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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"Natural Resource Policy"”.
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How stakeholder roles, power, and negotiation impact natural resource policy: a political economy view
Natural resource management decisions are complicated by multiple property rights, management objectives, and stakeholders with varying degrees of influence over the decision making process. In order to make efficient decisions, managers must incorporate the opinions and values of the involved …
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The source of self-restraint? How domestic politics and international markets shape natural resource policy in the developing world
… copper in its subsoil and decides to sell these resources in international markets. What should it do with the unexpected profits? It can use a portion of this money to invest in human capital and public goods. It can pay external debt obligations or set money aside in a rainy day fund. It can …
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Alternative methodological approaches to natural resource policy analysis: an illustration of an institutional approach to land use policy analysis
Policy economists are increasingly called upon to participate in the institutional design of natural resource policies, predict interpret impacts of alternative the direction of future policy policies, and formulations. However, many of the forces influential in the current reformulation of these …
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An examination of the use of a human behaviour model for natural resource policy design and implementation by government (central and regional) agencies
… legislation in New Zealand has been the Resource Management Act (New Zealand Government 1991) that has empowered local government agencies to manage the use of natural resources in their regions. Three Government Departments have been responsible for developing policies directly relating …
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When ripples becomes waves : exploring the role of policy in the creation and coordination of citizen participation in Minnesota‟s water governance landscape.
… collaborative nature of environmental natural resource policy creation and implementation that incorporates a diversity of third party actors ranging from government agencies to the profit sector, nonprofit sector, and civic society. Though the definition of environmental governance …
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Specialized Online Publics and Rhetorical Ecologies: A Study of Civic Engagement in Natural Resource Management
… forum, as the writing and engagement relate to natural resources management. Drawing from theories of public discourse and public rhetoric, this dissertation argues the sportsmen forum represents a specialized online public"publics that are constituted in digital spaces around shared interests …
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Landscape pattern analysis related to forest wildlife resources
Wildlife management and natural resource policy decisions are increasingly being made at the landscape level. Understanding the relationship between modification and the pattern of land classes may minimize potential impacts and enhance the complement of wildlife species. Twenty-four expressions …
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Implementing visions for sustainable development in regional land use planning
Large scale natural resource policies, which focus on environmental objectives from a global perspective and cut across sectors and disciplines, are often motivated by a desire to find general models for resource use. These large scale policies, in this thesis refered to as Grand Visions, focus on …
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PLACE-BASED CONSERVATION LEGISLATION AND NATIONAL FOREST MANAGEMENT: THE CASE OF THE BEAVERHEAD-DEERLODGE PARTNERSHIP
… develop a place-based legislation typology for natural resources policy, to determine the motivations for seeking this approach, and to analyze its use. Preliminary research for this project was begun in December 2007 by reviewing relevant natural resources policy literature, documentation and …
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PLACE-BASED CONSERVATION LEGISLATION AND NATIONAL FOREST MANAGEMENT: THE CASE OF THE BEAVERHEAD-DEERLODGE PARTNERSHIP
… develop a place-based legislation typology for natural resources policy, to determine the motivations for seeking this approach, and to analyze its use. Preliminary research for this project was begun in December 2007 by reviewing relevant natural resources policy literature, documentation and …
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The Relation of Patent Law and Wildlife Conservation Law in the United States
… wildlife specimens presents legal, economic, policy, and resource management questions. The relation of patent law to wildlife conservation law is central to answering these questions. Patent law is designed to foster technological advancement, and patents are economic instruments intended for …
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A Discourse Analysis of Stakeholders? Understandings of Science in Salmon Recovery Policy
… of science expressed in formal salmon recovery policy discourse; 2) rhetorical practices employed to justify or undermine claims about salmon policy 3); and patterns of understandings of science and associated rhetorical practices between social categories of actors. This research contributes to …