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The role of financial literacy in climate mitigation: The case of central Colombia

IF 4.7 2区环境科学与生态学 Q2 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

Environmental Development

Pub Date : 2025-02-05 DOI: 10.1016/j.envdev.2025.101164

Alexander Cano , Bente Castro-Campos

Understanding how financial literacy shapes borrowing decisions in the face of climate shocks is crucial for enhancing farmers’ resilience, ensuring food security, and reducing rural poverty. This study investigates how financial literacy influences the borrowing behavior of farmers in central Colombia when facing adverse weather events such as landslides and droughts. Using a mixed-methods approach, we analyze survey data from 360 farms through logit regressions, assessing financial literacy across four key components and examining loan sources. Qualitative interviews with the same sample complement the analysis, providing deeper insights into farmers’ decision-making processes. Drawing on prospect theory, we incorporate perceived risks into our framework to better explain borrowing behavior. The results show that financially literate farmers are more likely to take loans, including those from non-financial sources. However, among financially literate farmers, older individuals are less likely to borrow from non-financial lenders. Additional factors, such as risk attitude and financial constraints, also play a significant role. Interviews reveal that farmers prioritize subjective perceptions, such as convenience, trust, and speed, when choosing non-financial lenders. These findings underscore the importance of financial literacy programs tailored to farmers’ risk perceptions and borrowing preferences, offering valuable insights for policymakers seeking to improve credit access and climate resilience in rural communities.

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Revitalizing transformed landscapes: Economic valuation of artificial lake shorelines for hydropower generation

IF 4.7 2区环境科学与生态学 Q2 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

Environmental Development

Pub Date : 2025-02-05 DOI: 10.1016/j.envdev.2025.101163

Cristobal Acuña , Rolando Rodríguez , Eduardo Acuña

The expansion of hydroelectric energy in Chile, renowned for its contribution to energy sustainability, positively impacts socioeconomic development through ecological compensations. Employing the Contingent Valuation Method, the willingness to pay (WTP) for access to these transformed spaces is revealed, indicating a positive economic appreciation and valuation of compensation initiatives. This study highlights the dams’ capacity to enhance community well-being by creating recreational spaces, reflecting strong community support with an average WTP of 2043 Chilean pesos (CLP$) for access to these transformed sites. The data indicate a positive valuation towards compensation initiatives, underscoring the effectiveness of hydroelectric dams in driving local development while preserving the environment. The integration of hydroelectric management with tourism and recreation has promoted a sustainable development model, valuing both natural resources and human capital. In conclusion, this study emphasizes how community-backed ecological compensation strategies, based on a solid perception of ecological and recreational value, can lead to substantial socioeconomic benefits, reinforcing the link between hydroelectric development, socioeconomic progress, and environmental sustainability.

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Identifying the relative importance of cultivating medicinal plants in improving rural livelihoods

IF 4.7 2区环境科学与生态学 Q2 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

Environmental Development

Pub Date : 2025-02-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.envdev.2025.101159

Mahboubeh Dalir M. Sc. (Graduate) , Shahla Choobchian (Associate Professor) , Enayat Abbasi (Associate Professor)

The agricultural sector and its related industries form the backbone of many economies, particularly in developing countries. Among the vital sub-sectors of agriculture, medicinal plant cultivation has garnered significant attention. Iran, with its favorable climatic and geographical conditions, is home to a wide variety of medicinal plants. Medicinal plants hold significant strategic importance in sustainable development, contributing to economic growth, environmental conservation, public health improvement, employment generation, food security, and the preservation of genetic resources. This multifaceted role has enhanced their prominence at both national and global levels. Today, the deepening significance of medicinal plants, especially in pharmaceutical supply, marks them as a key development indicator worldwide. This study focuses on the relative importance of cultivating medicinal plants in improving rural livelihoods, a topic largely overlooked in prior research. The research tool’s validity and reliability were thoroughly assessed and confirmed. Regression analysis revealed that medicinal plant cultivation accounts for a 42% impact on rural livelihoods. The prioritization of these plants based on their contribution to livelihoods is as follows: 1) saffron, 2) barberry, 3) cumin, and 4) jujube. Given the significant role of medicinal plant cultivation in enhancing rural livelihoods and its potential for export in international markets, it is imperative to ensure their production adheres to scientific and legal standards. Furthermore, policies aimed at expanding and institutionalizing the processing and packaging of medicinal plants can play a critical role in reducing environmental pollution. To strengthen this sector, it is recommended to adopt advanced cultivation techniques, such as hydroponics, enhance transportation infrastructure, and promote the growth of startups in the medicinal plant industry through targeted financial and technical support. These strategies have the potential to significantly enhance rural economic opportunities while simultaneously promoting sustainable development and facilitating improved market access for medicinal plant products.

