Pub Date : 2023-03-19DOI: 10.1080/13504509.2023.2192006
A. J. Hamza, L. Esteves, Marin Cvitanović, J. Kairo
ABSTRACT Deforestation and overexploitation of mangrove forests are affecting the livelihoods of millions of families that rely on their ecosystem services. Understanding local perceptions about the status and threats to mangroves is therefore crucial in addressing this issue. This research aims to enhance understanding of how sociodemographic factors influence resource use and perceptions of environmental changes through a questionnaire survey (n = 592 households) in five locations in Lamu County, home to 62% of Kenya’s mangroves. The results highlight the variability of mangrove use, ecosystem service recognition, and perceptions and drivers of change across locations, which are influenced by sociodemographic factors such as gender, education, and occupation. Although 89% of respondents reported using mangrove products, only 56% were able to identify mangrove ecosystem services, with those without formal education being less likely to recognize them. Interestingly, 50% of respondents perceived an increase in mangrove cover, contrary to research showing mangrove loss in the area over the last decade. Results show that communities are diverse and perceptions vary between groups, suggesting that implementing uniform management measures may be incomplete or ineffective. Awareness campaigns and capacity-building efforts must be tailored to reduce misperceptions about the state of local resources and to address the specific needs and challenges faced by different groups. Recommendations made here are widely applicable to promote more inclusive and sustainable community engagement in the management of natural resources in developing countries worldwide.
{"title":"Sustainable natural resource management must recognise community diversity","authors":"A. J. Hamza, L. Esteves, Marin Cvitanović, J. Kairo","doi":"10.1080/13504509.2023.2192006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13504509.2023.2192006","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Deforestation and overexploitation of mangrove forests are affecting the livelihoods of millions of families that rely on their ecosystem services. Understanding local perceptions about the status and threats to mangroves is therefore crucial in addressing this issue. This research aims to enhance understanding of how sociodemographic factors influence resource use and perceptions of environmental changes through a questionnaire survey (n = 592 households) in five locations in Lamu County, home to 62% of Kenya’s mangroves. The results highlight the variability of mangrove use, ecosystem service recognition, and perceptions and drivers of change across locations, which are influenced by sociodemographic factors such as gender, education, and occupation. Although 89% of respondents reported using mangrove products, only 56% were able to identify mangrove ecosystem services, with those without formal education being less likely to recognize them. Interestingly, 50% of respondents perceived an increase in mangrove cover, contrary to research showing mangrove loss in the area over the last decade. Results show that communities are diverse and perceptions vary between groups, suggesting that implementing uniform management measures may be incomplete or ineffective. Awareness campaigns and capacity-building efforts must be tailored to reduce misperceptions about the state of local resources and to address the specific needs and challenges faced by different groups. Recommendations made here are widely applicable to promote more inclusive and sustainable community engagement in the management of natural resources in developing countries worldwide.","PeriodicalId":50287,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology","volume":"203 1","pages":"727 - 744"},"PeriodicalIF":5.6,"publicationDate":"2023-03-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77925692","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"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}
Pub Date : 2023-03-17DOI: 10.1080/13504509.2023.2190178
L. Mohankumar, Muthuprasad Thiyaharajan, Kavi Sidharthan Venkidusamy
ABSTRACT The advent of the green revolution, besides increasing crop yields, has also substantially increased the use of synthetic fertilizers, posing adverse effects on the environment and human health. In the present study, we aimed to gain insights into the fertilizer usage patterns of paddy farmers of the Lower Bhavani Project canal region of Erode district, Tamil Nadu, through interviews, and also tried to map the individual’s source of information regarding fertilizer usage using Social Network Analysis (SNA). Results revealed that the farmers were excessively using an average of 21 kg of N, 28 kg of P2O5 and 16 kg of K2O per acre than the recommended level. By converting the excessive nitrogen usage by farmers into carbon dioxide equivalent, we found that the excess nitrogen use has resulted in around 2,552 kg of carbon dioxide emission, which would require a year by 122 trees for absorption. By mapping the individual’s source of information using SNA, we found that progressive farmers and relative farmers were the vital information sources for fertilizer usage than the agricultural officers. It is noteworthy that the awareness and adoption of biofertilizers among the surveyed farmers were very low as only 10.2% were aware of and 1.2% were adopting biofertilizers. These findings may help formulate suitable policies for rationalizing fertilizer usage by farmers to minimize fertilizer misuse, which, if left unchecked, may pose a serious concern to the environment and human health in the coming years.
