Sökning: "community-based conservation"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 34 uppsatser innehållade orden community-based conservation.

1. 1. Engaged Employees in Energy Conservation : exploring how to get there

   Master-uppsats, Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för byggnadsteknik, energisystem och miljövetenskap

   Författare :Linnea Bedoire; Maria Nordling; [2023]
   Nyckelord :community-based social marketing; pharmaceutical industry; employee engagement; energy conservation; intervention; workplace; norms; pro-environmental behaviors;

   Sammanfattning : Energy consumption is one of the major contributors to greenhouse gas emissions and to climate change. Renewable energy sources are one way of mitigating the problem, but behavioral change and reductions in consumption are also required. LÄS MER

3. 2. Community awareness regarding the páramos: an exploratory study on Colombian eco-social organizations

   Kandidat-uppsats, Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för socialt arbete och kriminologi

   Författare :Mariana Caviativa Rojas; Marie Karunaratne Chathurika; [2023]
   Nyckelord :Rural and urban communities; eco-social work; environmental justice framework; eco-social approach; eco-social organizations; páramos; Colombia.;

   Sammanfattning : This qualitative study explores how eco-social organizations in Colombia work with the communities to protect the páramos, and the issues affecting the páramos. Workers, volunteers, and advisors of the organizations were interviewed to examine the issues affecting the páramos and how they work with the communities to protect this ecosystem. LÄS MER

4. 3. Beyond Conservation: Unlocking livelihoods, empowering communities : The case of Mamirauá

   Master-uppsats, Linköpings universitet/Tema Miljöförändring

   Författare :Alejandra Leon Lavandera; [2023]
   Nyckelord :CBNRM; local livelihoods; participatory approach; protected area;

   Sammanfattning : The spread of Community-based Natural Resources Management (CBNRM) programs can be attributed to the failure of top-down approaches and the development of more equitable governance strategies. A CBNRM approach seeks to fulfill dual objectives by balancing environmental conservation goals and local livelihood opportunities. LÄS MER

5. 4. Evidence use in conservation practice : Using interviews to understand the opinions of conservation practitioners on the use, availability, and diversity of evidence in conservation practice

   Master-uppsats, Stockholms universitet/Stockholm Resilience Centre

   Författare :Raf Erik Veerle Jansen; [2022]
   Nyckelord :Conservation; practitioner; evidence-based; local ecological knowledge;

   Sammanfattning : There has been a discussion in the last decades about a perceived lack of scientific evidence use in conservation practice, affecting its legitimacy and efficiency. Some researchers argue that peer-reviewed science is rarely used in conservation practice. LÄS MER

7. 5. Sustainable Use: A Contentious Promise - A Case Study on International Funding of Consumptive Sustainable Wildlife Use in South Africa's Biodiversity Economy

   Kandidat-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

   Författare :Mara Glas; [2022]
   Nyckelord :biodiversity economy; sustainable use; international conservation finance; community-based conservation; economic development; wildlife economics; South Africa; Social Sciences;

   Sammanfattning : In South Africa, sustainable use of wildlife is widely recognized as providing economic incentives and actively engaging rural communities in conservation management. Aiming to combat rampant poverty and wildlife crime in communities around protected areas (PAs), the country’s biodiversity economy envisions to scale (non-)consumptive activities in the pursuit of creating economically and environmentally viable wildlife businesses. LÄS MER