Essays about: "regeneration of natural resources"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 10 essays containing the words regeneration of natural resources.

1. 1. 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

3. 2. Clearcut tourism : a framework for a forest regeneration initiative based on sustainable forestry and public participation involvement

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

   Author : Tamara Hadházi; [2023]
   Keywords : sustainable forestry; landscape architecture; clearcutting; sustainable tourism; ecosystem-based forestry; single-tree selection; clearcut-tourism; sustainable business model; environmental psychology; environmental education; ecosystem services; detached tourism;

   Abstract : Swedish forestry (and forestry in general) is a long-term investment that should last through generations. Some generations are only putting in the money to take care of it and not seeing much profit. Sometimes there is a point, where an individual landowner decides, it is time to get at least some income by clearcutting the forest. READ MORE

4. 3. A study of the preliminary National Forest Inventory in Georgia : with special emphasis on degraded vs. non-degraded forest

   University essay from SLU/Southern Swedish Forest Research Centre

   Author : Rahel Beil; [2019]
   Keywords : National forest inventory; Georgia; forest degradation; methodology review;

   Abstract : The South Caucasus and particularly Georgia are known as a “biodiversity hotspot” because of their unique flora and fauna which holds an outstanding amount of endemic species. Knowing this flora and fauna is crucial to protect it, but also to manage the natural resources it holds. READ MORE

5. 4. Exogenous Change in the Regeneration of a Common Pool Resource and its Effect on Cooperation and Efficiency

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

   Author : Marcus Lindeberg Goni; Jeffrey Clark; [2018]
   Keywords : Common pool resources; Cooperation and efficiency; Uncertainty; Climate change; Exogenous shocks;

   Abstract : The natural sciences explain how climate change affects the provision of ecosystem services. Behavioral economists have studied the effects of institutions and social interaction on cooperation, to prevent over-exploitation of common pool resources. READ MORE

6. 5. Is there a win for conservation, livelihoods and governance? : the implications of Broussonetia papyrifera as an ecological resource substitute: a field study in Uganda

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

   Author : Yasmin Stoderegger; [2018]
   Keywords : biodiversity; Broussonetia papyrifera; Mabira Central Forest Reserve; forest regeneration; community involvement; resource substitution;

   Abstract : Wood extraction and invasive species are commonly perceived as harmful for ecosystem services and detrimental for conservation efforts. However, they can also be beneficial for forests as well as for local communities. Interactions among economic, institutional and ecological factors may in some cases turn these impacts on their head. READ MORE