Ecosystem function and services of aquatic predators in the Anthropocene

N Hammerschlag, OJ Schmitz, AS Flecker… - Trends in ecology & …, 2019 - cell.com
Arguments for the need to conserve aquatic predator (AP) populations often focus on the
ecological and socioeconomic roles they play. Here, we summarize the diverse ecosystem …

The economic impact of schistosomiasis

D Rinaldo, J Perez-Saez, P Vounatsou… - Infectious Diseases of …, 2021 - Springer
Background The economic impact of schistosomiasis and the underlying tradeoffs between
water resources development and public health concerns have yet to be quantified …

Deploy diverse renewables to save tropical rivers

RJP Schmitt, N Kittner, GM Kondolf, DM Kammen - Nature, 2019 - nature.com
A strategic mix of solar, wind and storage technologies around river basins would be safer
and cheaper than building large dams, argue Rafael JP Schmitt, Noah Kittner and …

Schistosomiasis in school age children in Sierra Leone after 6 years of mass drug administration with Praziquantel

YM Bah, J Paye, MS Bah, A Conteh, S Saffa… - Frontiers in public …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Historic data and baseline surveys showed schistosomiasis as highly/moderately endemic
in 7 of 14 districts in Sierra Leone, justifying annual/biennial mass drug administration …

Cultivating crisis: Coffee, smallholder vulnerability, and the uneven sociomaterial consequences of the leaf rust epidemic in Jamaica

K Rhiney, C Knudson, Z Guido - Annals of the American …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Since September 2012, the Jamaican coffee industry has been grappling with the coffee leaf
rust (CLR) epidemic caused by the fungal pathogen Hemileia vastatrix. The first widespread …

Hydropower Generation in Tropical Countries

S Shukrullah, MY Naz - Clean Energy Opportunities in Tropical Countries, 2021 - Springer
The resources of renewable energy and their reserves are sources of survival in the modern
era. Hydropower refers to energy being converted from running water into electricity. It is a …

[PDF][PDF] Dam Construction and Schistosomiasis

Y Sharma, K Gupta, A Kashyap, A Gupta… - … Journal of Applied …, 2022 - researchgate.net
Schistosomiasis is a neglected tropical disease (NTD) that leads to poor health outcomes
and negative socioeconomic impacts. It is estimated to have a burden of 1.9 million disability …