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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"Coastal conservation"”.
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Political Ecology and Coastal Conservation: A Case Study of Menai Bay Conservation Area, Tanzania
Many of Africa's coastal areas are experiencing alarming levels of degradation. In response, marine conservation efforts there are on the rise, many of which claim community empowerment as an essential goal. Researchers have begun to use theories of political ecology to study the ways in which …
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Adequação da metodologia de avaliação ecológica rápida para unidades de conservação marinhas
… to the development of management Plans for sea coastal Conservation Units (CU) is the lack of information concerning marine environment, including biotic and non-biotic factors. Some reasons for that are the high costs of studies of marine environment; terrestrial environments research priority; …
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Aspects of Coastal Management with Particular Reference to Heritage Coasts
The historical background to coastal conservation in England and Wales is described from the beginnings of the conservation movement to the Countryside Commission's proposals for Heritage Coasts. Those agencies both public and private having an important role in conserving the coast are identified. …
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Improving the spatio-temporal characterisation of South Africa's dynamic coastal zone using hyper-temporal satellite imagery
Coastal zones, the interface between the marine and terrestrial realms, are highly productive regions that deliver critical goods and services, while facing many pressures from urbanisation, industrial development, overexploitation, pollution and climate change. Their effective management is …
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Change begets change: employing a change perspective to inform South Africa's coastal community conservation policy-praxis disjuncture
Contemporary biodiversity conservation is ‘wickedly complex'. This complexity stems from the need to address the diverse objectives of protecting biodiversity and enhancing social wellbeing. However, centralized and exclusionary conservation approaches are often ill-suited to tackling these coupled …