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Want, Waste or War?
The Global Resource Nexus and the Struggle for Land, Energy, Food, Water and Minerals
Av Philip Andrews-Speed, Raimund Bleischwitz m. fl.
Häftad, 2014
827 kr
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In addition to environmental change, the structure and trends of global politics and the economy are also changing as more countries join the ranks of the world’s largest economies with their resource-intensive patterns. The nexus approach, conceptualized as attention to resource connections and …
Community Innovations in Sustainable Land Management
Lessons from the field in Africa
Av Maxwell Mudhara, Saa Dittoh m. fl.
Häftad, 2019
751 kr
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It is increasingly recognized that land can be managed most sustainably through involving local communities. This book highlights the potential of a new methodology of uncovering and stimulating community initiatives in sustainable land management in Africa. Analyses of four contrasting African …
Governing Renewable Natural Resources
Theories and Frameworks
Av Fiona Nunan
Inbunden, 2019
2517 kr
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In one volume, this book brings together a diversity of approaches, theory and frameworks that can be used to analyse the governance of renewable natural resources.Renewable natural resources are under pressure, with over-exploitation and degradation raising concern globally. Understanding …
Governing Renewable Natural Resources
Theories and Frameworks
Av Fiona Nunan
Häftad, 2019
722 kr
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In one volume, this book brings together a diversity of approaches, theory and frameworks that can be used to analyse the governance of renewable natural resources.Renewable natural resources are under pressure, with over-exploitation and degradation raising concern globally. Understanding …
Mitigating Land Degradation and Improving Livelihoods
An Integrated Watershed Approach
Av Feras Ziadat
Häftad, 2019
503 kr
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The research presented in this book demonstrates how an integrated ‘systems’ approach to farming in the watershed context increases the effectiveness of a production system and improves people’s livelihoods. It takes an integrated approach, using one watershed in Ethiopia as a ‘laboratory’ or model …
Gender Research in Natural Resource Management
Building Capacities in the Middle East and North Africa
Av Malika Abdelali-Martini, Aden Aw-Hassan
Häftad, 2019
751 kr
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The aim of this book is to highlight the role that gender research can play in understanding natural resource management and rural development issues in the Middle East and North Africa region and how hands-on training and mentoring can be used as a capacity enhancement approach. It presents …
Fair and Equitable Benefit-Sharing in Agriculture (Open Access)
Reinventing Agrarian Justice
Inbunden, 2020
2517 kr
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This book explores the emergence and development of the legal concept of fair and equitable benefit-sharing, and its application in agriculture.Developed in the 1990s, the concept of fair and equitable benefit-sharing has been deployed in an ever-wider variety of international instruments, …
Benefit-sharing in Environmental Governance
Local Experiences of a Global Concept
Av Louisa Parks
Inbunden, 2019
2592 kr
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Taking a bottom-up perspective, this book explores local framings of a wide range of issues related to benefit-sharing, a growing concept in global environmental governance.Benefit-sharing in Environmental Governance draws on original case studies from South Africa, Namibia, Greece, Argentina, and …
Soil and Soil Fertility Management Research in Sub-Saharan Africa
Fifty years of shifting visions and chequered achievements
Av Henk Mutsaers, Danny Coyne m. fl.
Häftad, 2019
722 kr
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Judicious soil fertility management is crucial for sustainable crop production and food security in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). This book describes the various concepts and approaches underlying soil and soil fertility management research in SSA over the last fifty years. It provides examples of …
Environmental Justice and Land Use Conflict
The governance of mineral and gas resource development
Häftad, 2019
722 kr
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Conflict over the extraction of coal and gas resources has rapidly escalated in communities throughout the world. Using an environmental justice lens, this multidisciplinary book explores cases of land use conflict through the lived experiences of communities grappling with such disputes. Drawing …
Food, Energy and Water Sustainability
Emergent Governance Strategies
Av Laura M. Pereira, Caitlin A. McElroy m. fl.
Häftad, 2019
722 kr
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Societies around the world face an increasingly uncertain future as social and ecological changes create pressure on resource governance, and this uncertainty calls for new models that illuminate the intersections of civil society, public sector, and private sector resource management. This volume …
Capacity-Building and the Water-Energy-Food Nexus
Rethinking Integration in the Asia-Pacific
Inbunden, 2023
2517 kr
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This book critically explores how the water-energy-food nexus can be used as an organising framework to address environmental degradation and promote sustainable development. Building effective and sustainable mechanisms to tackle environmental problems requires in-depth understanding of …
Global Resource Scarcity
Catalyst for Conflict or Cooperation?
Av Marcelle C. Dawson, Christopher Rosin m. fl.
Häftad, 2019
722 kr
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A common perception of global resource scarcity holds that it is inevitably a catalyst for conflict among nations; yet, paradoxically, incidents of such scarcity underlie some of the most important examples of international cooperation. This volume examines the wider potential for the experience of …
Moroccan Argan Trade
Producer Networks and Human Bio-Geographies
Inbunden, 2020
999 kr
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This book provides one of the most detailed and comprehensive examinations of the Moroccan argan tree, the products derived from it and its cultural significance. The Moroccan argan trade is booming, but as the tree provides important ecological functions and plays an important role, both …
Balancing the Commons in Switzerland
Institutional Transformations and Sustainable Innovations
Av Tobias Haller, Karina Liechti m. fl.
