainable ways to produce their products.
4 pages., "In "Shooting War: 18 profiles of conflict photographers," Sebastiao Salgado tells author Anthony Feinstein why he spends years exploring a single theme. Includes not only the destruction of human life, but also the violence inflicted on on the land and the ruination of the environment.
4 pages., Author suggests that"social forestry seeks to manage forests through local communities for their own plus national benefits, but is still falls short of the targets set. Reconciling local concerns for livelihood opportunities with the need for accountability requires intermediaries who successfully negotiate in the bureaucratic jungle of forestry as an institution."
August 12 issue online from organization website. 3 pages., Identifies some data sources used by firefighting professionals to track wildfires and other incidents nationwide. Advice to environmental reporters about the firefighting web of radio communications: "Respect the tough and risky job firefighters do by not interfering. Do not broadcast on these frequencies. Leave them for firefighters. Just listen."
Page, Janis Teruggi (author / George Washington University) and Page, William S. (author / Mediawerks PR)
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Book chapter
Publication Date:
2019
Published:
International
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Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 102 Document Number: D10903
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See also D10895, Pages 283-289 in Brigitta R. Brunner and Corey A. Hickerson (editors), Cases in public relations: translating ethics into action. Oxford University Press, New York City, New York. 359 pages., Traces the public relations efforts and impacts of Taylor Guitars, El Cajon, California, through collaboration with stakeholders involved in the production, forest preservation and use of an exotic wood, ebony. The firm assumed the role of guardian of the forest and operated "with the philosophy to use what the forest gives us." The approach involved changing the perception of what defined ebony.
Garcia, Claude A. (author), Sasvilaakso, Sini (author), Verburg, Rene W. (author), Gutierrez, Victoria (author), Wilson, Sarah J. (author), Krug, Cornelia B. (author), Sassen, Marieke (author), Robinson, Brian E. (author), Moersberger, Hannah (author), Naimi, Babak (author), Rhemtulia, Jeanine M. (author), Dessard, Helene (author), Gond, Valery (author), Vermeulen, Cedric (author), Trolliet, Franck (author), Oszwald, Johan (author), Quetier, Fabien (author), Pietsch, Stephan A. (author), Bastin, Jean-Francois (author), Dray, Anne (author), Araujo, Miguel (author), Ghazoul, Jaboury (author), and Waeber, Patrick O. (author)
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
2020
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 201 Document Number: D11697
12 pages., Authors note no clear evidence that global efforts against forest loss, fragmentation,and degradation of land use are working. As key reason, they point to apparent ineffectiveness in involving all stakeholders involved. "Forest transitions are social and behavioral before they are ecological. Decision makers need to integrate better representations of people's agency in their mental models. ... Games can help decision makers in all of these tasks."