Publications by authors named "Alice Dauriach"
Background: Emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases (EIDs), such as Ebola virus disease and highly pathogenic influenza, are serious threats to human health and wellbeing worldwide. The financial sector has an important, yet often ignored, influence as owners and investors in industries that are associated with anthropogenic land-use changes in ecosystems linked to increased EIDs risks. We aimed to analyse financial influence associated with EIDs risks that are affected by anthropogenic land-use changes.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSustainability within planetary boundaries requires concerted action by individuals, governments, civil society and private actors. For the private sector, there is concern that the power exercised by transnational corporations generates, and is even central to, global environmental change. Here, we ask under which conditions transnational corporations could either hinder or promote a global shift towards sustainability.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAn earlier version of the Supplementary Information was mistakenly uploaded when this Perspective was published, and was live until 14 August 2018, when the correct version was uploaded.
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- The release of classified documents has revealed the hidden influence of tax havens on the global economy and their overlooked environmental impacts.
- Although only a small percentage of fishing vessels are flagged in tax havens, a significant portion of those involved in illegal fishing are linked to these jurisdictions.
- In Brazil, a large portion of foreign investment in the soy and beef sectors routes through tax havens, emphasizing the need for policy changes to address these environmental and economic issues.