State of the art of participatory and user-led research in mental health in Brazil: A scoping review by Ana Carolina Florence, Mateus Bocalini, Daniela Cabrini, Rita Tanzi, Melissa Funaro, Gerald Jordan, Larry Davidson, Robert Drake, Cristian Montenegro, Silvio Yasui

“…Participatory research and Global South leadership must foreground local epistemologies that can contribute to the global debate about participation and mental health research.…”
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Impacts of large-scale land acquisitions on smallholder agriculture and livelihoods in Tanzania by J A Sullivan, D G Brown, F Moyo, M Jain, A Agrawal

“…Large-scale land acquisitions (LSLAs) have important effects on both well-being and the environment in the Global South. Their impacts on agricultural productivity and subsequent effects on farm incomes, food-security and the distribution of these outcomes across households remain under-investigated. …”
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Chemically speciated air pollutant emissions from open burning of household solid waste from South Africa by X. Wang, H. Firouzkouhi, J. C. Chow, J. G. Watson, S. S. H. Ho, W. Carter, A. S. M. De Vos

“…<p>Open burning of household solid waste is a large source of air pollutants worldwide, especially in the Global South. However, waste burning emissions are either missing or have large uncertainties in local, regional, or global emission inventories due to limited emission factor (EF) and activity data. …”
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Pangenomics of the cichlid species (Oreochromis niloticus) reveals genetic admixture ancestry with potential for aquaculture improvement in Kenya by John G. Mwaura, Clabe Wekesa, Kiprotich Kelvin, Ang’ienda Paul, Philip A. Ogutu, Patrick Okoth

“…This will allow aquaculture to contribute to food and nutrition security in line with SDG2 and improve the economic status of fish-farming communities in the Global South countries.…”
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The phosphorus legacy offers opportunities for agro-ecological transition (France 1850–2075) by J Le Noë, N Roux, G Billen, S Gingrich, K -H. Erb, F Krausmann, V Thieu, M Silvestre, J Garnier

“…The global P cycle is currently disturbed beyond planetary boundaries, mostly due to large excess P use in the agriculture of industrialized countries, while P is lacking in the Global South. The trajectories of P management and their effects on future sustainable agriculture were investigated for the case of France from 1850 to 2015 based on empirical data and simulations of two coupled biogeochemical models. …”
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Mapping the Landscape of Citizen Science in Africa: Assessing its Potential Contributions to Sustainable Development Goals 6 and 11 on Access to Clean Water and Sanitation and Sust... by Peter Elias, Adenike Shonowo, Alex de Sherbinin, Carolynne Hultquist, Finn Danielsen, Caren Cooper, Maria Mondardini, Elaine Faustman, Anne Browser, Jean-Bernard Minster Minster, Martie van Deventer, Ioana Popescu

“…CS projects and infrastructure are abundant and well documented in the Global North, while needs for participatory projects to fill environmental monitoring gaps may be greater in the Global South. The paper explores the contributions of citizen science projects originating in Africa for two Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), namely SDG 6, and SDG 11 which are particularly important to the millions of low-income residents of cities across Africa. …”
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Multi-stakeholder perception analysis of the status, characteristics, and factors affecting small-scale carp aquaculture systems in Bangladesh by Cristiano M. Rossignoli, Cristiano M. Rossignoli, Denise P. Lozano Lazo, Benoy Kumar Barman, Eric Brako Dompreh, Timothy Manyise, Quanli Wang, Rodolfo Dam Lam, Roberta Moruzzo, Alvaro Paz Mendez, Alexandros Gasparatos

“…Inland aquaculture is essential for the food and livelihoods of millions of small-scale producers across the global South. Very diverse actions from national governments, civil sector and international organizations have been seeking to enhance the performance of small-scale aquaculture systems. …”
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Trees on smallholder farms and forest restoration are critical for Rwanda to achieve net zero emissions by Maurice Mugabowindekwe, Martin Brandt, Athanase Mukuralinda, Philippe Ciais, Florian Reiner, Ankit Kariryaa, Christian Igel, Jérôme Chave, Ole Mertz, Pierre Hiernaux, Xiaoye Tong, Gaspard Rwanyiziri, Dimitri Gominski, Sizhuo Li, Siyu Liu, Ivan Gasangwa, Yves Hategekimana, Alain Ndoli, Jean Nduwamungu, Sassan Saatchi, Rasmus Fensholt

