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  1. 6. From coca to butterflies: Managing Natural Resources for Post-Conflict Peacebuilding. A Case Study of Otanche Community, Colombia.

    Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi

    Författare :Ani Mosulishvili; [2016]
    Nyckelord :peacebuilding; natural resource management; sustainable livelihoods; social capital; post-conflict; Colombia.; Social Sciences;

    Sammanfattning : Inspired by environmental peacebuilding literature, this research explores the peacebuilding potential of natural resources through a qualitative case study of a conflict-affected community’s transition of livelihood strategies from coca cultivation to butterfly farming. The fieldwork was carried out with peasant families in rural Otanche - a biodiversity-rich area that, besides the Colombian conflict, has been affected by illegal logging, illicit crops, and violence associated with emerald mining. LÄS MER

  3. 7. Private conservation : hope for biodiversity conservation? : a multiple-case study of private protected areas in Ecuador

    Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

    Författare :Lorena Arellano Gosdenovich; [2015]
    Nyckelord :private conservation; private protected areas; biodiversity conservation; Ecuador; sustainability science.; Social Sciences;

    Sammanfattning : Unlike other environmental threats, the loss of biodiversity is irreversible and the current and rapid loss of species is alarming. Several authors agree the state-owned protected areas are not sufficient to lessen biodiversity loss which is accentuated because most of the biodiversity is on private land. LÄS MER

  4. 8. The impact of the EU Timber Regulation on the Bosnia and Herzegovinian export of processed wood

    Master-uppsats, SLU/Dept. of Forest Products

    Författare :Kajsa Matsson; [2015]
    Nyckelord :EU; EUTR; European Union Timber Regulation; Bosnia and Herzegovina; illegal logging; institutions; policy; export; illegal avverkning; institutioner; policy; export;

    Sammanfattning : Illegal logging and its related trade is of great concern around the world. The European Union Timber Regulation (EUTR) is a regulatory approach by the EU to prevent illegal timber and timber products to be placed on the European Union inner market. LÄS MER

  5. 9. The truth inside the wood. Can Genetic Analysis Help Us Win The Fight Against Illegal Timber Trade?

    Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Internationella miljöinstitutet

    Författare :Aynur Mammadova; [2015]
    Nyckelord :DNA fingerprinting; Population genetics; DNA Barcoding; genetic timber tracking technologies; supply chain management; illegal timber trade; Illegal logging; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Sammanfattning : Illegal timber harvest and trade is one of the main challenges in the context of global deforestation and sustainability. Different governance and self-governance initiatives throughout the history with the aim to regulate global forest commons have received plenty of criticism. LÄS MER

  7. 10. Speech Recognitionon the Android Platformunder Adverse Noise Conditions

    Kandidat-uppsats, KTH/Skolan för datavetenskap och kommunikation (CSC)

    Författare :James Huang; [2014]
    Nyckelord :;

    Sammanfattning : This study investigates the offline transcription capabilities of the Android Speech RecognitionEngine (ASRE). The need for this study comes from an original specification for an application tobe used to prevent illegal logging in the Amazon rainforest. LÄS MER