Article
Environmental Studies
Matilda T. Petersson
Summary: This article explores the role of NGOs in promoting transparency in global fisheries governance. It categorizes NGOs' requests for transparency into three dimensions and discusses their concerns over barriers to transparency. The findings have broader implications for ongoing debates on transparency and effectiveness.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
David Stuart, Heather Hurst, Boris Beltran, William Saturno
Summary: This article presents evidence of the earliest known calendar notation in the Maya region, found in fragments of painted murals excavated at the San Bartolo site in Guatemala. These fragments, dated between 300 and 200 BCE, precede the well-known mural chamber of San Bartolo by approximately 150 years. The 7 Deer day record represents the earliest securely dated example of the Maya calendar, revealing an established writing tradition and the combination of texts with images.
Article
Environmental Studies
Nathan Einbinder, Helda Morales, Mateo Mier Y. Teran-Gimenez Cacho, Miriam Aldasoro, Bruce Ferguson, Ronald Nigh
Summary: Efforts to scale agroecological practices in the Maya-Achi territory of Guatemala face complex challenges, including weak factors such as constructivist learning methods, public policies, and social fabric, as well as the social fragmentation caused by violence and repression in the 1980s. However, practices like revalorization of ancestral practices could still be crucial strategies for community recovery.
DESENVOLVIMENTO E MEIO AMBIENTE
(2021)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Lucy C. Harbor, Carter A. Hunt
Summary: This study examines tourism in the Tz'utujil Maya community of Santiago Atitlan, Guatemala, using ethnographic interviewing and archival data to understand the connection between tourism and cultural justice. The research highlights the importance of local community perspectives in understanding Tz'utujil culture and emphasizes the significance of direct participation in tourism-related negotiations for cultural justice.
JOURNAL OF SUSTAINABLE TOURISM
(2021)
Article
Plant Sciences
Alexander J. F. Martin, Lukas G. Olson
Summary: Volunteers play a crucial role in arboriculture and urban forestry organizations. The perceived benefits of volunteering and donating to these organizations include contributing to the industry's future, positive public relations, and the ability to influence research and education. Job position, industry sector, educational level, and professional demographics were found to be associated with the selection of these benefits. Constraints to involvement or donations include limited funds or available time, lack of awareness of opportunities, insurance challenges, or exclusive/unwelcoming environments. Worthwhile organizations and programs are characterized by transparency, local and community-oriented events, meaningful and unique activities, environmentally and socially beneficial objectives, and opportunities for skills development.
URBAN FORESTRY & URBAN GREENING
(2023)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Azadeh Sayarifard, Maryam Nazari, Fatemeh Rajabi, Laleh Ghadirian, Haniye Sadat Sajadi
Summary: This study identified the crucial role of non-governmental organizations in response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Iran, as well as the challenges they faced. The identified challenges included the need for NGO participation, difficulties in providing services, interactions with various institutions, information sources, and strategies to support their efforts.
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Arman Sanadgol, Leila Doshmangir, Reza Majdzadeh, Vladimir Sergeevich Gordeev
Summary: The involvement of NGOs in the health system is crucial for improving efficiency, equity, and governance. The participation of NGOs in the Iranian health system is complex and requires consideration of various factors and the development of strategies.
FRONTIERS IN PUBLIC HEALTH
(2022)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Arman Sanadgol, Leila Doshmangir, Rahim Khodayari-Zarnaq, Vladimir Sergeevich Gordeev
Summary: This study investigates the perspectives of Iranian health system experts and executive stakeholders on the role of NGOs in achieving universal health coverage (UHC). Based on interviews and document reviews, nine main themes and one hundred and five sub-themes were identified. Recognizing the critical role and contribution of NGOs in moving towards UHC is crucial.
