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{"title":"Bridging the Green Gap in Laboratory Practices: Examining the Influence of Organizational Culture, Environmental Literacy, and Sustainability Communication on Pro-Environmental Behaviors","authors":"John Paul R. Roquid ,&nbsp;Yogi Tri Prasetyo ,&nbsp;Yoshiki B. Kurata ,&nbsp;Maela Madel L. Cahigas ,&nbsp;Reny Nadlifatin ,&nbsp;Ma. Janice J. Gumasing","doi":"10.1016/j.envdev.2025.101348","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.envdev.2025.101348","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>As key players in innovation and analysis, laboratories are crucial in reducing environmental impacts. This study examines how organizational culture (OC), environmental literacy (EL), and sustainability communication (SC) influence pro-environmental behaviors, integrating the extended Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) framework to address the existing literature gap on behavioral determinants in green and sustainable laboratory practices. Two hundred one (201) professional laboratory personnel in the Philippines participated in the self-administered questionnaire disseminated through a snowball sampling approach. Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM) was utilized in testing the hypothesized relationships. Results show that OC, EL, and SC all significantly affected green intentions and behaviors, as mediated by TPB constructs: pro-environmental attitude (ATT), subjective norm (SN), and perceived behavioral control (PBC). ATT was the most influential in predicting green intentions, while OC and PBC directly influenced green behavior, emphasizing the importance of leadership influence and organizational practices. The paper also highlights the application of the extended TPB in contributing to the importance of institutional values, norms, resource availability, and environmental sustainability in fostering green practices in laboratories across developing countries.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":54269,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Development","volume":"57 ","pages":"Article 101348"},"PeriodicalIF":5.3,"publicationDate":"2025-09-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145003903","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The role of institutions in enhancing climate change adaptation by smallholder farmers in the Talensi district of Ghana","authors":"Seth Opoku Mensah ,&nbsp;Brent Jacobs ,&nbsp;Rebecca Cunningham","doi":"10.1016/j.envdev.2025.101341","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.envdev.2025.101341","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The Talensi district is home to many institutions offering diverse adaptation interventions, especially for smallholder farmers. However, there is a lack of empirical research on various institutional-led adaptation actions, their outcomes, and the challenges limiting their implementation. This case study of institutional interventions in the Talensi district focuses on three dimensions of institutions’ operations—scale, scope and sustainability. Using qualitative primary data collected from eight institutions, the study found that institutional interventions were primarily delivered through four key mechanisms: training and capacity building, technology transfer, input supply, and marketing and value chain integration. These interventions enabled smallholder farmers to adopt adaptive practices, improve productivity, and strengthen resilience to climate-related risks. Beyond adaptation-specific goals, the institutions also supported broader livelihood objectives such as income diversification and food security. However, the effectiveness and sustainability of these interventions were constrained by several challenges, including limited policy support, donor-driven priorities, inadequate financial and human resources, weak planning and coordination, poor transparency, and difficulties in mobilizing and maintaining farmer groups. These limitations hindered the long-term impact of institutional efforts to reduce vulnerability and enhance adaptive capacity in the district. As farmers depend on different institutions to pursue their adaptation objectives, our findings offer practical and policy insights for designing context-specific institutional support mechanisms that strengthen smallholder adaptation and avoid maladaptive outcomes. Our findings highlight the need for stronger inter-institutional collaboration and synergies, targeted capacity building, more inclusive policy frameworks and sustained policy backing that align interventions with farmers’ adaptive capacities and local contexts to address structural barriers to adaptation. This study contributes to the understanding of institutional roles in climate adaptation and offers insights to guide the design of responsive adaptation policies and programmes within broader rural development efforts to enhance impact. Future research should incorporate the role of informal institutions alongside formal ones to capture a more holistic view of local adaptation dynamics, particularly the grassroots mechanisms and indigenous knowledge systems that shape smallholder farmers’ decisions.