{"title":"The sustainability of fertilizer usage in the rice production system and its influencers; evidence from Erode district of Tamil Nadu, India","authors":"L. Mohankumar, Muthuprasad Thiyaharajan, Kavi Sidharthan Venkidusamy","doi":"10.1080/13504509.2023.2190178","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13504509.2023.2190178","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The advent of the green revolution, besides increasing crop yields, has also substantially increased the use of synthetic fertilizers, posing adverse effects on the environment and human health. In the present study, we aimed to gain insights into the fertilizer usage patterns of paddy farmers of the Lower Bhavani Project canal region of Erode district, Tamil Nadu, through interviews, and also tried to map the individual’s source of information regarding fertilizer usage using Social Network Analysis (SNA). Results revealed that the farmers were excessively using an average of 21 kg of N, 28 kg of P2O5 and 16 kg of K2O per acre than the recommended level. By converting the excessive nitrogen usage by farmers into carbon dioxide equivalent, we found that the excess nitrogen use has resulted in around 2,552 kg of carbon dioxide emission, which would require a year by 122 trees for absorption. By mapping the individual’s source of information using SNA, we found that progressive farmers and relative farmers were the vital information sources for fertilizer usage than the agricultural officers. It is noteworthy that the awareness and adoption of biofertilizers among the surveyed farmers were very low as only 10.2% were aware of and 1.2% were adopting biofertilizers. These findings may help formulate suitable policies for rationalizing fertilizer usage by farmers to minimize fertilizer misuse, which, if left unchecked, may pose a serious concern to the environment and human health in the coming years.","PeriodicalId":50287,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology","volume":"38 1","pages":"620 - 632"},"PeriodicalIF":5.6,"publicationDate":"2023-03-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91333198","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"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}
Pub Date : 2023-03-13DOI: 10.1080/13504509.2023.2190177
Jing Guo, Xuhui Peng
ABSTRACT This study quantitatively reviewed the literature related to SDG 11 (Sustainable Development Goal 11) between 2015 and 2022 using bibliometric and spatial autocorrelation methods. The results showed that the amount of SDG 11-related literature increased annually since 2015, with an accelerated growth after 2018. The collaborations among countries, institutions, and authors of SDG 11-related literature were identified, with some major authors and institutions acting as links Keyword cluster and timeline analysis indicated that ‘Agenda 2030’, ‘appropriate technologies’, and ‘country’ were the main clusters of research, while ‘management,’ ‘climate change,’ and ‘impact’ were the most popular keywords, and ‘urban plan nexus,’ ‘social cooperation,’ and ‘renewable energy’ were the emerging keywords since 2021. Spatial autocorrelation analysis revealed that countries with more SDG 11-related literature were dispersed geographically. In the Getis-Ord G* analysis, China, the United States, and the United Kingdom were identified as hotspots; whereas Africa and Central Asia were identified as cold spots. To ensure timely implementation of the SDG 11, this study recommends helping less developed countries, resolving sustainable urbanization issues through innovative technology, and promoting more effective planning. It not only attempts a novel approach of using spatial statistics to analyze the bibliometric results but also provides valuable information for policymakers and scholars.
