questions through a review of the broad interdisciplinary literature that assesses forest conservation and management impacts on biodiversity conservation, climate change mitigation, and poverty alleviation in developing countries. It focuses particular
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A Crystal Ball for Forests?
Analyzing the Social-Ecological Impacts of Forest Conservation and Management over the Long Term
Daniel C. Miller, Pushpendra Rana, and Catherine Benson Wahlén
In Environment and Society
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- 01 Jan 2017
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- Research Article
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- 40–62 (23 total)
Green Out of the Blue, or How (Not) to Deal with Overfed Oceans
An Analytical Review of Coastal Eutrophication and Social Conflict
Alix Levain, Carole Barthélémy, Magalie Bourblanc, Jean-Marc Douguet, Agathe Euzen, and Yves Souchon
Despite harmful local consequences on coastal communities and biodiversity for many decades, eutrophication of marine systems due to high levels of nutrient loading of human origin has only recently gained public visibility ( Diaz and Rosenberg
In Environment and Society
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- 01 Sep 2020
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- Research Article
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- 115–142 (28 total)
Humanosphere Potentiality Index
Appraising Existing Indicators from a Long-term Perspective
Takahiro Sato, Mario Ivan López, Taizo Wada, Shiro Sato, Makoto Nishi, and Kazuo Watanabe
recognizes both present and future risks of global warming and biodiversity loss ( IPCC 2013 , 2014 ; MEA 2005 ). Increasingly, research on global environmental changes has been accompanied by calls for profound societal change ( ISSC 2016 ), and for future
In The International Journal of Social Quality
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- 01 Jun 2016
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- Research Article
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- 32–66 (35 total)
Scratches on our sovereignty?
Analyzing conservation politics in the Sundarbans
Jayashree Vivekanandan
–Brahmaputra river basin carries over a billion tons of sediment load annually, four times that of all the European rivers combined ( Centre for Science and Environment, 2012 , p. 34). One of the most biodiversity rich regions in Asia, the Sundarbans was recognized
In Regions and Cohesion
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- 01 Mar 2021
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- Research Article
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- 1–20 (20 total)
Eleanor Sterling, Tamara Ticktin, Tē Kipa Kepa Morgan, Georgina Cullman, Diana Alvira, Pelika Andrade, Nadia Bergamini, Erin Betley, Kate Burrows, Sophie Caillon, Joachim Claudet, Rachel Dacks, Pablo Eyzaguirre, Chris Filardi, Nadav Gazit, Christian Giardina, Stacy Jupiter, Kealohanuiopuna Kinney, Joe McCarter, Manuel Mejia, Kanoe Morishige, Jennifer Newell, Lihla Noori, John Parks, Pua’ala Pascua, Ashwin Ravikumar, Jamie Tanguay, Amanda Sigouin, Tina Stege, Mark Stege, and Alaka Wali
-cultural (institutions, networks, knowledge systems) and ecological (biodiversity, habitat, ecosystem services) components and their combined ability to respond to disturbances ( Gunderson and Holling 2002 ). “Measuring” social-ecological resilience is particularly
In Environment and Society
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- 01 Sep 2017
- Article Type:
- Research Article
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- 63–95 (33 total)
Stuck in the Colonial Past?
Perpetuating Racist, Environmental Myths of Kenya in a Swiss Zoo
Samantha S. Sithole, Marianna Fernandes, Olivier Hymas, Kavita Sharma, and Gretchen Walters
commitment to conservation. This is made evident by interactive media that the zoo uses to notify the public about the importance of conservation and biodiversity. The zoo established its conservation project with the Lewa Wildlife Conservancy in 1998
In Anthropological Journal of European Cultures
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- 01 Sep 2021
- Article Type:
- Research Article
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- 95–111 (17 total)
Navigating Shifting Regimes of Ocean Governance
From UNCLOS to Sustainable Development Goal 14
Ana K. Spalding and Ricardo de Ycaza
conservation actions, broadly defined to include issues such as genetic resources, biodiversity, and life-supporting ecosystems, were considered in more detail in other international fora or by individual nation-state laws. A holistic vision for the
In Environment and Society
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- 01 Sep 2020
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- Research Article
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- 5–26 (22 total)
Anatoly N. Sleptsov, Irina A. Sleptsova, Antonina A. Vinokurova, and Alina A. Nakhodkina
biodiversity of these places, which, in turn, determines the protection of collective intellectual property rights as a whole set of measures—from the creation of TOTU to the regulation of predator populations to preserve biodiversity. The protection of the
Leadership for sustainability
Protecting the environment
Wanjira Mathai and Ma. del Socorro Aguilar Cucurachi
today we do not have to fight as hard as we used to because people understand the centrality of the environment in our daily lives. You do not have to tell people today that it is important to protect biodiversity. You do not have to tell people today
In Regions and Cohesion
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- 01 Jun 2022
- Article Type:
- Research Article
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- 4–20 (17 total)
Editorial Introduction
The Cases of India, South Africa, and Brazil
Harry G. J. Nijhuis and Laurent J.G. van der Maesen
financial elites. The destruction of huge parts of the Amazon, a crucial global component of CO2 containment, biodiversity, and ecological equilibrium, is just part of the game ( Carvalho 2020 ). The necropolitical instrument was meant to withhold from
In The International Journal of Social Quality
- Published (Print):
- 01 Dec 2021
- Article Type:
- Introduction
- Pages:
- 59–62 (4 total)