Tourism commodification and privatization of nature: private protected areas in the Serra de Tramuntana (Mallorca)

The creation of private protected areas (PPA) is commonly considered an instrument of neoliberal conservation, characterized by private management and commodification of nature for (eco)tourism and other market-based instruments (MBIs).PPAs are accused of reproducing social inequalities when entailing enclosure, exclusivity, land grabbing or dispos

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Genome sequences of two Salmonella enterica strains (MEZSAL74 and MEZSAL81) harbouring multiple antimicrobial resistance genes isolated from livestock in South Africa

Objectives: Antimicrobial-resistant livestock-associated Obsolete Cleaning Machines Salmonella enterica infections pose a significant public-health threat worldwide.Here we report for the first time the draft genome sequences of two multidrug-resistant livestock-associated S.enterica strains isolated from a chicken and a cow in South Africa.Methods

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Influence of Geometrical Parameters on the Shape of the Cycloidal Function Curve of a Fan with a Cycloidal Rotor

Even though the cycloidal rotor concept has been around for almost a century, it is still not as popular as it should be.Most often it is used to propel unmanned aerial vehicles or sea-going ships, or it is applied as a river- or sea-energy converter.Despite the possibility of directing the flow by changing the inclination angle of blades and ALOE

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