« Là où on nous attend le moins ». L’animal comme fiction d’investigation architecturale by Dominique Rouillard

“…Developed as part of a long-term research project, this question was introduced as a learning tool for disaccustoming in thinking and theorizing architecture (the city, the territory), as well as an initiation to ecological and environmental issues: the animal as a theoretical and surreal fiction in research.To this end, students were placed in the uncomfortable position of rejecting currently existing hypotheses surrounding the animal in the context of “biodiversity loss”, which have been gradually reaching schools of architecture, and even renouncing the thousand-year history of the relationship between architecture and the animal. …”
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La loi PACTE : une opportunité pour interroger la « raison d’être territoriale » des entreprises by Thibault Daudigeos, Fiona Ottaviani

“…To give substance to the territorial raison d’être, we suggest four avenues of work : 1) to evaluate territorial social utility ; 2) to follow the geographical distribution of monetary flows ; 3) to apprehend the ecological footprint of the value chain ; 4) to take into account social interdependencies and inequalities.…”
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Le monde romain et l’histoire environnementale. Perspectives et enjeux face à une crise écologique globale by Marguerite Ronin

“…It also argues that the Roman world can be used as a methodological tool to better contextualize the current ecological crisis by helping us shape the questions we address to our own world concerning, for example, the exhaustibility of the natural resources and the solutions developed for their exploitation. …”
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The Punky Wood Ambrosia Beetle and Fungus in Florida that Cause Wood Rot: Ambrosiodmus minor and Flavodon subulatus by Demian F. Gomez, Jiri Hulcr

“…It is considered of low importance because evident economic or ecological impacts have not been observed. However, it is associated with a unique ambrosia fungus, Flavodon subulatus, which causes rapid wood rot. …”
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Integrated natural resource management in sustainable urban context by Renata Valente, Louise Anna Mozingo, Roberto Bosco, Savino Giacobbe

“… Based on national and international references, the research evaluates the integration of low-impact ecological interventions within the perimeters of Renewable Energy Communities in the Metropolitan City of Naples, with High Schools serving as hubs. …”
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Order, complexity, measure. The project between architecture and nature by Antonella Falzetti, Ina Macaione, Vera Autilio

“… The paper aims to show how modern technologies, including those coming from established habits – today with great possibilities – have shifted towards new building horizons with an ‘ecological conscience’, avoiding uncritically referring to nature as a salvific model, to be imitated and evoked, perhaps with formal and superficial operations. …”
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Diversity and ecotourism on multipurpose marine protected areas by Fitih F. Hailu, Worku Bitew, Tsegaye G. Ayele, Simon D. Zawka

“… Beyond its ecological benefits, there is a growing call for the establishment of marine protected areas (MPAs) for varied economic activities. …”
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Trento, which kind of future? Perspectives for a resilient city by Matteo Aimini

“…Among the challenges that the Strategic Plan need to address there is a specific category devoted to the performative outlook of the city concerning the ecological imprinting. This category includes strategies for landscape design approaches capable of tackling the challenges posed by our contemporary era.…”
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Rethinking Representation and Animation by Erik Solfeldt, Anna Naglaya

“…We argue that archaeologists’ interpretative focus on representation should be abandoned in favour of attending to animation and the material and immaterial ecological relations these figurines shared with their prehistoric makers. …”
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The plane: Materiality, air, and environmental-health “heterotopia” by Tatiana Konrad

“…Via its ambiguous relationship with air—existing and functioning within it while also polluting it—the plane is an object that invades and engages with ecologies. The article proposes conceiving of the plane as a material object that creates environmental-health “heterotopias”—a concept borrowed from Michel Foucault—generating pollution via emissions and pathogens. …”
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Společenstva vodních měkkýšů řeky Oravy by Luboš Beran, Erika Šlachtová, Viktorie Klobušická, Jaroslav Beran

“…The presence of these species emphasises the ecological integrity of this ecosystems and justifies its protection.…”
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De la production paysagère à la formation des paysages vécus à Conakry (Guinée) by Julie Gangneux-Kebe

“…Although such a shaping of landscapes was replaced by urban planning through "management and infrastructure", there remained here and there landscapes shaped by the know-how of the inhabitants and by forms of socio-ecological mutual aid enabling them to live in such a hot climate. …”
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Poglądy bioetyczne i ekofilozoficzne w społecznym nauczaniu Jana Pawła II (na przykładzie wybranych encyklik) by Mariusz Ciszek

“…In my article I familiarized readers with stances of John Paul II related to specific issues on medical ethicists and ecological aspects of human life protection based upon papal encyclicals, the article consists of two main parts: first refers to pope’s bioethical stances existed in encyclical Evangelium vitae (1995); the second one presented pope’s thoughts on environmental protection which could be find in the following encyclicals: Redemptor hominis (1979); Sollicitudo rei socialis (1987); Centesimus annus (1991) - and again in - Evangelium vitae (1995).…”
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Examining Factors Responsible For the Continued Illegal Use of Wildlife Resources at Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park. by Muhumuza, Ambrose

“…The illegal use of wildlife is a threat to biodiversity globally, causing negative biological. ecological, economic, and social impacts and acting as a primary threat to maintaining national parks. …”
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What behavior is important behavior? A systematic review of how wild and zoo-housed animals differ in their time-activity budgets by Robert Kelly, Marianne Freeman, Paul Rose, Paul Rose

“…Captive environments, including zoos strive to replicate ecologically relevant environments that promote species-specific, adaptive behavior performance. …”
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Analysis of functional and phylogenetic diversity of bat communities: insights from resource use in the Pantanal and Cerrado by Marcione B. de Oliveira, Luiz Flamarion B. de Oliveira, Cibele R. Bonvicino

“…Such approaches provide a broader understanding of the ecological and historical factors involved in the formation and maintenance of communities. …”
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Prediction of Potential Habitat Distributions and Climate Change Impacts on the Rare Species <i>Woonyoungia septentrionalis</i> (Magnoliaceae) in China Based on MaxEnt by Weihao Yao, Zenghui Wang, Yu Fan, Danyang Liu, Zeyang Ding, Yumei Zhou, Shuyue Hu, Wei Zhang, Jing Ou

“…<i>Woonyoungia septentrionalis</i>, a critically endangered species endemic to karst ecosystems, has a highly restricted distribution and is a key biological resource. Despite its ecological importance, the factors influencing its habitat suitability and distribution remain poorly understood. …”
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HOTSSea v1: a NEMO-based physical Hindcast of the Salish Sea (1980–2018) supporting ecosystem model development by G. Oldford, G. Oldford, T. Jarníková, V. Christensen, M. Dunphy

“…<p>Decadal-scale oceanographic, environmental, and ecological changes have been reported in the Salish Sea, an ecologically productive inland sea in the northeast Pacific that supports the economies and cultures of millions of people. …”
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Land use transition and its driving mechanisms in China’s human-elephant conflict areas by WANG Yuan, WANG Yahui, YANG Aoxi, FAN Hui, XIE Fei

“…Relevant departments should guide Asian elephants to return to their habitats, optimize regional production and ecological space, reduce human-elephant conflicts, and promote the sustainable development of local social, economic, and ecological.…”
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The Impact and Mechanism of New-Type Urbanization on High-Quality Forestry Development: A Case Study of the Yellow River Basin in China by Longbo Ma, Qian Wang, Yiqi Zhu, Zujun Liu

“…The Paris Agreement emphasizes the critical role of forests in addressing climate change and ecological protection. High-quality forestry development is an important aspect of forest conservation. …”
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