Sökning: "sustainable wildlife conservation"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 29 uppsatser innehållade orden sustainable wildlife conservation.

1. 1. Hawk-kite as a scaring method for avian pests in Kenyan rice fields

   Master-uppsats, SLU/Dept. of Ecology

   Författare :Linnea Hollsten; [2023]
   Nyckelord :bird; crop; damage mitigation; pest control; repellent;

   Sammanfattning : The human population is increasing globally, and so are the human-wildlife interactions and conservation conflicts. One source of conservation conflict is the crop damage caused by wildlife. Crop damage is negatively affecting farmers, but also the wildlife due to lethal methods used to reduce the damage. LÄS MER

3. 2. Changing the Stories We Live By: Revolutionizing the North American Model of Wildlife Conservation Through Transformative Conservation

   Master-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

   Författare :Tess Marie Burroughs; [2022]
   Nyckelord :Sustainable Development; Wildlife Conservation; Biodiversity Loss; Critical Discourse Analysis; Transformative Conservation;

   Sammanfattning : As biodiversity continues to diminish worldwide, an interrogation of long-standing conservation discourse is needed to reformulate a new conservation rhetoric that confronts the socio-ecological complexities of the world and reorients the relationship between humans and nature. Using ecologically sensitive critical discourse analysis, this research investigates the dominant ideologies perpetuated within an iteration of mainstream American wildlife discourse and explores opportunities for transformative conservation alternatives. LÄS MER

4. 3. Count on dead wood : a comparison of nature conservation value assessment methods concerning dead wood

   Master-uppsats, SLU/Dept. of Wildlife, Fish and Environmental Studies

   Författare :Andreas Widell; [2022]
   Nyckelord :conservation value assessment methods; dead wood volume; dead wood diversity; time consumption;

   Sammanfattning : Dead wood is acknowledged world-wide for its interconnection to biodiversity and sustainable forest management. In Sweden, today’s retention forestry requires measures to protect and create dead wood, which raise the need of inventory methods for estimating dead wood quantity and quality. LÄS MER

5. 4. Planning future forests for energy, environment and wildlife : Evaluation of forest management scenarios using a forest landscape model in Sweden

   Master-uppsats, KTH/Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknik

   Författare :Sigvard Bast; [2022]
   Nyckelord :Forest landscape model; Biomass succession simulation; Carbon stock change; Habitat indicators; Scenario analysis; Integrated sustainability assessment;

   Sammanfattning : Comparing the future state of natural capital and ecosystem services with quantitative scenarios  is essential in the decision-making process for a sustainable management of forest landscapes. In Sweden, an intensified forest management will likely be necessary to meet future demands of woody biomass as a source of bioenergy and building materials. 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