conservation
There is an unprecedented "greening" of American businesses, companies tapping into the market place with new green products and services. According to the U.S. Travel and Data Center's National Travel Survey, more than 85 percent of travelers claim they are likely to support or patronize travel companies that help preserve the environment. Jim Treverso of Overseas Adventure...
It is widely accepted that forest resources and associated lands should be managed to meet the social, economic, ecological, cultural and spiritual needs of present and future generations. Furthermore, growing public awareness of forest destruction and degradation has led consumers to demand that their purchases of wood and other forest products will not contribute to this destruction...
Mt Elgon Integrated Conservation and Development Project sponsored this workshop on integrated natural resources management planning for the Mt Elgon ecosystem at the Kitale Museum from 6th to 10th September 1999. Fifty seven people drawn from a range of stakeholders in the Mt Elgon ecosystem participated in the workshop. The purposes of the workshop were:
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The general theme that underlies this research project is the relation between household strategies and biodiversity conservation. The objectives are:
1) To contribute to research and discussion on the social and cultural dynamics of biodiversity conservation in protected areas.
2) To develop an analysis of regional agrarian systems in protected areas, using the labour process...
Monitoring the influence of human actions on flagship species is an important part of conserving biodiversity, because the information gained is crucial for the development and adaptation of conservation management plans. On the Masoala Peninsula in Madagascar, we are monitoring the two largest prosimian species, Eulemur fulvus albifrons and Varecia variegata rubra, at...
The forests in the hills of Nepal are rejuvenating. This is principally attributed to the appropriate type of tenurial arrangements. Credits are given to the forestry professionals and the projects, which took enough courage to do a series of trials and errors until a suitable form of tenurial model was found. It is argued that, the Terai (note: the southern plains of Nepal are called the...
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