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Fragility

"Fragility" comments on the softness of flowers, other parts of nature, and evidently ourselves as human beings.

'Māori tourism and a post-growth economy'

A post-growth economy is a comparatively new paradigm in the tourism discourse. The aim of this article is to find out the commonalities between this concept and Māori tourism and in which way the latter can contribute to a post-growth economy. A qualitative mixed method approach, including in-depth-interviews, participant observation, and secondary analysis is applied. The results show that there is a lot of overlap between Māori tourism and a post-growth economy. Differences are visible, as well, regarding the value approach of Māori tourism and the indicator approach of a post-growth economy. Especially the social innovation created in Aotearoa New Zealand at the instigation of Māori groups of granting legal personhood to parts of nature may serve as a driver for a form of tourism that is in line with the idea of a post-growth economy.

Attending to the Full Moral Landscape

This article explores the potential of recognizing ethical obligations to the other-than-human world. In particular, I emphasize how emotional responses to other-than-human beings reflect a proper apprehension of the moral landscape, which then allows ethical insights into our obligations towards others. Although this article overlaps with other work in environmental ethics, I specifically relate Margaret O. Little’s moral epistemology to our emotional experiences with the other-than-human to illustrate how a gestalt shift from “humans as apart from” to “humans as embedded within” complicates the moral picture of how we live with and in this world. I argue that when humans attend to our experiences with nature in an open and caring way, we can more easily and accurately ascertain the moral significance of the other-than-human parts of nature. Affective responses reveal important details of the moral landscape. Recognizing a reality of deep interrelatedness with the other-than-human world, our emotional responses to other-than-human beings enable us to appreciate moral obligations to care for the rest of nature and consider our relationality with the other-than-human world as a moral issue.

Physical Activity, Body Image, and Emotional Intelligence Differences in Adults with Overweight and Obesity.

Physical activity (PA) and emotional intelligence (EI) are integral parts of human nature. Body image (BI) and body mass index (BMI) may be indications of the psycho-emotional and physical health of human beings. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between PA and EI of Greek adults living with overweight and obesity, as well as to identify the BI and EI differences in this population. A cross-sectional study design was used, involving 216 participants (65% females) of whom 51.4% were young adults (20-40 years), 48.6% were middle-aged adults (41-60 years), while 51.4% of participants were living with overweight or obesity. According to the results, all indicators of PA had very low correlations with EI factors, while statistically significant correlations were observed only for PA at work and the total score of the International Physical Activity Questionnaire with the use of emotions (r = 0.16 and r = 0.17, respectively, p < 0.05). Women had significantly higher EI scores than men regarding the care and empathy factor, while the individuals with obesity had lower scores in the use of emotions factor. Regarding BI, young adults who were satisfied with their BI had better control of feelings than the middle-aged adult counterparts. In conclusion, BI satisfaction and EI may differ between individuals living with overweight and obesity in both genders. Younger individuals with obesity may compensate better for their BI and better control their emotions. On the other side, PA does not seem to have an important role in these associations.

A frame of understanding to better link nature-based solutions and urban planning

Reinforcement of the concept of nature-based solutions in urban environments calls for their better introduction and linkage into urban planning. The paper is focused on the relationship between nature-based solutions and spatial realities, based on reciprocity among natural processes and urban patterns, emphasising the recognition of using and mimicking natural processes in urban environments. A classification framework as a form of knowledge aggregation is suggested. A matrix that simultaneously addresses the role of natural processes in nature-based solutions and the ability of such processes to deliver results for improving urban environments is proposed. Accordingly, there are three characteristic groups of solutions suggested, (1) those only using natural processes, (2) those using and mimicking natural processes and (3) those only mimicking natural processes, which implementation potentials are commented against four different types of urban patterns, to show what group of the nature-based solutions may best suit any type of spatial agglomeration. Beside green infrastructure as currently the most often addressed manifestation of nature-based solutions in cities, the paper reflects also on the physical processes as inevitable parts of nature. In relation to urban planning, sites and their characteristics are seen as a crucial aspect of nature-based solutions. The arguments are built upon exhaustive literature and case studies review, resulted in the matrix showing the matching relations among nature-based solutions and societal challenges aiming for better urban environment. Additionally, there are also sets of recommendations for bridging the policy-implementation gaps to bring nature-based solutions closer to urban planning, suggested.

