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Defining and operationalizing ‘nature-positive’ — a question of power 定义和实施“自然积极”——一个权力问题

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Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability Pub Date : 2025-12-01 Epub Date: 2025-10-09 DOI: 10.1016/j.cosust.2025.101581

Marie Stenseke , Johanna Alkan Olsson , Susanne Arvidsson , Nils Droste , Viktor Elliot , Lena Gipperth , Henrik G. Smith

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The 30 by 30 biodiversity commitment and financial disclosure: metrics matter 30 × 30生物多样性承诺和财务披露：指标很重要

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Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability Pub Date : 2025-12-01 Epub Date: 2025-10-25 DOI: 10.1016/j.cosust.2025.101587

Daniele Silvestro , Stefano Goria , Ben Groom , Thomas Sterner , Alexandre Antonelli

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Pathways to a blue economy 通往蓝色经济的道路

IF 6.3 2区环境科学与生态学

Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability Pub Date : 2025-12-01 Epub Date: 2025-10-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.cosust.2025.101570

Susan Gourvenec , Wassim Dbouk , Fraser Sturt , Damon A.H. Teagle

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Rethinking adaptation interventions in agricultural systems for sustainability 重新思考农业系统中的适应性干预措施以促进可持续性

IF 6.3 2区环境科学与生态学

Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability Pub Date : 2025-12-01 Epub Date: 2025-09-25 DOI: 10.1016/j.cosust.2025.101571

Sechindra Vallury , Donald R Nelson , Nathan J Cook

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Social limits to adaptation in the context of intangible cultural heritage 非物质文化遗产背景下适应的社会限制

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Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability Pub Date : 2025-12-01 Epub Date: 2025-09-19 DOI: 10.1016/j.cosust.2025.101569

Daniel Puig

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Participatory governance for people and nature in multifunctional landscapes — insights from Biosphere Reserves 多功能景观中人与自然的参与式治理——来自生物圈保护区的见解

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Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability Pub Date : 2025-12-01 Epub Date: 2025-10-15 DOI: 10.1016/j.cosust.2025.101585

Hanna Sinare , Kaera Coetzer , Lisen Schultz

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Pathways to sustainability in Brazilian agriculture: technological drivers, governance, and policy linkages 巴西农业可持续发展之路：技术驱动、治理和政策联系

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Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability Pub Date : 2025-12-01 Epub Date: 2025-10-07 DOI: 10.1016/j.cosust.2025.101583

Maurício A Lopes , Geraldo B Martha Jr

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Eco-social peace and multispecies justice in UNESCO Biosphere Reserves: a convivial and decolonial post-growth conservation approach 教科文组织生物圈保护区的生态社会和平与多物种正义：一种欢乐和非殖民化的生长后保护方法

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Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability Pub Date : 2025-12-01 Epub Date: 2025-11-21 DOI: 10.1016/j.cosust.2025.101590

Andrés Moreira-Muñoz , Valeria S Duval , Marcelo Leguia-Cruz , Valéria Raquel Porto de Lima , Katalina Salvador , Pablo Mansilla-Quiñones

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Editorial overview: Social limits to climate change adaptation revisited 编辑概述：重新审视适应气候变化的社会限制

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Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability Pub Date : 2025-12-01 Epub Date: 2025-11-15 DOI: 10.1016/j.cosust.2025.101591

Daniel Puig

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Gaps between demand and supply of biodiversity impact finance in the Global South 生物多样性需求和供给之间的差距影响着南半球的金融

IF 6.3 2区环境科学与生态学

Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability Pub Date : 2025-10-01 Epub Date: 2025-08-25 DOI: 10.1016/j.cosust.2025.101568

Astrid Zabel , Vong Nanhthavong , Michael Epprecht

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