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":54269,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Development","volume":"57 ","pages":"Article 101341"},"PeriodicalIF":5.3,"publicationDate":"2025-09-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145010557","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Greenhouse gas emissions and energy consumption from different soil management practices in industrial tomato production in Brazil","authors":"João Paulo Barreto Cunha ,&nbsp;João Celio Luna de Carvalho ,&nbsp;Thais Machado de Souza ,&nbsp;Tulio de Almeida Machado ,&nbsp;Juliana Lobo Paes ,&nbsp;Anderson Gomide Costa","doi":"10.1016/j.envdev.2025.101347","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.envdev.2025.101347","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>With the growing demand for more sustainable agricultural systems and reduced environmental impacts, conservationist soil systems have enabled production gains and reductions in emissions and input usage. Currently, the transition to direct transplantation systems has intensified in Brazil, particularly in industrial tomato production areas. In this context, this study aimed to determine the energy consumption and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of industrial tomato production under different soil management systems in southern Goiás. Energy flows, production, and GHG emissions were determined through field surveys of energy expenditure associated with conventional soil management and non-till transplanting systems. The results revealed that tomato production systems heavily depend on non-renewable energy sources, with significant energy consumption related to fertilizers, chemicals, and fuels. The systems' energy conversion capacity proved adequate, showing that adopting no-till transplanting systems results in gains of 38.6 % in net energy, 29.3 % in energy efficiency, and a 14.3 % reduction in GHG emissions compared to the conventional system. These results highlight the feasibility of adopting conservative systems for industrial tomato production.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":54269,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Development","volume":"57 ","pages":"Article 101347"},"PeriodicalIF":5.3,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144932692","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Incorporating drone imagery and field-data to assess geographic and social drivers of agroforestry biodiversity in western Ecuador","authors":"Sophia C. Roberts ,&nbsp;Florencia Montagnini ,&nbsp;Ryan L. Lynch ,&nbsp;Jerry Toth ,&nbsp;Simon A. Queenborough","doi":"10.1016/j.envdev.2025.101344","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.envdev.2025.101344","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Rapid deforestation for agricultural commodities continues to threaten tropical forests, which harbor unparalleled biodiversity and provide essential carbon sequestration. Agroforestry offers a restorative solution to forest loss by integrating trees into agricultural landscapes, allowing farmers to profit from tree products while maintaining ecosystem health. Despite its benefits, the widespread adoption of agroforestry by smallholder farmers is often hindered by high establishment costs. Payment for Ecosystem Service (PES) programs present a promising opportunity to support agroforestry expansion, yet limited monitoring strategies constrain efforts to scale up restoration and evaluate factors influencing farm biodiversity. Organizations promoting biodiverse agricultural landscapes face challenges in assessing diversity due to restricted farm access, dangerous terrain, lack of time, and financial constraints. In collaboration with a local organization funding agroforestry adoption in Ecuador's highly degraded Pacific Forest, we acquired high-resolution RGB drone imagery and field data with help from local botanical experts to identify individual trees in drone imagery. We then calculated farm-level diversity metrics in order to analyze their relationships with social and geographic characteristics of 30 farms in the region. Results indicated that elevation was the main factor driving tree species richness, with little effect of farm size, farm range of elevation, or farm steward gender. Understanding how environmental factors relate to variation in tree diversity across farms can inform targeted assistance for farmers and enhance the effectiveness of community-led efforts to restore these critical forest ecosystems.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":54269,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Development","volume":"57 ","pages":"Article 101344"},"PeriodicalIF":5.3,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144988103","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Contract signing and low-carbon technology adoption in rice production: survey evidence from China","authors":"Lin Tang ,&nbsp;Xiaofeng Luo","doi":"10.1016/j.envdev.2025.101339","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.envdev.2025.101339","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Contract farming, as an innovative agricultural management model, has proven highly effective in stabilizing agricultural production growth and sustaining farmers' incomes. However, its role in promoting the green and low-carbon transformation of agricultural production under current sustainability imperatives remains insufficiently explored empirically. To address this gap, this study develops a theoretical framework to systematically examine the impact and mechanisms of contract signing on farmers' low-carbon production behaviors, while also investigating heterogeneous effects. The findings are as follows: First, farmers exhibit a relatively strong sense of contract, with 57.7 % of the sampled farmers having signed contracts with purchasers. Second, contract signing has a significantly positive effect on farmers' low-carbon production behavior. Third, mechanism analysis reveals that the impact of contract signing on farmers' low-carbon production behavior primarily operates through two pathways: reducing transaction costs and mitigating sales risks. Fourth, in heterogeneous contexts, bargaining power moderates the relationship between contract signing and farmers’ low-carbon production behavior. Therefore, encouraging and guiding farmers to actively enter into purchase contracts with buyers and improving the market sales system for agricultural products are crucial for advancing the green and low-carbon transformation of agriculture.