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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 ...

Feb. 24, 2004

By Inderscience Publishers

Governing biodiversity

The hypothesis of this paper is that the value conferred on nature designates both the "objects of nature" that are the subject of consideration, and the human beings for whom they are intended or who are responsible for them. These designation processes are dynamic and linked, but also interdependent. In order to examine these processes more closely, we make use of the concept of ...

Feb. 10, 2004

By Inderscience Publishers

Economic Incentives to Conserve Wildlife on Private Lands: Analysis and Policy

Some believe that provision of private property rights in wildlife on private land provides a powerful economic incentive for nature conservation because it enables property owners to market such wildlife or its attributes. If such marketing is profitable, private landholders will conserve the wildlife concerned and its required habitat. But land is not always most profitably used for ...

Aug. 1, 2005

By Springer-Verlag GmbH

The models of nature and the politics of sustainable development in the Peruvian Amazon

Mental models of nature provide orientation both for the executors of development projects as well as for the local participants. The dominating models are ones that draw a sharp line between nature and culture. We examine the foundations of these models, and propose that when encountering different kinds of models, precautions must be taken in order to enable negotiated sustainable development ...

Oct. 12, 2009

By Inderscience Publishers

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, ...

Oct. 1, 2010

By Inderscience Publishers

Storm Surge Reduction by Mangroves

Published by The Nature Conservancy and Wetlands International in 2012. The Nature Conservancy’s Natural Coastal Protection project is a collaborative work to review the growing body of evidence as to how, and under what conditions, natural ecosystems can and should be worked into strategies for coastal protection. This work falls within the Coastal Resilience Program, which includes a ...

Dec. 14, 2012

By Wetlands International

Planning management adapted to climate change effects in terrestrial wetlands and grasslands

Wetlands and grasslands are seriously affected by climate change. A main challenge for agriculture and nature conservation is, in parallel with mitigation, adaptation planning. We started a stakeholder dialogue to develop adaptive management of natural areas in the Körös–Maros National Park (SE Hungary). Impacts that affect terrestrial wetlands and grasslands and their agricultural use and are ...

Jul. 29, 2013

By Inderscience Publishers

Transboundary cooperation in protected area’s management and its contribution to sustainable development

This study surveys the factors for success or failure of transboundary cooperation and asks subsequently whether transboundary protected area complexes contribute to a sustainable development of the respective region. Thirty guided (phone or face-to-face) interviews have been carried out in three case study sites in Europe and a workshop with 30 participants was held during a meeting of ...

Dec. 2, 2013

By Inderscience Publishers

A joint, international masters degree in sustainability: how a truly global programme was established

A jointly taught and jointly awarded masters programme has been established between Lincoln University (LU), New Zealand and Universitat fur Bodenkultur, Wien (BOKU), Austria. The degree is an international joint 'Master of Natural Resources Management and Ecological Engineering' (MNaRMEE). Its main feature is a sustainability in national and international settings. It includes four ...

Mar. 12, 2007

By Inderscience Publishers

African Waterbird Census newsletter #5

This is an annual update for all those involved in the African Waterbird Census. Update on the status of the IWC & AfWC Following from a meeting of members in Edinburgh this year, Wetlands International has committed to major changes in the governance of the International Waterbird Census and its relation with other waterbird monitoring schemes. More details are available from our new ...

Jul. 1, 2011

By Wetlands International

Looking for a solid investment? How about conservation?

Between 2009 and 2013, impact investors poured close to $23 billion into conservation projects such as water quantity and quality conservation, sustainable agriculture, and habitat conservation around the world. That’s according to a report, Investing in Conservation: A landscape assessment of an emerging market, from EKO Asset Management Partners and The Nature Conservancy. The $23 ...

Nov. 6, 2014

By Ensia

Public attitudes to the use of wildlife by Aboriginal Australians: marketing of wildlife and its conservation

Indigenous Australians have socioeconomic attributes similar to those of residents in some developing countries. Their utilisation of wildlife could add to their economic opportunities. Attitudes of a sample of the Australian public towards the subsistence use of wildlife by Indigenous Australians and whether or not they should be allowed to sell wildlife and wildlife products are examined. ...

Feb. 18, 2008

By Inderscience Publishers

Requirements for Standard Ecological Survey Procedures in the MENA Region

Countries in the Middle East and North Africa region house a variety of ecosystems from the dense pine woodland of the Algerian coast to the extremely sparsely vegetated desert of Oman. Although cataloguing of flora and fauna in certain areas has been meticulously detailed, standard techniques for rapid assessment across the variety of habitats has not yet been established. Such techniques are ...

Dec. 19, 2008

By Impact Ecology

A cellular automata model incorporating land tax for predicting urban growth

This study looks at the possibility of developing a cellular automata model incorporating tax and geographic conditions for simulating urban growth process with a view of using it in the future as a tool for directing growth in the city of Makassar, Indonesia. The developed model uses land tax values in addition to geographic condition constraints such as rivers, flood prone and nature ...

Feb. 11, 2013

By Inderscience Publishers

The first monitoring well in Engbertsdijksvenen is a reality

On Wednesday 20 December 2017, the first monitoring well of the groundwater monitoring network Engbertsdijksvenen was realised on the parcel of landowner Wilharms in Vriezenveen. This monitoring well serves to monitor the effects of the measures required for the Nature Objectives of the Engbertsdijksveen. One of these goals is the recovery of living high moor. In addition to this monitoring well, ...

Jan. 11, 2018

By Royal Eijkelkamp

Removing Obstacles to Better, More Sustainable Business Decisions

The Monetization Working Group in Action June was a very active month for the Monetization Working Group (MWG), which included participation in the 3rd Biennial Water Funds conference in Bogota, Colombia along with working sessions and a full MWG meeting hosted by FEMSA at their offices in Mexico City. Both of these events played an important part in helping the Group advance its purpose of ...

Aug. 5, 2016

By Antea Group - USA

Future trends in road transport systems in Hungary and in the EU

Efficient transport is a key ingredient in the competitiveness of an economy. Intra-EU passenger transport has grown more than the population – which means a greater mobility (more kilometres travelled) per person – but less than GDP. The road transport systems affect practically all the environmental elements, and they have a role in every harmful effect the environmental protection is dealing ...

Jul. 26, 2011

By Inderscience Publishers

SARA – An enhanced curve number-based tool for estimating direct runoff

This paper introduces the Spatial Analysis of surface Runoff in ArcGis (SARA v1.0) interface to estimate curve number and runoff volume for hydrologic evaluations. This version runs in a vector platform as with other extensions of ArcGIS, introducing changes to the original Natural Resources Conservation Services-Curve Number method, and allowing adaptation to local conditions. The programming ...

Jun. 25, 2013

By IWA Publishing

The environmental results of the Accession process - Observations from environmental organisations in the New Member States

With this special report the EEB presents views of its member organisations in the new Member States on impact of the accession process to the environment, on the development of civic society and perspectives for the future. The report summarises results of the survey the EEB has organised in nine new Member States. The aim of the survey was to look back on the accession process and to see ...

Apr. 1, 2004

By European Environmental Bureau

Frankfurt Airport uses the Aerolaser Handheld, a very safe bird control tool - Case Study

Frankfurt Airport (Germany) is the largest airport in the country and one of the busiest airports in Europe. The airport is surrounded by forests, nature conservation areas, several lakes, and a river. And most importantly, there is the largest undeveloped grassland in the region which attracts many bird species such as buzzard, kestrel, pigeon, starling, and heron for feeding, resting, and ...

Sep. 19, 2019

By Bird Control Group