A Study on Mahabharat's Vile Villain Shakuni in Mallar Chatterjee's Shakuni &amp; the Dice of Doom

Indian epics are an important element of India's rich cultural past. These epics have impacted Indian society's social and religious ideas, offering ethical advice to people and impacting their everyday lives. The Mahabharat and the Ramayana are two of Indian literature's most well-known epics. The representation of villains who function as adversaries to the heroes or protagonists is an important feature in these two Indian epics. These villains frequently exemplify the dark and evil parts of human nature. However, the villains also play a significant part in the text by evaluating and challenging the protagonist’s righteousness. Villains demonstrate the value of characteristics such as bravery, kindness, and selflessness by their acts. In the line of underappreciated villains in Indian Epic, there is a magnificent legend named Shakuni in the Hindu epic Mahabharat. The Mahabharat tells a story of two sides fighting to rule a kingdom named Hastinapur. In the Mahabharat, the character of Shakuni is not properly explained by the author Maharishi Veda Vyasa. The author does not throw much light on Shakuni’s original personality or nature. Using Mallar Chatterjee’s retelling epics book 2 named Shakuni &amp; the Dice of Doom the paper examines the real character of Shakuni and his reasons for choosing evil path. The author has written a new Mahabharat in the perspective of Shakuni. The thesis focuses on finding Shakuni’s original character, skills, love, hate, personality, devotion and relationship.

Protected areas management: A case study of the State enterprise "Srbijašume"

The aim of this paper is to perform an analysis of the management of protected areas in the Republic of Serbia, with special reference to the management of protected areas entrusted to the State Enterprise for Forest Management “Srbijašume”. Method of evaluating the natural and created values of an area, procedures for placing certain parts of nature under protection, management of protected natural assets, appointment of the manager of the protected area were analyzed. For this purpose, data on the protection and management of protected areas on the territory of Serbia in the period 1948–2022 were collected and analyzed, i.e. data on the protection and management of protected areas under the jurisdiction of SE “Srbijašume”. Serbia is characterized by a rich and diverse natural heritage that is reflected in a wide range of geological, geomorphological, pedological, climatic, hydrological and biological diversity. A large number and diversity of plant and animal species, their communities and ecosystems make Serbia a Europe in miniature, and one of the centers of its biological diversity. In order to preserve special natural values and improve their condition, certain parts or natural ecosystems, as well as species, are declared protected natural assets. According to the Law on Nature Protection, protected natural assets in Serbia are protected areas, protected species and movable protected natural documents. For the management of 93 protected areas of national importance that cover an area of 623 011 ha (90% of the total area protected in Serbia), 49 managers have been appointed. The State Enterprise for Forest Management “Srbijašume” manages 54 protected areas on a land surface of 348 725 ha, which is 51.4% of the total land surface of protected areas in Serbia (691 434 ha or 7.81% of the Republic of Serbia). Preservation, protection and improvement of natural values represent part of the strategy and one of the key goals in the business policy of SE “Srbijašume”, the leading enterprise in the management of protected areas. Of the total land surface of protected areas, there are 9445.63 ha (2.71%) in the protection regime of 1st degree, 64 679.07 ha (18.52%) in 2nd degree of protection, and 274 699.96 ha (78,77%) in 3rd degree of protection. In paper stated that protected and preserved nature ensures the permanent existence of fundamental values and potential for the development of Serbia. Based on the analysis of the current way of managing of the protected areas, the paper proposed the measures that should be implemented for the efficient functioning of protected areas.

The Relationship between Knowing and Liking for 91 Urban Animal Species among Students.

