Environments articles from August 2005

Environments archives from August 2005

Editorial.
August 1, 2005... This theme issue on Community-based Approaches to Resource and Environmental Management has arisen out of an interest of mine in promoting the publication of research results by post-graduate students, notably those who have worked overseas....

Community-based approaches to resource and environmental management.
August 1, 2005... Community-based approaches are advocated widely internationally and domestically, based on the idea that information, understanding and capacity for action and change, as well as for monitoring and enforcement, do not reside only within...

Towards community- and scientific-based information integration in marine resource management in Indonesia: Bunaken National Park case study.
August 1, 2005... Abstract Community involvement in marine resource management is evolving in Indonesia. In 1997 a major initiative was undertaken by the Government of Indonesia to decentralize management efforts from central to local levels for several...

Mining, environment, and development in southern Santa Catarina, Brazil: non-governmental organization, "Terra Verde" and its ideas for sustainability.
August 1, 2005... Abstract: In Brazil, the coal industry is very important to economic development. This is particularly the case now as the country is facing an energy crisis. Initiatives to develop the industry have taken their toll in biophysical and...

Sharing the benefits of tourism: a case study in Hainan, China.
August 1, 2005... Abstract Public participation has long been recognized as a tool for balancing power in decision making and to spread the benefits of development projects. However, empowerment is a long-term and continuing process. In a top-down...

Discipline, internal motivations, and cooperation in a rural production cooperative.
August 1, 2005... Abstract A disciplinary system is an important mechanism to build the trust and commitment essential for maintaining effective organization for collective action. A case study in southern Brazil examines a situation in which the lack of...

Challenges and opportunities of metadisciplinary place-based research: the case of the Maya forest.
August 1, 2005... Abstract This paper explores challenges and opportunities of metadisciplinary place-based research. A metadisciplinary framework based on four ecological integrity scientific discourses is proposed for interpreting local perceptions of...

Participating in the field: a research experience in northern Greece.
August 1, 2005... Abstract Fieldwork can provide many unexpected challenges for researchers. These challenges and how they are addressed will vary with specific situations and individual researchers; however, there seem to be similarities in some of the...

The Suffering Gene: Environmental Threats to our Health.(Book Review)
August 1, 2005... The Suffering Gene: Environmental Threats to our Health Roy Burdon. 2003. Kingston: McGill-Queen's University Press. ISBN 0-7735-2655-2 (cloth) Cdn $75.00; 0-7735 2656-0 (paper) Cdn $27.95. 227 pp. In The Suffering Gene, Roy Burdon...

Nature and the City: Making Environmental Policy in Toronto and Los Angeles.(Book Review)
August 1, 2005... Nature and the City: Making Environmental Policy in Toronto and Los Angeles Desfor, Gene and Roger Keil. 2004. Tuscon: University of Arizona Press, 274 pp., ISBN 0-8165-2373-8, $54.00 ($45.00 U.S.) cloth. In Nature and the City, Desfor...