{"title":"Status of research on Sustainable Development Goal 11: a visual analysis using citespace and ArcGIS","authors":"Jing Guo, Xuhui Peng","doi":"10.1080/13504509.2023.2190177","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13504509.2023.2190177","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT This study quantitatively reviewed the literature related to SDG 11 (Sustainable Development Goal 11) between 2015 and 2022 using bibliometric and spatial autocorrelation methods. The results showed that the amount of SDG 11-related literature increased annually since 2015, with an accelerated growth after 2018. The collaborations among countries, institutions, and authors of SDG 11-related literature were identified, with some major authors and institutions acting as links Keyword cluster and timeline analysis indicated that ‘Agenda 2030’, ‘appropriate technologies’, and ‘country’ were the main clusters of research, while ‘management,’ ‘climate change,’ and ‘impact’ were the most popular keywords, and ‘urban plan nexus,’ ‘social cooperation,’ and ‘renewable energy’ were the emerging keywords since 2021. Spatial autocorrelation analysis revealed that countries with more SDG 11-related literature were dispersed geographically. In the Getis-Ord G* analysis, China, the United States, and the United Kingdom were identified as hotspots; whereas Africa and Central Asia were identified as cold spots. To ensure timely implementation of the SDG 11, this study recommends helping less developed countries, resolving sustainable urbanization issues through innovative technology, and promoting more effective planning. It not only attempts a novel approach of using spatial statistics to analyze the bibliometric results but also provides valuable information for policymakers and scholars.","PeriodicalId":50287,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology","volume":"52 1","pages":"713 - 725"},"PeriodicalIF":5.6,"publicationDate":"2023-03-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81151855","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"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}
Pub Date : 2023-03-12DOI: 10.1080/13504509.2023.2186961
Samira Shayanmehr, R. Radmehr, E. B. Ali, E. K. Ofori, T. Adebayo, B. Gyamfi
ABSTRACT The recent COP27 has propelled nations towards achieving reduced environmental degradation. Governments are, therefore, required to develop effective policy tools to improve their environmental sustainability plans. In line with this, an empirical study is required to explore the all-inclusive effect of ecological sustainability policy on ecological footprint (EFP) among the world’s top renewable energy consumption countries from 1994 to 2018. Recent studies on environmental degradation have focused on renewable energy while neglecting the role of environmental tax. Thus, the current study fills this gap by exploring the role of environmental tax on ecological footprint. Furthermore, the study evaluates the direct and indirect impact of environmental tax and renewable energy on different levels of EFP using the method of moment quantile regression (MMQR). The DOLS, FMOLS, and panel GMM techniques are also applied to check the robustness of the MMQR results. The empirical results indicate that environmental tax and renewable energy directly and significantly reduce the EFP; however, these impacts are insignificant in countries with lower levels of environmental pollution. Furthermore, the findings indicate that environmental tax plays a leading role in changing the energy structure towards environmentally friendly energies. The results also show that economic globalization and human capital impact ecological footprint negatively. Finally, the results suggest that GDP and nonrenewable energy aggravates ecological footprint. The study results propose insights for policymakers to mitigate environmental degradation by boosting environmental tax to deter polluters and investing more in renewable energy development.
{"title":"How do environmental tax and renewable energy contribute to ecological sustainability? New evidence from top renewable energy countries","authors":"Samira Shayanmehr, R. Radmehr, E. B. Ali, E. K. Ofori, T. Adebayo, B. Gyamfi","doi":"10.1080/13504509.2023.2186961","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13504509.2023.2186961","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The recent COP27 has propelled nations towards achieving reduced environmental degradation. Governments are, therefore, required to develop effective policy tools to improve their environmental sustainability plans. In line with this, an empirical study is required to explore the all-inclusive effect of ecological sustainability policy on ecological footprint (EFP) among the world’s top renewable energy consumption countries from 1994 to 2018. Recent studies on environmental degradation have focused on renewable energy while neglecting the role of environmental tax. Thus, the current study fills this gap by exploring the role of environmental tax on ecological footprint. Furthermore, the study evaluates the direct and indirect impact of environmental tax and renewable energy on different levels of EFP using the method of moment quantile regression (MMQR). The DOLS, FMOLS, and panel GMM techniques are also applied to check the robustness of the MMQR results. The empirical results indicate that environmental tax and renewable energy directly and significantly reduce the EFP; however, these impacts are insignificant in countries with lower levels of environmental pollution. Furthermore, the findings indicate that environmental tax plays a leading role in changing the energy structure towards environmentally friendly energies. The results also show that economic globalization and human capital impact ecological footprint negatively. Finally, the results suggest that GDP and nonrenewable energy aggravates ecological footprint. The study results propose insights for policymakers to mitigate environmental degradation by boosting environmental tax to deter polluters and investing more in renewable energy development.","PeriodicalId":50287,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology","volume":"43 1","pages":"650 - 670"},"PeriodicalIF":5.6,"publicationDate":"2023-03-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78133448","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"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}
