Browsing by Subject "conservation"
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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 Preliminary Assessment of the Blue Carbon Capacity of Belizean Mangroves with Ecological, Economic, and Policy Perspectives
(2015-04-24)In recent years, mangrove forests have experienced increasing deforestation rates in Belize due to coastal development. Our client, the Belize Ministry of Forestry, Fisheries, and Sustainable Development, wants to determine ... -
Abiotic modulators of Podocnemis unifilis (Testudines: Podocnemididae) abundances in the Peruvian Amazon
(2011-06)Previous studies have demonstrated that river-based surveys can provide an inexpensive source of information for neotropical zoologists, yet little information is available to inform the application of this technique for ... -
Assessing Vertebrate Abundance and the Effects of Anthropogenic Disturbance on Tropical Forest Dynamics
(2012-04-27)The Madre de Dios river basin in southeastern Peru is one of the largest and most diverse forest ecosystems on the planet. Though conservation zones with strict protection do exist in the basin, human population growth ... -
A Multiscale Investigation of Snake Habitat Relationships and Snake Conservation in Illinois
(2008-02-11)Snake populations in the North American tallgrass prairie appear to be declining, yet data unavailability impedes the development of enhanced ecological understanding of snake species-habitat relationships and also hinders ... -
Broad Scale Conservation: Protected Areas and Species Interactions
(2009)This dissertation consists of four chapters. The first three chapters examine protected areas (or parks) from multiple perspectives. Parks are the first, and often only, line of defense in efforts to conserve biodiversity. ... -
Citizen-Based Sea Turtle Conservation Across the Developing-Developed World Divide
(2011)This dissertation research explores participatory sea turtle conservation monitoring through a comparison of two case studies, one in North Carolina (NC), USA and the other in Baja California Sur (BCS), Mexico. Participatory ... -
Conserving California’s Klamath-Cascade Using Spatial Climate Projections
(2014-12-08)Global climate change complicates long-term conservation of forests. To be effective into the future, conservation efforts need to consider potential global change impacts and the ability of plants and animals to adapt. ... -
Conserving Moving Species under Changing Landscapes and Climates
(2008-08-04)To conserve biodiversity, it is critical to understand the dynamic landscapes and climates through which species move and how the environment influences movement choices. In particular, I am interested in how species respond ... -
Crop Insurance and Climate Change: Balancing structure and flexibility to improve on-farm management of climate risk
(2014-04-18)EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: INTRODUCTION Crop insurance has become an important tool for managing economic and environmental risk in the agricultural sector, and one of the largest sources of Federal subsidies to agricultural producers. ... -
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 ... -
Developing the Concept of Building a Coral Reef in Singapore for Conservation, Environmental Education, and Tourism
(2008-04-25)Coral reefs are one of the most critically threatened habitats. Climate change, pollution, and direct human impact are destroying coral reefs all over the world. Singapore is a small island nation that has destroyed almost ... -
Effects of National Development and Conservation Strategies on Rural Livelihoods Around Makokou, Gabon
(2017-04-28)Balancing development and conservation is a struggle that all countries face, but is especially difficult in tropical, developing nations. Development activities in these nations often rely on extractive industries to diversify ... -
Evaluation of Tiger Conservation in India: the use of comparative effectiveness research
(2010-04-25)Tigers, the largest of the felids, are now a globally threatened species with only approximately 3000 wild tigers surviving. India contains about 60% or 2000 of the animals, yet despite aggressive conservation efforts the ... -
Finding Opportunities for Pre-Compliance Species Conservation in North Carolina
(2013-04-25)Pre-compliance conservation involves landowners working cooperatively with conservation managers to conserve imperiled yet unprotected species. This strategy has the potential to conserve many species by bypassing a long ... -
Finding Opportunities for Pre-Compliance Species Conservation in North Carolina
(2013-04-25)POLICY QUESTION: Which pre-compliance conservation strategies have the greatest potential to conserve multiple unprotected species in North Carolina? BACKGROUND: Pre-compliance conservation involves landowners working ... -
Global Drivers of Forest Certification
(2014-04-25)Due to the continued high rates of deforestation and forest degradation as well as increased pressures on habitats and forest-dependent people from climate change and population growth, there is a dire need for the implementation ... -
Human Diversity in The Nature Conservancy and Its Implications for Conservation: A First Look
(2008-04-24)Population demographics in the United States are rapidly changing, and increasing workplace diversity will become crucial for the survival of many environmental organizations. Although The Nature Conservancy (TNC) is a ... -
Identifying Focal Wildlife Conservation Areas on Private Lands in North Carolina
(2008-04-24)There are over 1,200 threatened or endangered animal species in the U.S, of which 36 are located in North Carolina. To address this problem of species imperilment, all 50 states developed State Wildlife Action Plans (SWAP). ... -
Improving Federal Allocation of EQIP Funding
(2013-04-25)The motivation behind this report is to evaluate and respond to past and current decision pathways employed for determining state allocation of the Environmental Quality Incentives Program [EQIP] funding under the Natural ...
