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Theory versus Practice in Payment for Ecosystem Services in Totonicapán, Guatemala
(2018-04-27)
Payment for Ecosystem Service (PES) initiatives are a popular and wide-spread market-based
approach to mitigating detrimental
impacts of rapid land-use change that threatens vital ecological resources such as
water, soil, ...
Assessment of Sea Turtle Rehabilitation in North Carolina
(2019-04-26)
As is the case with all sea turtle species, the five species that occur within North
Carolina waters are listed as either threatened or endangered under the Endangered
Species Act of 1973. Due to their endangered/threatened ...
Evidence Mapping: Investigating the Social and Ecological Impacts of Conservation in Mangrove Ecosystems
(2019-04-26)
The global extent of mangrove forests has been rapidly declining in recent decades,
raising concerns about the loss of the ecological and social services they provide.
There is an increasing urgency to understand best approaches ...
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 ...
The Effects of Land Use Change on Carnivore Use of Wildlife Dispersal Routes in Ranthambhore Tiger Reserve, India
(2017-04-27)
As the human population increases and climate change exacerbates resource scarcity,
India’s wildlife faces the increasing threat of fragmentation and habitat loss in
a human-centric landscape. The wild exists in ...
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 ...
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 ...
Measuring the effects of compensation for environmental services interventions on social norms and conservation behavior in Bolivia
(2010-04-28)
Payments for Environmental Services (PES) that give landowners a financial incentive
to manage their land to provide valuable environmental services may provide an efficient
way to conserve forest land and improve the livelihoods ...
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 ...