FRONTIERS IN PUBLIC HEALTH
(2022)
Article
Obstetrics & Gynecology
Frode Eick, Odd Martin Vallersnes, Heidi E. Fjeld, Ingvil Krarup Sorbye, Guro Storkas, Marthe Ekrem, Marie Bormer, Sara Andrea Loberg, Cathrine Ebbing, Nanna Voldner, Cecilie Dahl
Summary: This study aimed to investigate the care received, occurrence of pregnancy-related complications, and pregnancy outcomes in pregnant undocumented women using NGO clinics in Norway. The results showed that despite the low occurrence of comorbidities, pregnant undocumented women who received care at NGO clinics had substandard antenatal care and a high risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes.
BMC PREGNANCY AND CHILDBIRTH
(2022)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Matthew Neal Waters, Mark Brenner, Jason Hilleary Curtis, Claudia Suseth Romero-Oliva, Margaret Dix, Manuel Cano
Summary: Research has found that harmful cyanobacteria blooms and cyanotoxin production occurred during periods of ancient Maya occupation, suggesting that human activities may have negatively impacted water quality in the past.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
(2021)
Review
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Norhasni Zainal Abiddin, Irmohizam Ibrahim, Shahrul Azuwar Abdul Aziz
Summary: Non-governmental organisations (NGOs) play a significant role in alternative healthcare, community development, social justice, and education, and have a positive impact. However, they also face challenges such as resource constraints and ineffective management. This study examines the number of NGOs in Malaysia and provides suggestions for improvement.
Article
Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
Betsabe Guillen Pasillas, Helda Morales, Bruce G. Ferguson, Evelio Gomez Hernandez, Guadalupe del Carmen Alvarez Gordillo, Mateo Mier y Teran Gimenez Cacho
Summary: In recent years, there has been a growing body of evidence highlighting the health risks and environmental impacts associated with certain herbicides. Both conventional agriculture and agroecology are actively seeking alternatives to mitigate the challenges resulting from herbicide usage. Peasant and indigenous agroecosystems have valuable insights to offer, as their crops have co-evolved with diverse weed communities for thousands of years, and farmers have developed sophisticated strategies to manage them. Through various research methods, such as participant observation and interviews, we have documented a milpa design that integrates and manages spontaneous vegetation to take advantage of its presence and minimize crop loss risks. This article critically compares the agroecological mechanisms in this milpa design, which align with the prevention principle, with a set of preventive recommendations recognized in conventional weed science.
AGRICULTURE AND HUMAN VALUES
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Araceli Galiano-Coronil, Juan Jose Mier-Teran Franco, Cesar Serrano Dominguez, Luis Bayardo Tobar Pesante
Summary: This study analyzed stakeholders from various organizations through their Facebook activities, describing their marketing management, roles in communication, and community building factors. A mixed-methods research design was used, combining Social Network Analysis and personal interviews to visualize interactions within the Facebook environment. The study identified two factors in community generation, proposed solutions for organizational positioning, and created two maps to display the activity, popularity, and leadership of organizations within the network.
APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL
(2021)
Article
Infectious Diseases
Mehrnaz Moeenian, Abbas Khamseh, Maziyar Ghazavi
Summary: This study aims to identify the factors affecting the implementation of the social innovation plan based on the collaboration between government and NGOs for saving people's lives in crises. The results indicate that key factors for implementing social innovation plan include attention to collaboration effectiveness, investment attraction, management capability, networking capability, decision-making capability, provision of infrastructure, capable legal organizations for problem-solving and coordination, and control of crisis effects.
INFECTIOUS DISEASES OF POVERTY
(2022)
Article
Development Studies
Alnoor Ebrahim, L. David Brown, Srilatha Batliwala
Summary: This study examines the design of governance in international nongovernmental organizations (INGOs) engaged in global advocacy. It analyzes governance reforms aiming to enhance global integration and discusses various governance structures, authority mechanisms, and decision rights allocation. The findings provide insights for advancing scholarship on governance in complex global organizations and offer guidance for the leadership and boards of international organizations in strengthening the voice of their diverse constituencies.