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A comprehensive bibliometric review of forest fires in Iran

IF 4.7 2区环境科学与生态学 Q2 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

Environmental Development

Pub Date : 2025-02-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.envdev.2025.101160

Saeedreza Moazeni , Artemi Cerda

Forest fires in Iran present a significant environmental concern, impacting diverse ecosystems, human societies, and the economy. Encompassing approximately 7% of the country's landmass, Iran's forests are vital for maintaining ecological balance, supporting biodiversity, regulating hydrological cycles, and providing essential resources to local communities. This study aims to conduct a comprehensive review to elucidate key trends and patterns within the scholarly discourse on forest fires in Iran, focusing on the temporal distribution of articles, prominent authors, top journals, highly cited articles, and the geographical distribution of research efforts. Additionally, the study seeks to map prominent keywords and topics, understand the temporal evolution of research directions, and examine the impacts of forest fires, including hydro-ecological effects, soil properties, and socio-economic consequences. The analysis reveals a significant rise in scholarly interest in forest fires in Iran over the past two decades, with a notable increase in publications from the 2010s onward. Thematic analysis shows that fire risk prediction and modeling are primary research focuses, with methodologies including GIS, remote sensing, statistical modeling, and machine learning algorithms advancing fire risk assessment and management strategies. Forest fires significantly impact hydro-ecological systems, altering vegetation dynamics, soil properties, and hydrological processes. Immediate effects include reductions in vegetation cover, soil compaction, increased runoff, and erosion, with long-term implications for ecosystem health and resilience. Climatic variables such as temperature, humidity, and wind patterns are critical drivers of fire behavior and risk, further exacerbated by climate change. The socio-economic dimensions of forest fires, although underrepresented in the literature, highlight significant economic losses, disruption of livelihoods, and community displacement. Effective fire management requires integrating community participation, robust policy frameworks, and advanced management strategies. This comprehensive analysis provides valuable insights into the dynamics, drivers, and implications of forest fires in Iran, informing future research, policy interventions, and management strategies.

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The ‘double-exposure’ of riverine communities in Northeast India to dams and climate change

IF 4.7 2区环境科学与生态学 Q2 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

Environmental Development

Pub Date : 2025-01-31 DOI: 10.1016/j.envdev.2025.101142

Costanza Rampini

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Sustainable intensification of fodder crop production can mitigate feed shortage and seasonality in East Africa

IF 4.7 2区环境科学与生态学 Q2 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

Environmental Development

Pub Date : 2025-01-31 DOI: 10.1016/j.envdev.2025.101158

Julian Joseph , Sylvia Tramberend , Fred Kabi , Günther Fischer , Taher Kahil

The growing demand for livestock products from growing populations and economies will require additional forage to meet livestock feed requirements. Employing a novel, globally applicable seasonal demand and supply assessment methodology, we investigate the seasonal availability of fodder for ruminants and the potential for growing fodder crops to mitigate current and future demand shortfalls while preserving key conservation and wetland areas in East Africa. Our results indicate that grazing, which respects land for environmental conservation, will not provide sufficient fodder to meet demand throughout the year in many areas. Fodder crops from improved pastures, some conserved as hay, and new crops such as dual-purpose sorghum for food and feed production have a significant potential to provide fodder biomass, especially for maintaining sufficient fodder in the dry season. Forage production in East Africa needs to be intensified in a sustainable way while carrying capacity and stocking rates must be closely monitored.

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On the allocation of critical metals between nations for a green and just transition

IF 4.7 2区环境科学与生态学 Q2 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

Environmental Development

Pub Date : 2025-01-30 DOI: 10.1016/j.envdev.2025.101157

J. Mikael Malmaeus , Eva C. Alfredsson , Erik Lindblom

Critical metals are needed for a green transition, but both global reserves and production capacity are limited on the short time scale when the transition needs to take place. In this article we consider critical metals as global commons based on the assumption that they are a required component of a green transition towards zero greenhouse gas emissions, which need to happen in all countries to achieve the Paris agreement. We analyze how the projected demand for critical metals in the EU associated with the green transition relates to supply of 14 critical metals according to different allocation principles. For almost half of the metals, the cumulative demand until 2050 in the EU is significantly greater than the per capita share of global reserves. Even in a scenario with a 5% annual production increase, 10 out of 14 metals are in overuse in relation to an equal per capita share of global production capacity. A gap analysis shows that only somewhere around 10–20% of the projected use for the green transition in the EU would be sustainable for many metals in relation to an equal allocation. For some metals even greater reductions are needed. Basing a green transition on such a large overuse of critical metals is not sustainable. This calls for strategies that substantially reduce the use of critical metals.

