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Spatial dynamics of green corridors
Boulanger, Vincent; Bruchiamacchie, Max; Chauchard, Sandrine - Département Sciences Sociales, Agriculture et … - 2013
Forest management aims at building ecological networks that minimize the impacts on timber production. We formalize the construction of ecological networks in forest environments as the optimal control dynamic graph-theoretic problem. The ecological network is based on a set of bioreserves and...
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Incorporation of Farmer Knowledge and Preferences in Designing Breeding Policy and Conservation Strategy for Domestic Animals
Jabbar, Mohammad A.; Swallow, B M; Rege, Edward - International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), … - 1999
species and breeds of domestic animals, and farmer preferences about these traits are useful inputs in designing breeding …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011246223
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Planting seeds of enterprise: Understanding Maori perspectives on the economic application of flora and fauna in Aotearoa (New Zealand)
Dana, Léo-Paul; Jr, Waata Hipango - In: Journal of Enterprising Communities: People and Places … 5 (2011) April, pp. 199-211
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to add to the understanding of Maori perspectives pertaining to the economic application of New Zealand's flora and fauna. Design/methodology/approach – The body of literature consulted was a combination of works written about Rongoa Maori (Maori...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009393195
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Planting seeds of enterprise: Understanding Maori perspectives on the economic application of flora and fauna in Aotearoa (New Zealand)
Dana, Léo-Paul; Jr, Waata Hipango - In: Journal of Enterprising Communities: People and Places … 5 (2011) April, pp. 199-211
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to add to the understanding of Maori perspectives pertaining to the economic application of New Zealand's flora and fauna. Design/methodology/approach – The body of literature consulted was a combination of works written about Rongoa Maori (Maori...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009395164
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Agricultural-risk management through community-based wildlife conservation in Zimbabwe
Muchapondwa, Edwin; Sterner, Thomas - In: Journal of Agribusiness in Developing and Emerging Economies 2 (2012) 1, pp. 41-56
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate whether community-based wildlife conservation can potentially be added in rural farmers’ investment portfolio to diversify and consequently reduce agricultural risk. Design/methodology/approach – The correlation coefficient is computed...
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Ecological-economic assessment of farms using multi-input multi-output models: life cycle assessment with multiple paired comparisons
Hayashi, Kiyotada - In: International Journal of Sustainable Development 17 (2014) 1, pp. 9-21
fertilisers, pesticides and animals. The outputs are of two types: one is agro-economic production, such as crop yields, and the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010816733
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The moral footprint of animal products
Saja, Krzysztof - In: Agriculture and Human Values 30 (2013) 2, pp. 193-202
take into consideration not only life quality of animals during farming or violation of their rights—as is typically done … thesis that, regardless of the treatment of animals during farming and slaughtering, for example, eating chicken can be 163 …
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Power and Resistance: Silence and Secrecy in Avatar - The Last Airbender
Viswanath, Gayatri - eSocialSciences - 2014
humans, animals and spirits plays out a history of violence, trauma and resistance. This world comprises four cultural …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011133174
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The Secret, the Sovereign, and the Lie: Reading Derrida’s Last Seminar
Barbour, Charles - In: Societies 3 (2013) 1, pp. 117-127
This paper takes up the question of secrecy and sovereignty in Derrida’s final seminar on <i>The Beast and the Sovereign</i>. Focusing primarily on Derrida’s readings of Lacan and Celan in <i>Volume I</i>, it argues that, for Derrida, we should distinguish between the lie (or what Lacan calls...
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An economic analysis of willingness to pay (WTP) for conserving the biodiversity
Surendran, A.; Sekar, C. - In: International Journal of Social Economics 37 (2010) July, pp. 637-648
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to study the impact of eco-tourism on the socio-economic characteristics of the native inhabitants and natural resources in Anamalai Tiger Reserve (ATR), India. The paper estimates the recreational value and measures the willingness to pay (WTP) of the...
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