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Your biodiversity in my backyard : key local stakeholders' perceptions of biodiversity conservation in Gorontalo, Indonesia : a thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy at Lincoln University /Kartikasari, S. N. January 2008 (has links)
Thesis (Ph. D.) -- Lincoln University, 2008. / Also available via the World Wide Web.
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Design for ecosystem function three ecologically based design interventions to support New Zealand's indigenous biodiversity : a thesis/dissertation submitted to Auckland University of Technology in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Philosophy (MPhil), 2009 /Reay, Stephen. January 2009 (has links)
Thesis (MPhil)--AUT University, 2009. / Includes bibliographical references. Also held in print (160 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.) in the Archive at the City Campus (T 333.9516 REA)
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Testing the effectiveness of community-based conservation in conserving biodiversity, protecting ecosystem services, and improving human well-being in MadagascarAndrianandrasana, Herizo January 2016 (has links)
This thesis is a scientific contribution towards evaluating the effectiveness of Community-based Conservation (CBC) in saving biodiversity, protecting ecosystem services and enhancing human well-being. The impact of CBC interventions carried out by Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust over 109 villages in five conservation areas in Madagascar (Lake Alaotra, Baly Bay National Park, Menabe dry forest, Manombo rain forest, and Nosivolo River) since 1997, were retrospectively evaluated. The evaluation used a quasi-experimental design to contrast changes in a set of biodiversity and human wellbeing indicators in the intervention villages with 109 control villages, which were matched for a range of social and environmental attributes. In Chapter 2, findings suggest that over the period 2000-2014 the CBC approach has impacted the incidence of fire, resulting in a lower rate of increase in fire frequency. Although CBC interventions were not able to reduce forest loss, the rate of deforestation in CBC villages has generally been maintained at lower levels than in control villages. Political disruption, population size and travel cost (access and distance) to the villages were identified as important contributing factors towards an increase in the severity of fires and deforestation while access to mobile phones may help mitigate the pressures. In Chapter 3, results indicate that support to education through CBC interventions is significantly associated with improvements in educational attainment. However, analysis of the historical Index of Health Status at village level did not show evidence that provision of clean drinking water or other health interventions improved public health. In terms of human well-being (Chapter 4), there is no evidence that CBC interventions have any positive impact on the Multidimensional Poverty Index. Since poverty has been identified as a key factor reducing happiness, mutual trust, and power to change local decision-making, the claim that CBC will be effective in enhancing subjective well-being cannot be supported by the evidence from this study. According to the Index of Perception of Valued Ecosystem Services the declines in forest cover between 2000 and 2013 were observed by local people, with people in CBC villages demonstrating a greater propensity to note resulting changes in the provision of ecosystem services. This result could be of value when designing future CBC interventions. Maximum Entropy modelling using a set of environmental GIS layers was performed in Chapter 5 for predicting geographic distribution zones of four globally threatened species living exclusively in the five study areas. Results suggested that over the period 2000-2014 there has been a decline in habitat suitability expressed by a decrease in probability of presence of the species. Vegetation cover is predicted to be the most important factor affecting the variability of species distribution range. Potential factors responsible for the success of some actions and failure, others within the CBC approach are discussed and pragmatic recommendations are given at the end of the thesis. For example, transforming local associations into social enterprise could possibly motivate poorer households to join CBC efforts and thereby improve social and biodiversity impacts in the future.
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Development and Management framework for the Gourits River CatchmentGriesel, Gerhard 20 November 2003 (has links)
This project forms part of a thesis for a Masters Degree in Landscape Architecture at the Department of Architecture, University of Pretoria. Not only is macro-scale or regional design a very important part of Landscape Architecture but a very interesting field that I wanted to explore through this project. Extensive studies have been made by the Cape Action Plan for the Environment (CAPE) on the biodiversity conservation for the Cape Floral Kingdom. A Biodiversity Strategy and action Plan for the Cape Floral Kingdom was developed. It is my intention to understand the Gourits River Catchment Area (further referred to as GRCA) as an interacting process, to interpret this as a value system and to designate appropriate land uses. / Dissertation (ML(Prof))--University of Pretoria, 2004. / Architecture / unrestricted
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Exploring the linkages between biodiversity conservation and ecotourism in protected areasMaciejewski, Kristine January 2012 (has links)
The prospect of using ecotourism to add value to conservation initiatives has frequently been stated. However, there is a general lack of information on the costs and benefits of biodiversity and its management, and how this can be influenced by the ecotourism industry. This study seeks to explore the value of biodiversity from the perspective of ecotourism in a hierarchical series of studies that move from the biome-level perspective down to the value of juveniles in ecotourism. Ecotourism plays a significant role in the establishment and management of Private Protected Areas (PPAs) and hence the opportunity to be added to the conservation estate. The financial opportunity to be found in ‘big five’ areas had led to an uneven biome coverage of PPAs which has resulted in the over-representation of certain areas and a skewed contribution towards national conservation targets. The landscape-use of PPAs have indicated that ecotourism operators are largely driven to achieve successful game-viewing sightings which has influenced management and affected the landscape use of PPAs, the stocking rate of species, the introduction of extralimital species, and management of flagship species. These management decisions are based on anecdotal sources and have been made at the expense of biodiversity and therefore apparent conflict exists between ecotourism and conservation objectives. This is based on lack of information: ecotourism operators, despite the large area they protect, have not realised their potential to contribute to conservation. It is therefore important to develop policy and incentives to motivate the establishment of PPAs in areas of high conservation significance in order to contribute to national conservation targets. Ecotourism should be used as a solution to provide important insights into tourist preferences which contribute to the larger debate of how to establish a balance between managing animal populations to ensure tourist satisfaction while supporting conservation. To ensure sustainability of PPAs, it is strongly recommended to manage PPAs more intensively with regards to PPA size, species stocking rates and landscape use. The presence of juveniles at an animal sighting significantly contributes to tourist satisfaction which suggests that the loss of juveniles may reduce the attraction. This is used to provide recommendations that using contraception to control elephant population numbers should be applied with caution as a management tool as it may be counterproductive by negatively impacting ecotourism. The findings from this study not only contribute to the conservation of biodiversity through the use of ecotourism, but will also ensure sustainability of the ecotourism industry and build capacity for sustainable living.
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A comparison of heuristic and optimal reserve selection algorithms used in systematic conservation planning /Vanderkam, Robert P. D. January 1900 (has links)
Thesis (M.A.) - Carleton University, 2005. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 126-136). Also available in electronic format on the Internet.
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Improving environmental sustainability in Hong Kong: the role of biodiversity張芝明, Cheung, chi-ming. January 2002 (has links)
published_or_final_version / Urban Planning / Master / Master of Science in Urban Planning
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Conservation of terrestrial biodiversity in Hong KongChu, Wing-hing., 朱永興. January 1998 (has links)
published_or_final_version / Ecology and Biodiversity / Master / Master of Philosophy
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A framework for biodiversity conservation and value prioritisation in multiple-use marine protected areas /Brook, James, January 1998 (has links) (PDF)
Thesis (M.Env.Sc.) -- University of Adelaide, Mawson Graduate Centre for Environmental Studies, 1999. / Bibliography: leaves 119-130.
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Running the gauntlet to coral recruitment through a sequence of local multiscale processes /Arnold, Suzanne N. January 2007 (has links)
Thesis (M.S.) in Marine Biology--University of Maine, 2007. / Includes vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 34-40).
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