Environment
Biodiversity Hotspots
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Conservation and Management Measures | Western and Central Pacific
WHY DOES IT MATTER?
The Americas Hemisphere harbors a wealth of biodiversity from
the Bering Sea to the Meso-American coral reef — from the flooded forests of the Amazon River to the expanse of Patagonia. Of the
World's 192 independent states, those lying within the tropics contain the lion’s share of the world's species. Referred to collectively
as “megabiodiversity countries,” the Americas play a leading role in
protecting species and their habitats. Of the top ten megabiodiversity countries — India, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Mexico,
Madagascar, Zaire, Australia, and China — half are found in Latin
America. Together these ten countries
contain as much as 50 to 60 percent of
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Natural resource management in social issue
http://scholar.google.co.th/scholar?q=Natural+resource+management+in+social+issue&hl=th&as_sdt=0&as_vis=1&oi=scholart
http://www.usaid.gov/our_work/agriculture/landmanagement/poverty/pubs/poverty_nrm_report.pdf
Social Norms and Natural Resource Management in a Changing Rural
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/1523908X.2010.531084
Social Capital and Natural Resource Management - Rural Society Journal
http://rsj.e-contentmanagement.com/archives/vol/15/issue/2/article/1107/social-capital-and-natural-resource-management
Social and gender analysis in natural resource management
http://www.mtnforum.org/en/content/social-and-gender-analysis-natural-resource-management-learning-studies-and-lessons-asia
There has been considerable academic interest in the adoption of sustainable resource management practices from a behavioural perspective, particularly in relation to the activities of community-based natural resource management (NRM) groups such as Landcare. Community groups are said to be generating new forms of social capital via their networks of relationships between individuals and groups. These connections facilitate social learning and build community capacity to address environmental problems but perhaps because of the focus on networks, the norms component of social capital has been given little attention in the NRM literature. This paper addresses that gap by synthesizing relevant social norms theory with the findings from a study examining landholder management of native vegetation in an Australian rural community undergoing substantial social change. Findings from interviews with landholders and government agency personnel indicated that existing social norms were influencing newer landholders and that new norms of land management behaviour had emerged. We suggest that there is potential to enhance the outcomes of NRM investment using interventions which capitalize on the power of social norms.(more)
At its simplest, biotechnology is technology based on biology - biotechnology harnesses cellular and biomolecular processes to develop technologies and products that help improve our lives and the health of our planet. We have used the biological processes of microorganisms for more than 6,000 years to make useful food products, such as bread and cheese, and to preserve dairy products.(more)
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Life on Earth faces a crisis of historical and planetary proportions. Unsustainable consumption in many northern countries and crushing poverty in the tropics are destroying wild nature. Biodiversity is besieged.(more)
http://www.biodiversityhotspots.org/xp/hotspots/Pages/default.aspxBiodiversity (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)
Biodiversity” is often defined as the variety of all forms of life, from genes to species, through to the broad scale of ecosystems (for a list of variants on this simple definition see Gaston 1996). "Biodiversity" was coined as a contraction of "biological diversity" in 1985, but the new term arguably has taken on a meaning and import all its own. A symposium in 1986, and the follow-up book BioDiversity (Wilson 1988), edited by biologist E. O. Wilson, heralded the popularity of this concept(more)
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/biodiversity/Conservation management
system - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A conservation management system is a procedure for maintaining a species or habitat in a particular state. It is a means whereby humankind secures wildlife in a favourable condition for contemplation, education or research, in perpetuity. It is an important topic in cultural ecology, where conservation management counterbalances the unchecked exploitative management of natural resources. Conservation management systems are vital for turning sustainable development strategies into successful operations.(more)
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Conservation and Management
Applied Biomathematics has several current and recent projects related to the use of geographic information systems (GIS) in conservation and management of species and landscapes. These research projects involve GIS-based habitat modeling, and link landscape data to population viability analyses.(more)
Environmental science
Environmental science is an interdisciplinary academic field that integrates physical and biological sciences, (including but not limited to Ecology, Physics,Chemistry, Biology, Soil Science, Geology, Atmospheric Science and Geography) to the study of the environment, and the solution of environmental problems. Environmental science provides an integrated, quantitative, and interdisciplinaryapproach to the study of environmental systems.[1]
Environmental science is an interdisciplinary academic field that integrates physical and biological sciences, (including but not limited to Ecology, Physics,Chemistry, Biology, Soil Science, Geology, Atmospheric Science and Geography) to the study of the environment, and the solution of environmental problems. Environmental science provides an integrated, quantitative, and interdisciplinaryapproach to the study of environmental systems.[1]
Journal of Environmental Science
and Health, Part A
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Conservation and Management Measures | Western and Central Pacific
Note on Interpreting Commission Decisions:
To clarify the legal implications of the range of decisions that the WCPFC may take, the Second Meeting of the WCPFC (see WCPFC/Comm2/29 14 December 2005) adopted the following nomenclature for its decisions.(more)
http://www.wcpfc.int/conservation-and-management-measuresTo clarify the legal implications of the range of decisions that the WCPFC may take, the Second Meeting of the WCPFC (see WCPFC/Comm2/29 14 December 2005) adopted the following nomenclature for its decisions.(more)
Biodiversity Conservation and Management
WHY DOES IT MATTER?
