Between Preservation And Exploitation

Author : Kemi Fuentes-George
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2016-03-25
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780262528764

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Between Preservation and Exploitation by Kemi Fuentes-George Pdf

A study of biodiversity governance analyzes the factors that determine the effectiveness of transnational advocacy networks and the importance of justice claims to conservation. In the late 2000s, ordinary citizens in Jamaica and Mexico demanded that government put a stop to lucrative but environmentally harmful economic development activities—bauxite mining in Jamaica and large-scale tourism and overfishing on the eastern coast of the Yucatán Peninsula. In each case, the catalyst for the campaign was information gathered and disseminated by transnational advocacy networks (TANs) of researchers, academics, and activists. Both campaigns were successful despite opposition from industry supporters. Meanwhile, simultaneous campaigns to manage land in another part of the Yucatán and to conserve migratory birds in Egypt had far less success. In this book, Kemi Fuentes-George uses these four cases to analyze factors that determine the success or failure of efforts by TANs to persuade policymakers and private sector actors in developing countries to change environmental behavior. Fuentes-George argues that in order to influence the design and implementation of policy, TANs must generate a scientific consensus, create social relationships with local actors, and advocate for biodiversity in a way that promotes local environmental justice. Environmentally just policies would allow local populations access to their lands provided they use natural resources sustainably. Justice claims are also more likely to generate needed support among local groups for conservation projects. In their conservation efforts, Jamaica, Mexico, and Egypt were attempting to meet their obligations under the UN Convention on Biological Diversity and other regional agreements. Fuentes-George's innovative analysis shows the importance of local environmental justice for the implementation of international environmental treaties.

Author : Susan L. Cutter,William H. Renwick
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105111805896

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Exploitation Conservation Preservation by Susan L. Cutter,William H. Renwick Pdf

Integrating physical, economic, social, and political perspectives, Cutter and Renwick's Fourth Edition presents readers with a wide range of opinions and interpretations of the major natural resource issues facing the world today.

Author : Susan L. Cutter,Hilary Lambert Renwick,William H. Renwick
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 488 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1991-03-27
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UOM:39015021834356

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Exploitation, Conservation, Preservation by Susan L. Cutter,Hilary Lambert Renwick,William H. Renwick Pdf

Using a geographic approach to the study of the environment and environmental policy, the authors have successfully integrated physical, economic, social and political considerations of the major natural resource issues facing the world today. Features many maps, photos and other visual materials to reinforce learning. New to this edition is material on toxic substances and land resources as well as a focus on current issues in the topic.

Author : D.O. Hall,N. Myers,M.S. Margaris
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789400955028

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Economics of ecosystems management by D.O. Hall,N. Myers,M.S. Margaris Pdf

This volume contains selected papers presented at the International Symposium on 'Economics of Eco system Management' held in Halkidiki, Greece from 26 to 30 September 1983. The meeting was designed to consider as much as possible the interaction between the economy and ecology, and in parallel to provide a forum for the presentation of the ecological and developmental initiatives of the Ministry of Youth of Greece. As chairman of the organizing committee I want to express our thanks to OECD, EEC and UNESCO for sponsoring the Symposium. From Greece the Ministries of Culture and Environment are gratefully acknowl edged. Last but not least, I want to express our sincere thanks for the continuous support to the Ministry of Youth and Sports of Greece, and especially to the Minister Mr. Kostas Laliotis because he not only adopted the idea for sponsoring events like this, but also because of his interest which became obvious with his presence and talk during the meeting. The staff of the Ecology Division, namely Drs. M. Arianoutsou and D. Vokou, Messrs. J. Pandis, Th.A. Mardiris, S. Paraskevopoulos and Miss A. Papagianni provided great help concerning the organization, as well as Mrs. A. Karamanli-Vlahopoulou, my secretary, who is always behind these events. N.S. Margaris Contents Preface by N. S. Margaris V List of contributors VIII PART ONE: INTRODUCTION 1. Opening address by G. Schneider ................................................................. .

Author : Sonia A. Socaci,Anca C. Fărcaş,Thierry Aussenac,Jean-Claude Laguerre
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2020-02-26
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781789854251

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Food Preservation and Waste Exploitation by Sonia A. Socaci,Anca C. Fărcaş,Thierry Aussenac,Jean-Claude Laguerre Pdf

One of the biggest challenges facing the food industry and society is the reduction of food waste. Annually, all over the world, millions of tons of agro-food waste are produced, and their efficient management and valorization represents one of the main objectives of EU actions towards sustainable development. The book compiles information on the possibilities of the recovery of valuable compounds from food waste and their valorization in different food and non-food applications, as well as new preservation methods for optimizing food waste reduction.