Pub Date : 2023-03-12DOI: 10.1080/13504509.2023.2189321
Cosimo Magazzino, F. Adedoyin, F. Bilgili, Umer Shahzad
ABSTRACT What happens to the impact of tourism on environmental degradation as the income level of the nations or regions increases? The Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) hypothesis asserts that the influence of tourism on CO2 emissions decreases with a rise in income levels. This study captures the role of governance in the tourism-induced EKC hypothesis in the European Union (EU), after Brexit. Given that the United Kingdom (UK) is the most visited country in the region, and tourism is a very vital instrument to economic stability and growth, it would be interesting to inspect the relationship among these variables without the UK. Auto-Regressive Distributed Lags (ARDL) estimates show that tourist arrivals decrease carbon emissions in the long-run, while per capita growth fosters carbon emissions in the long-run. In addition, Quantile Regressions (QR) reveal that, in general, the governance indicators have positive effects on emissions. Moreover, for the first quantile, the TEKC emerges. Finally, regarding the causality relationship, a unidirectional relationship from per capita growth to carbon emission, and from carbon emission to tourism arrivals emerge, while no causal link exists between energy consumption and carbon emissions. Moreover, a feedback mechanism (bidirectional causality) is discovered between per capita growth and tourism arrivals, and energy consumption as per capita growth.
{"title":"If tourism induces the EKC hypothesis, how does governance moderate its impact in the EU without the UK?","authors":"Cosimo Magazzino, F. Adedoyin, F. Bilgili, Umer Shahzad","doi":"10.1080/13504509.2023.2189321","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13504509.2023.2189321","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT What happens to the impact of tourism on environmental degradation as the income level of the nations or regions increases? The Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) hypothesis asserts that the influence of tourism on CO2 emissions decreases with a rise in income levels. This study captures the role of governance in the tourism-induced EKC hypothesis in the European Union (EU), after Brexit. Given that the United Kingdom (UK) is the most visited country in the region, and tourism is a very vital instrument to economic stability and growth, it would be interesting to inspect the relationship among these variables without the UK. Auto-Regressive Distributed Lags (ARDL) estimates show that tourist arrivals decrease carbon emissions in the long-run, while per capita growth fosters carbon emissions in the long-run. In addition, Quantile Regressions (QR) reveal that, in general, the governance indicators have positive effects on emissions. Moreover, for the first quantile, the TEKC emerges. Finally, regarding the causality relationship, a unidirectional relationship from per capita growth to carbon emission, and from carbon emission to tourism arrivals emerge, while no causal link exists between energy consumption and carbon emissions. Moreover, a feedback mechanism (bidirectional causality) is discovered between per capita growth and tourism arrivals, and energy consumption as per capita growth.","PeriodicalId":50287,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology","volume":"118 1","pages":"685 - 698"},"PeriodicalIF":5.6,"publicationDate":"2023-03-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77420757","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"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}
Pub Date : 2023-03-03DOI: 10.1080/13504509.2023.2185914
Yaoxin Zhang, Yonggang Ma, Zhonglin Xu
ABSTRACT Ecological security patterns (ESPs) have several implications for regional development planning and strategies. However, there have been few studies on potential ESP changes in future scenarios. Considering the various climatic and physical geographical conditions, more studies on the construction of ESPs are needed, particularly in high-altitude, arid, and semi-arid regions. This study fills a gap in the body of literature by simulating future land-use changes under multi-scenario and constructing historical and future ESPs for the Kuqa-Shaya-Xinhe region. This study integrated ecological connectivity and study area data, identified ecological sources, established ecological resistance surfaces, and identified ecological corridors and nodes by combining least-cost paths and circuit theory. Three development scenarios (inertial development scenario, ecological conservation scenario, and coordinated development scenario) were designed. The results showed that an integrated framework is ideal for investigating the spatial and temporal impacts of multi-scenario land-use change on ESPs. Furthermore, under the inertial development scenario, the area of ecological sources decreased significantly and the increased ecological corridor, pinch, and barrier points suggested that a large burden of ecological engineering construction is expected. By contrast, the coordinated development scenario should be preferred in the short and medium term as it can ensure economic growth and infrastructure construction while minimizing the burden of future ecological engineering construction. Our results provide a deeper understanding of the response of ESPs to land-use change and can provide references for the protection and restoration of arid and semi-arid areas.