Article
Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
Diana Lilia Trevilla Espinal, Maria Lorena Soto Pinto, Helda Morales, Erin Ingrid Jane Estrada-Lugo
Summary: This study is based on meetings led by women from different territories in Latin America and the Caribbean in 2018, which addressed problems and alternatives related to food and agriculture. The analysis identifies the matrix of oppressions to understand the power relations in the current corporate industrial food system, emphasizing the need to explore practical alternatives to transcend inequalities and expand agroecology with socio-environmental justice.
AGROECOLOGY AND SUSTAINABLE FOOD SYSTEMS
(2021)
Article
Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
Helda Morales
AGROECOLOGY AND SUSTAINABLE FOOD SYSTEMS
(2021)
Article
Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
T. Santiago-Vera, P. M. Rosset, A. Saldivar, B. G. Ferguson, V. E. Mendez
Summary: This essay questions traditional approaches to resilience and proposes a new perspective on resilience from the viewpoint of the peasant world. It emphasizes the importance of understanding resilience in the contexts of peasant societies and peasant agriculture.
AGROECOLOGY AND SUSTAINABLE FOOD SYSTEMS
(2021)
Article
Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
Nathan Einbinder, Helda Morales, Mateo Mier y Teran Gimenez Cacho, Bruce G. Ferguson, Miriam Aldasoro, Ronald Nigh
Summary: A persistent problem in agricultural development is the disregard for local processes and cultures when introducing technologies. This article analyzes the agroecological soil management in the Maya-Achi territory of Guatemala, highlighting the importance of incorporating traditional knowledge and practices into sustainable farming systems. While some new practices have been adopted, the high abandonment rates and paternalistic extension methods suggest the need for better collaboration based on existing local knowledge. The findings emphasize the importance of introducing technologies that align with local needs and encourage synergistic learning processes.
AGRICULTURE AND HUMAN VALUES
(2022)
Article
Environmental Studies
Mateo Mier y Teran Gimenez Cacho, Omar Felipe Giraldo, Miriam Aldaroso, Helda Morales, Bruce G. Ferguson, Peter Rosset, Ashlesha Khadse, Carmen Campos
Summary: Agroecology as a transformative movement has gained momentum globally, with the help of various drivers including social organization, learning processes, effective practices, markets, etc. These multidimensional factors interact and reinforce each other to enable the territorial expansion of agroecology.
DESENVOLVIMENTO E MEIO AMBIENTE
(2021)
Article
Environmental Studies
Helda Morales, Bruce G. Ferguson, Kimberly Chung, Ronald Nigh
Summary: The LabVida school gardens program in Chiapas, Mexico serves as a case study for exploring the potential and limitations of scaling agroecology through formal educational structures. Educators were able to apply agroecological practices in their school gardens after training, although their understanding of agroecological principles and scientific process remained limited. The program had the most impact on educators' eating habits and their perception of the value of local knowledge in schoolwork. This case study highlights the potential of school gardens in catalyzing communities of practice for agroecological scaling.
DESENVOLVIMENTO E MEIO AMBIENTE
(2021)
Editorial Material
Environmental Studies
Omar Felipe Giraldo, Peter Rosset, Helda Morales, Mateo Mier Y. Teran, Bruce Ferguson
DESENVOLVIMENTO E MEIO AMBIENTE
(2021)
Article
Environmental Studies
Nathan Einbinder, Helda Morales, Mateo Mier Y. Teran-Gimenez Cacho, Miriam Aldasoro, Bruce Ferguson, Ronald Nigh
Summary: Efforts to scale agroecological practices in the Maya-Achi territory of Guatemala face complex challenges, including weak factors such as constructivist learning methods, public policies, and social fabric, as well as the social fragmentation caused by violence and repression in the 1980s. However, practices like revalorization of ancestral practices could still be crucial strategies for community recovery.
