Revised State Wildlife Action Plans Offer New Opportunities for Pollinator Conservation in the USA

2016 ◽  
Vol 36 (4) ◽  
pp. 453-457 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonathan R. Mawdsley ◽  
Mark Humpert
Keyword(s):  
Action Plans ◽  
Pollinator Conservation ◽  
The Usa

scholarly journals National action to combat AMR: a One-Health approach to assess policy priorities in action plans

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (7) ◽  
pp. e002427
Author(s):  
Anju Ogyu ◽  
Olivia Chan ◽  
Jasper Littmann ◽  
Herbert H Pang ◽  
Xia Lining ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quantitative Method ◽  
One Health ◽  
Action Plan ◽  
Categorical Variables ◽  
Action Plans ◽  
Food Sector ◽  
Global Action ◽  
The Usa ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Global Action Plan

Little is known about the overall trend and prioritisations of past and current antimicrobial resistance (AMR) policies. Here we introduce a quantitative method to analyse AMR policies. The AMR-Policy Analysis Coding Toolkit (AMR-PACT) uses several categorical variables. Thirteen AMR action plans from five countries (China, Japan, Norway, the UK and the USA) were used to develop the tool and identify possible values for each variable. The scope and capability of AMR-PACT is demonstrated through the 2015 WHO’s Global Action Plan and 2017 Hong Kong AMR Action Plan (HKAP). Majority of policies were aimed at either human or animal sector with less attention given to the environment, plant or food sector. Both plans shared the same two strategic focus areas, namely the conservation of antibiotics and the improved surveillance of resistance. There were no policies dedicated to improving access to antibiotics in the HKAP. These empirical results provide useful insights into the priorities and gaps of AMR policies. The method proposed here can help understand countries’ priorities regarding AMR, support the creation of AMR policy database and foster innovative policymaking.

scholarly journals Implications of Pollinator Biodiversity Decline for Food Security, Economy, and Pollinator Conservation Policies

2021 ◽  
Vol 259 ◽  
pp. 01006
Author(s):  
Denis Vasiliev
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Global Economy ◽  
Critical Evaluation ◽  
Common Species ◽  
Conservation Strategies ◽  
Pollinator Decline ◽  
Conservation Policies ◽  
Pollinator Conservation ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Floral Resource

Pollinator decline is one of the most significant ecological problems of the 21st century. This decline threatens human food security and global economy. In order to address this problem governments across Europe and the USA have introduced national pollinator conservation strategies. These strategies, however, significantly differ in approaches to conservation. The differences at least in part stem from lack of consensus in the literature on whether pollinator biodiversity or abundance of a few common species determines crop pollination. Critical evaluation of empirical evidence available to date outlined in this paper suggests that pollinator biodiversity rather than abundance of dominant species determine quality, magnitude and resilience of pollination ecosystem services to agriculture. In order to maintain pollinator biodiversity conservation strategies and initiatives should focus on enhancing habitat quality, complementarity and connectivity, rather than solely on increasing floral resource abundance and diversity within farmland fields. Conservation strategies currently underway need to be improved to address all three factors through landscape scale interventions. Countries that intend to design and introduce pollinator conservation strategies should take best practices from several existing strategies rather than choosing a single strategy as an example.

The outcome of laparoscopic fundoplication for reflux disease in communlity practice in the USA

2001 ◽  
Vol 120 (5) ◽  
pp. A16-A16 ◽  
Author(s):  
N VAKIL ◽  
S TREML ◽  
M SHAW ◽  
R KIRBY
Keyword(s):  
Reflux Disease ◽  
Laparoscopic Fundoplication ◽  
The Usa

Family Action Plans Improve Children's Eczema

2011 ◽  
Vol 42 (5) ◽  
pp. 38
Author(s):  
M. ALEXANDER OTTO
Keyword(s):  
Action Plans

Of Frames and Cultures - A Cross-Cultural Comparison of TV Newscasts

2006 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 160-173 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Senokozlieva ◽  
Oliver Fischer ◽  
Gary Bente ◽  
Nicole Krämer
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Arab World ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Cultural Comparison ◽  
Explorative Study ◽  
Cross Cultural Comparison ◽  
Tv News ◽  
The Usa ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract. TV news are essentially cultural phenomena. Previous research suggests that the often-overlooked formal and implicit characteristics of newscasts may be systematically related to culture-specific characteristics. Investigating these characteristics by means of a frame-by-frame content analysis is identified as a particularly promising methodological approach. To examine the relationship between culture and selected formal characteristics of newscasts, we present an explorative study that compares material from the USA, the Arab world, and Germany. Results indicate that there are many significant differences, some of which are in line with expectations derived from cultural specifics. Specifically, we argue that the number of persons presented as well as the context in which they are presented can be interpreted as indicators of Individualism/Collectivism. The conclusions underline the validity of the chosen methodological approach, but also demonstrate the need for more comprehensive and theory-driven category schemes.

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