Essays about: "community-based natural resource management"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 20 essays containing the words community-based natural resource management.

1. 1. From Grassroot to Global: Community-Based Entrepreneurs Shaping Systemic Change

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Merel Evers; Merel Jasmijn Hulst; [2023]
   Keywords : Depletion of natural resources; re-organizing the economy; bottom-up efforts; community-based entrepreneurship; common-based economy; eco-villages; community boundary management; collective action; social and environmental change; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : This research explores how community-based entrepreneurs can contribute to the reorganization of natural resource management and find solutions to environmental problems within the current capitalist economy. Recent scholars on post-capitalism, believe that the economy can be organized by different institutions than the market and investigate the role of individuals as catalyst of environmental and social change from the bottom up. READ MORE

3. 2. The call of the condor: Community-based initiatives as ecosystem conservation in Colombia's páramos

   University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

   Author : María Daniela González; [2021]
   Keywords : Community-based conservation; Sustainability science; biodiversity; páramos; Colombia; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : The Colombian government aims to minimize the impacts of human activities in páramos. This requires finding balance between the conservation of the natural resources and maintaining the livelihoods of people living in these areas. READ MORE

4. 3. The Strength of Local Engagement

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Katrine Beck Hansen; [2020]
   Keywords : community-based resource management; social networks; capabilities; empowerment; sustainable livelihoods; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : Recent years have seen a rise in the role of communities in achieving the global goals of poverty alleviation alongside environmental protection. Simultaneously, it is increasingly recognised that communities are subject to power asymmetries resulting in differential abilities among community members to benefit from the sustainable management of natural resources. READ MORE

5. 4. Local participation in natural resource management initiatives : a case study of the Gola REDD+ Project in Sierra Leone

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

   Author : Idriss Duramany Koromah; [2020]
   Keywords : local participation; REDD ; natural resource management; Sierra Leone; Gola Rainforest National Park;

   Abstract : The United Nation’s program, Reducing Emission from Deforestation and forest Degradation (REDD+) is an international policy mechanism to mitigate global climate change. REDD+ has a significant global impact that is changing how forests are managed around the world, particularly in developing countries and where natural resource dependent communities live. READ MORE

6. 5. The Elite Choice : ’Unpacking the elite’ in Mukungule Chiefdom, Zambia

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

   Author : Gilbert Mwale; [2019]
   Keywords : elite control; elite capture; community-based natural resources management CBNRM ; local democracy; decentralization;

   Abstract : Community-based natural resource management has been advocated for by many scholar and environmentalists to improve natural resources management, equity, and justice for local people. However, its implementation on the ground does not always reach the intended goal. READ MORE