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Showing 1 to 20 of 79 for “"Resource conservation"”.
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Managing Local Sustainability: A Game Theoretic Analysis of Natural Resource Conservation
This dissertation presents a model which is a continuous-time representation of a forested system. This system model is used to simulate the impacts of strategic behavior in managing lands in a local commons, on and around Ft. Bragg, North Carolina. The system model is also used in optimal control …
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Unworkable formula? : decentralization, development and natural resource conservation in Sehlabathebe, Lesotho
Includes bibliographical references.
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A Study of the Implementation of the Generalization in Resource Conservation Curriculum
… related to a study of human and natural resource conservation.
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Assessing the influence of natural resource conservation on the livelihoods of KwaNibela, KwaZulu-Natal
… study was to assess the influence of natural resource conservation on the livelihoods of the people of KwaNibela, KwaZulu-Natal (KZN). The objectives of this study were to (a) identify the natural resource conservation initiatives and programmes implemented by iSimangaliso Wetland Park, (b) …
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Managing scientific change in agricultural policies: soil productivity, resource conservation and the legitimation of agrobiology
… identity of composting practices for soil conservation. The commensurability of experimental practices and theoretical entities in soil fertility and agrobiology, as well as the support of agrobiologists for applying the knowledge produced in soil biology legitimated research in agrobiology.
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Attitudes toward resource conservation and conservation behaviour: the moderating role of self-interest and social values
People's tendency to deplete shared natural resources has been well documented (Edney, 1979; Hardin, 1968). At the same time, however, people are generally in favour of resource conservation. A possible explanation for the observed inconsistency between attitudes toward resource conservation and …
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Mapping Plant Biodiversity Hotspots at the County Scale: A New Tool for Establishing Resource Conservation Strategies
… biodiversity models for establishing long-term resource conservation strategies at global scales. Since Myers, most of the subsequent studies using hotspot science for biodiversity modeling have used large spatial scales like countries, provinces or states, and other biogeoraphic regions. The …
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Powers to conserve or to destroy : a study of coastal factors in marine food resource conservation.
… possible. In the course of this drive to exploit resources, competition between nations has become keen and has caused bitter animosities. The United States Government acted in 1948 to set a precedent for national regulation. President Truman proclaimed that United States jurisdiction extended to …
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An assessment of multidimensional wellbeing in rural Rwanda: impacts of and implications for rural development and natural resource conservation
… the study of cultural difference; natural resource management; and agrarian change, and in combining a wellbeing assessment with dominant theories or concepts in each. Rwanda has received acclaim for meeting development targets despite high levels of poverty and population density. However, …
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Managing Water and Electricity Consumption in University Residence Halls: a Study on Promoting Voluntary Resource Conservation by College Students
… at a rate faster than the rate at which natural resources are being replenished, the challenge for governments and the world's citizens is how to conserve resources in order to provide a sustainable level of natural resources for the future. Conserving natural resources includes educating the …
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The equity and efficiency of incentives to manage ecosystem services for natural resource conservation and rural development Case studies from Lombok, Indonesia and Alta Floresta, Mato Grosso, Brazil
… to increase efficiency in biodiversity conservation and to facilitate greater equity in the distribution of natural resources. These interventions aim to control the use of natural resources by altering resource users’ land-use decisions and environmental behaviours. There is relatively …
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Developing an inservice on energy and energy conservation for teachers, grades kindergarten-eight
Energy resource conservation.
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Developing an inservice on energy and energy conservation for teachers, grades kindergarten-eight
Energy resource conservation.
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Natural Resource Needs Assessment Survey and a Nonmarket Valuation Study of Nevada's Big Game Hunts
… thesis has four parts. First, we discuss natural resource conservation in Nevada. Second, we describe the development and implementation of a general population natural resource needs assessment survey. Third, we present and discuss the data collected in Clark County, Nevada and Lincoln County, …
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Ecosystem-Based Management in the Morro Bay Watershed and Estuary
… challenges many tenets of existing natural resource management. This thesis finds the concept of ecosystem-based management as favorable despite tradeoffs and impacts of changing status quo. The preliminary research question asked if key criteria of ecosystem-based management were integrated …
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An evaluation of the importance of plant resources to rural communities - a case study of Heuningvlei in the Cederberg
Within the framework of living resource conservation as advocated by the world Conservation Strategy, this case study investigates the utilitarian value of indigenous plant resources as a supplementary or "hidden" income for a rural community at Heuningvlei. The objectives of the study were to …
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Environmental justice and participatory democracy: An emancipatory policy proposal
… the public participation guidelines for the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. The author argues that four challenges must be addressed before the goal of environmental justice can be achieved. These challenges include the challenge of citizen participation, the epistemological …
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Natural science and the American government: fur seal management from gilded age to progressive era
… from 1867 to 1914. Government involvement in resource conservation expanded during this period, as did the role of experts. Federal officials charged with managing fur seals often sought advice from scientists, and over the years naturalists studied the animals regularly. Despite this apparent …
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The self-regulatory benefits of handicaps: Do handicapping situations encourage conservation of resources when success is uncertain?
… detriments accruing over the long-term). I use a resource conservation perspective to suggest that this boost in performance may be attributed to an individual's motivation to conserve resources, particularly when there is reason to believe that resources spent now may be better used later. The …
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When Interacting Online Leads to Taking Action Offline: Examining the Effects of Online Persuasion on IS Users’ Pro-Environmental Behaviours
… designs come to affect people’s judgements on resource conservation and environmental protection. Three sets of working propositions and specific hypotheses were developed. Specifically, this research suggests that the use of an IS application can elicit different value primes and draw IS …
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