Browsing by Subject "Conservation"
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2018 Land Trust Communication Guide
(2018-04-26)Communications is a critical component of a land trust’s success. Since land trusts are mainly private, non-profit organizations, they are heavily dependent on donors and volunteers. A strong communications strategy will ... -
A Formative Evaluation of the Mount Kilimanjaro Roots & Shoots Community-based Conservation Project: Re-integrating participatory approaches into the program
(2009-12-03)The purpose of my Masters project was to conduct a formative evaluation of the Mount Kilimanjaro Roots & Shoots Community-based Conservation Partnership Project (Conservation Site) in Northeast Tanzania. After one year of ... -
A Review of Successful Practices in Environmental Education to apply in the design of a Marine Science Curriculum
(2020-04-23)Connecting people to natural systems has become an important way of addressing current environmental issues. The need for conservation and protection of these natural systems will have a much greater chance of success if ... -
Advancing Drone Methods for Pinniped Ecology and Management
(2022)Pinniped species undergo a life history, unique among marine mammals, that includes discrete periods of occupancy on land or ice within a predominantly marine existence. This makes many pinniped species valuable sentinels ... -
An Information Systems Strategy for the Environmental Conservation Community
(2008-04-25)As the cause of environmental conservation emerges as a global priority, the need for a practical information systems strategy shared among conservation organizations becomes imperative. Historically, researchers ... -
AN UPDATED ANALYSIS OF PRIORITY LANDS FOR CONSERVATION IN THE ELLERBE CREEK WATERSHED
(2022-04-21)Traditionally, conservation organizations sought to protect the most pristine land from the pressures of conversion and degradation. The conserved lands were identified by their inherent ecological value such as biodiversity ... -
An Urban Conservation Strategy to Preserve Cuyahoga County’s Eco-Valued Landscapes
(2007-05)The land conservancy movement in the United States has increased significantly over the past twenty years. The increased number and activity of local land trusts is especially notable. Rural and suburban land has been ... -
ANALYZING LANDSCAPE CONNECTIVITY FOR FELIDAE IN OAXACA GIVEN CURRENT AND POTENTIAL COMMUNITY LAND USE TRENDS
(2021-04-30)Oaxaca state in southern Mexico lies adjacent to the Mesoamerican biological corridor and is comprised of a uniquely diverse landscape. It is further home to many indigenous peoples who possess autonomy and communal land ... -
Animal Movement in Pelagic Ecosystems: from Communities to Individuals
(2009)Infusing models for animal movement with more behavioral realism has been a goal of movement ecologists for several years. As ecologists have begun to collect more and more data on animal distribution and abundance, a clear ... -
Assessing Fishing Pressure in a Small-Scale Fishery in St. Eustatius, Dutch Caribbean
(2020-04-24)World fisheries are an important source of food and income for millions of people around the world, and represents a billion dollar industry (FAO, 2018). As a result, research on fisheries has mainly focused on large, commercial ... -
Avian Distribution Patterns and Conservation in Amazonia
(2007-10-19)In this dissertation, I address the distribution and conservation of the Amazonian avifauna at several different scales. In Chapter 1, I looked at how the spatial bias in ornithological collections affects our understanding ... -
Balancing the good and the bad: Assessing the positive and negative effects of alien species on native plant demography
(2022)Alien species are considered one of the primary threats to native plant populations and their control is often prominent among proposed management actions. While negative alien effects are well documented, there are also ... -
Carbon for Conservation
(2018-04-27)The Nature Conservancy’s North Carolina chapter (TNC NC) is exploring opportunities to secure additional financing for their conservation work through the sale of carbon offset credits in regulatory or voluntary markets. ... -
Conservation Through Population Assessments Across Variable Landscapes
(2019)Few areas of the planet are untouched by human actions, be they marine or terrestrial. Marine habitats face disturbance from overexploitation of fisheries and pollution while terrestrial habitats face significant threat ... -
Description and Evaluation of an Environmental Education Program in Madagascar
(2012-04-27)The Duke Lemur Center (DLC) is a founding member of the Madagascar Fauna Group (MFG), a consortium of zoos and botanical gardens that promotes biodiversity conservation in Madagascar. The MFG’s in-country programs include ... -
Description and Evaluation of an Environmental Education Program in Madagascar
(2012-04-27)The Duke Lemur Center (DLC) is a founding member of the Madagascar Fauna Group (MFG), a consortium of zoos and botanical gardens that promotes biodiversity conservation in Madagascar. The MFG’s in-country programs include ... -
Distribution and Conservation of the Antillean Manatee in Hispaniola
(2016)Antillean manatees (Trichechus manatus manatus) were heavily hunted in the past throughout the Wider Caribbean Region (WCR), and are currently listed as endangered on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. In most WCR ... -
Effective Instruments for Timber Investment Management Organizations (TIMO) Cooperation with Conservation Groups
(2007-11-30)Forestry in the United States has changed rapidly in the past 20 years. Ownership of private forest land has changed from Integrated Forest Products Firms (IFP) to smaller landowners and investors. TIMOs have proliferated ... -
Encounters with Conservation and Development in Suriname: How Indigenous Peoples Are Trying to Make Things 'Right' through Scalar Politics, Identity Framing, and Hybrid Governance Arrangements
(2009)This dissertation research explored how indigenous peoples have responded to increasing conservation and development pressures in Suriname using two case study communities. One, in West Suriname, faced a proposed protected ... -
Fine-Scale Foraging Behavior of Humpback Whales Megaptera novaeangliae in the Near-Shore Waters of the Western Antarctic Peninsula
(2014)High-resolution bio-logging tools were used to examine the fine-scale foraging behaviors of humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) in the coastal waters of the Western Antarctic Peninsula during the austral autumn of 2009 ...
