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Showing 1 to 4 of 4 for “"scientific assessments"”.
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Bridging the divide : incorporating local ecological knowledge into U.S. natural resource management
… based on the growing recognition that Western, scientific management has discounted the value of local ecological knowledge (LEK), a system of knowledge developed over time through observation and interaction with the natural environment. Although advocates have expounded the benefits of using …
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Holding the line: assembling and mapping local and traditional knowledge of historic injustice and environmental change held by handline fishers in the Cape Agulhas region
… Biodiversity (CBD), United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), and the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) call for the incorporation of local knowledge into environmental governance for the sake of achieving …
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On potential effects from the aviation and refrigeration sectors on ozone and climate
… of supersonic aircraft that were examined in scientific assessments over 20 years ago. This study uses an advanced global atmospheric model to provide a modern baseline relative to the prior analyses. The results show that the derived impact on the distribution of atmospheric ozone is similar …
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Taking responsibility for climate knowledge in a warming world: Exploring responsibility assembled in and around the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
This thesis interrogates what it means for expert climate knowledge holders to take responsibility for what they know in a warming world. ‘Responsibility’ in the context of climate change is often invoked around historical responsibility for emissions and cause-effect relations. However, conceptual …