Essays about: "protected areas"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 338 essays containing the words protected areas.

  1. 16. Carabidocoenoses and Fragments of Forests : exploring the Carabid Landscape

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Forest Ecology and Management

    Author : Simon Heinrich Arns; [2023]
    Keywords : biodiversity; Carabidae; carabid diversity; entomology; Fragmentation; Fragstats; habitat fragmentation; habitat Heterogeneity; landscape; landscape ecology; landscape Heterogeneity; pitfall trap; quantifying fragmentation;

    Abstract : Epigeic ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) were sampled between 2021-06-28 and 2021-07-09 using pitfall traps in the Swedish counties Värmland and Gävleborg. The structural properties of the landscapes surrounding these points were estimated from the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency’s national land cover databases and the Swedish Forest Agency’s data for all formally protected and high conservation value forests using patch-based configurational metrics. READ MORE

  3. 17. Determination of a hydropower "go-to area" : Klarälven and Dalälven potential assessment and environmental regulation constraints

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

    Author : Paula Aparicio Garcia; [2023]
    Keywords : Hydropower; REPowerEU; Go-to areas; GIS; MCDA; AHP; RED II; WFD; Nature 2000; Vattenkraft; REPowerEU-Planen; Go-to area; GIS; MCDA; AHP RED II; WFD; Nature 2000;

    Abstract : The current energy crisis with sky-rocketed prices has created the need for new sustainable solutions in the energy production sector. The REPowerEU Plan, presented by the European Commission, has taken up on this and has established measures to accelerate the introduction of new renewable energy capacity in Europe, such as the designation of “go-to areas” by Member States to shorten authorization permits in areas with high potential and low environmental impacts. READ MORE

  4. 18. Putting an end to “paper parks”? A qualitative study concerning how the BBNJ Treaty may influencethe effectiveness of OSPAR’s MPA Governance in ABNJ

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)

    Author : Moa Bynke; [2023]
    Keywords : OSPAR; regime interplay; regime theory; BBNJ Treaty; and Global MPAGovernance.;

    Abstract : Amidst a complex and fragmented legal framework governing international waters, OSPAR, aregional environmental agreement, grapples with challenges in its Marine Protected Area(MPA) Governance, leaving marine ecosystems vulnerable. However, after nearly two decadesof negotiations, the "Treaty for Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction" (BBNJ Treaty) hasemerged as a pivotal milestone. READ MORE

  5. 19. Fighting for Sustainability: A Case Study about Tenerife's Activism Movement

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för samhällsbyggnad och industriell teknik

    Author : Felicitas Brodtrager; [2023]
    Keywords : Sustainable destination development; activism; tourism impacts; stakeholder involvement; sustainability; alternative tourism model; system thinking; doughnut economics;

    Abstract : This research explores the perspectives of the opinion leaders of the activism movement in Tenerife on tourism on the island and the solutions proposed by these stakeholders to the current sustainability problems related to tourism. These issues include tourist's misbehavior in natural protected areas, waste, submarine emissions of residual water sewage, water shortage, gentrification, overtourism, overpopulation, 14,6% of unemployment in 2022, decline of agricultural land, high population density, etc. READ MORE

  6. 20. Areas against annihilation? : A critical assessment of the compatibility between biodiversity science and Swedish law on area protection

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Ida Edling Müller; [2023]
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    Abstract : In the ongoing global biodiversity crisis, science deems a system-wide, structural, and fundamental transformation of society necessary to mitigate severe risks for planetary and human health. These risks will escalate further if a paradigm shift in normative human-nature relationships is not realised. The legal system needs to change. READ MORE