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Showing 1 to 15 of 15 for “"Sustainable Resource Management"”.
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Toward a greener campus : experiments with sustainable resource management at one Mexican university and two United States universities
Modern society faces a range of difficult resource management problem like climate change, acid rain and soil depletion. To confront problems like these successfully, educational institutions, along with all other public and private entities, must do their part. Universities, in particular, need to …
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An assessment of the Blue Economy in Namibia: a case study of Swakopmund and Walvis Bay
… while at the same time ensuring that there is sustainable resource management. A qualitative research design was then adopted, with the target population of the study being the Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources employees, and previously disadvantaged people in Namibia. A purposive …
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Impacts of land use land cover changes in mountainous catchments – a case study of Klaserie Catchment, Mariepskop Mountain
… urgent need for integrated land use planning, sustainable resource management, and climate-resilient policies to balance development pressures with the conservation of ecosystems and water security in semi-arid catchments.
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Sustainable agricultural management : a systems approach for examining food security tradeoffs
… focuses on reallocating limited land and water resources to optimize cropping patterns. By combining optimization methods, surrogate modeling, global data sources, data assimilation, and hydrologic modeling, we identify opportunities for increasing food-crop production and cash-crop revenue, …
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Application of a land use planning decision support tool in a public participatory process for sustainable forest management
… created a difficult decision environment for sustainable forest management. Tools developed for decision support in land use planning are essential for managing these challenges. This research study is an interactive assessment of a land use planning Decision Support Tool (DST) in the …
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Factors Associated with Ohio Tree Farmers'; Forest Management and Outreach Needs
… can provide valuable information concerning sustainable forest management strategies. The goals of this study were to describe 1) the demographics of Ohio tree farmers 2) the framework behind their decision-making, i.e. the motivations, objectives, and constraints of forest management, 3) …
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Forest resource management in Ghana : an analysis of policy and institutions
… many developing countries that they have adopted sustainable forest policies in return for bilateral and multilateral donor grants, deforestation rates are still quite high. In order to understand this problem, it has been suggested that forest policies of individual countries should be critically …
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Capacity development for local participation in community based natural resource management of Namibia : the #Khoadi //Hôas conservancy experience
Namibia’s community based natural resource management program (CBNRM) integrates local participation in rural development and biodiversity conservation. This effort was launched through key legislation that devolved the right to manage wildlife and other renewable resources on communal lands from …
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Exploring the adoption rationales and effects of off-grid renewable energy access for African youth: a case study from Tanzania
… They include environmental principles of sustainable resource management and socioecological balance, social principles of equality and participation, and economic principles of access and stability.
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An autonomous decision support system for smart farming to increase crop productivity
… operations, this study seeks to enhance resource use and increase yields. Also, this study investigates an autonomous decision-support system for smart agriculture to increase crop productivity by implementing Industry 4.0 technologies in the agricultural sector. The study uses a …
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An integrated modelling approach for sustainable management of semi-arid and arid rangelands
The need to develop sustainable resource management strategies for semi-arid and arid rangelands is acute as non-adapted grazing strategies lead to irreversible environmental problems such as desertification and associated loss of economic support to society. In such vulnerable ecosystems, …
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Characterisation of surface water quality in the Luapula river basin and developing a WQImin model for potential inter-basin water transfer to the Kafue river basin.
… of water quality, providing insights for sustainable resource management in decision-making and development planning. The study focused on the Luapula River Basin (LRB) in Zambia, a potential donor for inter-basin water transfers to the Kafue River Basin (KRB). The research objectives …
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Characterisation of surface water quality in the Luapula river basin and developing a WQImin model for potential inter-basin water transfer to the Kafue river basin.
… of water quality, providing insights for sustainable resource management in decision-making and development planning. The study focused on the Luapula River Basin (LRB) in Zambia, a potential donor for inter-basin water transfers to the Kafue River Basin (KRB). The research objectives …
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Understanding changes in mangrove forests and the implications to community livelihood and resource management in Kenya
… There is an intricate relationship between resource use and degradation and resource-dependent communities. Dependency on resources can lead to an ecosystem's degradation if management disregards local people's needs. Degraded mangroves are more vulnerable to environmental changes and may be …
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Applying the United Nations Framework Classification for Resources to Critical Raw Materials: A case study of Italy in the context the European Critical Raw Materials Act
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