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Visar resultat 16 - 20 av 88 uppsatser innehållade ordet Rainforest.

1. 16. Political leaders' motives to action : An analysis of Jair Bolsonaro's and Emmanuel Macron's motives in the Amazon rainforest fires

   Master-uppsats, Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för statsvetenskap (ST)

   Författare :Sofia Kjellin; [2020]
   Nyckelord :Political leadership; rational choice; political psychology; motives; actions; Jair Bolsonaro; Emmanuel Macron; the Amazon rainforest;

   Sammanfattning : This study seeks to explain political leaders' motives to action, by studying how Jair Bolsonaro and Emmanuel Macron have acted in the matter of the fires in the Amazon rainforest. It is assumed that while political leaders may try to act rationally, they are influenced by psychological factors in terms of educational background and style. LÄS MER

3. 17. Local participation in natural resource management initiatives : a case study of the Gola REDD+ Project in Sierra Leone

   Master-uppsats, SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

   Författare :Idriss Duramany Koromah; [2020]
   Nyckelord :local participation; REDD ; natural resource management; Sierra Leone; Gola Rainforest National Park;

   Sammanfattning : The United Nation’s program, Reducing Emission from Deforestation and forest Degradation (REDD+) is an international policy mechanism to mitigate global climate change. REDD+ has a significant global impact that is changing how forests are managed around the world, particularly in developing countries and where natural resource dependent communities live. LÄS MER

4. 18. Differences in forest structure in relation to energy-efficient cookstoves in the Kakamega forest, Kenya

   Master-uppsats, Linköpings universitet/Biologi

   Författare :Fanny Edenborg; [2020]
   Nyckelord :Rainforest; Energy-efficient cookstoves; forest structure; Kakamega forest; Kenya;

   Sammanfattning : Tropical forests are amongst the most important ecosystems in the world. It is also the biome estimated to experience the most rapid losses of habitats in the next 50 years, mainly due to anthropogenic exploitation. The Kakamega forest, western Kenya, is important both for conservation and human livelihood and is essential for peoples’ survival. LÄS MER

5. 19. Different perspectives of deforestation in the Peruvian Amazon : An interview study based in Cusco and Pilcopata in the Cusco region

   Kandidat-uppsats, Linköpings universitet/Tema Miljöförändring

   Författare :Teresa Wåtz; Emma Eriksson; [2019]
   Nyckelord :Peruvian Amazon; Deforestation; Different perspectives; Cusco; Pilcopata.;

   Sammanfattning : The Amazon rainforest constitutes a quarter of the global biodiversity and is responsible for 15% of the terrestrial photosynthesis. It is important to protect the forest and limit the deforestation to not release more greenhouse gases, which aggravate climate change. LÄS MER

7. 20. The challenges of the ecotourism concept in Manaus - A contrasted on site perspective

   C-uppsats, Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för marknadsföring och strategi

   Författare :Pavel Strandh; Sebastian Carling; [2019]
   Nyckelord :ecotourism; implementation barriers; Manaus; Cuzco; stakeholder theory;

   Sammanfattning : The purpose of this thesis is to identify and describe what implementation barriers companies face when implementing the ecotourism concept in Manaus, Brazil. To accomplish this, we have traveled to Manaus, in the heart of the Amazon rainforest, and conducted one quantitative and one qualitative study. LÄS MER