Essays about: "Community-based conservation"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 32 essays containing the words Community-based conservation.

  1. 1. Engaged Employees in Energy Conservation : exploring how to get there

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för byggnadsteknik, energisystem och miljövetenskap

    Author : Linnea Bedoire; Maria Nordling; [2023]
    Keywords : community-based social marketing; pharmaceutical industry; employee engagement; energy conservation; intervention; workplace; norms; pro-environmental behaviors;

    Abstract : Energy consumption is one of the major contributors to greenhouse gas emissions and to climate change. Renewable energy sources are one way of mitigating the problem, but behavioral change and reductions in consumption are also required. READ MORE

  3. 2. Community awareness regarding the páramos: an exploratory study on Colombian eco-social organizations

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för socialt arbete och kriminologi

    Author : Mariana Caviativa Rojas; Marie Karunaratne Chathurika; [2023]
    Keywords : Rural and urban communities; eco-social work; environmental justice framework; eco-social approach; eco-social organizations; páramos; Colombia.;

    Abstract : This qualitative study explores how eco-social organizations in Colombia work with the communities to protect the páramos, and the issues affecting the páramos. Workers, volunteers, and advisors of the organizations were interviewed to examine the issues affecting the páramos and how they work with the communities to protect this ecosystem. READ MORE

  4. 3. 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

  5. 4. Evidence use in conservation practice : Using interviews to understand the opinions of conservation practitioners on the use, availability, and diversity of evidence in conservation practice

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Stockholm Resilience Centre

    Author : Raf Erik Veerle Jansen; [2022]
    Keywords : Conservation; practitioner; evidence-based; local ecological knowledge;

    Abstract : There has been a discussion in the last decades about a perceived lack of scientific evidence use in conservation practice, affecting its legitimacy and efficiency. Some researchers argue that peer-reviewed science is rarely used in conservation practice. READ MORE

  6. 5. Sustainable Use: A Contentious Promise - A Case Study on International Funding of Consumptive Sustainable Wildlife Use in South Africa's Biodiversity Economy

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Mara Glas; [2022]
    Keywords : biodiversity economy; sustainable use; international conservation finance; community-based conservation; economic development; wildlife economics; South Africa; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : In South Africa, sustainable use of wildlife is widely recognized as providing economic incentives and actively engaging rural communities in conservation management. Aiming to combat rampant poverty and wildlife crime in communities around protected areas (PAs), the country’s biodiversity economy envisions to scale (non-)consumptive activities in the pursuit of creating economically and environmentally viable wildlife businesses. READ MORE