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Emerging circular economy practices, environmental health risks, and the “tailings paradox” in Africa’s artisanal and small-scale mining: Evidence from Ghana 新兴循环经济实践、环境健康风险以及非洲手工和小规模采矿中的“尾矿悖论”：来自加纳的证据

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Environmental Science & Policy Pub Date : 2026-02-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-09 DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2025.104305

Francis Arthur-Holmes, Diego A. Vazquez-Brust

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Associating climate change mitigation with protein security: The case of Ireland 将减缓气候变化与蛋白质安全联系起来：爱尔兰的案例

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Environmental Science & Policy Pub Date : 2026-02-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-13 DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2026.104311

Marie Merlo , Cathal Buckley , Thia Hennessy , James A. O’Mahony

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Enabling system-level trust: Polycentric governance for complex, many-scaled environmental problems 启用系统级信任：针对复杂、多尺度环境问题的多中心治理

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Environmental Science & Policy Pub Date : 2026-02-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-06 DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2025.104302

Paul D. Hirsch , Bryan G. Norton

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Socioecological transitions that transcend hegemony: From co-optation to resistance regarding Buen Vivir in Ecuador 超越霸权的社会生态转型：从合作到抵制厄瓜多尔的Buen Vivir

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Environmental Science & Policy Pub Date : 2026-02-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-20 DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2026.104320

César Carranza-Barona , Unai Villalba-Eguiluz

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Whose doctrine, whose priority?: On the troublesome legal interpretation of the Aboriginal right to fish by Canadian courts 谁的学说，谁的优先权？：关于加拿大法院对土著人捕鱼权的棘手的法律解释

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Environmental Science & Policy Pub Date : 2026-02-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-09 DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2025.104294

Erika Ruth Gavenus , Rachelle Beveridge , Iris Siwallace Skw'asmana , Terre Satterfield

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Transdisciplinarity in water management: A systematic review of concepts, practices, and challenges 水管理的跨学科性：对概念、实践和挑战的系统回顾

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Environmental Science & Policy Pub Date : 2026-02-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-23 DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2026.104317

Ana Paula de Carvalho Silva , Margarida Ribau Teixeira , Luís Miguel Nunes

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Integrating more-than-human approaches in urban planning pedagogy: A case study from Europe 在城市规划教学中整合超越人类的方法：来自欧洲的案例研究

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Environmental Science & Policy Pub Date : 2026-02-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-24 DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2026.104321

Susa Eräranta , Adrianna Czarnecka , Monika Piotrkowska , Jonne Hytönen

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Conditional visibility: Intersectional inequities marginalize local scholarship in conservation science 条件可见性：交叉不平等使保护科学的地方学术边缘化

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Environmental Science & Policy Pub Date : 2026-02-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-29 DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2026.104328

Ronald J. Maliao , Béla Tóthmérész

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Driving impacts through science-practitioner partnership: Professionalising water service delivery in rural Bangladesh 通过科学-从业者伙伴关系推动影响：使孟加拉国农村供水服务专业化

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Environmental Science & Policy Pub Date : 2026-02-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-16 DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2026.104316

Sonia Ferdous Hoque , Rob Hope , Katrina J. Charles , Mohammad Monirul Alam , Md Nurul Osman , Mohammad Saiful Islam Mazomder

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Conceptualizing transdisciplinarity: How do visuals mean? 概念化跨学科：视觉是什么意思？

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Environmental Science & Policy Pub Date : 2026-02-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-07 DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2025.104253

Merlijn van Hulst , Kirsty Holstead , Tamara Metze

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