Essays about: "landscape conservation approach"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 42 essays containing the words landscape conservation approach.

1. 21. Sustainable landscape conservation and human well-being : A study of the Santa Cruz Mountains Stewardship Network

   University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Institutionen för strategisk hållbar utveckling

   Author : Larissa Franke; Francesco Amabile; Chantal Spruit; [2019]
   Keywords : sustainable land management; human well-being; ecosystem services; sustainability; landscape conservation approach; strategic sustainable development; santa cruz mountains stewardship network;

   Abstract : This report aims to answer the question “What is the relationship between adopting a landscape conservation approach and human well-being?” through a case study of the Santa Cruz Mountains Stewardship Network. The Network is a collective that involves a variety of stakeholders that belong to a multidimensional scale and focuses on achieving a wide spectrum of goals. READ MORE

3. 22. Planering för bevarande av biotopen ädellövskog vid exploatering : med utgångspunkt från träden

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management (from 130101)

   Author : Marcus Lundberg; Carl Löfvall; [2019]
   Keywords : biotop; ädellövträd; exploatering; ekosystemtjänster; bevarande;

   Abstract : I och med det större exploateringstrycket på grund av en ökad urbanisering finns det idag risk för att grönytor till total yta minskar för att ge plats åt nya byggnader och infrastruktur. De ekosystemtjänster som grönytorna genererar tenderar således att bortprioriteras till följd av detta. READ MORE

4. 23. Green Infrastructure a line of trees or a philosophy? A study of a contested concept at the County Administrative Board of Skåne

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi

   Author : Wösel Thoresen; [2018]
   Keywords : Green infrastructure; landscape; political ecology; biodiversity; environmental governance; ecological modernization; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Landscape fragmentation and decreasing habitat areas poses a threat to biodiversity worldwide. Green infrastructure has developed as a conservation approach promoting habitat connectivity on a landscape scale. However, green infrastructure is much more than a network of natural structures and elements enabling species movement. READ MORE

5. 24. Biodiversity after Brexit : agri-environmental policy in England after Brexit and private investment in ecosystem services

   University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

   Author : Gavin Lord; [2018]
   Keywords : Sustainability Science; agri-environmental policy; Brexit; immanent critique; biodiversity; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : The process of agricultural intensification in England has brought with it significant negative environmental and biodiversity impacts associated with large-scale land use change. The Common Agricultural Policy, implemented at the European Union level, has historically been a significant driver of this intensification, but has also introduced agri-environmental (AE) policies for managing these negative environmental impacts. READ MORE

6. 25. Forest Conservation and the Hadzabe. An integrated approach in protecting biodiversity and cultural diversity. Case study: Carbon Tanzania.

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

   Author : Sabrina Fassbender; [2016]
   Keywords : Sustainable Development; Historical Ecology; Community-based forest Conservation; REDD ; Carbon offsetting; Biocultural Diversity; Hunter-gatherer communities; Tanzania.;

   Abstract : Preventing emissions from deforestation is propagated as an effective strategy to combat climate change. At the same time forest landscapes are habitat to the last remaining traditional societies of this planet. For a long time forest conservation programs neglected the role of these indigenous communities for forest landscapes. READ MORE