Essays about: "community-based conservation"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 32 essays containing the words community-based conservation.

  1. 16. The expansion of agriculture in Kenya and its effect on the African elephant

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Animal Environment and Health

    Author : Charlotte Öhman; [2015]
    Keywords : African elephant; Loxodonta africana; crop raiding; agriculture; expansion;

    Abstract : The human-elephant conflict is the biggest threat to the population of African elephants (Loxodonta africana). One example of this is elephants entering and raiding cropland that sometimes destroys farmers' major source of income. Methods of preventing crop-raids often result in fatal injuries for both people and elephants. READ MORE

  3. 17. Wildlife resources- a victim of "the Tragedy of the Commons"?- A case study of Zambia

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för företagande och ledning

    Author : Emelie Lin; [2015]
    Keywords : Community based natural resource management; Tragedy of the commons; Zambia; Common-pool resources theory; Incentive theory;

    Abstract : Environmental resources consist of a vast diversity of ecosystems and species from forests, waters and wildlife. These resources can be seen as public goods as they provide valuable services to people, but rarely do they have a fair (or any) market price assigned to them. READ MORE

  4. 18. Den gröna ön: resurs eller museum : om naturresursförvaltning i Malawi, Afrika

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Alma Löfstrand; [2015]
    Keywords : naturresursförvaltning; Community-based conservation; landsbygdsutveckling; Malawi;

    Abstract : Vilket motiv och vilken metod som används för att bevara ekosystem, växt- och djurarter har skiftat under olika epoker. Idag skyddas naturreservaten genom mer eller mindre lyckade metoder, och för att lyckas behövs olika faktorer uppfyllas. READ MORE

  5. 19. Integrating preservation of indigenous culture with the REDD objectives : Experiences of the Suruí Carbon Project

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

    Author : Daria Shakisheva; [2015]
    Keywords : Suruí Carbon Project; REDD; indigenous communities; community based forest management; sustainable development; dwelling;

    Abstract : As the urgency of tackling climate change globally is pressed against equally urgent needs for local development, the REDD framework is gaining importance as a flexible market- based mechanism, which can potentially be instrumental for the development of local communities. However, such win-win ambitions of projects that integrate development and conservation have been tested for the past two decades, and existing research attests to their questionable outcome with respect to either the interests of local communities, or the environmental objectives, or both. READ MORE

  6. 20. Local livelihoods, conservation and mining: An uneven struggle over land access in Punta de Choros, Chile

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

    Author : Paula Lenninger; [2015]
    Keywords : Sustainable Development; Natural Resource Management; Mining; Community Development; Local Livelihoods; Artisanal Fisheries;

    Abstract : The purpose of this thesis is to explore the relation between national economic ventures, environmental security and community development. It does so through a case study of the implementation process of an iron and copper mine (La Dominga Project) in a “biodiversity hotspot” in central-northern Chile. READ MORE