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An analysis of Uukwaluudhi communal conservancy
A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Laws
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Factors affecting initial seedling establishment of hoodia gordonii in !Khob !Naub conservancy, Namibia, Africa
Abstract provided by author
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Conservancy Governance Models for Improved Environmental Management in the Western Cape Province, South Africa
… approach. Within this paradigm, a conservancy could ideally be conceived of as a collaborative environmental management institution for improved environmental management on private land. It may do so by facilitating various formal conservation stewardship and informal environmental …
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Women's Views on Conservation-Based Income Generation and Women's Empowerment in Kwandu Conservancy in Caprivi, Namibia
… empowerment, this research selected Kwandu Conservancy in Namibia's Caprivi Region for in-depth study, an area with a relatively long and nationally-praised experience with CBNRM. The research was organized around the following two questions: how do women residing in Kwandu Conservancy …
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Women's Views on Conservation-Based Income Generation and Women's Empowerment in Kwandu Conservancy in Caprivi, Namibia
… empowerment, this research selected Kwandu Conservancy in Namibia's Caprivi Region for in-depth study, an area with a relatively long and nationally-praised experience with CBNRM. The research was organized around the following two questions: how do women residing in Kwandu Conservancy …
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Capacity development for local participation in community based natural resource management of Namibia : the #Khoadi //Hôas conservancy experience
… permanence at the individual, organizational (conservancy), and community levels. The research was carried out using interviews and participatory self-assessment exercises with various conservancy stakeholders. This study uncovers why and how capacity development has to be based on local …
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Growing together: exploring the politics of knowing and conserving (bio) diversity in a small conservancy in Cape Town
… on research conducted at a small state-managed conservancy called the Edith Stephens Nature Reserve (ESNR) situated in the low-lying flatlands of the Cape Town metropolis. By tracing some of the complex and varied ways in which different ways of knowing and valuing urban "natures" and practices …
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Factors influencing the establishment of translocated eland (Taurotragus oryx) and springbok (Antidorcas marsupialis) in the Nyae Nyae conservancy, Namibia
… (Antidorcas marsupialis) in the Nyae Nyae conservancy. The study utilised a mixed-method design that involved the employment of both qualitative and quantitative data collection methodologies in obtaining primary and secondary data. Field observations were carried out to collect data on the …
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Conservation Through Limited Development: An Approach for Land Conservancies
<p>The Land Conservancy of San Luis Obispo County is interested in determining the approach that it may take if it decides to pursue conservation and limited development as a strategy to preserve land. In using conservation and limited development, the Conservancy may put into practice its core …
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The ecological viability of wildlife conservancies in the Greater Mara Ecosystem
… wildlife conservancies be applied to future conservancy initiatives. In particular, the development of a predictive tool for future conservancy site selection which ensures the ecological and economic viability of future wildlife conservancies is increasingly being sought by all stakeholders …
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Spatial frailty modelling for multidrug-resistant Tuberculosis mortality in Namibia
… people in the Okongo Community Forest and Conservancy. Traditionally, their economic system largely centred on hunting and gathering. The arrival of the bantu-speaking people in the San’s traditional hunting grounds, however, changed their economic system and livelihoods as the newcomers …
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Mapping Ancient Baldcypress Forests for Conservation at Black River, North Carolina
… trees in eastern North America and The Nature Conservancy has protected several of these stands. However, the full extent of ancient bottomland forests along Black River is not known and many valuable tracts may be vulnerable to destruction in the increasingly developed floodplain. Locating …
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Upper Salinas Headwaters Conservation Plan
… statewide landscape priorities, The Nature Conservancy, the South Coast Wildlands Program, and a countywide report completed for The Conservancy by Catherine Lambert in 2007, which utilized Geographic information Systems (GIS) to assess ecosystem attributes and growth pressure parameters. …
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Conservancies as a vehicle for achieving sustainable development : with reference to a case study in the Nyae-Nyae area of Eastern Otjozonjupa, Namibia
… the benefit of a specific community. Whilst the conservancy approach was originally designed for application on commercial farms, the intention of communal land conservancies is that a community, within a defined geographical area, jointly manage, conserve and utilise the wildlife and other …
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The Kavango-Zambezi Conservation Area (KAZA) and its dynamics in Zambia
… It uses the case study of Simalaha Community Conservancy in the Western Province of Zambia to examine the implications of the KAZA TFCAs on the local population in the conservancy. The research uses semi-structured interviews, field observations and secondary data to advance an argument that …
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Shoreline Erosion at Mad Island Marsh Preserve, Matagorda County, Texas
The Nature Conservancy of Texas (TNC) is concerned with the amount of shoreline erosion taking place at its Mad Island Marsh Preserve (MIMP), located in Matagorda Bay, Texas. The MIMP is a 7,100 acre nature preserve that borders the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway and is eroded by waves generated by …
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MONITORING NOXIOUS WEEDS INVASIONS IN RIPARIAN AREAS FOLLOWING LIVESTOCK EXCLUSION OF THE UPPER BIG HOLE RIVER VALLEY: ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT UNDER THE CANDIDATE CONSERVATION AGREEMENT WITH ASSURANCES PROJECT
As a 2008 summer intern working for the Nature Conservancy, I arrived in the Big Hole Valley and was introduced to an innovative federal land management program initiated to benefit government land managers, local ranchers, and the general public while increasing ecological integrity in the valley …
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MONITORING NOXIOUS WEEDS INVASIONS IN RIPARIAN AREAS FOLLOWING LIVESTOCK EXCLUSION OF THE UPPER BIG HOLE RIVER VALLEY: ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT UNDER THE CANDIDATE CONSERVATION AGREEMENT WITH ASSURANCES PROJECT
As a 2008 summer intern working for the Nature Conservancy, I arrived in the Big Hole Valley and was introduced to an innovative federal land management program initiated to benefit government land managers, local ranchers, and the general public while increasing ecological integrity in the valley …
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The Community of Member-Based Nature Parks: An Integration of Spatial, Socio-Demographic, and Interview Data
… often times with the goal of promoting nature conservancy and growth and to provide outdoor benefits to urban communities. Most nature centers allow visitors to participate in outdoor recreation and nature experience by either paying an annual amount to become members or a daily entrance fee. …
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Land-cover change within the peatlands along the Rocky Mountain Front, Montana: 1937-2009
… the study period. Land purchases by the Nature Conservancy of Pine Butte Fen and McDonald Swamp have preserved the natural state of those peatlands, and they hold conservation easements for three of the other fens. One peatland is owned by the state and another is located within the Lewis and …
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