While there is growing consensus that nature should be promoted in cities, it is less clear what kind of nature this should be. One hypothesis is that humans show greater liking for those parts of nature that they know better. Using questionnaires, we studied the familiarity of 475 students with 91 urban animal species and the relationship between familiarity and attitudes towards the species. Students declared that they were familiar with most animals, but not all animals were equally liked. Better-known species were not generally the better-liked ones. The more familiar animal species were the more extreme attitudes became towards them, both positively and negatively. Our research shows that familiarity and attitude are not two sides of the same coin. It also emphasizes that there are parts of nature that are not liked by many humans and that this dislike is not necessarily correlated with insufficient knowledge. Detailed studies of what components of nature humans like and reasons underlying this are necessary to successfully increase nature in cities.

The Hospitality between Humanity and Nature: from Ecology to a Sympoiethic Form-of-life

In this article, we will show how Derrida’s deconstruction of modern individualism, exemplified by Robinson Crusoe’s attitude toward nature, addresses the contemporary debate on the Anthropocene. Through Hadot’s genealogy of modern “prometheanism,” we will discuss how a different gaze by human beings on themselves and nature can lead us out of the modern self-conception of the human person, that is resulting in the Anthropocene era, its catastrophic results endangering the very survival of humankind. Through Morton’s conception of hospitality and Haraway’s notion of Chthulucene, we argue that a new individual and collective conversion to nature may result in an era in which human beings can conceive of themselves as ethical parts of nature. Hence, a new view on the reciprocal interdependence between human beings and nature can be affirmed, creating a feeling of hospitality without hostility. We conclude by considering Agamben’s recovery of Franciscanism, as a form-of-life, preceding modernity, in which this ethical, natural civilization was firstly foreseen.

Biocultural vulnerability exposes threats of culturally important species

There are growing calls for conservation frameworks that, rather than breaking the relations between people and other parts of nature, capture place-based relationships that have supported social-ecological systems over the long term. Biocultural approaches propose actions based on biological conservation priorities and cultural values aligned with local priorities, but mechanisms that allow their global uptake are missing. Wepropose a framework to globally assess the biocultural status of specific components of nature that matter to people and apply it to culturally important species (CIS). Drawing on a literature review and a survey, we identified 385 wild species, mostly plants, which are culturally important. CIS predominate among Indigenous peoples (57%) and ethnic groups (21%). CIS have a larger proportion of Data-Deficient species (41%) than the full set of International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)species (12%), underscoring the disregard of cultural considerations in biological research. Combining information on CIS biological conservation status (IUCN threatened status) and cultural status (language vitality), we found that more CIS are culturally Vulnerable or Endangered than they are biologically and that there is a higher share of bioculturally Endangered or Vulnerable CIS than of either biologically or culturally Endangered CIS measured separately. Bioculturally Endangered or Vulnerable CIS are particularly predominant among Indigenous peoples, arguably because of the high levels of cultural loss among them. The deliberate connection between biological and cultural values, as developed in our "biocultural status" metric, provides an actionable way to guide decisions and operationalize global actions oriented to enhance place-based practices with demonstrated long-term sustainability.

The linguistic landscapes of nature trails: creating presence, marking absence, shaping meaning

ABSTRACT Physical landscapes are often designated and given meaning through linguistic landscapes, markers, street signs and placards. While these are ubiquitous in urban areas, within the natural environment, linguistic landscapes serve to designate parts of nature, give significance, and educate. The dynamic, changeable character of nature means there is not always congruence between the linguistic landscapes and the elements of nature these designate. This is particularly the case with marked, didactic, nature trails. In this paper, we interrogate linguistic landscapes as indices that point to absent objects in nature as an act to communicate the trail to visitors and cultivate an understanding of some parts of nature that are not always visible to humans. Using theoretical concepts of the index from Peirce and the notion of différance from Derrida, we explore the inter-connectivity between linguistic landscapes and absent nature elements. Through deconstruction, we explore the boundaries between nature and culture to highlight the circulation of meaning in and out of the linguistic landscape and in and out of the natural landscape in an ongoing representation-in-relation. We situate our theoretical research in two physical places, an interpretive path in the Tampa Mountain in Brasov, Romania, and a nature walk in the middle of Lincoln Park, Chicago, USA.

