... waste incineration.Solutions to waste-generation problems include innovative uses of waste, improved waste management systems, increases in recycling, advances in landfill safety, and reductions ... increasingly pristine wilderness areas, displacing more bears and requiring more labor and capital to clear trails and install infrastructure. Likewise, additional bear habitat comes at an increasing ... wife Donna and my children Austin and Alexandra are to thank for providing inspiration and practicing patience. For thoughtful comments and checks of accuracy I am grateful to the following reviewers:...
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... Evolution of EnvironmentalandNaturalResource Governance: Land, Water, and Forests 30CHAPTER 3Aligning Institutional Characteristics: Implementing Innovation in Land Protection 70CHAPTER 4Intermittent ... with environmentalandnaturalresource governance and management. Initially air and water pollution were dened as point sources coming from smokestacks or pipes into waterways. Now the dominant ... and failure in implementing innovation are also possible. Even with these shortcomings, this study is oered in the spirit of moving our understanding of environmentaland natural resource governance...
... suggested guidelines forestablishing and managing a program to encourage research on sustainability,agriculture, andnatural resources in U.S. institutions and their developing countrycounterparts.The ... associated with maintaining current production levels,including the mining of trace nutrients, declining incremental response to increasedfertilizer use, pest resistance, and reduced returns ... design and field test systems ofsustainable agriculture andnaturalresource management. Research, thus, mustilluminate the principles and theory that underlie sustainability. Those general principlesand...
... Gumucio10COMMUNICATION ANDNATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT • EXPERIENCE/THEORY IntroductionUSING THIS BOOK This book has been written as a tool for people involved or interested in communica-tion andnaturalresource ... Ndangang, in the Co -management of Natural Resources: Organizing, Negotiating and Learning-by-Doing: In the past, many traditional societies formed relatively closed systems in which nat-ural resources ... social change, and a commitment to enhance rural people’s capac-ities in managing communication processes. FAO is interested in exploring this in therealm of naturalresourcemanagementand rural...
... emphasis on estuarine, intertidal harvesting of salmon. Beginning in 1973, I began inves-tigating a related set of questions pertaining to the process whereby the Kla-wock Tlingit had transitioned ... North Carolina, New England, and Newfoundland. In all of these cases the fundamental point of similar-ity lies in the close connection between local resources users and the envi-ronment in which ... to contribute to more effective and sustain-able approaches to forest managementin particular andnaturalresource management in general. A central strength (and weakness) to tek is the fact...
... hoes and other “grubbing”20 WEEDS AND INVASIVE PLANTSWeeds in Rangelands, 26Original Vegetation and Early Land Use History ofGreat Basin, 28Introduction of Cheatgrass and Fire, 28Invasive ... believed then and continue to believe thatbetter management results from the understanding of how plants interact wit heach other and their environment andmanagement to create and maintain weedpopulations.We ... completely in the seedling stage. Mowingor grazing in early spring makes little difference since developing seed ofthe species are readily viable and capable of germinating the following autumn.Even...
... arresting and reversing deforestation,controlling erosion and managing soil,managing soil moisture and water,halting the degradation of pastures,recovering and conserving marine resources and ... committedtheir resources and knowledge to combatting desertification.These and other initiativeswill be explored in the following pages.IFAD’s Mandate andEnvironmental IssuesIndiaPanamaSustaining ... half-moons into the slopes of their land to catch and retainrainwater .In Cape Verde,rural workers have introduced terracing,which has increasedforage and maize output,with land remaining for an...
... chain in differentways, and often at different times and places.’ In summary, integrating SAGA into research is important in de-veloping a better understanding and awareness of the social and ... integrate social and gender analysisinto naturalresourcemanagement research. They point to the im-portance of ‘local’ history and context, and to the increasingly inter-locking ‘local’ and ... commonissues; writing studies/stories; and planning.KEY COMMON ISSUES In reviewing individual case studies and synthesizing the most strikingthings and the missing or underemphasized elements, nine commonissues...
... Liu(1992), and Jiggins and Roling (1997) have noted that all types of actionresearch promote individual and collective learning and increase individualautonomy and problem-solving capacity in a durable ... and so on. The natural resource management analysis takes as basic elements the natural resources at stake and the stakeholders who have some interest—directly or indirectly in the use or maintenance ... claim on the natural resources and that shouldalso be heard in any planning exercise. In short, conflicts do exist and arethe rule rather than the exception in terms of naturalresource management. If...
... not aware of their role in carrying out and maintaining efficiency of quality management system. Improving management responsibility and human resourcemanagement can bring many benefits for thecompany ... quality management system, and setting up effective system of communication.4.1.1 Maintaining management commitmentLeader of Viet A company needs to maintain management commitment bydefining a ... inmanagement responsibility After three-month doing internship in Viet A plastic and composite company, Irealized that the leaders did not fulfill their roles in carrying out and maintainingefficiency...
... resourcemanagement function.Again it is worth noting the importance of the role of information and communication in theorganising and directing elements of the management function. These involve ... accountability to various individuals and groups bothwithin and outside the organisation. In addition, managers are responsible for maintaining a highstandard of business ethics. In this context “ethics” ... workers and those living in the vicinity.Other stakeholders in this respect are the education and training providers, such asschools and colleges, who expect the business to provide information...
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... difficulties involved in satisfying short-term oriented investors, 3) managerial inertia and resistance due to their conservative instincts and values and due to their uncertainty about what ... found a clear linear relationship between this participation index and three performance indicators, defect density, line yield and cycle time. Finally, a study of the oil refining industry found ... managerial practices are combined into an internally coherent system involving alignment with existing organizational features (internal fit) and alignment with operating and strategic objectives...