resilienceSci on Twitter- resilienceSci: For Swedish speakers- Swedish EPA interviews Carl Folke about ecosystem services. Podcast from @Miljodep: http://t.co/vPzNAlolN6 May 22, 2013
- resilienceSci: Rate of zoonotic disease emergence is closely tied to ag-environmental interactions, but limited ability to predict http://t.co/3eagecRaGH May 22, 2013
- resilienceSci: Impact of 2008 crisis on inequality across OECD: Income inequality rose but taxes & transfers mitigated impact http://t.co/RQBOEurjQT May 22, 2013
- resilienceSci: Impact of 2008 crisis on poverty across OECD: Poorer households did worse than rich, children worse than elderly http://t.co/RQBOEurjQT May 22, 2013
- resilienceSci: Diverse & strong PNAS special feature on agricultural innovation to protect environment - papers are open access http://t.co/MCSZIfQm60 May 22, 2013
- resilienceSci: RT @EcologyLetters: Response diversity to land use occurs but does not consistently stabilise ecosystem services provided by native po... h… May 22, 2013
- resilienceSci: Bridging cultural divide between qual & quant methods in social sciences http://t.co/i82qoWOnIg Expect useful for Social-ecological science May 22, 2013
- resilienceSci: Interesting lit review of trans-disciplinary environmental research from group @Leuphana_Uni http:/dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2013.04.008 May 22, 2013
- resilienceSci: RT @sthlmresilience: Water in the #anthropocene: a global overview. New video via collaborative project Welcome to the Anthropocene: https:… May 21, 2013
- resilienceSci: Reading "Happiness is greater in natural environments" paper using phone app monitoring of subjective wellbeing http://t.co/2xb2nMikRs May 21, 2013
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Absolute poverty in China: Higher, but going down faster than previously estimated
From the Economist: In December 2007 the World Bank unveiled the results of the biggest exercise in window shopping in history. Scouts in 146 countries scoured stalls, supermarkets and mail-order catalogues, recording the price of more than 1,000 items, from … Continue reading
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