biodiversity conservation Articles
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Impact of globalisation on biodiversity conservation
Biodiversity is generally described at three levels – diversity of ecosystems, diversity of species, and diversity of genes. Biodiversity is both a scientific and a political concept, embracing a trinity of globally-agreed objectives such as conservation of biodiversity, sustainable use of biological resources, and equitable sharing of the benefits arising from this use. This paper describes ...
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The institutionalisation of property rights in Albanian and Romanian biodiversity conservation
This article examines the institutionalisation of property rights by way of two case studies on biodiversity conservation in Albania and Romania. The analysis pays particular attention to local level negotiations which occur when local actors make use of concrete resources and engage in discussions about their appropriate use. In both Albania and Romania, national parks are the object of intense ...
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10 messages for 2010 — Protected areas
Key messages Protected areas provide a wide range of services in a context of increasing pressures and a rapidly changing environment. Europe is the region with the greatest number of protected areas in the world but they are relatively small in size. Europe"s Natura 2000, unique in the world and still young, and the Emerald network under development, are international European networks of ...
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Agro-Biodiversity Conservation in Europe: Ethical Issues
While it is commonly acknowledged that the ecosystemic, and the inter- and intra-specific diversity of natural life is under threat of being irremediably lost, there is much less awareness that the diversity in agro-ecosystems is also under threat. This paper is focused on the biodiverse agro-ecosystems generated by landraces (LRs), i.e., farmer-developed populations of cultivated species that ...
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Book Reviews
Waiting for Rain. The Politics and Poetry of Drought in Northeast Brazil, by Nicholas Gabriel Arons. University of Arizona Press, 2004. 251pp. ISBN 0-8165-2330-4. The Economics of Biodiversity Conservation, by Stephan Polasky. Ashgate, 2002. 466pp. ISBN 0-7546-2205-3. The Sharing Economy. Solidarity Networks Transforming Globalization, by Lorna Gold. Ashgate, 2004. 232 pp. ISBN ...
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Impacts of protected areas on regional sustainable development: the case of the Hohe Tauern national park (Austria)
Protected areas are usually said to contribute to favourable ecological, social and economic development. As many protected areas are located in peripheral regions, sharing the benefits of biodiversity conservation with local residents is a major issue to reduce poverty and contribute to the livelihood of people. By considering demographic change, change of land use and economic structures, ...
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Traditional biodiversity conservation and natural resource management system of some tribes of Arunachal Pradesh, India
India is one of the 17 mega biodiversity countries in the world having two hotspots- the Western Ghats and the Eastern Himalayas, based on species rarity and endemism. Arunachal Pradesh state of India in the Eastern Himalaya is among 200 globally important eco-regions. The state is home to 26 major tribes and about 110 ethnic groups. The majority of the mountainous population of Arunachal Pradesh ...
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Local approaches to biodiversity conservation: lessons from Oaxaca, southern Mexico
Large areas of Oaxaca, southern Mexico, exhibit high biodiversity in the absence of official protected areas. This paper discusses some of the key mechanisms and practices employed by local communities to help conserve their forest resources. The findings suggest that learning from local resource management systems should become an important component of future conservation planning in Mexico. ...
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Ecological modernisation and nature conservation
Although ecological modernisation has a prominent position in contemporary environmental sociology, efforts to use ecological modernisation concepts in the specific case of nature conservation are remarkably absent. This article explores the potentials of applying ecological modernisation as a discourse and as a theory to issues of nature management. It is argued that ecological modernisation ...
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Property rights in non-captive wildlife and biodiversity conservation
To reduce the rate of human-induced biodiversity loss of wild species, it has become increasingly important to stem this loss on private lands. Some writers believe that granting landholders commercial property rights in wildlife will be effective in dealing with this matter and will result in the preservation of biodiversity. This paper explores this view using economic theory. In doing so, it ...
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Partnership for biodiversity and sustainable development
Partnership with the Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF), a global program that since 2000 has provided grants to Non Governmental Organizations (NGOs) and private sector organizations to help protect the world's biodiversity hotspots, enhanced synergies between the Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Development (BCSD) project's aims and CEPF projects in the area through ...
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The economics of pollution trading and pricing under regulatory uncertainty
From the world's highest mountain ranges to the lowland plains, and from the great oceans and coastal wetlands to agricultural landscapes, nations and communities rely on the bounty and services of natural ecosystems. Biological resources and the goods and ecosystem services they provide underpin every aspect of human life and livelihoods, from food and water security to general well-being and ...
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Toward Africa`s green future
From the world's highest mountain ranges to the lowland plains, and from the great oceans and coastal wetlands to agricultural landscapes, nations and communities rely on the bounty and services of natural ecosystems. Biological resources and the goods and ecosystem services they provide underpin every aspect of human life and livelihoods, from food and water security to general well-being and ...
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UK Environment Act 2021 and Biodiversity Net Gain
Overseen by the newly created Office for Environmental Protection, the Environmental Act 2021 creates a post Brexit framework to improve and protect the natural environment in the UK. It makes wide ranging provisions covering waste and recycling, air quality, water, nature and biodiversity, conservation covenants and updates to laws on chemicals. Planning Implications of the Act The planning ...
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Beta diversity as a tool for determining priority streams for management actions
Beta diversity has become essential for understanding ecosystem functioning and for determining biodiversity-conservation priority areas. However, the beta diversity patterns of invertebrates in tropical aquatic ecosystems are not well known, particularly in streams. Using data from low-order streams located in southern Brazil, we evaluated the beta diversity of Chironomidae. We tested the ...
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Crossing borders and linking plural knowledge: biodiversity conservation, ecosystem services and human well–being
The challenges we face today in terms of local, regional and global environmental changes and pressures on biodiversity can only be addressed with a close coupling of approaches from natural and social sciences together with local knowledge. The authors emphasise that biodiversity research and intervention should integrate this new comprehensive perspective, bringing together biological sciences, ...
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Learning about biosafety in Mexico: between competitiveness and conservation
This article briefly describes the current state of agricultural biotechnology in Mexico, and discusses the country's main food and agricultural policies implemented in the last decade. Mexico's position in the international biosafety panorama is very complex: it is the only member of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) that ratified the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety and must ...
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Comparison on soil organic carbon within two typical wetland areas along the vegetation gradient of Poyang Lake, China
Poyang Lake is an important wetland with international significance in biodiversity conservation and local carbon cycle. A study was conducted to investigate the effects of vegetation communities on seasonal and spatial variations of soil organic carbon (SOC) and dissolved organic carbon (DOC) in two dominant wetlands (dish-shaped pit wetland and delta wetland) of Poyang Lake, China. Results ...
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Journal of Biodiversity | Sustainability of bushmeat and sardine industry based on socio-ecological considerations at Serengeti National Park and Lake Victoria, Tanzania | JBES
Protected areas and lakes are important for biodiversity conservation and sustainable development strategies. The two generate significant economic and food resources for local communities adjacent to these resources. This study was conducted in the north-western part of the Serengeti ecosystem from September to November 2016 (Dry season) and from March to May 2017 (wet season). The prices of ...
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Optimal operation of a multi-reservoir system for environmental water demand of a river-connected lake
Dongting Lake, a large river-connected lake in the Yangtze River watershed, plays important roles in flood control, drought mitigation, and biodiversity conservation. Its ecosystem has recently been severely affected by upstream water resource development such as reservoir operations. In this study, an optimization model is developed for the operation of a multi-reservoir system, including ...
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