Essays about: "Community natural resources management"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 64 essays containing the words Community natural resources management.

1. 1. Incorporation of Environmental Features into Peacebuilding Initiatives at Three Actor Leadership Levels : A Case Study of Liberia

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

   Author : Mathilda Olsson; [2023]
   Keywords : Environmental Peacebuilding; Conflict; Natural resources; Forest resources; Forest resource management; Human needs; Actors in peacebuilding; Community forestry; Liberia;

   Abstract : Environmental change and degradation, and increasing intrastate armed conflict are two pressing challenges of our time. Regions with highest rates of intrastate armed conflict have shown to overlap with regions of highest dependency on natural resources for livelihood provision and survival, where research of interrelatedness between conflict and environmental degradation, the environment-conflict nexus, increased during the 1990s. READ MORE

3. 2. Vulnerability & Resilience in an Ageing Population : A Case Study on Individual Self-Reliance & Community-Based Disaster Risk Reduction Policies in Japan

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

   Author : Victor Bergenek; [2023]
   Keywords : Disaster Risk Reduction; DRR; Ageing Population; Vulnerability; Resilience; DRM; Disaster Risk Management; Individual Self Reliance; Community-Based Disaster Risk Reduction; Japan; Case Study; Elderly; Vulnerable Groups.;

   Abstract : Natural disasters and hazards pose significant risks and challenges for people and communities all around the world, among the groups most vulnerable to these events are elderly populations who face physical, social, and psychological hardships in the face of disasters. The vulnerability and lacking resilience of elderly are a growing global concern as their proportion of the world's population is steadily increasing with an estimated 1 in 6 people being aged 65 and over by 2050, doubling the current number. READ MORE

4. 3. Techno-economic fesibility of a hybrid CSP (sCO2) - PV plant for hydrogen production

   University essay from KTH/Skolan för industriell teknik och management (ITM)

   Author : Patricia Perez De La Calle; [2023]
   Keywords : Soec oxide electrolyzer cell SOEC ; Concentrated solar plant CSP ; Super critical cO2 sCO2 ; photovoltaic field PV ; Thermal storage TES ; electrolyzer; MoSES; high temperature electrolysis THE .;

   Abstract : The global need to eliminate CO2 emissions and its consequent reduction in the use of fossil fuels drives the ongoing energy transition that highly involves the research achievements of the scientific community to reach the goals of this purpose. Renewable sources like photovoltaic and wind energy, are central to this endeavor, however, the intermittency of natural resources makes it non-dispatchable and energy storage is fundamental. READ MORE

5. 4. Beyond Conservation: Unlocking livelihoods, empowering communities : The case of Mamirauá

   University essay from Linköpings universitet/Tema Miljöförändring

   Author : Alejandra Leon Lavandera; [2023]
   Keywords : CBNRM; local livelihoods; participatory approach; protected area;

   Abstract : The spread of Community-based Natural Resources Management (CBNRM) programs can be attributed to the failure of top-down approaches and the development of more equitable governance strategies. A CBNRM approach seeks to fulfill dual objectives by balancing environmental conservation goals and local livelihood opportunities. READ MORE

6. 5. From Grassroot to Global: Community-Based Entrepreneurs Shaping Systemic Change

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Merel Evers; Merel Jasmijn Hulst; [2023]
   Keywords : Depletion of natural resources; re-organizing the economy; bottom-up efforts; community-based entrepreneurship; common-based economy; eco-villages; community boundary management; collective action; social and environmental change; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : This research explores how community-based entrepreneurs can contribute to the reorganization of natural resource management and find solutions to environmental problems within the current capitalist economy. Recent scholars on post-capitalism, believe that the economy can be organized by different institutions than the market and investigate the role of individuals as catalyst of environmental and social change from the bottom up. READ MORE