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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"GE Gwyddorau Amgylcheddol"”.
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Should Tidal Energy Projects be run by the Public Sector? An Examination of Natural Resources Wales
… energy projects can be most effectively managed and developed in Wales. The study uses a mixed-methods approach, by harnessing both quantitative and qualitative research methods to help gain insights into the most effective ways to manage tidal energy projects in Wales. The data was collected …
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Development of a strategic framework for optimum land utilization in the Qatari public sector
… strategies. Most respondents also acknowledged that land was underutilised, and new land should be sold to investors, who will be able to utilize it positively rather than retaining the land unoccupied. Land development reforms should also be developed as these have the potential to affect …
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Location – Based Information for Sustainable Development of Forests
It is widely acknowledged that the planet is experiencing anthropogenic induced environmental challenges that needs innovative and coherent decision making to achieve a sustainable future. Location based information has played an important role in sustainable decision-making for decades. The role …
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Love and ecology as an integrative force for good and as resistance to the commodification of nature and planetary harms: Introducing Fluminism.
… boundaries are being exceeded by anthropogenic impacts, and at some pace (Rockstrom, et al). Climate change and biodiversity decline, consequences of hu-man/nature discordance, are impacting all aspects of human and non-human life and in all places on the planet. Human dominion has …
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An analysis of environmental data and corresponding stakeholder perceptions with respect to climate change and crop production in Nigeria.
The Nigerian agricultural sector is threatened by climate change and its impacts, and this work investigated how environmental forcing influenced crop productivity over a 30-yearperiod. Decadal variations of key staple food crops were assessed based on annual yields, and directly compared with …
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Food matters - escaping to the garden during Covid-19 lockdowns and (re-)connecting with food
… of escape, memory, relations,and temporality emerged. The study explores how gardeners forge a relationship with their food when they grow it themselves in the garden taskscape (Ingold, 1993). Participants rejoiced in the unsurpassed tastes of freshly harvested produce and described how memories …
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The practice of Islamic environmental ethics: a case study of Harim and Hima
… Ethics is considered as a discipline of knowledge rather than just an ethical perspective related to environmental issues. Since it is a relatively new discipline, however, most of its scholars are inclined to focus on the theoretical part, while the practical part only really came to the fore …
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Othas and environment in animal ethics and environmental philosophy : ontology and ethical motivation beyond the dichotomies of anthropocentrism.
… that the primacy of ethics must be acknowledged is central, as is the notion that bodily comportment must be engaged in ethical behaviour. Drawing parallels between Merleau-Ponty and other thinkers, especially feminists, the dissertation also interrogates the role science plays in philosophy, …
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A Novel Method of Determining Sediment Transport using Ultrasonic Wireless Sensors
Climate change can result from human activities and natural uctuations, and has been identifed as a signifcant contributor to several storm events over recent years. As sea levels are predicted to increase because of global warming, and since most of the warming is absorbed by the oceans, sea level …
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Landscape Aesthetics in Practice: A critical enquiry into the development and use of an arts practice as a constructive intervention within the context of landscape change, community action, Green Infrastructure planning and delivery and Landscape Character Assessment processes.
… we experience and value places, and nature's agency are not readily included in decision-making processes. This action research adopts a hopeful, participatory and auto-ethnographic inquiry into the potential for developing and applying a relational and environmental walking-art practice to …
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"No to the bear" : contested power and truths behind the reintroduction of brown bears in the Pyrenees.
… neoliberal paradigm are being seriously challenged. If we are to avert potentially dangerous escalations deriving from such tensions, it is essential that environmental anthropology actively engages in the issues, and confronts the necessary cultural and environmental changes which are already …
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Changes in nature connection: A study of the effects on the participants of taking part in an antique seed, natural farming, and seed balls workshop
… seeds, natural farming, and seed balls as agents of change for individuals’ connections to nature. The research investigates whether these workshops, using a combination of theoretical and practical teaching methods, can enhance participants’ understanding of environmental protection and …
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Islamic environmental ethics: a model for shaping Muslim attitudes in helping to promote environmental education, awareness and activism
… faith are some of the most understudied and largely ignored concepts within the Islamic educational landscape. Amid the severity of the environmental crisis there has been a growing interest in the subject area of Islamic environmental ethics by scholars who have elucidated the environmental …