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":54269,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Development","volume":"57 ","pages":"Article 101339"},"PeriodicalIF":5.3,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144932693","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Digging in the shadows: A grounded theory study on the drivers of illegal well drilling in southern Iran","authors":"Masoud Yazdanpanah ,&nbsp;Fatemeh Zahra Romina ,&nbsp;Zeinab Sharifi ,&nbsp;Katharina Löhr ,&nbsp;Michelle Bonatti ,&nbsp;Stefan Sieber","doi":"10.1016/j.envdev.2025.101338","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.envdev.2025.101338","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The agricultural sector is the largest consumer of water resources in Iran. Due to the country's physical and geographical constraints, groundwater overexploitation has intensified, making illegal well drilling an increasingly critical and uncontrolled national issue. This study investigates the underlying causes of illegal well drilling in Bushehr province using a qualitative grounded theory approach. Data was collected through in-depth, open-ended interviews, document analysis, and observations. The study's statistical population comprised farmers with water wells and experts from relevant organizations. Using snowball sampling, data collection continued until theoretical saturation was reached, resulting in a total of 53 interviews (23 farmers and 30 experts). The grounded theory analysis followed three coding stages: open, axial, and selective coding. Open coding yielded 322 concepts, which were refined into 21 categories during axial coding. Ultimately, a paradigm model of the drivers of illegal well drilling in southern Iran was presented including the main phenomenon, contextual conditions, causal conditions, intervening conditions, strategies, and consequences. Providing a comprehensive conception of the subject, the findings can pave the route for mitigating illegal well drilling and promoting sustainable groundwater management.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":54269,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Development","volume":"57 ","pages":"Article 101338"},"PeriodicalIF":5.3,"publicationDate":"2025-08-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145019746","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Community-based natural resource management in coastal communities: The contribution of mangroves to household livelihoods in southern Thailand","authors":"Rawinorn Dulyakasem ,&nbsp;Cassandra Brooks ,&nbsp;Savannah L. Lehnert ,&nbsp;Peter Newton","doi":"10.1016/j.envdev.2025.101340","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.envdev.2025.101340","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The degradation and loss of mangrove forests decreases the capacity of these ecosystems to contribute to the livelihoods of local people in coastal areas. Community-based natural resource management (CBNRM) has been adopted as a means to sustainably conserve ecological systems and improve livelihoods. We explored the links between CBNRM and livelihoods in mangrove ecosystems by asking: In what ways and to what extent do households benefit from mangrove forests? and How do individuals and households contribute to the protection of these benefits, through CBNRM? We conducted structured interviews in 150 households across three coastal communities in southern Thailand. We found that households gained multiple livelihood benefits from mangrove forests, which included provisioning (e.g., fish, timber), cultural (e.g., family and community cohesiveness, community-based tourism), regulating (e.g., coastal protection, air quality regulation), and supporting (e.g., habitats and nursery grounds for aquatic biodiversity) ecosystem services. Across 150 households, an average of 38 % of household income derived from mangroves, and 90 % of households perceived mangroves to be important for their livelihoods. Additionally, we found that community members actively participated in and contributed to multiple CBNRM activities. A primary motivation to participate included the desire to maintain access to livelihood benefits that their household or community enjoyed from the mangroves. Our findings suggest that CBNRM is an effective mechanism by which local communities can manage mangroves and improve livelihoods. Our paper contributes an empirical understanding of the importance of mangroves for livelihoods under CBNRM using a large sample size of households in an ecologically important region.