Author : Ana Pereira Roders,Francesco Bandarin
Publisher : Springer
Page : 591 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2019-02-07
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789811088872

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Reshaping Urban Conservation by Ana Pereira Roders,Francesco Bandarin Pdf

This volume focuses on the implementation of the 2011 UNESCO Recommendation on the Historic Urban Landscape (HUL approach), designed to foster the integration of heritage management in regional and urban planning and management, and strengthen the role of heritage in sustainable urban development.Earlier publications and research looked at the underlying theory of why the HUL approach was needed and how this theory was developed and elaborated by UNESCO. A comprehensive analysis was carried out in consultation with a multitude of actors in the twenty-first-century urban scene and with disciplinary approaches that are available to heritage managers and practitioners to implement the HUL approach.This volume aims to be empirical, describing, analyzing, and comparing 28 cities taken as case studies to implement the HUL approach. From those cases, many lessons can be learned and much guidance shared on best practices concerning what can be done to make the HUL approach work.Whereas the previous studies served to illustrate issues and challenges, in this volume the studies point to innovations in regional and urban planning and management that can allow cities to avoid major conflicts and to further develop in competitiveness. These accomplishments have been possible by building partnerships, devising financial strategies, and using heritage as a key resource in sustainable urban development, to name but a few effective strategies.For these reasons, this volume is primarily pragmatic, linked to the daily work and challenges of practitioners and administrators, using specific cases to assess what was and is good about current practices and what can be improved, in accordance with the HUL approach and aims.

Author : Joseph M. Petulla
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Nature
ISBN : UCAL:B4580363

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American Environmental History by Joseph M. Petulla Pdf

Author : Mark Dowie
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 373 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2011-02-25
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780262260626

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Conservation Refugees by Mark Dowie Pdf

How native people—from the Miwoks of Yosemite to the Maasai of eastern Africa—have been displaced from their lands in the name of conservation. Since 1900, more than 108,000 officially protected conservation areas have been established worldwide, largely at the urging of five international conservation organizations. About half of these areas were occupied or regularly used by indigenous peoples. Millions who had been living sustainably on their land for generations were displaced in the interests of conservation. In Conservation Refugees, Mark Dowie tells this story. This is a “good guy vs. good guy” story, Dowie writes; the indigenous peoples' movement and conservation organizations have a vital common goal—to protect biological diversity—and could work effectively and powerfully together to protect the planet and preserve biological diversity. Yet for more than a hundred years, these two forces have been at odds. The result: thousands of unmanageable protected areas and native peoples reduced to poaching and trespassing on their ancestral lands or “assimilated” but permanently indentured on the lowest rungs of the money economy. Dowie begins with the story of Yosemite National Park, which by the turn of the twentieth century established a template for bitter encounters between native peoples and conservation. He then describes the experiences of other groups, ranging from the Ogiek and Maasai of eastern Africa and the Pygmies of Central Africa to the Karen of Thailand and the Adevasis of India. He also discusses such issues as differing definitions of “nature” and “wilderness,” the influence of the “BINGOs” (Big International NGOs, including the Worldwide Fund for Nature, Conservation International, and The Nature Conservancy), the need for Western scientists to respect and honor traditional lifeways, and the need for native peoples to blend their traditional knowledge with the knowledge of modern ecology. When conservationists and native peoples acknowledge the interdependence of biodiversity conservation and cultural survival, Dowie writes, they can together create a new and much more effective paradigm for conservation.

Author : Jonathan Ashley-Smith
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2013-10-28
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 9781135144722

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Risk Assessment for Object Conservation by Jonathan Ashley-Smith Pdf

'Risk Assessment for Object Conservation' reflects Dr Jonathan Ashley-Smith's personal interests and views in areas including materials science, the ethics of restoration, the costs of conservation and the philosophy of museums. This valuable book explains the mechanisms of deterioration of museum artifacts, quantifying the probability that damage will occur and estimating the rate of progress when it does. The principles outlined and the information provided will form a foundation for cost-benefit analysis of conservation proposals. Dr Ashley-Smith also gives comprehensive explanations of scientific of mathematical material to take into consideration the readers who have no background in these areas, alongside a basic introduction. The structure of the book provides a logical progression through tools, concepts information and examples. This is a must-have purchase for all conservators, curators and administrators of historic artifacts at both student and professional level.

