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Author : Phil Macoun,Ravi Prabhu
Publisher : CIFOR
Page : 82 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1999-01-01
Category : Forest management
ISBN : 9789798764271
Author : Robert John Raison,Alan Gordon Brown,David W. Flinn
Publisher : CABI
Page : 490 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Electronic books
ISBN : 0851998925
There is increasing pressure on the forestry industry to adopt sustainable practices, but a lack of knowledge about how to facilitate this, and how to measure sustainability. This book reviews current thinking about scientifically based indicators, and sustainable management of natural forests and plantations. Information is applicable to boreal, temperate and tropical biomes. The contents have been developed from papers presented at a IUFRO conference held in Australia, in order to develop a state-of the art report on this subject.
Author : Bengt Lindell
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2017-05-26
Category : LAW
ISBN : 9781786430205
Providing an accessible introduction to the application of multi-criteria analysis in law, this book illustrates how simple additive weighing, a well known method in decision theory, can be used in problem structuring, analysis and decision support for overall assessments and balancing of interests in the context of law.
Author : Roderick P. Neumann,Eric Hirsch
Publisher : CIFOR
Page : 121 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2000-01-01
Category : Economic development
ISBN : 9789798764516
This study is one in a series of activities undertaken by CIFOR to reach a better understanding of the impact of commercialisation on forest resources and what factors influence the market demand for forest products. For example, two international workshops were organized by CIFOR in 1995 and another the following year to analyse key research issues in the field of NTFP development. These workshops recognised that the process of NTFP commercialisation interacts with people’s welfare, forest management, tenure and control of resources, and forest structure and function (through ecological processes). Earlier review and analysis had generated a number of hypotheses, theories and conclusions related to the effects of commercialisation. Forest and resource tenure are likely to both affect the way a resource is managed and utilised, and be affected by changes in value due to commercialisation. Many authors have suggested that NTFP harvesting will be less damaging to biodiversity and other environmental values than management for timber. Others suggest that market pressures are likely to lead to the decline and eventual disappearance of valuable products and to severe impacts on the ecosystem. While there is a growing understanding (and acceptance) of the economic importance of forest products, especially for the poor, the potential impact of NTFP commercialisation needs to be better understood. A recommendation from the workshops was to undertake a thorough overview of the available literature to synthesise the key lessons about these areas of interaction. Such a review would critically examine the available information and analyses and identify key research areas needing further attention.
Author : Lucia Recchia,Paolo Boncinelli,Enrico Cini,Marco Vieri,Francesco Garbati Pegna,Daniele Sarri
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2011-07-03
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780857297044
Multicriteria Analysis and LCA Techniques introduces the reader to the basic principles of multicriteria analysis (MCA) and life cycle assessment (LCA) techniques. The use of these tools is rapidly becoming essential in any feasibility study for comparing different solutions, selecting the most suitable ones, and for analyzing the interface of economy and environment. The main feature of Multicriteria Analysis and LCA Techniques is the application of a new approach to the analysis of energy balance and environmental impact of agro-industrial production chains. It gives detailed descriptions of a number of food and non-food agro-industrial applications of MCA and LCA, thereby providing the reader with practical examples of the implementation of these tools in the field of agro-industry. Multicriteria Analysis and LCA Techniques represents a subsidiary reference book for both undergraduate and graduate students, and can also be used for basic or applied academic research.
Author : Kathleen McGinley
Publisher : CATIE
Page : 86 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Sustainable forestry
ISBN : 9977573808
Author : Carol J. Pierce Colfer
Publisher : CIFOR
Page : 77 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1999-01-01
Category : Forest management
ISBN : 9789798764219
Author : Carol J. Pierce Colfer,Ravi Prabhu
Publisher : CIFOR
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1999-01-01
Category : Forest management
ISBN : 9789798764264
Who Counts Most? Assessing Human Well-Being in Sustainable Forest Management presents a tool, ‘the Who Counts Matrix’, for differentiating ‘forest actors’, or people whose well-being and forest management are intimately intertwined, from other stakeholders. The authors argue for focusing formal attention on forest actors in efforts to develop sustainable forest management. They suggest seven dimensions by which forest actors can be differentiated from other stakeholders, and a simple scoring technique for use by formal managers in determining whose well-being must form an integral part of sustainable forest management in a given locale. Building on the work carried out by the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) on criteria and indicators, they present three illustrative sets of stakeholders, from Indonesia, Côte d’Ivoire and the United States, and Who Counts Matrices from seven trials, in an appendix.
Author : Carol J. Pierce Colfer
Publisher : CIFOR
Page : 66 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1999-01-01
Category : Forest management
ISBN : 9789798764226
Author : Sonia Quiroga
Publisher : Springer
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2019-01-01
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783319994628
This book compiles examples of the most widely used tools in agricultural economics that have been developed and used to analyze the impact of global change in agricultural activity. The research papers on this topic are plenty but lack the methodology. The content of this book can be used by research students exploring additional methods in agricultural economics.
