Essays about: "Buffer zone policy"

Found 5 essays containing the words Buffer zone policy.

  1. 1. Major forest companies and owner associations interpretation of policies and certification programs regarding riparian buffer zones

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Forest Ecology and Management

    Author : Eric Lundström; [2023]
    Keywords : Buffer zone; Water quality; Buffer zone policy; Forestry; Policy interpretation;

    Abstract : Human intervention in forests such as clearcut forestry have a negative impact on water quality and biodiversity. To maintain water quality and its biological values a commonly used method is to leave trees and shrubs closest to the water, in so called a buffer zone. READ MORE

  3. 2. Escalation in Eastern Europe : An Analysis of the Variables That Led to the Russian Invasion of Ukraine in 2022

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)

    Author : Paulius Bugys; [2023]
    Keywords : NATO; US; Russia; Offensive Realism; Balance of Power; Military; War; Process Tracing; Mearsheimer; Foreign Policy.;

    Abstract : This essay aims to find a link between NATO policy in Europe from 2014-2022 to Russia’sdecision to invade Ukraine in February 2022. A process tracing methodology is used in conjunction with an offensive realist framework to demonstrate NATO’s role in influencing Russian defense policy. READ MORE

  4. 3. Peace in the peaks? Changes in water and land distribution in Colombia’s southern highlands during the Post-Peace Agreement phase

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

    Author : Laura Betancur Alarcón; [2019]
    Keywords : Colombia; highlands; peace agreement; armed conflict; water; political ecology; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Governance of environmental resources plays a key role in enhancing or hindering progress towards peace in post-conflict societies. Two years after the signing of the Peace Agreement between the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and the government of Colombia, new dynamics on natural resource and land-use are leading to environmental harm in some regions. READ MORE

  5. 4. Beräkning av areal och stående timmervolym i skyddszoner skapade från DTW-index

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Forest Ecology and Management

    Author : Erik Risby; [2014]
    Keywords : DEM; skogsstruktur; kantzon; Lidardata; vattendrag; skogsbruk; forest structure; riparian zone; Lidar; forest operations;

    Abstract : I Sverige bedrivs skogsbruk på en stor del av skogsmarken vilket riskerar att påverka miljön i vattendragen negativt. Lokala utströmningsområden i anslutning till vattendrag har extra stor betydelse för ytvattnets kemi. READ MORE

  6. 5. The effect of buffer strip width on cost efficiency : a Swedish case study

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Soil and Environment

    Author : Antonio Tredanari; [2011]
    Keywords : buffer zones; width; cost-efficiency; Sweden;

    Abstract : The objective of this study is to analyze the cost-efficiency of buffer zone schemes in Sweden in the context of European Directives, national agri-environmental support programmes and environmental targets to be achieved. The study includes a comprehensive overview of the scientific literature on the effectiveness of buffer zones in retaining pollutants and a modelling exercise. READ MORE