{"title":"Construction of ecological security patterns based on multi-scenario simulations in arid and semi-arid areas in Northwest China","authors":"Yaoxin Zhang, Yonggang Ma, Zhonglin Xu","doi":"10.1080/13504509.2023.2185914","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13504509.2023.2185914","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Ecological security patterns (ESPs) have several implications for regional development planning and strategies. However, there have been few studies on potential ESP changes in future scenarios. Considering the various climatic and physical geographical conditions, more studies on the construction of ESPs are needed, particularly in high-altitude, arid, and semi-arid regions. This study fills a gap in the body of literature by simulating future land-use changes under multi-scenario and constructing historical and future ESPs for the Kuqa-Shaya-Xinhe region. This study integrated ecological connectivity and study area data, identified ecological sources, established ecological resistance surfaces, and identified ecological corridors and nodes by combining least-cost paths and circuit theory. Three development scenarios (inertial development scenario, ecological conservation scenario, and coordinated development scenario) were designed. The results showed that an integrated framework is ideal for investigating the spatial and temporal impacts of multi-scenario land-use change on ESPs. Furthermore, under the inertial development scenario, the area of ecological sources decreased significantly and the increased ecological corridor, pinch, and barrier points suggested that a large burden of ecological engineering construction is expected. By contrast, the coordinated development scenario should be preferred in the short and medium term as it can ensure economic growth and infrastructure construction while minimizing the burden of future ecological engineering construction. Our results provide a deeper understanding of the response of ESPs to land-use change and can provide references for the protection and restoration of arid and semi-arid areas.","PeriodicalId":50287,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology","volume":"83 1","pages":"699 - 712"},"PeriodicalIF":5.6,"publicationDate":"2023-03-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83774340","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"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}
Pub Date : 2023-03-02DOI: 10.1080/13504509.2023.2183527
D. Bishwokarma, Jacqueline Harper, S. Nepal
ABSTRACT This paper examines the sustainability characteristics of 12 tourist destinations from around the world to determine whether these destinations have made concrete efforts in balancing the four pillars of sustainability: environmental, economic, social-cultural, and institutional. The paper identifies areas of improvement to abet these destinations facilitate their progress towards achieving sustainability. A three-step approach to destination sustainability assessment was employed: i) development of a sustainability assessment matrix; ii) selecting case studies to illustrate current on the ground sustainability practices; and iii) sustainability performance assessment of the selected destinations. Based on secondary information, the assessment developed and applied a six-scale sustainability performance rating, ranging between −1 to + 1 with − 0.75 to −1 indicating an unsatisfactory, and +0.75 to + 1 indicating a satisfactory performance. Results indicate to the presence of a broad range of sustainability characteristics across geographically diverse locations. Based on the results, six main implications are discussed: i) necessary trade-offs on sustainability considerations; ii) conditionality of sustainability; iii) importance of grassroots engagement and community-led tourism activities; iv) significance of participatory and effective policy preparation and implementation; v) insights on opportunities of active learning and sharing for meeting sustainability objectives; and vi) lessons for mass tourism experiences. We emphasize the need for strategic efforts in balancing sustainability approaches in tourism practices.
