Essays about: "community benefit scheme"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 essays containing the words community benefit scheme.

1. 1. Combining the goals of conservation, tourism and livelihoods in the management of protected areas : case study of the volcanoes national park in northern Rwanda

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

   Author : Jean De Dieu Ndayisaba; [2020]
   Keywords : protected areas; livelihoods; natural resources management; conservation; decentralization; local community participation; ecotourism; tourism revenue sharing;

   Abstract : The liberal conservation agenda promotes the incorporation of human needs into the management of Protected Areas (PAs). Across the globe, nature-based tourism has been among the suggested tools of promoting sustainable conservation together with development of the local communities living around the PAs. READ MORE

3. 2. Synergies and trade-offs between REDD+ pilot project and communities’ livelihoods : case study in Nepal

   University essay from SLU/Southern Swedish Forest Research Centre

   Author : Priscilla Cubo; [2018]
   Keywords : carbon trading; community forestry; Nepal; NTFPs; REDD ; rural livelihood;

   Abstract : Carbon trading through Reducing Emission from Deforestation and Forest Degradation, forest conservation, sustainable management of forests and enhancement of carbon stocks (REDD+) payment scheme has been initiated to reduce greenhouse gas emission from deforestation and forest degradation. However, there are several critics about the implementation of REDD+ in developing countries. READ MORE

4. 3. Multi-Actor Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis of Wind Power Community Benefit Schemes

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

   Author : Christopher Leach; [2018]
   Keywords : Multi-actor; multi-criteria decision analysis; MAMCA; community benefit scheme; wind power; stakeholders; Analytic Hierarchy Process; PROMETHEE II;

   Abstract : Community benefit schemes in the context of wind power are increasingly provisioned by developers as a means of generating local socio-economic and environmental value, fostering social relations and strengthening acceptance. Determining an appropriate and effective benefit scheme can prove challenging, given the variation of exposed stakeholders, diversity in schemes and the lack of decision making guidance. READ MORE

5. 4. Community Benefit Funds and Wind Power: A Scottish Case Study

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

   Author : Adam Mathers; [2018]
   Keywords : Community benefits; wind power; procedural justice; social acceptance of wind energy;

   Abstract : The Scottish government’s aim of deriving 100 per cent of the nation’s electricity from renewable sources is dependent on the utilisation of wind energy. Social barriers, however, have continued to threaten these targets. READ MORE

6. 5. A multi-scale analysis of biofuel-related land acquisitions in Tanzania : with focus on Sweden as an investor

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

   Author : Emma Johansson; [2013]
   Keywords : social impacts; environmental impacts; jatropha; sugarcane; Tanzania; Sweden; biofuel; Physical Geography and Ecosystem analysis; Land acquisition; DPSIR; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

   Abstract : Spurred on by pressure to find sustainable energy production alternatives to fossil fuels, many industries have been acquiring land in order to plant crops for biofuel production. In Tanzania, biofuel development is in an early stage, and over the last decade, several foreign actors have tried to start up biofuel projects in the country (without success). READ MORE