DESENVOLVIMENTO E MEIO AMBIENTE
(2021)
Article
Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
Lucia Perez-Volkow, Stewart A. W. Diemont, Theresa Selfa, Helda Morales, Alejandro Casas
Summary: This study investigated the role of women in the food system in Lacanja Chansayab, Mexico. The research found that women play a central role in the kitchenspace, possessing intricate knowledge of their environment and playing key roles in the production, obtaining, and transformation of biodiversity. Traditional food is crucial for maintaining biocultural memory and establishing relationships with other-than-human beings. However, serving traditional foods can also lead to discrimination against their families, even from within their own community.
AGRICULTURE AND HUMAN VALUES
(2023)
Article
Biology
Victor Arroyo-Rodriguez, Katia F. Rito, Michelle Farfan, Ivan C. Navia, Francisco Mora, Felipe Arreola-Villa, Patricia Balvanera, Frans Bongers, Carolina Castellanos-Castro, Eduardo L. M. Catharino, Robin L. Chazdon, Juan M. Dupuy-Rada, Bruce G. Ferguson, Paul F. Foster, Noel Gonzalez-Valdivia, Daniel M. Griffith, Jose L. Hernandez-Stefanoni, Catarina C. Jakovac, Andre B. Junqueira, Bernardus H. J. Jong, Susan G. Letcher, Filogonio May-Pat, Jorge A. Meave, Susana Ochoa-Gaona, Gabriela S. Meirelles, Miguel A. Muniz-Castro, Rodrigo Munoz, Jennifer S. Powers, Gustavo P. E. Rocha, Ricardo P. G. Rosario, Braulio A. Santos, Marcelo F. Simon, Marcelo Tabarelli, Fernando Tun-Dzul, Eduardo van den Berg, Daniel L. M. Vieira, Guadalupe Williams-Linera, Miguel Martinez-Ramos
Summary: Abandonment of agricultural lands promotes the global expansion of secondary forests, which are critical for preserving biodiversity and ecosystem functions and services. Successional trajectories of woody plant species richness, stem density and basal area are less predictable in landscapes with intermediate forest cover than in landscapes with high forest cover.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
(2023)
Article
Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
Anika M. Rice, Nathan Einbinder, Claudia Irene Calderon
Summary: The global spread of Covid-19 had a significant impact on Guatemala's rural food systems due to travel and market restrictions. However, some Guatemalan farmer organizations that have been advocating for agroecology for years were able to enhance rural livelihoods and food sovereignty, as well as adapt to climate change, which positioned agroecology as a tool for resilience. The study shows that prior engagement with a farmer organization, through both agroecological practices and social networks, contributes to campesino resilience during the pandemic, particularly in terms of production and consumption.
AGROECOLOGY AND SUSTAINABLE FOOD SYSTEMS
(2023)
Article
Food Science & Technology
Elda Miriam Aldasoro Maya, Ulises Rodriguez Robles, Maria Luisa Martinez Gutierrez, Guelmy A. Chan Mutul, Teresita Avilez Lopez, Helda Morales, Bruce G. Ferguson, Jorge A. Merida Rivas
Summary: Stingless bee breeding, also known as Meliponiculture, has a long history in Mesoamerica and holds great value in terms of agroecological education and conservation. Promoting agroecological transitions is crucial for preserving the cultural heritage represented by meliponicultures.
FRONTIERS IN SUSTAINABLE FOOD SYSTEMS
(2023)
Article
Education & Educational Research
Yorlis Luna Delgado, Elda Miriam Aldasoro Maya, Eric Vides Borrel, Helda Morales, Peter Rosset
Summary: This paper explores how the breeding of native bees in Nicaragua promotes the learning of agroecology. It is found that the breeding of native stingless bees serves as a motivating factor for adopting agroecological principles.
REVISTA BRASILEIRA DE EDUCACAO DO CAMPO-BRAZILIAN JOURNAL OF RURAL EDUCATION
(2022)