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Consequence of Environmental Change on the Animal’s Health and Productivity: A Brief Review

The effects of climate change, especially global warming, can greatly affect the production performance and health of animals around the world. The national average temperature has increased by 1°C since 1970. Most livestock owners in the country feel that weather change is affecting farm animal production and health. The main impacts of weather change on animal production include feed shortages, water shortages, reduced livestock genomic resources, decreased productivity, and reduced mature weight and/or longer time to reach mature weight based on their significance. High temperatures resulting from environmental alteration may increase the level of development of few pathogens or parasites that found one or more life cycle levels outside the mammalian host. Besides, the spatial disposition and visibility of pasture and water are largely depending on the pattern and visibility of rainfall. Food and water shortages bestow to deduced livestock abundance and reproductive execution. These include slow growth rate of animals, loss of body condition, decreased milk yield, and poor reproductive performance of mature animals. Drought bulls that are debilitated and in poor physical condition cannot provide sufficient drought energy for plowing and thus hinder crop cultivation. Bush encroachment, as well as population pressure, leads to reduced availability of good pastures thus environmental change will have far-reaching consequences for animal yield and health, especially in vulnerable parts of nature where it is essential for nutrients and maintenance. Once more, the environmental change affects farm animal health through various mechanisms; which are effects on parasites, effects on hosts, and vectors, such as alters in precipitation and temperature schemes that can influence both the placement and ample of disease careers; and effects on micropaleontology, such as alteration of transmission levels between hosts. This study has focused to investigate the inherent impacts of environmental alteration on livestock health and productivity.

Biomonitoring of Post-Mine Environment Using Ruderal Plants

Ruderal plants that remove toxic metals by accumulating in their tissues are called accumulators. Such accumulators can be used for phytoremediation or phytomining. The use of plants for biomonitoring environmental pollution by a non-invasive monitoring method correlates the effects of anthropogenic factors and living organisms. The advantage is the early detection of changes in the environment, thanks to the rapid response of bioindicators, responding to changes in the habitat, for example, by creating deformations. At present, biomonitoring is one of the indispensable parts of nature and environmental protection. The following species were selected for research - Aster amellus L., Rosa canina L. and Paraleucobryum longifolium; the area of ​​interest was the post-mining area. The aim of the study was to verify the hyperaccumulation activity of ruderal plants on the thermally active dump pile Ema, in the district of Ostrava-Karviná, Czech Republic. The plant samples were taken in the places with the thermal activity and were compared as for the capacity of bioaccumulation of hazardous metals – Co, Mo, Cd, Pb, Cr, As, Ba, Sr in the plant tissues from different parts of the plants (root, stem, leaf, fruit). The results were compared with the collection of metals at sampling points. The highest ability to bioaccumulate was demonstrated by plants from the Bryophyta division. Keywords: Bioavailability; Ema dump pile; Hyperaccumulation; Plants; Toxic metals.

Spinoza and the Possibility of Adequate Ideas

Adequate ideas are the fundamental element of Spinoza’s epistemological program. However, a recurrent worry among scholars is that Spinoza’s account of adequate ideas is inconsistent with any finite being ever having one. As I frame it, the problem is that for Spinoza an idea is adequate in a mind only if all its causal antecedents lie within the mind as well. However, it seems there can be no finite mind for which this is true; finite minds come to be and exist within a deterministic causal nexus, and the causal antecedents of every idea in a mind will ultimately stretch far beyond it. I call this the External Cause Objection. I argue that Spinoza appreciated and explicitly answered this concern. According to this reply, adequate ideas do not have causes external to the mind because they do not fall into the category of what Spinoza calls “singular things.” In addition to showing that this coheres with his more specific claims about adequate ideas and his firm belief that finite minds are parts of nature, I argue that the resolution to this problem sheds light on Spinoza’s understanding of what I call absolute agency.

Is History the Same as Evolution? No. Is it Independent of Evolution? Certainly Not.

