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Coordinated and published by The Grassroots Institute, the Grassroots Journal of Natural Resources (GJNR) is an international journal dedicated to the latest advancements in natural resources throughout the world. The goal of this journal is to provide a platform for scientists, social scientists, policy analysts, managers and practitioners (on all academic and professional levels) all over the world to promote, discuss and share various new issues and developments in different arenas of natural resources.
Nabil Berrahal*1, Dina Lila Soualili2, Karim Mezali3, José M. Guerra-Garcia4
1Protection, Valorization of Coastal Marine Resources and Molecular Systematics Laboratory, Department of Marine Sciences and Aquaculture, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Life, Abdelhamid Ibn Badis University, Route Nationale N° 11, Kharrouba, 27000 Mostaganem, Algeria. Email: nabil.berrahal.etu@univ-mosta.dz
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-6243-1105
2Protection, Valorization of Coastal Marine Resources and Molecular Systematics Laboratory, Department of Marine Sciences and Aquaculture, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Life, Abdelhamid Ibn Badis University, Route Nationale N° 11, Kharrouba, 27000 Mostaganem, Algeria. Email: dinalila.soualili@univ-mosta.dz
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9218-5182
3Protection, Valorization of Coastal Marine Resources and Molecular Systematics Laboratory, Department of Marine Sciences and Aquaculture, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Life, Abdelhamid Ibn Badis University, Route Nationale N° 11, Kharrouba, 27000 Mostaganem, Algeria. Email: karim.mezali@univ-mosta.dz
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7222-9002
4Marine Biology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, Faculty of Biology, University of Seville, Seville, Spain.
Email: jmguerra@us.es | ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6050-4997
*Corresponding author
Grassroots Journal of Natural Resources, 9(2): 1-21. Doi: https://doi.org/10.33002/nr2581.6853.090201
Junaid Rehman*1, Aahil Mushtaq2, Zaki Hasan3, Rizwan Shoukat4
1Knowledge360, Karachi, Pakistan, & University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Australia.
Email: junaid.rehman@alumni.uts.edu.au | ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3397-5707
2Roots Millennium Education & TMUC, Islamabad, Pakistan. Email: aahilmushtaq08@gmail.com
3Ziauddin University, Karachi, Pakistan. Email: zaki.hassan@zu.edu.pk
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5952-6440
4Higher Education Commission, Islamabad, Pakistan. Email: rshoukat@hec.gov.pk
*Corresponding author
Grassroots Journal of Natural Resources, 9(2): 22-59. Doi: https://doi.org/10.33002/nr2581.6853.090202
Aminah*1, Bunga Jasmine Puji Hapsari2
1Faculty of Law, Universitas Diponegoro, Jalan dr. Antonius Suroyo, Tembalang, Semarang City, Central Java 50275, Indonesia. Email: aminahundip@gmail.com | ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-6217-2141
2Faculty of Law, Universitas Diponegoro, Jalan dr. Antonius Suroyo, Tembalang, Semarang City, Central Java 50275, Indonesia. Email: bungajph@lecturer.undip.ac.id | ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-1195-8268
*Corresponding author
Grassroots Journal of Natural Resources, 9(2): 60-77. Doi: https://doi.org/10.33002/nr2581.6853.090203
Liezl B. Grefalda*1, Juan M. Pulhin2, Kazuhiro Harada3
1Forest Resources and Society Laboratory, Department of Forest and Environmental Resources Sciences, Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Japan, & Department of Social Forestry and Forest Governance, College of Forestry and Natural Resources, University of the Philippines Los Baños, Philippines.
Email: grefalda.liezl.brogada.y7@s.mail.nagoya-u.ac.jp, lbgrefalda@up.edu.ph | ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4658-6305
2Department of Social Forestry and Forest Governance, College of Forestry and Natural Resources, University of the Philippines Los Baños, Philippines, & UPLB Interdisciplinary Studies Center for Integrated Natural Resources and Environment Management, University of the Philippines, Los Baños, Philippines. Email: jmpulhin@up.edu.ph
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3271-7351
3Forest Resources and Society Laboratory, Department of Forest and Environmental Resources Sciences, Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Japan.
Email: harada@agr.nagoya-u.ac.jp | ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0020-6186
*Corresponding author
Grassroots Journal of Natural Resources, 9(2): 78-107. Doi: https://doi.org/10.33002/nr2581.6853.090204
Volodymyr Mokriienko*1, Svitlana Kalenska2
1Department of Plant Science, National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine.
E-mail: mokrienko@ukr.net | ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5604-442X
2Department of Plant Science, National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine.
E-mail: kalenskaya@nubip.edu.ua | ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3392-837X
*Corresponding author
Grassroots Journal of Natural Resources, 9(2): 108-136. Doi: https://doi.org/10.33002/nr2581.6853.090205
Addressing the Digital Gender Gap in Empowering Women for Climate Resilience in Africa
Onyinyechi Lilian Uche
Nigerian Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, Nigeria, & Ismail Mahomed Centre for Human and People’s Rights, Climate Change and the Rule of Law (CCRL), University of Venda, Thohoyandou, South Africa.
Email: lilianuche1@gmail.com, lilian.uche@univen.ac.za ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6463-4318
Grassroots Journal of Natural Resources, 9(2): 137-157. Doi: https://doi.org/10.33002/nr2581.6853.090206
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