Search Results - subject:"buffer zone"

The impact of buffer zone size and management on illegal extraction, park protection, and enforcement

Robinson, Elizabeth J.Z.; Albers, Heidi J.; Busby, … - In: Ecological Economics 92 (2013) C, pp. 96-103

zoning policies, few behavioural models of people's buffer zone use inform the sizing and management of those zones. This … paper uses a spatially explicit resource extraction model to examine the impact of buffer zone size and management on … buffer zone. The results demonstrate trade-offs between the level of enforcement, the size of a buffer zone, and the amount …

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Local power structures and their effect on forest land allocation in the buffer uone of Tam Dao National Park, Vietnam

Cari An Coe - In: The journal of environment & development : a review of … 22 (2013) 1, pp. 74-103

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A comprehensive review of solar facades. Opaque solar facades

Quesada, Guillermo; Rousse, Daniel; Dutil, Yvan; … - In: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 16 (2012) 5, pp. 2820-2832

In antiquity, people already knew the principles of solar architecture, designing their houses to the south to take advantage of the sun in all seasons. Today, solar architecture is undergoing a true revolution because of the development, among other things, of special facades involved in the...

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Towards the integration of spread and economic impacts of biological invasions in a landscape of learning and imitating agents

Carrasco, L. Roman; Cook, David; Baker, Richard; … - In: Ecological Economics 76 (2012) C, pp. 95-103

We develop an agent-based model integrated with a spatial stochastic simulation harmful non-indigenous species (NIS) spread model in which farmers have learning and imitation capabilities. The model is applied to the western corn rootworm (WCR) invasion in the UK. The invasion is never...

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Developing REDD+ policies and measures from the bottom-up for the buffer zones of Amazonian protected areas

Scriven, Joel - In: Environment, Development and Sustainability 14 (2012) 5, pp. 745-765

A key activity in Phase 1 of REDD+—the UN’s Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) forestry mitigation mechanism—is the development of policies and measures (PAMs) to define where and how emissions reductions and carbon stock enhancements and conservation will be achieved. This...

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Planning for Implementation of Riparian Buffers in the Feitsui Reservoir Watershed

Chang, Chia-Ling; Hsu, Tsung-Hung; Wang, Yunn-Jiin; … - In: Water Resources Management 24 (2010) 10, pp. 2339-2352

The Feitsui reservoir is a major water supply source for more than five million people in Northern Taiwan. The reservoir water quality has been good, but is threatened by eutrophication due to excessive nutrient input and siltation due to sediment loads. Recently, the water authorities in Taiwan...

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Rapid stakeholder and conflict assessment for natural resource management using cognitive mapping: The case of Damdoi Forest Enterprise, Vietnam

Hjortsø, Carsten; Christensen, Stig; Tarp, Peter - In: Agriculture and Human Values 22 (2005) 2, pp. 149-167

and analysis. The RSCA methodology is demonstrated in a case study concerning buffer zone management in the coastal …

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Valuing the Damage Caused by Invasive Plant Species in a Low-income Community in Nepal

Rai, Rajesh Kumar - The South Asian Network for Development and …

damages caused by invasive plant species, particularly Mikania micrantha, in the buffer zone of the Chitwan National Park in …

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Assessing protected areas management using soft systems

Rico, Alvaro - In: Scandinavian Forest Economics: Proceedings of the …, 41

/non-implementation of protected areas and buffer zone are considered from a systemic perspective. The paper outlines the application of soft …

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