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Showing 1 to 20 of 320 for “"Endangered species"”.
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Tragic Moral Conflict and Endangered Species Recovery
… conservation, and given the rapidity with which species are disappearing as the result of human economic activities, members of the societies that encourage and benefit from these activities, and that undertake the species recovery process, often face a terrible choice: either 1) intensively …
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A Policy Analysis of the Endangered Species Act
… characteristics that are shared by recovering species listed in the Endangered Species Act (ESA). NatureServe population data was used to determine which listed species were recovering, and a logistic regression analysis was performed to identify which aspects of the ESA most contribute to …
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Men in public relations: saving an endangered species
It has been 25 years since the publication of The Velvet Ghetto, the seminal work on gender in public relations. Looking ahead, the study forecast a field that was "ghettoized" as the workforce became increasingly female. Has that been the case? Since the mid-eighties, women have solidified their …
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The New Endangered Species: Community-Anchoring Public Schools
Often, school closures are seen as a "natural order" of events in communities with extreme economic struggles. My work challenges this premise. </p><p>In Pennsylvania, communities where schools selected for closure are often composed of rural, largely white or urban, largely minority, populations …
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Evaluating Climate Change Policy Through the Endangered Species Act
… over the southwest Arkansas, and a specific endangered species, the Leopard Darter. Upon examination of previous environmental and ecological climate change related research it became clear that the general focus was placed on regional bodies of the U.S., instead of state and county …
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Endangered species: the hope for students in Mexican Chicago
"This dissertation is an ethnographic study that documents the educational experiences of Mexican Boys and Men (MBM) in a predominately Mexican immigrant neighborhood in Chicago, Illinois. A Chicago Public High School (CPS) and the local community are ""analyzed as an account in which young …
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Endangered species : the harpsichord and its new repertoire since 1960
The twentieth-century harpsichord has an unusual history: coming out of oblivion at the end of the nineteenth century, it was given a new lease of life, but at the same time acquired a mistaken identity. This thesis examines, from the perspective of the harpsichordist, the two types of harpsichord …
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Prohibitive policy and the implementation of the endangered species act.
Thesis. 1979. Ph.D.--Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning.
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NON-FEDERAL/FEDERAL COLLABORATORS IN ENDANGERED SPECIES DRIVEN RIVER RESTORATION: HOW RISK AND INCENTIVE MOBILIZE INSTITUTIONAL SUPPLY IN THE MIDDLE RIO GRAND ENDANGERED SPECIES COLLABORATIVE PROGRAM
The Middle Rio Grande Endangered Species Collaborative Program is an interagency, multiple-stakeholder organization, which works to enable cooperative solutions to endangered species issues on New Mexicos Middle Rio Grande. The Program is a product of what some authors describe as a 'new age' of …
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Post-fledging ecology of an endangered species: The golden-cheeked warbler
… between habitat and the demography of endangered wildlife is essential for effective management. Habitat and demography relationships are further complicated when different habitat features may have different impacts across various life-stages of an individual. I investigated the …
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Endangered species protection and National Forest timber sales : three essays in economics
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Economics, 1996.
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Habitat conservation planning under the Endangered Species Act: is it ecosystem management?
Habitat conservation planning under the Endangered Species Act has been compared to ecosystem management by Secretary of Interior, Bruce Babbitt. Yet, ecosystem management, an emerging paradigm for public lands management, has not been defined or criteria established for determining if actions …
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Investigating Determinants of Collaboration between Landowners and Wildlife Agencies for Endangered Species Conservation
… stakeholders is critical to accomplishing endangered species conservation (ESC) goals because of the large amounts of terrestrial land held in private ownership. To increase ESC collaboration above and beyond the deficiencies perpetuated by status quo command-and-control approaches, …
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Uncertainty in Ecological Simulation Modeling: Applications to Conservation of Endangered Species and Forest Growth
Finally, a framework is proposed to employ process models in hypothesis testing of ecological scenarios when external entities either interact or do not interact with treatment entities. The analysis of the effect of acidic deposition on the site index of a red pine stand is employed to illustrate …
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A cost-effectiveness analysis of alternative regulatory approaches under the Endangered Species Act of 1973
The rate of extinction of plant and animal species has accelerated at an alarming rate throughout the 20th century. This depletion has resulted in greater legislative control over wildlife within the United States, and the eventual passage, in 1973, of the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The ESA …
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'This neighbourhood is an endangered species' : investigating urban conflict and reciprocity between Chicala and Luanda, Angola
At the heart of this thesis is an investigation of the reciprocal relationship between the city of Luanda and one of its central informal neighbourhoods, Chicala. The study situates Chicala among conflicts that have arisen in the urban densification process and their socio-political management, and …
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The Role of Judicial Discourse in Distorting the Public Inquiry Image: Is the Inquiry Becoming an Endangered Species?
The goal is to explore the construction of the Public Inquiry image and its persona via judicial decision-making and legal discourses that are utilized to justify the final product of an inquiry. For instance, while the commissioner is generally equipped with extensive coercive and discretionary …
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The effects of the Sea World Talented and Gifted Endangered Species Program on the knowledge of seventh graders
… by seventh graders after participation in an endangered species program conducted by Sea World. Fifty-seven students attending a private school participated in the study. After pre-instruction with materials provided by Sea World, the students participated in a four-hour instructional tour of …
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