Author : Jessica Campese
Publisher : CIFOR
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2009-01-01
Category : Biodiversity conservation
ISBN : 9789791412896

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Rights-based Approaches by Jessica Campese Pdf

Author : Susan L. Cutter
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2007-05-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0470195959

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Exploitation Conservation Preservation by Susan L. Cutter Pdf

Author : William Lowry
Publisher : Brookings Institution Press
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2010-12-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0815720238

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The Capacity for Wonder by William Lowry Pdf

The national parks of North America are great public treasures, visited by 300 million people each year. Set aside to be kept in relatively natural condition, these remarkable places of forests, rivers, mountains, and wildlife still inspire our "capacity for wonder." Today, however, the parks are threatened by increasingly difficult problems from both inside and outside their borders. This book, enriched with personal anecdotes of the author's trips throughout the parks of North America, examines changes in the park services of the United States and Canada over the past fifteen years. William Lowry describes the many challenges facing the parks—such as rising crime, tourism, and overcrowding, pollution, eroding funding for environmental research, and the contentious debate over preservation versus use—and the abilities of the agencies to deal with them. The Capacity for Wonder provides a revealing comparison of the U.S. National Park Service (NPS) and the Canadian Parks Service (CPS). The author explains that, while the services are similar in many ways, the priorities of these two agencies have changed dramatically in recent years. Lowry shows how increasing conflicts over agency goals and decreasing institutional support have make the NPS vulnerable to interagency disputes, reluctant to take any risks in its operations, and extremely responsive to political pressures. As a result, U.S. national parks are now managed mainly to serve political purposes. Lowry illustrates how in the 1980s politicians pushed the NPS to expand private uses of national parks through development, timber harvesting, grazing, and mining, while environmental groups push the NPS in the other direction. Over the same period, the CPS enjoyed a clarification of goals and increased institutional supports. As a result, the CPS has been able to decentralize its structure, empower its employees, and renew its commitment to preservation. Lowry considers several proposals to change the institutions governing the parks. His own recommendations are more in line with proposals to revitalize public agencies than with those that suggest replacing them with private enterprise, state agencies, or endowment boards. Lowry concludes that preserving nature should be the primary, explicit goal of the park services, and he calls for a stronger commitment to that goal in the United States.

Author : Ken Ross
Publisher : University Press of Colorado
Page : 569 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2017-10-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781607327141

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Pioneering Conservation in Alaska by Ken Ross Pdf

A companion volume to Environmental Conflict in Alaska, Pioneering Conservation in Alaska chronicles the central land and wildlife issues and the growth of environmental conservation in Alaska during its Russian and territorial eras. The Alaskan frontier tempted fur traders, whalers, salmon fishers, gold miners, hunters, and oilmen to take what they could without regard for long-term consequences. Wildlife species, ecosystems, and Native cultures suffered, sometimes irreparably. Damage to wildlife and lands drew the attention of environmentalists, including John Muir, who applied their influence to enact wildlife protection laws and set aside lands for conservation. Alaska served as a testing ground for emergent national resource policy in the United States, as environmental values of species and ecosystem sustainability replaced the unrestrained exploitation of Alaska's early frontier days. Efforts of conservation leaders and the territory's isolation, small human population, and late development prevented widespread destruction and gave Americans a unique opportunity to protect some of the world's most pristine wilderness. Enhanced by more than 100 photographs, Pioneering Conservation in Alaska illustrates the historical precedents for current natural resource disputes in Alaska and will fascinate readers interested in wildlife and conservation.

Author : International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources,United Nations Environment Programme,World Wildlife Fund,Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations,Unesco
Publisher : IUCN
Page : 76 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Conservation of natural resources
ISBN : 9782880321048

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Estrategia mundial para la conservación by International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources,United Nations Environment Programme,World Wildlife Fund,Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations,Unesco Pdf

Author : Sylvester Chibueze Izah,Matthew Chidozie Ogwu
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 691 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2023-04-17
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789811969744

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Sustainable Utilization and Conservation of Africa’s Biological Resources and Environment by Sylvester Chibueze Izah,Matthew Chidozie Ogwu Pdf

This edited book highlights the potential and actual contributions of the sustainable management and utilization of indigenous biological resources and environment for the development of Africa. The book centers on documenting current trends and issues in the field of resource use and conservation with the view of emphasizing their benefits to the pursuit of development within the region. By documenting the array of natural resources and environment in Africa, this book addresses the topical knowledge and understanding gaps that characterize conservation (rationale for sustainable resource exploration), utilization patterns, and conservation challenges including policy status, environmental threats, impacts of tourism, reduction in food resources, etc., and their effects on the sustainable development of Africa. Through an integrated approach, the book focuses on below and above-ground biological resources and the diverse scales of environment that characterize Africa. This collection of works is very helpful for natural and social scientists, policymakers, strategists, researchers, government and non-government organizations, biodiversity and environmental managers, climate change scientists, practitioners, activists, conservationists, academics, ecologists, undergraduate and postgraduate students, and others who want to learn about and understand the best way to use and protect Africa's resources and heritage sustainably.