Browsing by Subject "Environmental Policy"
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A novel framework for analyzing conservation impacts: evaluation, theory, and marine protected areas.
(Ann N Y Acad Sci, 2017-07)Environmental conservation initiatives, including marine protected areas (MPAs), have proliferated in recent decades. Designed to conserve marine biodiversity, many MPAs also seek to foster sustainable development. As is ... -
A typology of time-scale mismatches and behavioral interventions to diagnose and solve conservation problems.
(Conserv Biol, 2016-02)Ecological systems often operate on time scales significantly longer or shorter than the time scales typical of human decision making, which causes substantial difficulty for conservation and management in socioecological ... -
Developing Guidelines for a Blue Carbon Toolkit
(2015-04-23)Blue carbon describes the carbon sequestration potential and ecosystem services associated with coastal ecosystems including mangroves, seagrasses, and salt marshes. In countries without established marine protected areas ... -
Does Religion Play a Part in U.S. Environmental Policymaking? The Effect of Religiously Motivated Campaign Contributions on Congressional Environmental Voting Patterns
(2012-04-27)Beginning in 1967 with Lynn White’s seminal paper, religious leaders, environmentalists, and scholars have debated whether religion plays a positive or negative role in the environmental crisis. While existing literature ... -
ENV 350S / PUBPOL 280S Seminar in Marine Conservation Leadership
(2016)Duke PhD student Stephanie Stefanski recently taught a class focused on the process of designing, implementing, and analyzing the results from an economic valuation survey. The class was given as a module to inform the broader ... -
The Political Economy of Climate Adaptation and Environmental Health: The Case of Ethiopia
(2016)The environment affects our health, livelihoods, and the social and political institutions within which we interact. Indeed, nearly a quarter of the global disease burden is attributed to environmental factors, and many ...