{"title":"Sustainable tourism in practice: synthesizing sustainability assessment of global tourism destinations","authors":"D. Bishwokarma, Jacqueline Harper, S. Nepal","doi":"10.1080/13504509.2023.2183527","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13504509.2023.2183527","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT This paper examines the sustainability characteristics of 12 tourist destinations from around the world to determine whether these destinations have made concrete efforts in balancing the four pillars of sustainability: environmental, economic, social-cultural, and institutional. The paper identifies areas of improvement to abet these destinations facilitate their progress towards achieving sustainability. A three-step approach to destination sustainability assessment was employed: i) development of a sustainability assessment matrix; ii) selecting case studies to illustrate current on the ground sustainability practices; and iii) sustainability performance assessment of the selected destinations. Based on secondary information, the assessment developed and applied a six-scale sustainability performance rating, ranging between −1 to + 1 with − 0.75 to −1 indicating an unsatisfactory, and +0.75 to + 1 indicating a satisfactory performance. Results indicate to the presence of a broad range of sustainability characteristics across geographically diverse locations. Based on the results, six main implications are discussed: i) necessary trade-offs on sustainability considerations; ii) conditionality of sustainability; iii) importance of grassroots engagement and community-led tourism activities; iv) significance of participatory and effective policy preparation and implementation; v) insights on opportunities of active learning and sharing for meeting sustainability objectives; and vi) lessons for mass tourism experiences. We emphasize the need for strategic efforts in balancing sustainability approaches in tourism practices.","PeriodicalId":50287,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology","volume":"288 1","pages":"671 - 684"},"PeriodicalIF":5.6,"publicationDate":"2023-03-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79647366","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"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}
Pub Date : 2023-02-27DOI: 10.1080/13504509.2023.2183526
Maxwell Chukwudi Udeagha, E. Muchapondwa
ABSTRACT The BRICS region has considered achieving environmental sustainability a top priority in terms of policy. Environmental distress is mostly brought on by the region’s continued reliance on fossil fuels to supply local energy needs. Besides, the region has historically been a significant importer of fossil fuels, making it difficult to substantially reduce the region’s reliance on them. As a result, the BRICS nations’ greenhouse gas (GHG) emission rates have steadily increased over time. Moreover, the region offers vast untapped amounts of renewable energy sources that may be used to generate power without adversely harming the environment. In light of this, this paper examines the combined effects of green finance (GFN) and financial technology (fintech) in achieving the region’s carbon neutrality goals from 1990 to 2020, while controlling for energy innovation, economic growth and natural resources rent. The results for the BRICS economies, which are supported by the EKC hypothesis, suggest that GFN, fintech and energy innovation (ENI) promote environmental sustainability. However, natural resources rent (NRR) and economic growth (GDP) degrade environmental quality. Additionally, it has been shown that the bidirectional causality exists between CO2 emissions and GFN, fintech, and NRR. However, GDP and ENI have been shown to exhibit unidirectional causality with CO2 emissions. Based on the empirical findings, it is suggested that the BRICS countries should speed up the development of green financial products and expand the ability of banks and financial institutions to provide green credit facilities, and put into the research on the usage of GFN solutions.
