Les gens bien mangent bien : comprendre le répertoire culturel de l’alimentation éthique by Josée JOHNSTON, Alexandra RODNEY, Michelle SZABO

“…Ethical consumption is understood by scholars as a key way that individuals can address social and ecological problems. While a hopeful trend, it raises the question of whether ethical consumption is primarily an elite social practice, especially since niche markets for ethical food products (for example, organics, fair-trade) are thought to attract wealthy, educated consumers. …”
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Revisiting Jane Jacobs’s Urban Complexity in Global Sustainability City Discourse by May Ee Wong, Maciej Stasiowski

“…Published in commercial publications and grey literature on policy, design and global trends, the trope is also articulated in a genre of trade books by urban consultants and in public showcases that project the city as a socially, economically and environmentally beneficial entity – a sustainable complex system that is even promoted to be humanity’s best hope for solving the global ecological problems of the twenty-first century. This article traces how urbanist Jane Jacobs’s notion of urban complexity becomes an allusive reference in examples of popular global sustainability discourse that present the city as an evolutionary self-organizing entity of systemic networks and physical flows. …”
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Where Is Ethology Heading? An Invitation for Collective Metadisciplinary Discussion by Nereida Bueno-Guerra

“…While the results were pitted against the literature, general conclusions should be taken with caution and considered as a first attempt in exploring the state of the discipline from the researchers’ perspective: There is no unanimity for the discipline’s name; 71.4% of the researchers reported there is limited consensus in the definition of relevant concepts (i.e., culture, cognition); primate species still predominate in publications whereas the species selection criteria is sometimes based on fascination, chance, or funding opportunities rather than on biocentric questions; 56.1% of the apparatuses employed do not resemble species’ ecological problems, and current tech needs would be solved by fostering collaboration with engineers. …”
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Groundwater as a source of phosphorus and silicate in an estuarine zone: results from continuous monitoring of nutrients and 222Rn by Yong Hwa Oh, Jeonghyun Kim, Guebuem Kim, Tae-Hoon Kim

“…Our results suggest that groundwater input may be an important source of DIP, especially under P-limited condition, which can affect marine primary production and ecological problems such as eutrophication and algal blooms in the coastal zones.…”
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Biologically inspired herding of animal groups by robots by King, AJ, Portugal, SJ, Strömbom, D, Mann, RP, Carrillo, J, Kalise, D, de Croon, G, Barnett, H, Scerri, P, Gross, R, Chadwick, D, Papadopolou, M

“…</li> <li>There are a variety of ecological problems where management of wild animal groups is currently impossible, dangerous and/or costly for humans to manage directly, and which may benefit from bio-herding solutions.…”

Gut microbiota metagenomics in aquaculture: factors influencing gut microbiome and its physiological role in fish by Yukgehnaish, Kumarasan, Kumar, Praveen, Sivachandran, Parimannan, Marimuthu, Kasi, Arshad, Aziz, Paray, Bilal Ahmad, Arockiaraj, Jesu

“…The widespread and systematic use of antibiotics has led to severe biological and ecological problems, especially the development of antibiotic resistance that affects the gut microbiota of aquatic organisms. …”
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Appropriateness Evaluation and Impact Factor Identification of Dongting Lake Under the Concept of “three living” by Wang Zeqi, Li Fangying, Zhang Bingcheng, Xue Jiahui, Fu Yeting, Zeng Yanfang

“…In the process of implementing the project of returning fields to lakes to solve the shrinking surface of Dongting Lake and the various ecological problems arising from it, livelihood issues such as land use conflicts have emerged. …”
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Tailoring the Barrier Properties of PLA: A State-of-the-Art Review for Food Packaging Applications by Stefania Marano, Emiliano Laudadio, Cristina Minnelli, Pierluigi Stipa

“…It is now well recognized that the production of petroleum-based packaging materials has created serious ecological problems for the environment due to their resistance to biodegradation. …”
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Comprehensive Vulnerability Assessment of Urban Areas Using an Integration of Fuzzy Logic Functions: Case Study of Nasiriyah City in South Iraq by Sadeq Khaleefah Hanoon, Ahmad Fikri Abdullah, Helmi Z. M. Shafri, Aimrun Wayayok

“…However, with respect to the effects of urbanization, most previous studies have overlooked ecological problems, and have disregarded strategic environmental assessment, which is an effective tool for ensuring sustainable development. …”
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Effect of Ecological Construction Engineering on Vegetation Restoration: A Case Study of the Loess Plateau by Lina Xiu, Xiaojun Yao, Mengdie Chen, Changzhen Yan

“…The Loess Plateau is an area where ecological problems are concentrated, and it is a key area of ecological construction in China. …”
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Avatar in the Amazon - Narratives of Cultural Conversion and Environmental Salvation between Cultural Theory and Popular Culture by John Ødemark

