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Showing 1 to 19 of 19 for “"natural resource use"”.
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Ethnicity and Natural Resource Use in the Western Tarai Region of Nepal
… and Pahari farmers were similar on 10--11 of 25 natural resource use parameters. On the 14--15 parameters on which the two ethnic groups did differ, 4 differences were due to geographical factors, and 3--4 were due to historical factors. Of the 5--6 differences rooted in culture, 3--4 differences …
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Nature's contributions to people: socio-economic assessments of strategies to conserve natural capital and guide the sustainable provision and equitable distribution of ecosystem services in developing countries
Natural resources continue to be unsustainably used and their benefits inequitably shared. In many instances economic incentives and resource management approaches have not led to the sustainable use or equitable distribution of the benefits of natural resources such as fisheries and forests. This …
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Reduce, Reuse, Recycle? An Examination of Factors Influencing Environmental Behavior in Denver, Colorado
… of municipal solid waste have important natural resource management implications, in that they both reduce energy, water, and raw natural resource use. Responsible waste management also likely has positive climate impacts by virtue of reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Recycling and …
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Planter's Paradise: Nature, Culture, and Hawaiʻi’s Sugarcane Plantations
… Euro-American groups influenced agriculture and natural resource use, and how the politics of planting contributed to the rise of American hegemony over the islands. With research grounded in plantation records, agricultural association publications, popular media, and personal correspondence, I …
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Sustainable tourism in protected areas? : an ecological economics case study of the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area
… concept of sustainable development. A particular natural resource use, tourism in protected areas, is selected for investigation in this context. A working definition for "sustainable tourism in protected" areas is developed, based on reviews of the literature on sustainable development and …
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Sustainable tourism in protected areas? : an ecological economics case study of the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area
… concept of sustainable development. A particular natural resource use, tourism in protected areas, is selected for investigation in this context. A working definition for "sustainable tourism in protected" areas is developed, based on reviews of the literature on sustainable development and …
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Beyond the Biological: William Beebe, the Bronx Zoo, and U.S. Biological Field Stations in British Guiana
… of the 20<sup>th</sup> centuries in search of natural resources and economic control of the region coincides with the introduction of ecology and resource allocation in the form of state-sanctioned conservation in the United States. The New York Zoological Society was instrumental in how the …
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The Effects of Uncertainty in the Technological Transitions of the Power Sector. Endogenous Emissions Scenarios up to 2050.
… emissions of CO2 and other long-lived greenhouse gases by the end of this century. In this context, the decarbonisation of the global power sector is of strategic importance, because low-carbon electricity has system-wide benefits that go beyond the electricity sector, enabling significant …
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Forests and fisheries in the Brazilian Amazon: Understanding incentives to comply with conservation efforts
… behavior leading to decisions regarding natural resource use and compliance with conservation policy at the government and at the community levels through the analysis of specific cases in the Brazilian Amazon. I first analyze the case of smallholder land clearing along the Transamazon …
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Understanding the Impact of Green Violence on Ndali Village, Zimbabwe
… lives of people around Ndali Village. The study uses the concept of green violence to highlight the violent nature of the conservation practices of protected areas. Secondly, the study uses political ecology approach to examine the relationship between villagers and the GNP in relation to the new …
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Local people and protected areas : a case study from Miraflor, Nicaragua
… area is into a large extent under agricultural use. Land in Miraflor is in the hands of private landowners, as it is in most of the other protected areas in Nicaragua. The difficult economical and social situation of small-scale landowners and landless people has left them little choice between …
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Distribution, Use and Cultural Meanings of Ciprés de Las Guaitecas in the Vicinity of Caleta Tortel, Chile
… of power, scale and social construction was used to problematize the availability of the tree as a resource by revealing the multiple, contrasting perspectives of different socio-political actors. National and international policy documents were analyzed in order to uncover the discourses …
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Distribution, Use and Cultural Meanings of Ciprés de Las Guaitecas in the Vicinity of Caleta Tortel, Chile
… of power, scale and social construction was used to problematize the availability of the tree as a resource by revealing the multiple, contrasting perspectives of different socio-political actors. National and international policy documents were analyzed in order to uncover the discourses …
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A new basis for the economic theory of natural resources.
… on a consistent and comprehensive theory of natural resources. Examination of current approaches to environmental policies reveals that a range of practical techniques have been developed but their application requires the sound basis of such a systematic theory of natural resources. A review …
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Investigating Access to Wildlife and Other Natural Resources in the Urbanizing Amazon
… the mechanisms that allow Amazonians to access natural resources along the gradient of urbanization. While Amazonian conservation and development policies have traditionally targeted rural areas, there is a growing need to consider the interconnectedness between urban, peri-urban (i.e. the area …
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Perceptions of Conservation and Ecotourism in the Taita-Taveta County, Kenya
… study examining conservation attitudes and resource use of 63 individuals in Kasigau, Kenya. Community members described their perceptions of conservation, the resources that they use, the location and availability of these, their support for the protection of Mt. Kasigau, their likes and …
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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
… 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 little evidence, however, about the perceived benefits and societal …