Essays about: "protect nature"

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  1. 6. Can an alternative cosmovision challenge the market hegemony? : an analysis of article 6.8 in the Paris agreement

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

    Author : Amanda Björksell; [2023]
    Keywords : climate negotiations; Paris agreement; Buen Vivir; ; Vivir Bien; article 6.8; climate justice; Bolivia; non-market approaches;

    Abstract : A rising global temperature and increased emissions, in combination with the slow progress of the yearly climate negotiations shows that there is something hindering the radical improvement needed to protect both the planet and humanity. The outset for this thesis is to study the UN climate negotiations and the alternative discourse that can question the hegemony. READ MORE

  2. 7. Problematiken med att prissätta skyddsvärda träd : en kritisk granskning av två monetära värderingsverktyg för träd

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

    Author : Olivia Bjurström; Emil Seipel; [2023]
    Keywords : urbana träd; biologisk mångfald; särskilt skyddsvärda träd; naturskyddsvärden; monetär värdering; monetärt värde; instrumentellt värde; strukturellt värde; kvantifieringskritik;

    Abstract : I takt med att skyddsvärda träd i städer minskar har flera värderingsverktyg skapats för att skydda dessa genom att ge träd ett ekonomiskt värde. Många av dessa har fått kritik för att inte spegla trädens fulla värde. READ MORE

  3. 8. Biodiversity Monitoring Using Machine Learning for Animal Detection and Tracking

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)

    Author : Qian Zhou; [2023]
    Keywords : Small Target Detection; Target Tracking; YOLOv5; DeepSORT; Attention Mechanism; Loss Function; Feature Extraction and Fusion Network; Detektering Av små sål; sålspårning; YOLOv5; DeepSORT; uppmärksamhetsmekanism; förlustfunktion; fusionsnätverk;

    Abstract : As an important indicator of biodiversity and ecological environment in a region, the number and distribution of animals has been given more and more attention by agencies such as nature reserves, wetland parks, and animal protection supervision departments. To protect biodiversity, we need to be able to detect and track the movement of animals to understand which animals are visiting the space. READ MORE

  4. 9. Voice, Agency, and Urgency : Three Ecocritical Readings of Nature and the Protagonist in Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens

    University essay from Karlstads universitet/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och interkultur (from 2013)

    Author : Annika Salisbury; [2023]
    Keywords : Delia Owens; Where the Crawdads Sing; ecocriticism; postcolonial ecocriticism; ecofeminism; climate change criticism; voice; agency; urgency.; Delia Owens; Where the Crawdads Sing; ekokritik; postkolonial ekokritik; ekofeminism; klimatkritik; röst; agens; brådska.;

    Abstract : The female protagonist Catherine Danielle Clark (Kya) in Delia Owens’ Where the Crawdads Sing is abandoned by her family at a young age and grows up alone in a marshland environment in 1950s North Carolina. Shunned by the local community, Kya relies on nature to help her survive and to teach her about life and love—until one day she finds herself accused of murder. READ MORE

  5. 10. Investigating the Impact of User Behavior in the Security of Smart Home IoT Devices

    University essay from Luleå tekniska universitet/Institutionen för system- och rymdteknik

    Author : Maha Ghunaim; [2023]
    Keywords : Smart Homes; Smart Home Devices; Home Automation; User Behavior; Internet of Things IoT ; Smarta hem; smarta hemenheter; hemautomation; användarbeteende; internet av Saker IoT ; المنازل الذكية ، أجهزة المنزل الذكي ، أتمتة المنزل ، سلوك المستخدم ، إنترنت أشياء إنترنت الأشياء ;

    Abstract : As technology is growing at a fast pace, IoT-based smart home services are increasingly adopted by people. IoT-based smart homes offer numerous unimaginable benefits, including efficiency, safety, effectiveness, scalability of services, devices, and data, among many others. However, there is another side to this technology: security threats. READ MORE