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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"Conservation impacts"”.
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Assessing the conservation value and food system impacts of high tunnels
… of specialty crops the Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) has launched the Seasonal High Tunnel initiative. This cost-share program provides farmers with a high tunnel intended to encourage the availability of locally grown fresh produce. Using mixed-methods research this thesis …
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EVALUATING IMPACT ASSESSMENT IN NON-PROFIT CONSERVATION PROJECTS
Conservation organisations strive for positive impacts from their projects, often working in difficult conditions, with limited resources. In many cases conservation projects have successfully protected species and landscapes. However, sometimes things go wrong. Nowhere is this more obvious than in …
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Tracking and assessing the socio-economic impacts of conservation funding in Benin over the long-term
Funding is important for effective biodiversity conservation. Globally, conservation funding is well below estimates of need, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. However, detailed information about conservation funding flows—and their effects—is very limited, which inhibits the …
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Including biodiversity conservation in climate change decision making
… of our time are climate change and biodiversity conservation. According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), bioenergy is expected to play a major role as a mitigation strategy for climate change. The projected scale of the deployment of bioenergy is big, resulting in large …
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The IUCN red list for ecosystems: how does it compare to South Africa's approach to listing threatened ecosystems?
The publication of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Ecosystems (RLE) standards is an important development that has received broad acceptance globally. More than 100 countries across the globe including South Africa and Myanmar have adopted the IUCN RLE …