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Showing 1 to 20 of 37 for “"area management"”.
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An evaluation of protected area management planning and policy in Bangladesh
… reviews and evaluates the current status of management planning and policy in Protected Areas (PAs) in Bangladesh via a case study of two Wildlife Sanctuaries and one National Park. Using a mixed method approach, the research evaluates the perceptions and attitudes of local residents and …
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Using human-environment theory to investigate human valuing in protected area management
… the community may assist with conservation or management of discrete areas was cited in the literature, and assessing the possibility of community involvement is the focus for this study. The research used a case study strategy to examine Human-Environment theory, which refers to the study of …
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Land-use planning in the Liesbeeck-Black River confluence area: management recommendations and land-use alternatives
… on the Liesbeeck-Black River Confluence Area (hereinafter referred to as Confluence Area) gathered by the 1993-1994 Environmental and Geographical Science (EN GEO) Master of Philosophy (MPhil) class (see Appendix A). This dissertation is submitted to the examiners for evaluation as a …
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A spatial stochastic programming model for timber and core area management under risk of stand-replacing fire
… models seldom address explicit spatial forest management concerns under the influence of natural disturbances. In this research study, we employ multistage full recourse stochastic programming models to explore the challenges and advantages of building spatial optimization models that account …
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Responses of different community user groups to biodiversity conservation of protected areas in lowland fynbos : the case of the Wolfgat Nature Reserve
… status of imperiled lowland fynbos protected areas (PAs) have made conservation managers realize that getting local communities and user groups to beneficially use protected areas involving them in protected area management in a manner that links with local socio-economic priorities is an …
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Indigenous women park rangers in the United States: belonging, resistance, and rematriation in colonial park system workplaces
… crises, conservation and natural resource management (NRM) remain constrained by colonial and gendered systems that limit the full inclusion of Indigenous women and their knowledge. This dissertation explores how Indigenous women park rangers in the United States (U.S.) experience, …
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Monitoring and Assessment of Military Installation Land Condition under Training Disturbance using Remote Sensing
… of Army initiated an Integrated Training Area Management (ITAM) program to manage training lands through assessing their environmental requirements and establishing policies and procedures to achieve optimum, sustainable use of training lands. One of the programs under ITAM, Range and …
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Wetland Characteristics of Avian Cholera Outbreaks and Surface Water Transfer in the Nebraska Rainwater Basin Area
… year since 1975 in Nebraska’s rainwater basin area. Disease outbreaks in migrating waterfowl populations just prior to the nesting season are of concern to biologists. Feedlots and itner-wetland basin surface water transfer mechanisms of the avian cholera causative agent, P. multocida, were …
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Understanding perceptions of social-ecological systems and preferences for the future in protected area communities
… are prime examples of how public land management agencies are faced with challenging tradeoffs among healthy ecosystems, local economies, and the needs of diverse stakeholders. The communities surrounding Denali are composed of diverse interest groups that hold multiple visions for the …
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The Effectiveness of Periodically-Harvested Closures in Meeting Ecological and Socioeconomic Objectives
… form of community-based marine spatial management used throughout the Indo-Pacific that also is currently being intensively advocated by conservation organizations for supporting productive fisheries and healthy marine ecosystems. However, local implementation of PHCs has historically …
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Wildlife as a Priority in Park Development: A Study of Illinois Park Professionals
… but offer the potential for the improvement of management strategies and recreational opportunities. Data was collected using mixed methods. City recreation practitioners statewide were invited to complete a self-administered questionnaire considering wildlife as a decision-making factor in land …
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Prioritization of conservation areas using species distribution modeling based on current data of butterflies in Johor
… distributions so that high-priority conservation areas can be identified. Species distribution modeling (SDM) is an approach that can overcome the time and budget constraints of protected area management. This research aims at providing an efficient method for stakeholders to develop conservation …
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Causes and Consequences of Displacement Decision-making in Banhine National Park, Mozambique
… in and reliant on resources in strict protected areas around the world. This research investigated the causes and consequences of displacement decision-making in Banhine National Park (BNP), Mozambique. I investigated causes using political-economic, actor-centered, and post-structural …
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Causes and Consequences of Displacement Decision-making in Banhine National Park, Mozambique
… in and reliant on resources in strict protected areas around the world. This research investigated the causes and consequences of displacement decision-making in Banhine National Park (BNP), Mozambique. I investigated causes using political-economic, actor-centered, and post-structural …
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Management training for school principals : a survey of the content of a selection of available training courses and of the opinions of a group of school principals in the Cape Town Metropolitan Area
… school principals in the Cape Town metropolitan area and compares the content of these courses with a list of the tasks and skills required of principals in the 1990's identified from a survey of the international literature. The aim is to determine the extent to which these courses are dealing …
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Militarisation of conservation, violence and local people: the case of Sikumi Forest Reserve in Zimbabwe
Violence in protected areas has become more pronounced in the last decade due to the increasing use of military practices in conservation. This study examines the texture and nature of everyday militarisation and violence effected in protected areas different from national parks and wildlife …
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Detection and prediction of biodiversity patterns as a rapid assessment tool in the tropical forest of East Usambara, Eastern Arc Mountains, Tanzania
… can identify above-average tree species richness areas within the humid forests. I developed the model based on geo-referenced field data and satellite image-based variables from the Amani Nature Reserve, the largest forest sector in the East Usambara. I then verified the model by applying it to …
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The Effectiveness of Protected Areas in Central Africa: A Remotely Sensed Measure of Deforestation and Access
For protected areas that are extensively forested, the rate of deforestation is one indicator of the integrity of the protected area, and the effectiveness of protected area management. The goal of this study was to examine the deforestation rate in protected areas in Central Africa. Using remote …
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Incorporating costs and processes into systematic conservation planning in a biodiversity hotspot
… that uses spatially explicit data to identify areas that meet conservation targets efficiently, usually focusing on species’ representation. Only rarely is the long-term persistence of species taken into account and the costs of conservation are usually ignored. I use the Eastern Arc Mountains …
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Traditional authorities and co-management of protected areas in South Africa: the case of Dwesa-Cwebe Nature Reserve in the Eastern Cape
… authorities in the post-land claim co-management of protected areas in the former Bantustans of South Africa, using the Dwesa-Cwebe Nature Reserve (DCNR) in the Eastern Cape as a case study. The DCNR was one of the first successful land claims involving a protected area under South …
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