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Ecological Economics Pub Date : 2024-09-16 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2024.108390

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Buzzword or breakthrough beyond growth? The mainstreaming of the Wellbeing Economy 热词还是超越增长的突破？福祉经济的主流化

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Ecological Economics Pub Date : 2024-09-14 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2024.108375

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Will the EU deforestation-free products regulation (EUDR) reduce tropical forest loss? Insights from three producer countries 欧盟无森林砍伐产品条例（EUDR）能否减少热带森林损失？来自三个生产国的启示

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Ecological Economics Pub Date : 2024-09-14 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2024.108389

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Different strategies of crop diversification between poor and non-poor farmers: Concepts and evidence from Tanzania 贫困农民和非贫困农民的不同作物多样化战略：坦桑尼亚的概念和证据

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Ecological Economics Pub Date : 2024-09-13 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2024.108369

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A comparative review of de- and post-growth modeling studies 去增长模型研究和增长后模型研究的比较审查

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Ecological Economics Pub Date : 2024-09-11 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2024.108383

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Circular economy for resource security in the European Union (EU): Case study, research framework, and future directions 欧盟（EU）促进资源安全的循环经济：案例研究、研究框架和未来方向

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Ecological Economics Pub Date : 2024-09-11 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2024.108345

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What about the others? Conditional cooperation, climate change perception and ecological actions 其他人呢？有条件的合作、气候变化认知和生态行动

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Ecological Economics Pub Date : 2024-09-10 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2024.108371

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C-frame thinking: Embedding behavioral economics into ecological economics C 框思维：将行为经济学纳入生态经济学

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Ecological Economics Pub Date : 2024-09-10 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2024.108373

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Biological control of a parasite: The efficacy of cleaner fish in salmon farming 寄生虫的生物防治：鲑鱼养殖中清洁鱼的功效

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Ecological Economics Pub Date : 2024-09-10 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2024.108359

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Defining just transition 界定公正过渡

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Ecological Economics Pub Date : 2024-09-07 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2024.108370

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