Essays about: "Environmental Regime"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 170 essays containing the words Environmental Regime.

  1. 21. Evaluating an increased spill regime as a management tool to improve downstream passage of salmon smolt

    University essay from Karlstads universitet/Institutionen för miljö- och livsvetenskaper (from 2013)

    Author : Mattias Hansson; [2022]
    Keywords : hydraulic modeling; hydroacoustic telemetry; time to event analysis; hydraulisk modellering; överlevnadsanalys; hydroakustisk telemetri;

    Abstract : The anadromous Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) is dependent on river connectivity to reach spawning and rearing habitats in rivers. Most rivers are today fragmented by artificial barriers such as hydroelectric powerplants (HEP) which impede this migratory movement. READ MORE

  3. 22. Terrestrial Management: Ecological farming in Puerto Rico

    University essay from Malmö högskola/Institutionen för Urbana Studier (US)

    Author : Tracy Trägårdh; [2022]
    Keywords : Terrestrial; management; multispecies; post-qualitative inquiry; plantationocene;

    Abstract : According to the 2022 IPCC report on mitigation of climate change, a transformational change is necessary in every aspect of society, industry and commerce by 2030 in order to keep global temperatures within safe limits. What would this transformation look like and how do we begin? I argue that applying Bruno Latour’s concept of the Terrestrial can help lead us towards the path of transformation. READ MORE

  4. 23. How hot are retention patches as structural hotspots? : comparing key elements for biodiversity in retention patches and reference forest stands

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Wildlife, Fish and Environmental Studies

    Author : Maja Östlund; [2022]
    Keywords : retention forestry; retention patches; deadwood; live conservation trees; retention forestry; biodiversity preservation; substrate diversity;

    Abstract : Sweden’s historical and current forestry regime has created structurally simplified forest stands with little resemblance of boreal old-growth forests, leading to a decline in many forest dwelling species. Retention forestry was introduced to counteract the negative development by retaining biologically important forest elements. READ MORE

  5. 24. Participatory Rights in the Honduran Renewable Energy Sector : An International Environmental Law Perspective

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Stockholms miljörättscentrum (SMC)

    Author : Alicia Vargas; [2022]
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    Abstract : This study approaches participatory rights regime that includes Access to Environmental Information, Public Participation in decision making and Access to Justice in relation to environmental matters. It explores the Honduran law with the purpose of verifying if the regulations that control and manage the renewable energy sector are compatible with the participatory rights regime that International Environmental Law and Human Rights Law states. READ MORE

  6. 25. Go with the flow - can environmental flows save us? : A study of the flow patterns in Bredforsen and possibilities for the future

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för ekologi, miljö och geovetenskap

    Author : Hilda Brynjarsdotter; [2022]
    Keywords : Riparian zone; Riparian vegetation; Riparian vegetation zones; Regulated rivers; Floodings; hydropower;

    Abstract : Freshwater systems have, during human history, endured large-scale impacts. According to the water framework directive, measures must be developed to create a better environment for species in, and connected to, freshwater systems. Hydropower plants has caused loss of natural disturbance (e.g. READ MORE