Implementation of environmental education is an important policy to preserve the environment. The authors believe that stakeholders' involvement is significant for the long-term sustainability of ecological and conservation efforts. The purpose of the study was to discuss the commitment of...

With this tribute, we want to highlight Professor Walter Traunspurger's achievements and contributions to education and research in the fields of nematology and ecology. Walter started to teach in 1998 in the Department of Animal Ecology at Bielefeld University (Germany) and completed his tenure in ...

The names of plants cited in Hypnerotomachia Poliphili have been re-examined. According to our survey, we suggest increasing the previously published botanical entities quoted in this book; therefore, 46 botanical entities and 100 textual passages linked to botanical entries are presented,...

This book explores the increasing risk of microbiological contamination of fresh produce, due to consumer demand for low-input cultivation and minimal processing. It reviews our current understanding of the key pathogenic risks to fresh produce, such as Salmonella, Listeria and E. coli, and...

In recent decades, the change in the agricultural production model and the development of animalist philosophies have put the old rural practices in the spotlight of social criticism. In addition to agriculture and livestock, other condemned activities are hunting and gathering, especially the...

Palmer's Culture des Cactées was published in Paris in 1867 during the first cactus cornucopia in mid-nineteenth-century France. The contents of the book are summarised and its illustrations are discussed in detail. For its time, it is well illustrated with thirty-three engravings, for which...

Climate change is a potent threat to human society, biodiversity, and ecosystem stability. Yet a 2021 Gallup poll found that only 43% of Americans see climate change as a serious threat over their lifetimes. In this study, we analyze college biology textbook coverage of climate change from 1970 to...

This study is based on the perspective that picture books about forests can facilitate children's knowledge and emotions about the forests, functioning as a triggering source to make children act sustainably toward forests. This study used content analysis to explore the presence and association...

Numerous studies of microorganisms isolated from the surface of cultural heritage objects, including library documents, are regularly carried out in different countries. Although the micromycetes composition in each case varies, some species are constantly isolated. The structure of micromycetes...