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Driving Better Programme Investment and Accelerating Challenge Impact Through a Prioritisation Matrix of International and National Perspectives
"This report presents the first stage of an overview of international and national drivers which have the potential to affect land use change and/or practice. The report is structured as follows; Chapter 1 will give an introduction and is followed by the methodology for quantifying the importance of these drivers in Chapter 2. Collation and valuation of drivers are described in Chapter 3, followed by scenario analysis to explore different futures in Chapter 4. The report finishes with suggestions for future research in Chapter 5. ...Optimising our land and freshwater resources on the basis of economic, environmental, social and cultural sustainability is a key outcome of the National Science Challenge for "Our Land and Water". Therefore identifying areas of highest potential impact, as related to the hierarchy of international and national issues, is needed to provide an evidence base to guide investment and inform the Challenge Research Strategy"--Page 1.
Cut It Out
Of comparative developed countries, only Brazil and Italy have higher c-section rates; c-sections occur in only 19 percent of births in France, seventeen percent of births in Japan, and sixteen percent of births in Finland. How did this happen? Here the author challenges most existing explanations of the unprecedented rise in c-section rates, which locate the cause of this trend in physicians practicing defensive medicine, women choosing c-sections for scheduling reasons, or women's poor health and older ages. The explanation of the c-section epidemic is more complicated, taking into account the power and structure of legal, political, medical, and professional organizations; gendered ideas that devalue women; hospital organizational structures and protocols; and professional standards in the medical and insurance communities.
And A Dog Called Fig
And A Dog called Fig is a study of how animals help writers deal with the challenges of the creative process, interspersing the authors own experience with stories of other famous writers and their dogs
Global Trade and Mediatised Environmental Protest
As more governments, companies and individuals scan the globe for access to primary resources such as minerals and timber, food, power and water, and destinations for work, holidays and homes, pressures on places and communities grow. At the same time, global environmental risks – most notably, climate change – produce new networks and unfamiliar forms of politics. Communication media are integral to this change. This book explores how geographically diverse groups and individuals interact in and through media to influence the negotiations and decisions affecting often distant landscapes and communities. Drawing on extensive fieldwork in the Australia-Asia region, the book includes case studies on the environmental protests that follow the international flow of people and resources, including timber, fish, coal, water and tourism. It asks how ‘communities of concern’ are evoked, which transcend local places and national boundaries.
Songs for the Spirits
Songs for the Spirits examines the Vietnamese practice of communing with spirits through music and performance. During rituals dedicated to a pantheon of indigenous spirits, musicians perform an elaborate sequence of songs--a "songscape"--for possessed mediums who carry out ritual actions, distribute blessed gifts to disciples, and dance to the music's infectious rhythms. Condemned by French authorities in the colonial period and prohibited by the Vietnamese Communist Party in the late 1950s, mediumship practices have undergone a strong resurgence since the early 1990s, and they are now being drawn upon to promote national identity and cultural heritage through folklorized performances of ri...