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":54269,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Development","volume":"57 ","pages":"Article 101340"},"PeriodicalIF":5.3,"publicationDate":"2025-08-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145049042","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Effects of grazing intensity on ecosystem services in arid grasslands and implications for management","authors":"Mengqi Yuan ,&nbsp;Fang Han","doi":"10.1016/j.envdev.2025.101333","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.envdev.2025.101333","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Arid grassland ecosystems play a crucial role in maintaining regional ecological balance and supporting pastoral production. However, overgrazing and climate change have led to the degradation of ecosystem services (ESs). Understanding the complex relationship between grazing intensity (GI) and ESs is essential for achieving sustainable management of grassland ecosystems. This study focuses on the arid grasslands of Xinjiang, China, using dual-scale analysis (grid and county levels), and integrates multi-source data and models such as the Geodetector to evaluate the spatiotemporal dynamics of GI on ecosystem service capacity (ESCL) and synergy level (ESSL) from 2000 to 2020. Results show significant synergy among ESs, with GI playing a key interactive role in influencing them. Both ESCL and ESSL exhibit an inverted U-shaped relationship with GI: at low GI (GI &lt; 0.4), ESCL and ESSL demonstrate synergy, but when GI exceeds 0.6, a trade-off emerges. The impact of different grazing intensities on ESCL and ESSL varies significantly across spatial clusters, with medium grazing levels generally sustaining the sustainability of grassland ecosystems. In fragile regions like Southern Xinjiang, maintaining low GI is crucial for protecting ESs, while in more resilient areas like Northern Xinjiang, medium GI (GI 0.4–0.6) helps optimize the benefits of ESs. The findings provide scientific support for grazing management strategies in Xinjiang's arid grasslands and offer theoretical guidance for the sustainable use of grassland resources in arid regions globally.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":54269,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Development","volume":"57 ","pages":"Article 101333"},"PeriodicalIF":5.3,"publicationDate":"2025-08-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144924960","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Who protects the protected? Rethinking public engagement on Greece's Natura 2000 beaches","authors":"Alexandra Ćulibrk ,&nbsp;Panayiotis G. Dimitrakopoulos ,&nbsp;Giorgos D. Kokkoris ,&nbsp;Ourania Tzoraki","doi":"10.1016/j.envdev.2025.101335","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.envdev.2025.101335","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Europe's Natura 2000 (N2k) network safeguards biodiversity, yet public awareness of its coastal sites, especially beaches, remains limited. Many of these areas lack formal management and are subject to seasonal tourism pressures, with minimal conservation outreach outside the bathing period. This study investigates whether public disengagement stems from indifference or simply a lack of awareness. Using data from 14 protected beaches in Greece, we analyzed visitor familiarity with N2k, satisfaction with the site, and willingness to support its protection. Applying CATPCA, cluster analysis, and Cramer's V, we identified two visitor profiles. Profile 1 had low awareness and minimal understanding of protection measures, calling for foundational education and signage. Profile 2 showed higher awareness but limited understanding of conservation restrictions, suggesting a need for participatory and experiential tools. Tailoring outreach to these profiles can enhance environmental education and public engagement, strengthening citizen-supported conservation in under-managed coastal N2k sites.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":54269,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Development","volume":"57 ","pages":"Article 101335"},"PeriodicalIF":5.3,"publicationDate":"2025-08-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144902916","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Reclaiming monetary governance: how French convertible local currencies embed strong sustainability through participatory institutions","authors":"Nicolas Laurence","doi":"10.1016/j.envdev.2025.101332","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.envdev.2025.101332","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This article examines whether French convertible local currencies (CLCs) can operationalise strong sustainability. Drawing on a national survey (53 associations, 431 professionals, 786 users) and a case study of the Eusko, multivariate analysis shows that participatory governance—not territorial scope—is the key organisational predictor of ecological selectivity, including supplier screening and environmental charter adoption. Qualitative evidence clarifies that mixed commissions and collective reserve allocation embed sufficiency criteria in daily practice. However, mandatory one-to-one euro convertibility constrain aggregate impact by linking local money supply to national liquidity cycles and limiting public-sector use. The findings indicate that CLCs can foster sufficiency-oriented innovation where subsidiarity is matched by deliberative capacity, but broader systemic influence depends on regulatory reforms to expand fiscal subsidiarity and green refinancing options. The study contributes empirical evidence to debates on monetary plurality and sustainable provisioning.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":54269,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Development","volume":"57 ","pages":"Article 101332"},"PeriodicalIF":5.3,"publicationDate":"2025-08-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144907061","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}