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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"Resource Harvesting"”.
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Resource Sovereignty: The Indigenous Value of Mount Rainier Within Activities of Traditional Resource Harvesting
… Indian Tribes historically utilized the plant resources of Mount Rainier until the National Park Service established Mount Rainier National Park in 1899. Since 1992 there have been formal, written requests by these Tribes to revitalize the harvest of these culturally significant plant resources …
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Women and land: acces to and use of land and natural resources in the communal areas of rural South Africa
… to access to and use of land and productive resources. Research has shown that the majority of rural households in South Africa derive significant proportions of their livelihoods from land-based activities, and that the value of common property resources associated with land, for example …
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The Historic Fire Return Interval and the Ecological Effects of Fire Suppression on Montane Longleaf Pine Dominated Ecosystems in Northwestern Georgia.
… implemented in the 1920’s, in combination with resource harvesting and land use conversion. In an absence of fire, tree species composition of frequently burned xeric ecosystems progressively becomes more mesic and fire-intolerant (<em>i.e.</em> mesophication). The change in the species …
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Understanding the livelihoods of small-scale fisheries in Lamberts Bay : implications for the new small-scale fisheries policy
… because of their high dependence on marine resource harvesting. While small-scale fisheries employ the overwhelming majority of the world's fishers and contribute substantially to the global catch, they are, on the whole, marginalised and ignored. Despite their importance in providing food …
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Towards the co-production of fisheries knowledge for co-management using mobile technologies
… rice. People living along the coast have been harvesting marine resources for basic subsistence for generations and at present several small-scale fisheries operate along the South African coastline, ranging from the shore-based harvesting of intertidal resources such as mussels, to the …
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Sustainability and the ecological footprint : comparing human demand with nature's supply.
… humanity continues to deplete nature, through resource harvesting and waste generation, faster than nature can regenerate itself. The UN World Commission on Environment and Development (WCED) introduced the idea of sustainable development in 1987, with the release of Our Common Future. …
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Utilisation and dynamics of an arid savanna woodland in the Northern Province, South Africa
… socioeconomic and ecological drivers of plant resource utilisation, and dynamics of woody plants used by rural people in the Northern Province, South Africa. The key components were to (1) quantify the range of socioeconomic drivers of plant resource utilisation in rural communities, (2) …
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The Urban Oasis - [RE]-Generating Centurion Lake Through Resource Exchanges
… within the river) is used to extract valuable ‘resources’ from the river, namely; plastic debris, silt/sediments, and water. Waste is therefore rather viewed as a resource and is processed and formed into a viable product for monitory gain. Plastic debris is processed and formed into plastic …
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Collaborative Computing Cloud: Architecture and Management Platform
… a massive pool of computing and communication resources. We claim that cloud computing can provide resilient on-demand computing, and more effective and efficient utilization of potentially infinite array of resources. Current cloud computing systems are primarily built using stationary …