History is full of violence and oppression within and between groups, and although group conflicts enhance within-group cooperation (mediated by oxytocin, which promotes parochial altruism) the hierarchy within groups ensures that spoils accrue very unevenly. Darwin suggested, and we now know, that sexual selection is as powerful as selection by mortality, and the main purpose of survival is reproduction. Male reproductive skew is greater than that among females in all societies, but the difference became much greater after the hunting-gathering era, and the rise of so-called "civilization" was everywhere a process of predatory expansion, producing kingdoms and empires where top males achieved astounding heights of reproductive success. This was shown by historical and ethnographic data now strongly confirmed by genomic science. Psychological research confirms that group identity, out-group stigmatization, leadership characterized by charisma, the will to power, narcissism, sociopathy, and cruelty, and followership characterized by hypnotic obedience, loss of individuality, and cruelty are integral parts of human nature. We can thank at least ten or twelve millennia of microevolutionary processes such as those described above, all more prominent in males than females. Followers in wars have faced a difficult risk-benefit analysis, but if they survived and won they too could increase their reproductive success through the rape and other sexual exploitation that have accompanied almost all wars. For modern leaders, social monogamy and contraception have separated autocracy from reproductive success, but only partly, and current worldwide autocratic trends still depend on the evolved will to power, obedience, and cruelty.

Biodiversity: The Nature-Based Solution for Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic and Human Well-being

The emergence of zoonotic diseases is a complex process but the surge in these infectious diseases is evident in modern era. The recent COVID-19 pandemic is one such example. This spillover of pathogens from animals to humans is somewhere linked to the destruction of the biodiversity. Nature provides every facility from life to wellbeing. Behind the curtains of development, excess human interferences have disturbed the balance of nature and increased the contact between human and wildlife allowing spreading of the pathogens globally. With time, modifications in the viral pathogens made through mutation and recombination can make them more virulent and capable to infect other species including humans. COVID-19 pandemic has given the lesson that the inexhaustible exploitation of the natural resources can lead to destructive consequences. Man made artificial systems may help in developing the new drugs; however, back to nature for nature-based solutions must be the priority to search for new remedial choices. Loss of biodiversity will consequently lead to loss of many important parts of nature including natural medicines and genetic diversity. Protection of biodiversity is must to slow down the risk of further pandemics as well as many other global health crises.

Back to Nature and Ireland: Morgan Llywelyn’s The Elementals

Abstract Written by the Irish author Morgan Llywelyn in 1993, The Elementals focuses on the four powerful elements of nature that are essential to life: namely Water, Fire, Earth and Air. Consisting of four parts divided in accordance to these elements, the novel connects four stories which raise universal ecological awareness and present the danger of a future collapse in nature. Depicting the adventures of Irish-origin characters and the striking realization of their deep connection to nature at the end of each part, the novel awakens the reader to their inner relation to other humans, animals, plants, rocks and all parts of nature. Of Irish origins herself, through her novel Llywelyn displays the agency of nonhuman bodies in relation to human bodies, or in other words, Irish-origin human bodies, and the innate connection of all humans to the natural elements. Hence, this study aims to analyse The Elementals from the perspective of the new materialism theory underlining the interaction of all beings in the universe through the constant recalling of Ireland as a significant part of the natural culture.

PARTICULAR WAYS OF TEACHING WRITING IN PRIMARY SCHOOL

This article teaches how implement strategies in writing process in primary school. Humans are living in an age that all of them try to absorb the opportunities which are presented naturally. Innate abilities are considered to be the most important parts of nature. In this case, namely educational process skills are also included in these kinds of gifts. However, people should use them in a right way in a regular basis. When it comes to writing, many students, especially elementary level, come across obstacles in this process.

The Consequences Of Environmental Pollution Can Be Fatal

Environmental pollution is the import of a foreign chemical substance or energy in a stable form into the environment in a concentration or quantity, which at a given moment causes direct damage to the environment, parts of nature, living beings or human health. Pollution or contamination means the presence of a foreign chemical substance in the environment, in a concentration or volatile form that does not cause direct harm to human health or other living organisms in a short time. Pollution is sought to be prevented by controlling the source of pollution. Man’s actions endanger and pollute the soil, air and water. Pollution can cause illness and even death in chronic patients.