Author : Heidi Wittmer,Haripriya Gundimeda
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2012-05-23
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781136344596
In this volume of the TEEB (The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity) publication series, the key concepts of the project are applied to local and regional policy and public management. The aim is to show that by taking nature's benefits into account, decision makers can promote local development to ensure human well-being and economic growth and stability, while maintaining environmental sustainability. The book explores the potential for local development provided by an approach based on nature. It offers examples of successful implementation of this approach from across the world, highlighting the importance of local decision making in management and planning. It provides tools and practical guidance for reform, and throughout the volume the economic benefits of environmental consideration at a local level are expounded. This book is intended to offer inspiration and practical suggestions for the improvement and sustainable management of the environment and human well-being. The local aspect of this book complements the focus of the previous three volumes, completing the set to provide a comprehensive approach to simultaneously improving and maintaining economic and environmental stability, as well as human well-being.
Author : Adriano Bisello,Daniele Vettorato,Richard Stephens,Pietro Elisei
Publisher : Springer
Page : 439 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2016-11-03
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783319448992
This book presents cutting-edge work on innovative planning methodologies, tools and experiences aimed at supporting the transition of our cities and regions towards a more smart and sustainable dimension. This book comprises a selection of the best papers presented at the international conference “Smart and Sustainable Planning for Cities and Regions 2015”, held in November 2015 in Bolzano, Italy. Contributions from different research fields within urban and regional planning from the scientific as well as the professional community are presented: energy planning for cities and regions, how to couple the energy-climate goals with the development or renovation of the built environment and how to tackle the vulnerability to climate change; smart and sustainable technologies, big data, integrated infrastructures and mobility management, from holistic geospatial tools to innovative apps and Internet of Things; benefits, costs and opportunities of urban transition toward a more smart and sustainable dimension, accounting and assessment of values and trade-offs within the decision making processes; governance for smart and sustainable growth, fostering place-based policy-making, active and effective stakeholders’ participation, co-production and public-private partnerships; cooperation and demonstration projects: their role in fostering the adoption of new approaches and technologies, towards the development of win-win solutions.
Author : Enrico di Bella,Sandra Fachelli,Pedro López-Roldán,Christian Suter
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2024-01-31
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783031414862
In this open access book, the editors explicitly address the issue of measuring gender equality. The book introduces readers to basic concepts of gender equality, equity and equal opportunities, then discusses measuring these phenomena, the methods of constructing indicators, and reviews the main indicators that have been proposed at the international level to measure gender equality. It then sets the theoretical discussions against the findings from a Jean Monnet project financed by the European Union to highlight the importance of a regional analysis of gender equality in four main study areas: Italy, Spain, France and Germany. The results make it clear that it is necessary to move from the purely national perspective hitherto used in gender equality analyses to a regional one because differences can be highly pronounced even within the same country. This is a self-contained volume requiring limited statistical expertise for the reader and is aimed at social researchers and policymakers who wish to address gender equality from a quantitative perspective.
Author : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
Page : 90 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2024-01-19
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789251383995
In an increasingly interconnected world, we are confronted with formidable global challenges stemming from resource depletion, unsustainable production and consumption patterns, and the alarming consequences of climate change. The scientific consensus is clear: the current models of production and consumption are pushing our planet towards unsustainable limits. While there is growing awareness of the political processes that transform environmental concerns into social issues and policy development, the absence of reliable indicators on access to natural resources hampers the integration of water, energy, and food security into the sustainable development agenda.This report endeavours to define and map natural resources-driven fragility, aiming to lay the foundation for the development of a visualization tool – a global map highlighting vulnerable areas acutely exposed to natural resources-driven fragility.By providing empirical evidence, this tool will serve as a compass, guiding decisions regarding geographical and thematic areas of intervention, thereby alleviating the burden of natural resources-driven fragility faced by the most vulnerable nations.
Author : D. Proverbs
Publisher : WIT Press
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781845645885
Flooding claims many lives worldwide each year. In addition, many more lives are affected by homelessness, disease and crop failures as a result of floods' destructiveness. The number of recent flood events coupled with climate change predictions and urban development, suggest that these statistics are likely to worsen in the future. Flooding in populated areas can cause substantial property damage as well as threaten human life. Apart form the obvious physical damage to buildings, contents and loss of life, there other more indirect losses that are often overlooked. These intangible impacts are generally associated with disruption to normal life as well as longer term health issues, including stress-related illness. The conference papers cover the following topics: Flood risk analysis, Flood risk management, Urban flood management, Flood forecasting, Risk assessment and decision making, Flood case studies, Community resilience to flooding, Energy preparedness and response, Critical infrastructure protection, Flood consequence assessment.
