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Birding for and with People: Integrating Local Participation in Avian Monitoring Programs within High Biodiversity Areas in Southern Mexico
Ortega-Álvarez, Rubén; Sánchez-González, Luis Antonio; … - In: Sustainability 4 (2012) 9, pp. 1984-1998
Biological monitoring is a powerful tool for understanding ecological patterns and processes, implementing sound management practices, and determining wildlife conservation strategies. In Mexico, regional long-term bird monitoring has been undertaken only over the last decade. Two comprehensive...
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Deforestation in the Himalayas: Myths and Reality
Baland, Jean Marie; Mookherjee, Dilip - eSocialSciences - 2014
Deforestation in developing and middle income countries is an urgent global problem, affecting climate change, soil … frequently dominated by widely held beliefs concerning the extent of deforestation (that it is large and growing over time), and … its impacts on local livelihoods (that these are adverse and large). Views concerning determinants of deforestation …
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Firewood Collections and Economic Growth in Rural Nepal 1995-2010: Evidence from a Household Panel
Baland, Jean-Marie; Libois, Francois; Mookherjee, Dilip - eSocialSciences - 2013
A longitudinal household survey from World Bank Living Standards Measurement Survey (LSMS) was used for the study. A …
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Unbelievable but True — Improved Cook-stoves are not Helpful in Reducing Firewood Demand in Nepal
Nepal, Mani; Nepal, Apsara; Grimsrud, Kristine - eSocialSciences - 2011
This paper analyzes the effect of different types of cook-stoves on firewood demand at the household level. Nationally representative household data from Nepal is used for the study. [SANDEE Working Paper No. 51 - 10].
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Remote Sensing Images to Detect Soy Plantations in the Amazon Biome—The Soy Moratorium Initiative
Rudorff, Bernardo F. T.; Adami, Marcos; Risso, Joel; … - In: Sustainability 4 (2012) 5, pp. 1074-1088
The Soy Moratorium is an initiative to reduce deforestation rates in the Amazon biome based on the hypothesis that soy … is a deforestation driver. Soy planted in opened areas after July 24th, 2006 cannot be commercialized by the associated … deforestation driver. The quantitative geospatial information provided by an effective monitoring approach is paramount to the …
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Valuation of Urban Air Pollution: A Case Study of Kanpur City in India
Gupta, Usha - eSocialSciences - 2006
This study estimates the monetary benefits to individuals from health damages avoided as a result on reductions in air pollution in the urban industrial city of Kanpur in India. A notable feature of this study is that it uses data from weekly health-diaries collected for three seasons. For...
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Morbidity Costs of Vehicular Air Pollution: Examining Dhaka City in Bangladesh
Chowdhury, Tanzir; Imran, Mohammad - eSocialSciences - 2010
This study estimates the morbidity costs of reduction in air pollution in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, using the Cost-of-Illness (COI) approach. COI is defined as the sum of lost earnings due to workdays lost or restricted activity days and the mitigation expenditure borne due to illness....
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Use of GIS Tools for Environmental Conflict Resolution at Map Ta Phut Industrial Zone in Thailand
Soytong, Phattraporn; Perera, Ranjith - In: Sustainability 6 (2014) 5, pp. 2435-2458
Special industrial zones are favored over scattered industries from an environmental management perspective, but poor management can lead to conflicts. This paper presents an analysis of the environmental conflict that arose between the state, society, and industry stakeholders in an industrial...
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Why Do Farmers Burn Rice Residue? Examining Farmers’ Choices in Punjab, Pakistan
Ahmed, Tanvir; Ahmad, Bashir - eSocialSciences - 2013
Burning agriculture residues has multiple negative effects including local air pollution, increase in black carbon and contributions to regional and global climate change. This study seeks to understand why farmers burn rice residue by analyzing the residue adoption choices of farmers in the...
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The Impact of Green Space Changes on Air Pollution and Microclimates: A Case Study of the Taipei Metropolitan Area
Liu, Hsiao-Lan; Shen, Yu-Sheng - In: Sustainability 6 (2014) 12, pp. 8827-8855
In order to achieve a sustainable urban environment, the increase of green space areas is commonly used as a planning tool and adaptation strategy to combat environmental impacts resulting from global climate change and urbanization. Therefore, it is important to understand the change of green...
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