... Similarly, Lovelock and Robinson (2005) in their study ofhunting whitetail deer on New Zealand’s remote Stewart Island point to the irony ofthe peripheral location ofthe island being the attraction ... hunting, shooting and fishing in the Swedish mountain areas Sir Edwin Henry Landseer’s famous 1851 painting The Monarch ofthe Glen’, with red deer stag Copy of frontispiece ofThe Book ofthe ... approach, and utilises the neo-Marxist concept – the subsumption of nature – to consider how thehuntingof red deer has helped to shape the respective social and physical landscapes in Scotland and...
... worked in the area The research team consisted of a staff from RIA No 1, DOFI and CSSH and officers of People's Committee ofthe District (PCD) and People's Committee ofthe Commune (PCC) The fieldwork ... endanger the availability of fish in the lagoon The expansion of shrimp farming leads to reduction offishing areas for fishermen The use electric fishing gears and large number of traditional fishing ... (1995) claimed that the main environmental concerns of shrimp farming have been the destruction of mangroves and other wetlands for the construction of shrimp ponds More than 50% ofthe world’s mangroves...
... production and on the lives ofthe people because ofthe intensified drought, the saline water coming in, as well as the stormy weather They’ve all had a very negative effect on agriculture and as ... tons of wild fish and other aquatic resources (MRC, 2009) as the world’s largest island fishery The Delta provides 90 per cent of rice exports, and Vietnam is one ofthe world’s top suppliers of ... maintain the Mekong River Delta one ofthe best rice production area in the world and diversify local livelihoods to integrate to the development trend ofthe country in particular andofthe international...
... light ofthe urgent need for Vietnam to earn foreign exchange and because of its limited resources and knowledge The issues of sustainability therefore hinges on the political will ofthe government ... higher and as a result it has boosted the development of other industries such as the restoration of many traditional festivals and craft villages, facilitated the economic restructuring ofthe ... the population ofthe Perfume River (which flows through Hue) andthe Han River (which flows through Da nang), and in general the population of water, air, andthe coastline Southern Vietnam will...
... methane and (C2+C 4)/C ratio Source: Moss et al (2000) Effect of feeding characteristics on methane production • Digestible organic matter or energy • Residence time in the rumen and level of intake ... Land is limited • Average temperature have increased by 0.80C (NASA, 2005) and up to 4OC on 2099 (IPPC, 2007) • Average sea level rise: 50 mm/y (currently) forecasted to 590 mm/y in the end of ... the rumen and level of intake • Source of C and pattern of fermentation Temperature change Source: ICCP (2001) Source: Stern (2006) Sea level rise Effect of climate change on food –feed production...
... battery to the lake edge Two small creeks cross the northern and southern parts ofthe site The upper part ofthe site is characterized by a thin surface layer of eolian sand mixed with sandstoneclast ... showing the salinity of water andthe relative concentrations (in equivalent units) of major cations and anions from the main brine pit and Geoprobe wells located to the southeast of this pit; the ... ofthe Lester and Branstetter leases resemble that of much ofthe major southern mid-continent oil- and gas-producing area ofthe U.S The leases are also typical of many depleted and aging petroleum...
... half of these costs (Chenoweth 2007) Taken together, these and other studies suggest that the quality of management and maintenance of housing can make a big difference in the extent of, and costs ... promising hypotheses on the societal impacts of housing and examine the growing body of research supporting these hypotheses This paper focuses on the impact of housing on education Other papers ... than renters to believe that they can things as well as others and that their lives will work out for the better (Rossi and Weber 1996) In a critique of these and other studies, however, Rohe...
... characteristics ofthe groups from these selected branches not perfectly match those ofthe nonselected branches We therefore limit theanalysis to the groups from the selected branches 19 the course ofthe ... changes on both the supply and demand side ofthe market As might be expected, the strongest effect of improved information in the hands of lenders is seen through the screening of new clients, ... function ofthe borrower’s characteristics Z and a and, if there is moral hazard behavior on the part ofthe borrower, on α B (the lender knows what the borrower thinks the lender knows) However, the...