The Americas Hemisphere harbors a wealth of biodiversity from
the Bering Sea to the Meso-American coral reef — from the flooded forests of the Amazon River to the expanse of Patagonia. Of the
World's 192 independent states, those lying within the tropics contain the lion’s share of the world's species. Referred to collectively
as “megabiodiversity countries,” the Americas play a leading role in
protecting species and their habitats. Of the top ten megabiodiversity countries — India, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Mexico,
Madagascar, Zaire, Australia, and China — half are found in Latin
America. Together these ten countries
contain as much as 50 to 60 percent of
the world’s species. (more)
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Natural resource management in social issue
http://scholar.google.co.th/scholar?q=Natural+resource+management+in+social+issue&hl=th&as_sdt=0&as_vis=1&oi=scholart
Issues in Poverty Reduction and Natural Resource Management
http://www.usaid.gov/our_work/agriculture/landmanagement/poverty/pubs/poverty_nrm_report.pdf
Social Capital and
Natural Resource Management
There is some, but limited literature linking social capital theory and natural resource management. Enhanced social capital can improve environmental outcomes through decreased costs of collective action, increase in knowledge and information flows, increased cooperation, less resource degradation and depletion, more investment in common lands and water systems, improved monitoring and enforcement (Anderson et al. 2002; Daniere et al. 2002a; Daniere et al. 2002b; Koka and Prescott 2002).(more) http://www.socialcapitalresearch.com/nrm.html
Social Norms and Natural Resource Management in a Changing Rural
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/1523908X.2010.531084
Social Capital and Natural Resource Management - Rural Society Journal
http://rsj.e-contentmanagement.com/archives/vol/15/issue/2/article/1107/social-capital-and-natural-resource-management
Social and gender analysis in natural resource management
http://www.mtnforum.org/en/content/social-and-gender-analysis-natural-resource-management-learning-studies-and-lessons-asia
There has been considerable academic interest in the adoption of sustainable resource management practices from a behavioural perspective, particularly in relation to the activities of community-based natural resource management (NRM) groups such as Landcare. Community groups are said to be generating new forms of social capital via their networks of relationships between individuals and groups. These connections facilitate social learning and build community capacity to address environmental problems but perhaps because of the focus on networks, the norms component of social capital has been given little attention in the NRM literature. This paper addresses that gap by synthesizing relevant social norms theory with the findings from a study examining landholder management of native vegetation in an Australian rural community undergoing substantial social change. Findings from interviews with landholders and government agency personnel indicated that existing social norms were influencing newer landholders and that new norms of land management behaviour had emerged. We suggest that there is potential to enhance the outcomes of NRM investment using interventions which capitalize on the power of social norms.(more)
Biotechnology
Biotechnology (sometimes shortened to "biotech") is a field of applied biology that involves the use of living organisms and bioprocesses in engineering, technology, medicine and other fields requiring bioproducts. Biotechnology also utilizes these products for manufacturing purpose. Modern use of similar terms includes genetic engineering as well as cell- and tissue culture technologies. The concept encompasses a wide range of procedures (and history) for modifying living organisms according to human purposes — going back to domestication of animals, cultivation of plants, and "improvements" to these through breeding programs that employ artificial selection and hybridization. By comparison to biotechnology, bioengineering is generally thought of as a related field with its emphasis more on higher systems approaches (not necessarily altering or using biological materials directly) for interfacing with and utilizing living things. The United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity defines biotechnology as:[1] (More)
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