“…Abstract Landscape restoration initiatives are mainly focusing on forest regeneration and agroforestry, especially in the Global South. However, due to a lack of monitoring tools, the carbon balance of restoration efforts remains poorly quantified. …”
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New Fractures, Old Wounds: Africa and the Renewal of South Agency Neue Brüche, alte Wunden: Afrika und die Erneuerung der South agency by Carlos Lopes

“…Current mega-trends demonstrate that the global South, driven by a number of regional powers, will play a vital role in shaping the twenty-first century. …”
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Adoption of processing technologies and innovative food preservation techniques: findings from smallholders in the Lindi Region in Tanzania by Malika Sarr, Zahra Majili, Niloofar Khalili, Custodio E. Matavel, Hadijah A. Mbwana, Jacob Kaingo, Katharina Löhr, Katharina Löhr, Constance Rybak, Constance Rybak

“…Adopting processing technologies and innovative food preservation is crucial for improving the food security and nutritional status of rural populations in Tanzania and other countries in the Global South. However, low adoption rates among smallholders highlight the need for a better understanding of farmers’ decision-making processes. …”
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THE CONSTITUTIONALIZATION OF SELF-REGULATION(MENTA)TIONS OWNED IN SOCIAL SYSTEMS IN PERIPHERAL COUNTRIES AND THE IMPERATIVENESS OF MINIMUM STATE REGULATION ON FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS TO... by Gilmar Ferreira Mendes, Leonardo Cerqueira Carvalho

“…In this step, the article points its magnifying glass with emphasis on the indispensability of a dynamic balance in the relations between the internal spheres of the social subsystems (spontaneous and organizational) and the difficulties of this happening in countries of the Global South, which leads to an impossibility of constitutionalization of the self-regulations produced exclusively by the social sectoral regimes in such places. …”
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Location location location: A carbon footprint calculator for transparent travel to COP27 by Anthony Costello, Jacqueline McGlade, Jhénelle A Williams, Jonathan Barnsley, Mark Maslin, Matthew Winning, priti parikh, Richard Taylor, Simon Chin-Yee

“…However, we also highlight some of the benefits of hosting a COP in the global South, particularly in the context of climate justice. …”
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Judiciarisation of the mentally ill and/or mentally incapacitated in the Malawi criminal justice system: Gaps and flaws of human rights protection by Marie Claire Van Hout, Ruth Kaima, Victor Mhango, Stephanie Kewley, Triestino Mariniello

“…There is little data on the extent of mental illness and/or mental incapacity in prison populations in the Global South. Criminal justice systems are generally under-resourced, with a lack of adequate forensic monitoring, availability of specialist psychological and psychiatric expertise, and system coordination with mental health treatment and support services.Very little is known with regard to the judiciarisation of the mentally ill and/or mentally incapacitated in African criminal justice systems. …”
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The City as a national growth machine : city-building and the role of urban development in South Korea's political and economic transitions by Joo, Yu Min

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Socio-hydrological trade-offs arising from triple cropping in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta: revisiting environmental impacts and adaptation pathways by Tran, Dung Duc, Park, Edward, Tran, Thong Anh, Vo, Thang Tat, Le, Phong Thanh

“…Trade-offs between socio-economic growth and environmental protection have remained a critical issue of sustainable development, especially in the Global South. In the floodplains of the Vietnamese Mekong Delta (VMD), the development of high-dike polders for intensive rice production has degraded ecosystems and changed socio-economic patterns. …”
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Distributive justice and transportation equity: inequality in accessibility in Rio de Janeiro by Pereira, R

“…This is particularly true in cities from the global South, where accessibility and equity have so far remained marginal concerns in the policy realm.…”

Guarantor institutions by Khaitan, T

“…<p>The last few decades have seen a proliferation of constitutional institutions, especially in the Global South, that do not neatly fit within any of three traditional branches of the state. …”

(Un)making precarities: geographies of youth, race & citizenship among Afghan refugee youths in India by Padhiar, JN

“…In doing so, my research makes a series of contributions to ongoing debates around refugee youths in the global South, geographies of friendship, higher education and citizenship. …”

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Mitochondrial genome structure and composition in 70 fishes: a key resource for fisheries management in the South Atlantic by Marcela Alvarenga, Ananda Krishna Pereira D’Elia, Graciane Rocha, Clara Alvarez Arantes, Frederico Henning, Ana Tereza Ribeiro de Vasconcelos, Antonio Mateo Solé-Cava

“…Abstract Background Phylogenetic gaps of public databases of reference sequences are a major obstacle for comparative genomics and management of marine resources, particularly in the Global South, where economically important fisheries and conservation flagship species often lack closely-related references. …”
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