... critical load provides an indication ofthe level of risk of adverse effects of nitrogen on ecosystems This brochure was produced by the Working Group on Effects ofthe United Nations Economic Commission ... lakes and streams, caused forest dieback and corrosion of cultural heritage The scientific data presented in this brochure have been collated by the Working Group on Effects to support the revision ... been collated by the Working Group on Effects to support the revision ofthe 1999 Protocol to Abate Acidification, Eutrophication and Ground-level Ozone This Protocol is one ofthe eight multilateral...
... beneficial and economically viable’ (as defined in the FSC mandate) On the contrary, they enjoy this seal at the cost ofthe work and health of their workers andofthe environment of all Uruguayans ... must bear the additional burden of responsibility for protecting and managing the woodlot They often receive little reward as the money from the sale ofthe wood often goes directly to the man, ... implied by the disappearance ofthe forest andofthe products obtained from it Company workers – brought from other regions ofthe country – would then seem to be the only ones to benefit from these...
... biodiversity, the behavior of fauna and flora and change of their genetic diversity The coastal zone accounts for 30% ofthe area and more than 30% ofthe human population of Thua Thien - Hue Province ... Changes in the flow regime will affect the itinerary offishing boats and other ships and fish migration/spawning routes Changes in the natural environment lead to changes of biodiversity, the behavior ... series of effect of sea level rise, water reduction and increasing demand of water users is expected to be more serious in the future Salinity profile was simulated by the couple of HD and AD...
... relevant dataand research from the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland 1.5 Diagram showing links between education and health The diagram below illustrates the relationship between education and ... within the two systems, andthe relative merits of innovative programmes such as the Transition Year in the Republic of Ireland To assess the impact of programmes and polices in each jurisdiction and ... Personal and Health Education (in the Republic of Ireland) and Personal Development (in Northern Ireland) These programmes aim to support personal development, health and wellbeing andthe development...
... the growth of a metropolitan economy like that ofthe five-county Southern California region They directly employ thousands of workers and produce millions of dollars per year in taxes and other ... the growth of a metropolitan economy like that ofthe five-county Southern California region They directly employ thousands of workers and produce millions of dollars per year in taxes and other ... enplanements and deplanements and tons of air cargo loaded and unloaded at the airport These relationships change over time in response to changes in the structure ofthe economy, the nature ofthe industries...
... on the technology ofthe industry in which spending occurs andthe size ofthe area economy which affects the portion of these impacts that remain in the local economy andthe portion that "leaks ... far off in the future will pass the NPV and benefit/cost tests The principal criterion is the "opportunity cost of capital", which may be judged to be any one ofthe following: • the rate of return ... corporate profits For these reasons, the different measures of economic impact (income, value added and output) cannot be added together Selection of Appropriate Measures The selection ofthe most...
... policies they have on palm oil, whether they are enforced, and whether they can identify the source of their palm oil d) To the Indonesian Government Friends ofthe Earth demands that the Indonesian ... used the land in the way they stated they would (e.g in the case of logging/ oil palm companies, whether the companies did develop oil palm plantations as they said they would, or whether they ... with the parent estate, which is appointed as the manager ofthe land The parent still guarantees the repayment ofthe development loan from the bank.124 However, from another point of view, the...
... associated with the degradation of hundreds of millions of hectares of land worldwide according to the FAO, and much farmland globally is assigned to non-food crops, suggesting that land availability ... Given the current state ofthe literature, we start with a quick review ofthe conclusions of some meta-analyses, then, for each sector, we look at thedata for energy use andthe three main GHGs ... savings in the form of fuel and machinery, these savings were largely offset by increased energy expended on pesticides and N fertilizers In a study conducted in the Parkland region ofthe Canadian...
... more than 1% of profits Charity fund was supported ofthe 14 companies at the bottom ofthe list less than 0.01% ofthe profits It is not fun is total revenues in 2004 ofthe charity, the contributions ... products but also the cost ofthe product In the elderly, they are born and raised in war, their lives devoted to the protection and restoration ofthe country, so they have awareness of environmental ... researched in their language and on their terms; + Ability to describe on the background ofthe original and unstructured data; The weaknesses ofthe qualitative method include: + Starting from the original...