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Global Environment Facility
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About: Global Environment Facility is a other organization based out in Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Sustainable development & Global environmental analysis. The organization has 85 authors who have published 122 publications receiving 7484 citations. The organization is also known as: GEF.
Topics: Sustainable development, Global environmental analysis, Biodiversity, Climate change, Sustainability
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Conservation International1, International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources2, Sapienza University of Rome3, Texas A&M University4, Instituto Superior Técnico5, University of Cambridge6, Zoological Society of London7, Arizona State University8, Columbia University9, Wildlife Conservation Society10, National Scientific and Technical Research Council11, Imperial College London12, National University of Tucumán13, University of the Philippines Los Baños14, University of Tasmania15, Earthwatch Institute16, University of Edinburgh17, Drexel University18, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais19, Global Environment Facility20, University of Alberta21, Smithsonian Institution22, Université de Sherbrooke23, University of Virginia24, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources25, University of Calgary26, James Cook University27, NatureServe28, University of St Andrews29, Australian National University30, University of Montana31, General Post Office32, University of Otago33, Field Museum of Natural History34, Wildlife Institute of India35, Tokyo Woman's Christian University36, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration37, University of Aberdeen38, University of the Witwatersrand39, University of Oxford40, University Centre in Svalbard41, Norwegian Polar Institute42, Copenhagen Zoo43, San Diego State University44, University of Alaska Fairbanks45, Manchester Metropolitan University46, National Autonomous University of Mexico47, University of Kent48, City University of New York49, Victoria University of Wellington50, California Academy of Sciences51, Mote Marine Laboratory52, Osmania University53, White Oak Conservation54, Aaranyak55, University of California, Davis56, Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi57, University of Stirling58
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a comprehensive assessment of the conservation status and distribution of the world's mammals, including marine mammals, using data collected by 1700+ experts, covering all 5487 species.
Abstract: Knowledge of mammalian diversity is still surprisingly disparate, both regionally and taxonomically. Here, we present a comprehensive assessment of the conservation status and distribution of the world's mammals. Data, compiled by 1700+ experts, cover all 5487 species, including marine mammals. Global macroecological patterns are very different for land and marine species but suggest common mechanisms driving diversity and endemism across systems. Compared with land species, threat levels are higher among marine mammals, driven by different processes (accidental mortality and pollution, rather than habitat loss), and are spatially distinct (peaking in northern oceans, rather than in Southeast Asia). Marine mammals are also disproportionately poorly known. These data are made freely available to support further scientific developments and conservation action.
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TL;DR: Air pollution is associated with a broad spectrum of acute and chronic health effects, the nature of which may vary with the pollutant constituents, and particulate air pollution is consistently and independently related to the most serious effects, including lung cancer and other cardiopulmonary mortality.
Abstract: As part of the World Health Organization (WHO) Global Burden of Disease Comparative Risk Assessment, the burden of disease attributable to urban ambient air pollution was estimated in terms of deaths and disability-adjusted life years (DALYs). Air pollution is associated with a broad spectrum of acute and chronic health effects, the nature of which may vary with the pollutant constituents. Particulate air pollution is consistently and independently related to the most serious effects, including lung cancer and other cardiopulmonary mortality. The analyses on which this report is based estimate that ambient air pollution, in terms of fine particulate air pollution (PM(2.5)), causes about 3% of mortality from cardiopulmonary disease, about 5% of mortality from cancer of the trachea, bronchus, and lung, and about 1% of mortality from acute respiratory infections in children under 5 yr, worldwide. This amounts to about 0.8 million (1.2%) premature deaths and 6.4 million (0.5%) years of life lost (YLL). This burden occurs predominantly in developing countries; 65% in Asia alone. These estimates consider only the impact of air pollution on mortality (i.e., years of life lost) and not morbidity (i.e., years lived with disability), due to limitations in the epidemiologic database. If air pollution multiplies both incidence and mortality to the same extent (i.e., the same relative risk), then the DALYs for cardiopulmonary disease increase by 20% worldwide.
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TL;DR: In this article, a framework for assessing the interaction of global pressures and local dynamics in the production of human vulnerability is presented, and it is concluded that this is a critical time for small island developing states (SIDS) which must contend with ongoing developmental pressures in addition to growing pressures from risks associated with global environmental change and economic liberalisation that threaten their physical and economic security.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors used remote sensing data on vegetation cover and restoration opportunities to bring hope to the Brazilian Atlantic Forest, one of the hottest of the 36 global biodiversity hotspots.
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01 Jan 2004TL;DR: In this paper, the authors consider six different types of policies that affect renewable energy development, both directly or indirectly: renewable energy promotion policies, transport bio-fuels policies, emissions reduction policies, electric power restructuring policies, distributed generation policies, and rural electrification policies.
Abstract: The 1990s saw an explosion of energy policy changes around the globe Driven by economic, environmental, security, and social concerns, energy regulation has been in great flux Many of the changes are having a profound influence on renewable energy, both from policies explicitly designed to promote renewable energy and from other policies that indirectly influence incentives and barriers for renewable energy This article considers six different types of policies that affect renewable energy development, both directly or indirectly: renewable energy promotion policies, transport biofuels policies, emissions reduction policies, electric power restructuring policies, distributed generation policies, and rural electrification policies Each policy reduces one or more key barriers that impede development of renewable energy These barriers are discussed first In general, most renewable energy policies address cost-related barriers in some manner Many policies address the requirements for utilities to purchase renewable energy from power producers Most policies also address the perceived risks of renewable energy in one form or another (ie, technical, financial, legal) Still others primarily address regulatory and institutional barriers Some related policies may heighten barriers to renewable energy rather than reduce them Table 1 summarizes the key renewable energy policies and barriers presented
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Name | H-index | Papers | Citations |
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Samuel Fankhauser | 46 | 167 | 8201 |
Linda S. Heath | 44 | 134 | 9412 |
Dimitrios I. Zeugolis | 40 | 161 | 5638 |
Fabrice Duponchelle | 22 | 78 | 1465 |
Claude Gascon | 20 | 37 | 7290 |
Eric Martinot | 18 | 24 | 1682 |
Kiran Pandey | 15 | 30 | 10446 |
Juha I. Uitto | 15 | 40 | 1249 |
Rosina Bierbaum | 12 | 31 | 1223 |
Robert K. Dixon | 11 | 20 | 3239 |
Raffaello Cervigni | 10 | 42 | 634 |
Gustavo A. B. da Fonseca | 10 | 18 | 2237 |
Mohamed I. Bakarr | 10 | 20 | 2474 |
Alfred M. Duda | 10 | 16 | 650 |
Anupam Anand | 9 | 20 | 1018 |