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Visar resultat 11 - 15 av 214 uppsatser innehållade ordet Pacific.

  1. 11. Talk to the Sea: Deep-sea mining, the arts, and contesting narratives of extraction in the deep ocean.

    Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/Humanekologi

    Författare :Nicholas Frederick Olivier Lepage; [2023]
    Nyckelord :deep-sea mining; resource frontier; commodities; arts; extractivism; narratives; imaginaries.; Social Sciences;

    Sammanfattning : The deep-sea may be on the verge of becoming the latest frontier for resource extraction of critical metals and minerals in order to build renewable energy technologies such as electric vehicles. This thesis examines the narratives used by the deep-sea mining company The Metals Company to justify the extraction of polymetallic nodules from the seabed in the Clarion Clipperton Zone in the Pacific Ocean. LÄS MER

  3. 12. Sin Stocks: An Analysis of the Sin Premium in the US, European, and Asia-Pacific Markets

    Magister-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Författare :Tizian Widmer; Tim Scholl; [2023]
    Nyckelord :Sin Stocks; Factor Models; USA; Europe; Asia-Pacific; Business and Economics;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis aims to explain the return of so-called sin stocks, which include businesses operating in the alcohol, tobacco, gambling, weapon, and oil & gas industries. Due to their negative public perception, these stocks are anticipated to yield a sin premium. LÄS MER

  4. 13. How using live bait affects longline bycatch in the artisanal fishing fleet of Costa Rica : The dilemma between live and dead bait

    Kandidat-uppsats, Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för biologi och miljö (BOM)

    Författare :Jonathan Baeck; [2023]
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    Sammanfattning : Long-lining is a frequently used method in marine fisheries. Similarly to trawling and nets, also long-lining is associated with bycatch which may have negative impacts on the ecosystems. However, different methods of long-lining may vary in the amount and ratio of bycatch but methods have rarely been compared directly. LÄS MER

  5. 14. En arkeologihistorisk studie kring synen på Bronsålderskrigföring

    Kandidat-uppsats,

    Författare :Anneli Eriksson; [2022-05-17]
    Nyckelord :arkeologihistoria; bronsålder; krigföring;

    Sammanfattning : A study of the history of archaeology shows that in the earlier times of archaeological science emphasis was put into collecting, counting, categorizing, and keeping activities. In the latter half of the twentieth century, a search for contexts with a holistic interest in greater understanding for the individual and its cultural interactions on different levels gradually develops. LÄS MER

  7. 15. Looking into the black box: The roles of development workers in enhancing climate resilience and gender equality for ethnic minority women through the EmPower project in Vietnam

    Master-uppsats, Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

    Författare :Hong Hanh Nguyen; [2022-01-18]
    Nyckelord :feminist political ecology; development workers; climate change; gender equality; ethnic minorities; Vietnam;

    Sammanfattning : The climate change-gender nexus has increasingly become the arena in which adaptation interventions take place. One such intervention is the EmPower program in the Asia-Pacific region by UN Women and UNEP. This research is a case study on how one program component on women’s renewable energy entrepreneurship is implemented in Vietnam. LÄS MER