Inbunden, 2021
2517 kr
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Balancing the Commons in Switzerland outlines continuity and change in the management of common-pool resources such as pastures and forests in Switzerland.The book focuses on the differences and similarities between local institutions (rules and regulations) and forms of commoners’ organisations …
Participatory Governance of UNESCO Biosphere Reserves in Canada and Israel
Resolving Natural Resource Conflicts
Inbunden, 2020
2517 kr
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This book explores how participatory governance processes help to find integrated solutions to resource-based development while protecting ecosystems in UNESCO designated areas.Participatory Governance of UNESCO Biosphere Reserves in Canada and Israel explores how stakeholders’ participation in …
Participatory Governance of UNESCO Biosphere Reserves in Canada and Israel
Resolving Natural Resource Conflicts
Häftad, 2023
649 kr
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This book explores how participatory governance processes help to find integrated solutions to resource-based development while protecting ecosystems in UNESCO designated areas.Participatory Governance of UNESCO Biosphere Reserves in Canada and Israel explores how stakeholders’ participation in …
Fair and Equitable Benefit-Sharing in Agriculture (Open Access)
Reinventing Agrarian Justice
Häftad, 2022
637 kr
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This book explores the emergence and development of the legal concept of fair and equitable benefit-sharing, and its application in agriculture.Developed in the 1990s, the concept of fair and equitable benefit-sharing has been deployed in an ever-wider variety of international instruments, …
Agricultural Land Use and Natural Gas Extraction Conflicts
A Global Socio-Legal Perspective
Av Madeline Taylor, Tina Hunter
Häftad, 2020
637 kr
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Onshore unconventional gas operations, in most jurisdictions, operate on the legal principle that all activities during exploration and extraction are ‘temporary’ in nature. The concept that the onshore unconventional gas industry has a temporary effect on the land on which it operates creates a …
Socio-Ecological Resilience to Climate Change in a Fragile Ecosystem
The Case of the Lake Chilwa Basin, Malawi
Av Sosten Chiotha, Daniel Jamu m. fl.
Häftad, 2020
693 kr
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The Lake Chilwa Basin Climate Change Adaptation Programme was a seven-year research and development programme in Malawi that concluded in March 2017. The programme was designed to protect the livelihoods of the population and enhance resilience of the natural resource base upon which it depends. …
Forest Management Auditing
Certification of Forest Products and Services
Av Lucio Brotto, Davide Pettenella
Häftad, 2020
593 kr
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Forest management auditing is expanding from its traditional focus on forest management, stewardship and Chain of Custody certification to more innovative topics such as ecosystem services, forest carbon credits, Non-Wood Forest Products, wood energy and Fair Trade certification. Forest managers, …
Large Carnivore Conservation and Management
Human Dimensions
Häftad, 2020
561 kr
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Large carnivores include iconic species such as bears, wolves and big cats. Their habitats are increasingly being shared with humans, and there is a growing number of examples of human-carnivore coexistence as well as conflict. Next to population dynamics of large carnivores, there are considerable …
Reindeer Husbandry and Global Environmental Change
Pastoralism in Fennoscandia
Av Tim Horstkotte, Øystein Holand m. fl.
Inbunden, 2022
2517 kr
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This volume offers a holistic understanding of the environmental and societal challenges that affect reindeer husbandry in Fennoscandia today.Reindeer husbandry is a livelihood with a long traditional heritage and cultural importance. Like many other pastoral societies, reindeer herders are …
Reindeer Husbandry and Global Environmental Change
Pastoralism in Fennoscandia
Av Tim Horstkotte, Øystein Holand m. fl.
Häftad, 2024
693 kr
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This volume offers a holistic understanding of the environmental and societal challenges that affect reindeer husbandry in Fennoscandia today.Reindeer husbandry is a livelihood with a long traditional heritage and cultural importance. Like many other pastoral societies, reindeer herders are …
Tropical Bioproductivity
Origins and Distribution in a Globalized World
Häftad, 2020
724 kr
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This book investigates the fundamental role that tropical bioproductivity - or more specifically net primary productivity - has played in shaping the global geographies of food, finance, governance and people. The book examines the basic astronomical and thermal properties of our planet to …
Balancing the Commons in Switzerland
Institutional Transformations and Sustainable Innovations
Av Tobias Haller, Karina Liechti m. fl.
Häftad, 2022
693 kr
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Balancing the Commons in Switzerland outlines continuity and change in the management of common-pool resources such as pastures and forests in Switzerland.The book focuses on the differences and similarities between local institutions (rules and regulations) and forms of commoners’ organisations …
Commons in a Glocal World
Global Connections and Local Responses
Av Tobias Haller, Thomas Breu m. fl.
Häftad, 2020
731 kr
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This volume focuses on how, in Europe, the debate on the commons is discussed in regard to historical and contemporary dimensions, critically referencing the work of Elinor Ostrom. It also explores from the perspective of new institutional political ecology (NIPE) how Europe directly and indirectly …
Sustainability Certification Schemes in the Agricultural and Natural Resource Sectors
Outcomes for Society and the Environment
Av Melissa Vogt
Häftad, 2020
695 kr
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This book provides a balanced critique of a range of international sustainability certification schemes across nine agricultural and natural resource industries. Certification schemes set standards through intramarket private and multi-stakeholder mechanisms, and while third-party verification is …
Policy and Governance in the Water-Energy-Food Nexus
A Relational Equity Approach
Av Anastasia Koulouri, Nikolai Mouraviev
Häftad, 2021
695 kr
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This book discusses the balance of priorities within the Water-Energy-Food (WEF) nexus and its impact on policy development and implementation, highlighting innovative perspectives in adopting a holistic approach to identify, analyse and manage the nexus component interdependencies. Due to …
Contested Forms of Governance in Marine Protected Areas
A Study of Co-Management and Adaptive Co-Management
Av Natalie Bown, Tim S. Gray m. fl.
Inbunden, 2012
2525 kr
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In this book, the authors examine the governance of marine protected areas (MPA), and in particular they compare two different forms of governance – co-management (CM) and adaptive co-management (ACM). CM is characterized by the decentralization of the decision-making process, incorporating the …
