Browsing by Subject "Environmental management"
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A meta-analysis of the value of marine protected areas for pelagic apex predators
(2015)A vast range of theoretical and empirical studies now suggests that MPAs can conserve marine biodiversity and, under some circumstances, increase fishery yields. However, despite the importance of pelagic apex predators ... -
A Social and Ecological Evaluation of Marine Mammal Take Reduction Teams
(2014)There have been few efforts to evaluate the actual and perceived effectiveness of environmental management programs created by consensus-based, multi-stakeholder negotiation or negotiated rulemaking. Previous evaluations ... -
A spark for collective action: Challenges and opportunities for self-governance in temporary fisher-designed Fish Refuges in Mexico
(2020)Despite decades of study, the question of how to achieve sustainable small-scale fisheries is unresolved. Because small-scale fishing is diverse and hard to control, one management approach places fishers at the center of ... -
Adapting to Rising Sea Levels
(2010)According to IPCC estimates, sea levels will rise between .18 and .6 meters by 2100. More recent estimates indicate that actual amounts of sea level rise may be much more, and that 1 meter of sea level rise by 2100 is likely ... -
An Assessment of Sustainable Water Management at University Campuses
(2011)Sustainable water management is needed to ensure quality supplies of our vital water resources in the face of growing human demand for water, high levels of pollution, and increasing spatial and temporal variability associated ... -
Bayesian Statistical Analysis in Coastal Eutrophication Models: Challenges and Solutions
(2014)Estuaries interfacing with the land, atmosphere and open oceans can be influenced in a variety of ways by anthropogenic activities. Centuries of overexploitation, habitat transformation, and pollution have degraded estuarine ... -
Conservation in the Human Landscape
(2017)The protection of global biodiversity and the conservation of the earth’s natural resources are paramount to future wellbeing of mankind. Humans are a hugely influential part of the global ecosystem, and the ways in which ... -
Dynamic Life Cycle Assessment Modeling Approaches for Transboundary Energy Feedstocks
(2016)The rise of the twenty-first century has seen the further increase in the industrialization of Earth’s resources, as society aims to meet the needs of a growing population while still protecting our environmental and natural ... -
Evaluating Conservation International's Marine Management Area Science Program
(2011)Environmental non-governmental organizations are now major players in environmental science and conservation. The largest now produce applied conservation science and work on local, national, and international scales and ... -
Evaluating the best available social science for natural resource management decision-making
(Environmental Science and Policy, 2017-07-01)© 2017 Increasing recognition of the human dimensions of natural resource management issues, and of social and ecological sustainability and resilience as being inter-related, highlights the importance of applying social ... -
Fisheries Catch Shares Management in Argentina: Institutional Design, Economic Efficiency, and Social Outcomes
(2019)While property rights-based management is theoretically purported enhance economic efficiency in fisheries by reducing over-capitalization and extending fishing seasons, the social and economic empirical outcomes are less ... -
From the Forest to the Sea: Lessons in Managing Public Space
(2013)In 2004, a report from the U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy documented a broad range of ecological problems in U.S. ocean waters, including declining fish stocks, changes in marine biodiversity, coastal habitat loss, and ... -
How Small and Medium Enterprises in North Carolina Respond to Supply Chain Pressure for Sustainable Practices
(2013)More companies are beginning to manage the environmental impacts of their supply chain in addition to their own operations. Supply chain pressure has been shown to be generally effective at increasing practices with lower ... -
Institutional Innovation: Market Change and Policy Choice in Cooperative Fishery Governance
(2017)Sustainable management of marine natural resources, and the social-ecological systems in which they are embedded, presents one of the most significant challenges in contemporary environmental policy. Despite improvement ... -
Participation for Conservation: The Role of Social Capital in Multi-level Governance of Small-scale Fisheries
(2015)The need for effective multi-level governance arrangements is becoming increasingly apparent because of the high functional interdependencies between biophysical and socioeconomic factors in the realm of natural resource ... -
Re-imagining the Public Trust Doctrine to Conserve U.S. Ocean Ecosystems
(2011)Sustainably managing marine ecosystems has proved extremely difficult, with few success stories. Traditional approaches to managing ocean-borne activities, including the structure of the governance systems themselves, have ... -
Scale Matters: Institutional Dynamics and Scalar Politics of Conservation Governance in the Pacific Islands
(2013)In an era of 'global' oceans crisis, marine conservationists have issued a resounding call to increase the spatial scale of ocean conservation. This dissertation examines the drivers and implications of recent efforts to ... -
The Geographies of Policy: Assembling National Marine Aquaculture Policy in the United States
(2015)In the United States, marine aquaculture is increasingly viewed as way to offset stagnating wild fisheries production, help faltering coastal community economies, and address a growing national seafood trade deficit. The ... -
The Importance of Biodiversity in Deep-Sea Chemosynthetic Ecosystems: An Assessment of Ecosystem Functioning and Services
(2019)As demand for deep-sea resources increases, understanding the non-extractive use values and ecosystem services associated with the deep sea is crucial. A broader understanding of the benefits provided by deep-sea ecosystems ... -
Water quality implications of the neutralization of acid mine drainage with coal fly ash from India and the United States
(Fuel, 2022-12-15)Subsurface coal mining often induces the formation of acid mine drainage (AMD) in active and abandoned coal mines while coal combustion generates coal combustion residuals (CCR), including fly ash (FA), with elevated levels ...
