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Showing 1 to 20 of 122 for “"Biological Diversity"”.
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Biological diversity in Icelandic groundwater fissures
… main objective of the study was to measure the biological diversity in groundwater fissures in Iceland. A large part of the substrate in fissures is rock wall and they often reach great depth. As a result, the sampling sites were at variable depth on both rock wall as well as fissure’s bottom. …
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Mining biological diversity to optimize chlorite dismutase for water treatment
… (Clds), catalyzes the final reaction of biological perchlorate reduction. The goal of this work was to mine the diversity within the Cld superfamily to identify a homolog that is well suited for water treatment. To find an optimal Cld, a head-to-head comparative analysis was performed on …
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Biological Diversity of Natural and Created Wetlands in Three Physiographic Regions of South Dakota
… Therefore, this project was designed to compare biological diversity between natural and created wetlands in three physiographic regions of South Dakota: Prairie Coteau (PC), Missouri Coteau (MC), and Southern Plateau (SP). Wetlands in the PC and MC of the prairie pothole region were sampled in …
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Biological diversity of epibenthic invertebrates in relation to environmental factors in lava caves around Lake Mývatn (N-E Iceland)
Biodiversity, and its understanding and maintenance, are nowadays concerns in many fields of sciences. In freshwater, epibenthic invertebrates are important for their environment as consumers at intermediate trophic level and as food resources for other organisms. Their sensitivity to environmental …
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A pre-impoundment study of the biological diversity of the benthic macro-invertebrate fauna of the Sabie-Sand River system
The Kruger National Park (KNP) in the Eastern Transvaal provides a classic example of the potential conflict of interests between the industrial, agricultural and domestic sectors and conservation. The KNP is situated on the north-eastern border of South Africa and receives the flow of six rivers …
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Towards the development of legal protection of biodiversity in Rwanda: An appraisal
This study examines the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in the context of its implementation in Rwanda. It firstly examines the relevant rights and obligations which country parties have under the CBD; it then examines the current law in Rwanda relevant and applicable to conservation, use …
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The role of international law in promoting the sustainable development of natural resources: a focus on living resource regimes
… for promoting conservation of resources of biological diversity and for facilitating harmonization of socio-economic development with environmental protection in general. The primary aims of this study are: l) to evaluate whether existing international legal regimes are effectively enhancing …
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Strategic revegetation planning in an agricultural landscape: A spatial information technology approach
Revegetation is required to conserve the biological diversity of over-cleared and fragmented agricultural regions. This dissertation represents an application of spatial information technologies to environmental management. It makes a significant contribution to the integration of general …
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The Small Animals of Maasai Settlements: Ethnoarchaeological Investigations of the Commensalism Model
… settlements increased rather than decreased the biological diversity of local micromammalian communities. Along a gradient of increasing duration of human occupation, but continued seasonal use of settlements, there was no manifest increase in the population of any single species that would …
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Leveraging Capacity: Technical Solutions to Hunger in the Era of Neoliberalism
… Global Seed Vault and the value of "global crop diversity" as a point of departure for raising questions about the influence of digital technology on the seed and about the solution to hunger known as "global food security." Discussions about food security among food studies scholars highlight …
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The effectiveness of access and benefit-sharing legislation in South Africa: practical considerations for national regimes
The Convention on Biological Diversity provides an international regulatory framework for countries to develop their own access and benefit-sharing (ABS) legislation. This international convention governs the utilization of a country's genetic resources and associated traditional knowledge. Due to …
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A greenway management plan for Salisbury & Sharon, CT
… and could enhance both the water quality and biological diversity while offering limited recreation to residents and visitors. The BMP network of greenways was adopted following extensive discussions with <u>local planners, biologists and land owners.</u>
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Microgeographic divergence in a single-island endemic: evolutionary patterns and conservation implications
Understanding the processes that generate biological diversity is the central goal of evolutionary biology. Geographic isolation has traditionally been viewed as the primary scenario favoring evolutionary divergence. However, there is growing appreciation for the role of ecological variation and …
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FOOD-WEB AND FUNCTIONAL TRAIT COMMUNITY STRUCTURE OF PREDATOR ASSEMBLAGES IN PINE FORESTS UNDER DIFFERENT MANAGEMENT REGIMES
… and thereby affect the structure and function of biological diversity. As many of the world’s ecosystems are degraded beyond natural recovery, well-defined restoration goals are necessary to maintain the ecological processes that provide valuable ecosystem services. Utilizing taxonomic, …
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Social optimality in land use: a comparative study of conservation and agriculture in the Sundays River Valley, Eastern Cape, South Africa
… extensive land degradation, and unique biological diversity. These factors make achieving a socially optimal use of land particularly pertinent. Data was collected from the Greater Addo Elephant National Park (GAENP), citrus farms and restoration projects in the area. The thesis tests …
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Informational Interfaces: A case study of the impact of discovery systems on biodiversity research and search at the Natural History Museum, London, UK
… of the world's leading research institutions for biological diversity research with collections comprising some 8 million specimens representing a vast wealth of data. It also holds one of the foremost collections of biodiversity-related literature in its Library and Archives, with over one …
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Patents of traditional medicine inventions and their relationship with traditional knowledge associated with genetic resources in Namibia: proposals for legal reform
… and regionally i.e. the Convention on Biological Diversity, 1993, the TRIPS Agreement, 1994 and the Swakopmund Protocol on the Protection of Traditional Knowledge and Expressions of Folklore, 2010; which provides for TK, GRs and patent laws. The study further analysed how Namibia …
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Marine Protected areas of the mediterranean region: Management and challenges
… the Parties of the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity adopted a Programme of Work on Protected Areas. The overall target of this programme was to establish and maintain by 2010, for terrestrial areas and by 2012 for marine protected areas, a comprehensive, effectively managed and …
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Vertebrated Richness of Waterfowl Production Areas in the Prairie Pothole Region of Minnesota
… of this study was to determine aspects of the biological diversity of Minnesota Waterfowl Production Areas. Specific objectives include: (1) determine the presence of amphibian, reptilian, and mammalian species on study sites; (2) estimate the diversity of breeding birds on study sites; (3) …
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