{"title":"Green finance, fintech, and environmental sustainability: fresh policy insights from the BRICS nations","authors":"Maxwell Chukwudi Udeagha, E. Muchapondwa","doi":"10.1080/13504509.2023.2183526","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13504509.2023.2183526","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The BRICS region has considered achieving environmental sustainability a top priority in terms of policy. Environmental distress is mostly brought on by the region’s continued reliance on fossil fuels to supply local energy needs. Besides, the region has historically been a significant importer of fossil fuels, making it difficult to substantially reduce the region’s reliance on them. As a result, the BRICS nations’ greenhouse gas (GHG) emission rates have steadily increased over time. Moreover, the region offers vast untapped amounts of renewable energy sources that may be used to generate power without adversely harming the environment. In light of this, this paper examines the combined effects of green finance (GFN) and financial technology (fintech) in achieving the region’s carbon neutrality goals from 1990 to 2020, while controlling for energy innovation, economic growth and natural resources rent. The results for the BRICS economies, which are supported by the EKC hypothesis, suggest that GFN, fintech and energy innovation (ENI) promote environmental sustainability. However, natural resources rent (NRR) and economic growth (GDP) degrade environmental quality. Additionally, it has been shown that the bidirectional causality exists between CO2 emissions and GFN, fintech, and NRR. However, GDP and ENI have been shown to exhibit unidirectional causality with CO2 emissions. Based on the empirical findings, it is suggested that the BRICS countries should speed up the development of green financial products and expand the ability of banks and financial institutions to provide green credit facilities, and put into the research on the usage of GFN solutions.","PeriodicalId":50287,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology","volume":"39 1","pages":"633 - 649"},"PeriodicalIF":5.6,"publicationDate":"2023-02-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79295833","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"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}
Pub Date : 2023-02-13DOI: 10.1080/13504509.2023.2172475
A. Celik, A. Alola
ABSTRACT With Singapore currently the world’s most natural capital (biocapacity) deficit alongside four other Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries having varying degree of ecological deficit, i.e. Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Thailand, it then offers a clear justification for a more scrutiny of the ASEAN states’ ecological footprint dynamics. To provide more insight on the drivers of ecological footprint in the overall panel and for each of the above-mentioned countries, the roles of economic complexity, average working hours, labour productivity, labour income share, and globalization were examined by employing the Dynamic Ordinary Least Squares Mean Group (DOLSMG) alongside the recently developed (non)time-variant Granger causality approaches. For the overall panel, the DOLSMG approach established that labour productivity, labour income share, and globalization reduce the biocapacity deficit by improving ecological quality while economic complexity worsen the region’s environmental quality. Additionally, in the overall panel, there is Granger causality evidence from the average working hour, labour income share, labour productivity, globalization, and economic complexity to ecological footprint. Moreover, the results of the two Granger causality approaches are unanimous in evidence. For instance, average working hours per year is a significant causal of ecological footprint in all the sampled countries at varying periods. Specifically, there are Granger causalities: from labour productivity to ecological footprint in Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand; from globalization to ecological footprint in Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand; from economic complexity to ecological footprint in Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand, all at varying times.
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Pub Date : 2023-02-07DOI: 10.1080/13504509.2023.2175737
D. Duarte, C. Galhano, M. C. Dias, P. Castro, P. Lorenzo
ABSTRACT The continued use of synthetic herbicides to control weeds leads to environmental pollution and health issues. Consequently, chemical formulations have been increasingly banned. However, sustainable solutions are lacking in the market. Alternatively, valorisation of phytotoxic waste to reduce the herbicides use promotes sustainability, meeting circular economy. We aimed at assessing the herbicidal potential of aqueous extracts of waste from the management of invasive plants (Acacia dealbata bark, Oxalis pes-caprae biomass) and agri-food (spent coffee grounds) on common urban weeds (Achillea ageratum, Conyza canadensis and Dittrichia viscosa) in Portugal. In vitro (paper and soil) and pot assays (soil) were conducted to test the pre-emergence (germination and seedlings) and post-emergence (well-stablished plants) effect of waste extracts on these weeds. Extracts reduced pre-emergence performance of weeds, but marginally affected post-emergence parameters. Germination was inhibited up to 83% by O. pes-caprae in A. ageratum, up to 88% and 87% by A. dealbata and O. pes-caprae in C. canadensis, and up to 70% by concentration in D. viscosa. A. dealbata and O. pes-caprae extracts also drastically reduced radicle length (30% and 55% in A. ageratum, 77% and 81% in C. canadensis, 90% and 92% in D. viscosa, respectively). However, soil neutralized the inhibitory pre-emergence effect. The main findings highlight that the use of A. dealbata and O. pes-caprae extracts as bioherbicides may require an additional synthetic herbicides application, as extracts alone cannot fully control urban weeds in areas without soil. Combining bioherbicides and commercial formulations still reduces the application of toxic chemicals, promoting sustainability.
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