“…Disturbingly such symbolic exportation of solutions is consonant with current exportations of the solution of ecological problems to 'other places'.…”
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Communicate to engage: storytelling, content creation, and promoting the idea of sustainability and intercultural dialogue in travel videoblogs by Anna Maj

“…The paper analyses new material (new genres of communication, new channels, new strategies) and topic of high importance in the context of intercultural conflicts and ecological problems. One of the most influential Polish travel vlogs, Globstory by Kaja Kraska (initiated in August, 2014), serves here as a case study. …”
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Lack of quantitative training among early-career ecologists: a survey of the problem and potential solutions by Frédéric Barraquand, Thomas H.G. Ezard, Peter S. Jørgensen, Naupaka Zimmerman, Scott Chamberlain, Roberto Salguero-Gómez, Timothy J. Curran, Timothée Poisot

“…The main suggestion to improve quantitative training was to relate theoretical and statistical modeling to applied ecological problems. Improving quantitative training will require dedicated, quantitative classes for ecology-related degrees that contain good mathematical and statistical practice.…”
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LEVEL OF TOXICITY WATER AREA «TULENIY» AS A RESULT OF BIOASSAY by A. F. Sokolsky, S. S. Evseeva

“…Guide prepared by the Center for Russian register of hydraulic structures and the state water cadastre of the MNR of Russia jointly with specialists of the Institute Committee of Russia and the UNION of ecological problems of the Ministry of Ukraine. The basis of the proposed system of marine toxicity biotests based on the results of generalization of experimental research based on the problem of pollution of water bodies and numerous literature data, making it possible to identify features of the response of aquatic organisms of different taxonomic groups to toxic impurities of different nature and origin. …”
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What Confucian Eco-Ethics Can Teach Us about Solving the Dilemma of Interpreting the Concept of Sustainability by Xian Li, Fuming Wei

“…Third, Confucianism endorses benevolence as a core value for managing technology to achieve sustainable development, and it favors a comprehensive approach that combines technological innovation, values reform, and institutional reform to solve ecological problems. To do this, we analyze the Dujiangyan Water Hydro-Project Hydraulic Project as a case study to illustrate the practical feasibility of Confucian eco-ethics in achieving sustainable development. …”
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ECOLOGICAL COMFORT OF THE URBAN ENVIRONMENT ON THE EXAMPLE OF THE CITY OF BARNAUL by Olga V. Otto, Aleksander G. Redkin, Dinara D. Esimova

“…The studies of the municipal entity territory of the city of Barnaul, Altai Krai, conducted according to the developed methodology made it possible to identify the most ecologically uncomfortable zones of the city and propose approaches to solving the existing ecological problems. The most acute problems of the city urban environment are the non-uniformity of site landscaping, the congestion of highways, and the low level of improvement of the entire territory, especially the recreation areas. …”
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Linking Vegetation Diversity and Soils on Highway Slopes: A Case Study of the Zhengzhou–Xinxiang Section of the Beijing–Hong Kong–Macau Highway by Wei Cao, Niuniu Zhu, Zhenyu Meng, Chenxi Lv, Yue Chen, Guojie Wang

“…The rapid development of highways has caused a series of ecological problems, the restoration of which is an important part of highway construction. …”
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Drifting marine plastics as new ecological habitats for harmful eukaryotic microbial communities in Jeju Strait, Korea by Bora Lee, Myung Gil Park

“…Micro/macro plastics are ubiquitous and are emerging agents causing many ecological problems in marine environments. Plastics carry various fouling organisms, including harmful microorganisms, that could potentially have ecological impacts on the marine environment and eventually human health. …”
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DROUGHT ASSESSMENT IN VOJVODINA (SERBIA) USING K-MEANS CLUSTER ANALYSIS by Igor Leščešen, Dragan Dolinaj, Milana Pantelić, Srđan Popov

“…Droughts are natural hazards that endanger the safety of population, their property and can create serious agricultural and ecological problems over the affected region. An analysis of the Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI) was performed by using the database of sixty years (1956–2016) of the monthly precipitation for the nine meteorological stations in Vojvodina region (Serbia). …”
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Environmental Related Issues along Kayamkulam – Thottappally Placer Deposits, SW Coast, India by Babu Nallusamy, Sinirani Babu, Sharath Raj B, Mohammed Aleem Pasha, Mohammed Aslam M. A., Suresh Babu D. S.

“…Baseline status on the shoreline changes, water level fluctuation, water quality and impact of tsunami on placer concentration deals in this paper. Socio-ecological problems have always been reported as sensitive issues during the mining of placers in coastal regions of India. …”
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