Essays about: "natural resources."

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  1. 16. Hindrance the women are facing in the fisheries sector : A Case study in Mwanza, Tanzania 

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Author : Samira Issa; [2023]
    Keywords : Women’s empowerment; NGO; gender and fisheries; Mwanza; Tanzania;

    Abstract : Women’s involvement in the fishing sector has been overlooked. The underlying cause of many global conflicts is a lack of access to natural resources. For that reason, it is important to empower women in natural resources. Empowering women to work leads to better growth in third-world countries. READ MORE

  3. 17. Natural Language Inference Transfer Learning in a Multi-Task Contract Dataset : In the Case of ContractNLI: a Document Information Extraction System

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för lingvistik och filologi

    Author : Yiu Kei Tang; [2023]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates the enhancement of legal contract Natural Language Inference (NLI) classification through supervised fine-tuning on general domain NLI, in the case of ContractNLI and Span NLI BERT (Koreeda and Manning, 2021), a multi-task document information extraction dataset and framework. Annotated datasets of a specific professional domain are scarce due to the high time and labour cost required to create them. READ MORE

  4. 18. Economic development in a biodiversity hotspot: what is the jungle worth? : A case study of local understandings of forest use in North Sumatra

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Sydney Laewen; [2023]
    Keywords : Minor Field Study; Sustainable development; Economic development; Natural resource use; Biodiversity; Conservation; Discourse analysis;

    Abstract : Sustainable development as our joint global goal is consensus in the mainstream international arena, in the name of long-term well-being for all living creatures. However economic constraints often limit the choices available to local communities, forcing them to make trade-offs between immediate socioeconomic gains and the long-term sustainability of natural resources. READ MORE

  5. 19. Reducing corporatescope 1 emissions on a voluntarily basiswith a focus on European biomethane and hydrogen markets

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för industriell teknik och management (ITM)

    Author : Vic van Mol; [2023]
    Keywords : Scope 1 emission reduction; sustainability; biomethane; hydrogen; markets; companies; SBTi; GHG Protocol; Scope 1 utsläppsminskning; hållbarhet; biometan; väte; marknader; företag; SBTi; GHG Protocol;

    Abstract : This research project represents a collaborative effort between E&C Consultants, an international energy procurement consultancy, and aims to address the increasing demand for guidance on scope 1 emissions reduction strategies expressed by their clients. From a procurement perspective, companies are actively seeking alternative commodities, such as biomethane or hydrogen, to substitute their natural gas consumption. READ MORE

  6. 20. Effectiveness of the Costa Rican Payments for Ecosystem Services program in mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions: Trends in carbon stocks 2012-2020

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Internationella miljöinstitutet

    Author : Noelia Solano Guindon; [2023]
    Keywords : Payments for ecosystem services; ecosystem services; carbon stocks; greenhouse gas emissions; mitigation; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Payments for ecosystem services (PES), a mechanism of incentives or compensation to landowners for provision of ecosystem services, have grown as a tool for meeting conservation goals. The Costa Rican payments for ecosystem services (PSA) program is one of the best-known examples because of being one of the most established. READ MORE