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Impacts of climate change on children's rights to food and health in coastal communities in Ghana

IF 4.7 2区环境科学与生态学 Q2 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

Environmental Development

Pub Date : 2025-01-30 DOI: 10.1016/j.envdev.2025.101151

Harrison Kwame Golo , Sulley Ibrahim , Bolanle T. Erinosho

Anthropogenic climate change impacts all internationally recognised human rights; nevertheless, the international community prioritises children's human rights due to their vulnerability to environmental changes. However, there is a paucity of empirical studies regarding the effects of climate change-related events on children's rights in Ghana's coastal communities. This article examines the effects of climate change on children's rights to food and health, as established in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, through comprehensive interviews and focus group discussions conducted in small-scale fishing communities in the Keta Municipalities and Ketu South district of the Volta Region of Ghana. Consequently, 62 participants from four communities identified as vulnerable to climate change and variability were selected by purposive and convenience sampling techniques. We illustrate how climate change-related phenomena, including tidal waves and resultant floods, as well as unforeseen severe droughts, disrupted economic activities, adversely impacting incomes, leading to malnutrition and health issues, thereby compromising fundamental human rights and the quality of life for children. We end with a framework for intervention and additional research.

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Exploring the role of governance and institutional indicators in environmental degradation across global regions

IF 4.7 2区环境科学与生态学 Q2 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

Environmental Development

Pub Date : 2025-01-30 DOI: 10.1016/j.envdev.2025.101152

Charles Shaaba Saba , Andrew Adewale Alola , Nicholas Ngepah

The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) essentially includes climate action that targets the protection and conservation of the natural environment and human lives. After establishing the existence and addressing the associated endogeneity problem, a two-step system-GMM was deployed to examine the influence of potential macroeconomic and socioeconomic factors alongside six categories of governance indicators and institutional quality on carbon dioxide (CO₂) emission across selected 183 countries, first in a single panel and then in sub-divided panels of five regions: Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA); Middle East and North Africa (MENA); Europe & Central Asia (ECA); East & South Asia and the Pacific (ESAP); and the America. Importantly, the investigation reveals that the governance indicators (i.e control of corruption, government effectiveness, political stability/terrorism, regulatory quality, rule of law, and voice and accountability) and institutional quality aggravate carbon emission in the overall panel while these influences vary across the region. Moreover, financial development and total natural resource are found to abate emission from CO₂ emission in the overall panel while value added from agricultural and industrial activities alongside trade openness, land area, information and communication technology (ICT), population, and income per capita are detrimental to environmental quality. On policy relevance, the results overwhelmingly point policymakers to the criticality of the aspects of governance, institution quality, and socioeconomic factors in driving environmental sustainability goals across respective regions and particularly in the comprising countries.

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Promoting use of vetiver grass for landslide protection: A pathway to achieve Sustainable Development Goals in Thailand

IF 4.7 2区环境科学与生态学 Q2 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

Environmental Development

Pub Date : 2025-01-28 DOI: 10.1016/j.envdev.2025.101155

Unruan Leknoi , Annop Yiengthaisong , Suched Likitlersuang

Landslides have socio-economic and environmentally negative impacts and pose a threat to land security in many countries. The United Nations has defined landslide control as one of its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). SDG15: Life on Land highlighting soil resources is a foundation of land sustainability. In some developing countries, the soil bioengineering approach, which uses vegetation to stabilise earth slopes, is employed as an environmentally friendly and cost-effective solution for landslide protection. Previous studies report that vetiver grass is effective for landslide and soil erosion control. Thailand is one of the leading countries who has an excellent lesson learned in the promoting use of vetiver grass to reduce the risk of landslides at the community level. This research employed the Theory of Change to investigate the process and changes from the four communities throughout Thailand in the use of vetiver grass for soil erosion control and landslide prevention and its linkages to the SDGs. The results indicated that collaboration between local people and other stakeholders created knowledge, social value and learning lesson leading to changes in the local practices in the use of vetiver grass for sustainable landslide control. These practices can be used as driving tools to address SDGs in long-term. The outcome from this research can be a guideline for the sustainable application of using vegetation for landslide protection.

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