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Finance and biodiversity conservation: insights from rhinoceros conservation and the first wildlife conservation bond by Medina, Claire, Scales, Ivan R.

“…The Rhino Bond is the first financial instrument dedicated to protecting a species. The Bond allows investors to invest in the conservation of the black…”
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Five Questions to Understand Epistemology and Its Influence on Integrative Marine Research by Moon, Katie, Cvitanovic, Christopher, Blackman, Deborah A., Scales, Ivan R., Browne, Nicola K.

“…Developing solutions to the complex and uncertain problems facing marine and coastal social-ecological ecosystems requires new forms of knowledge production…”
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Social impact investing, agriculture, and the financialisation of development: Insights from sub-Saharan Africa by Watts, Natasha, Scales, Ivan R.

“…•Social impact investing (SII) in African agriculture has grown over the last decade.•SII is driven by both financial and ethical motives.•SII is bringing in…”
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Patterns of mangrove forest disturbance and biomass removal due to small-scale harvesting in southwestern Madagascar by Scales, Ivan R., Friess, Daniel A.

“…Informal small-scale mangrove wood harvesting has received limited attention, though it is a widespread threat to mangroves in many parts of the tropics. We…”
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Value Plurality among Conservation Professionals by SANDBROOK, CHRIS, SCALES, IVAN R., VIRA, BHASKAR, ADAMS, WILLIAM M.

“…Debate on the values that underpin conservation science is rarely based on empirical analysis of the values conservation professionals actually hold. We used Q…”
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Identity, subjectivity and natural resource use: How ethnicity, gender and class intersect to influence mangrove oyster harvesting in The Gambia by Lau, Jacqueline D., Scales, Ivan R.

“…•We explore how identity influences resource use in women oyster harvesters.•Gender, class and ethnicity intersect to shape oyster harvester…”
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Seeds, Agricultural Systems and Socio-natures: Towards an Actor-Network Theory Informed Political Ecology of Agriculture by Watts, Natasha, Scales, Ivan R.

“…Agriculture has recently been the subject of considerable research and policy attention. Events such as the 2008 ‘world food price crisis’ and concerns over…”
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Farming at the Forest Frontier: Land Use and Landscape Change in Western Madagascar, 1896-2005 by Scales, Ivan R.

“…Over the last twenty years Madagascar has become a poster child for global biodiversity conservation. The environmental discourse is dominated by the issue of…”
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Green Consumption, Ecolabelling and Capitalism's Environmental Limits by Scales, Ivan R.

“…Green consumption attempts to reduce capitalism's environmental impacts by influencing consumer behaviour. It is based on the premise that consumers can be…”
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Lost in translation: conflicting views of deforestation, land use and identity in western Madagascar by SCALES, IVAN R

“…This paper focuses on the interplay between environmental narratives, identity politics and the management of forest resources in Madagascar. While efforts to…”
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Tropical Forests, Politics, and Power: From Colonial Concessions to Carbon Credits by Scales, Ivan R.

“…In the year 2008, Prince Charles, heir apparent to the throne of the UK, gave the Presidential Lecture in Jakarta, Indonesia. He chose to focus on the…”
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Forest and Labor in Madagascar: From Colonial Concession to Global Biosphere . By Genese Marie Sodikoff. Bloomington: University of Indiana Press, 2012. 272 pp. Illustrations, map, table, glossary, notes, bibliography, and index. Paper $25.00, e-book $21.99 by Scales, Ivan R.

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Value Plurality among Conservation ProfessionalsPluralidad de Valores entre Profesionales de la Conservacion by Sandbrook, Chris, Scales, Ivan R, Vira, Bhaskar, Adams, William M

“…Debate on the values that underpin conservation science is rarely based on empirical analysis of the values conservation professionals actually hold. We used Q…”
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Value Plurality among Conservation Professionals; Pluralidad de Valores entre Profesionales de la Conservación by SANDBROOK, CHRIS, SCALES, IVAN R, VIRA, BHASKAR, ADAMS, WILLIAM M

“…Debate on the values that underpin conservation science is rarely based on empirical analysis of the values conservation professionals actually hold. We used Q…”
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Value Plurality among Conservation Professionals: Value Plurality in Conservation by SANDBROOK, CHRIS, SCALES, IVAN R., VIRA, BHASKAR, ADAMS, WILLIAM M.

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Forest and Labor in Madagascar: From Colonial Concession to Global Biosphere by Scales, Ivan R.

“…Scales reviews Forest and Labor in Madagascar: From Colonial Concession to Global Biosphere by Genese Marie Sodikoff…”
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