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Showing 1 to 17 of 17 for “"Wetland conservation"”.
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How Well Do Nature-Based Solutions to Climate Change Address Gender Equity?
… Examples include forest restoration, coastal wetland conservation, and no-till agriculture, among other practices. In this thesis, I employ an intersectional feminist political ecology perspective to critically examine the integration of gender equity within such nature-based solutions. I make …
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New methods to improve detection and classification on waterfowl and tree in aerial images
… and their classification is vital for wetland conservation, and deep learning has recently demonstrated significant potential in detecting waterfowl from aerial images. This dissertation introduces several innovative methods to enhance waterfowl detection and classification. First, the …
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Fairy shrimp (Anostraca) in the vernal pools of Eastern Washington
<p>Vernal pools are ephemeral wetlands that retain water annually from winter and spring precipitation and snowmelt but are dry the rest of the year. Though important habitats and sources of freshwater biodiversity, they are little accounted for in wetland conservation and restoration practices. …
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Identifying Erosional Trends of Upper Galveston Bay Salt Marshes from 2004-2018 High Resolution Imagery: A GIS and Remote Sensing Analysis
Remote sensing has been a part of contemporary wetland conservation practices for many years. Data generated by aerial and satellite imagery has proven invaluable to assessing the health of wetland environments. Utilizing imagery of a certain location over the course of many years can produce a …
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Using state-space time series analysis on wetland bird species to formulate effective bioindicators in the Barberspan wetland
… is a dataset containing waterbird counts from wetlands across South Africa, going as far back as 1970. These data contain valuable information on population sizes and their trends over time. This information could be used more widely if it was more easily accessible to users. The aim of this …
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Common Grounds in Shared Waters Integrated Design for Negotiating Equitable Development in Gosabara-Mokarsagar
… economic development, ecotourism, and avian conservation. First, I established a common ground with a local NGO, Mokarsagar Wetland Conservation Committee, by using photography, videography, and drawings to raise public awareness about this unique landscape. Initially intuitive and later …
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Ecological Understanding through Transdisciplinary Art and Participatory Biology
… and stewardship are paramount for long-term conservation of species and ecosystems. Although artists and biologists tend to stay confined to their professional boundaries, and their discourses largely remain inaccessible to larger audiences, arguments here are presented for a combined …
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Community management of wetland ecology and socio-economic costs of wetland degradation in mudaswali Wetland, Limpopo Province, South Africa
Wetlands are one of the most degraded ecosystems on the earth's surface. In South Africa, loss and degradation of wetland ecosystems have occurred particularly through a variety of human activities. This loss of value of wetlands have impacts on functions such as water purification, flood control, …
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EVALUATING THE POTENTIAL OF TEMPERATE INLAND MINERAL SOIL WETLANDS AS NATURAL CLIMATE SOLUTIONS
… (NCS), with temperate inland mineral soil wetlands emerging as key ecosystems due to their ability to sequester atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO₂) while providing numerous co-benefits. However, wetlands are considered substantial natural sources of methane (CH₄), a potent greenhouse gas (GHG) …
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Causes of the decline in the loss of vegetated palustrine wetlands in the U.S. 1955 - 2009
… States had lost over 50 percent of its original wetland resources. The U.S. National Wetland Inventory estimates that 95 percent of annual wetland losses since 1955 occurred to palustrine wetlands. The majority of these losses occurred to the three types of palustrine vegetated wetlands: …
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Mitigation Strategies for Developed Areas of Galveston Bay
Although wetlands in Texas comprise less than 5 percent of the State's total area, Texas is one of 19 states that has exhibited the most significant loss of wetland ecosystems (Tiner, 1984). Studies conducted in the past decade indicate that much of this loss can be attributed to human impacts from …
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Diversity and Abundance of Bees in Canadian Prairie Agroecosystems: Understanding the Role of Remnant and Restored Habitat in Supporting Native Bee Populations
… bee communities throughout Western Canada. Wetland remnants are a common feature within the Prairie Pothole Region of Saskatchewan and are threatened due to continued conversion to agricultural land. Approximately sixty-one million acres of land are dedicated to agriculture in Saskatchewan. …
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Wetland mitigation banking as a tool for conservation
This comment proposes that wetland mitigation banking under Section 404 of the Clean Water Act be employed by land trusts and conservation groups to generate revenue for funding land acquisitions and on-going stewardship for both wetland and wetland-related upland habitats threatened or impacted by …
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Development Of An Avian Index Of Biological Integrity For Kentucky Wetlands
… to assess environmental conditions, including in wetland habitats. I developed an avian index of biological integrity (IBI) for wetlands of Kentucky as an intensive assessment method to supplement an existing rapid assessment method used in regulatory programs. Birds are useful indicators because …
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Vascular flora of Bark Camp Barrens WMA, Coffee County, Tennessee
… were found to reside in geographically isolated wetlands, which are under imminent threat of deregulation in Tennessee.
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Critical inquiry into ecologicalally responsive architecture : a case study of the Isimangaliso Wetland Park (KwaZulu-Natal)
Submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree Master in Built Environment: Architecture, Durban University of Technology, Durban, South Africa, 2025.
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Comparison of Bare Root vs. Potted Plants, Species Selection, and Caging Types for Restoration of a Prairie Wetland, and Quantitative Analysis and Descriptive Survey of Plant Communities and Associations at Lewisville Lake Environmental Learning Area (LLELA), Lewisville, TX
… were highest in the forests and lowest in the wetlands; evenness, though not different across ecosystems, demonstrated a strong seasonal component. The species list was compared with previously reported lists for Denton County, and 256 species identified had not been previously reported for the …