Essays about: "wildlife extinction"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 29 essays containing the words wildlife extinction.

  1. 1. The Plight of the Pangolin: Key patterns enabling the illegal wildlife trade of pangolins in Namibia - A multi-perspective case study

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management

    Author : Sophie Berstermann; Carina Martens; [2023]
    Keywords : pangolin; illegal wildlife trade; wildlife trafficking; conservation; Namibia; poaching; communities; power; political ecology; social-ecological system; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The pangolin is the most trafficked mammal on earth and is believed to be on the brink of extinction. However, in many affected countries including Namibia, research and conservation efforts do not match their endangered status. READ MORE

  3. 2. Utmarken - envisioning Skåne's new edible landscapes

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för arkitektur och byggd miljö

    Author : Hugo Settergren; [2022]
    Keywords : Food Urbanism; Agroforestry; Urban Planning; Permaculture; Edible landscapes; Urban Agriculture; Resillience; Arts and Architecture;

    Abstract : Planet earth is getting hotter and regional climates are becoming increasingly unpredictable across the globe. Cities and communities on all continents are already impacted by the changing climate, but also by two other crises – the fossil-energy decent and the 6th mass extinction event. READ MORE

  4. 3. Nyinflyttat och nyfött, ger det nya beteendemönster? : visenters habitatval och tillståndsbeteenden i vilthägn innan och efter samgång med vildhäst samt födsel av kalv i flocken

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Animal Environment and Health

    Author : Peter Hansson Silva; [2022]
    Keywords : Europeisk bison; visent; etologi; ekologi; habitatval; vilthägn; Przewalski vildhäst; återintroduktion;

    Abstract : Management of wildlife and husbandry of captive animals have in common the fact that they rely on a solid base of knowledge about the concerned species in order to be successful. The management of the European bison represents an encouraging story of conservation and captive breeding managing to bring a species back from the brink of extinction to a relatively safe status in the wild. READ MORE

  5. 4. Domestic cats’ effect on urban wildlife : using citizen science and camera traps

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Wildlife, Fish and Environmental Studies

    Author : Kajsa Johansson; [2021]
    Keywords : domestic cat; Felis catus; camera traps; citizen science; visitation frequency;

    Abstract : Europe has transformed from areas dominated by agricultural and rural to gradually becoming urban communities. With the development in urban and suburban areas, more non-native species have increased, especially domestic species, about 25% of all Swedish households obtain one or more cats. READ MORE

  6. 5. Building with pollution

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för arkitektur och byggd miljö

    Author : Zornitsa Hristova Kovacheva; [2021]
    Keywords : Arts and Architecture;

    Abstract : Black carbon is an ever-growing global problem and one of the most important environmental issues of this generation. Black carbon, also known as soot, is a highly polluting substance and it is the second-largest polluter after carbon dioxide. READ MORE