Resultados de búsqueda - "being"

Constraints and opportunities in rattan production-to-consumption systems in Asia por Belcher, B.

“…Raw material shortages are already being experienced in the industry. The situation represent a good opportunity for investment. …”
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Assessing people's perceptions of forests: research in West Kalimantan, Indonesia por Colfer, C.J.P., Woelfel, J., Wadley, R.L., Harwell, E.

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In search of a conservation ethic por Salim, A., Brocklesby, M.A., Tiani, A.M., Tchikangwa, B., Sardjono, M.A., Porro, R., Woelfel, J., Colfer, C.J.P.

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Sustainability and security of intergenerational access to resources: participatory mapping studies in Ghana por Gami, N., Nasi, Robert

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Tropical secondary forests in Nepal and their importance to local people por Kanel, K.R., Shrestha, K.

“…In government managed secondary forests with a production focus, people's participation in management is now being considered. Institutional, socio economic, and ecological issues related to the sustainable management and use of secondary forests along with implications for action are outlined.…”
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Fuelwood revisited: what has changed in the last decade? por Arnold, J.E.M., Kohlin, G., Persson, R., Shepherd, G.

“…It is thus intended more as a foundation for further discussion, rather than being a set of prescriptions for action by forestry, though where these are evident they are identified.…”
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Estimating DBH of commercial trees from stump measurement in Malinau, East Kalimantan por Iskandar, H., Hubble, D.L., MacDicken, K.G.

“…The objective of this study is to develop a relationship between stump height and dbh in order to predict dbh from diameter at estimated stump height (dsh) for those species being harvested. Analysis of stump height data (170 samples) established the mean stump height for the study area at 111 cm. …”
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Beyond timber: certification of non-timber forest products por Shanley, P.

“…Because the term non-timber forest products encompasses such a vast array of goods, various certification schemes are being applied to them with greater or lesser degrees of success and relevance. …”
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Adaptive collaborative management: criteria and indicators for assessing sustainability por Pokorny, B., Cayres, G., Nunes, W., Segebart, D., Drude, R., Steinbrenner, M.

“…Adaptive Collaborative Management (ACM) is an integrative approach for implementing sustainable management of natural resources, based on a main hypothesis, that is: if there is a high degree of collaboration between stakeholders combined with a high adaptiveness of management systems, the result will be a higher degree of human well being and ecological sustainability. A worldwide network under the umbrella of the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) is engaged in researching the potential and methodological aspects related to ACM. …”
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Out of the forest, out of poverty? por Levang, P., Dounias, E., Sitorus, S.

“…From a strict economic point of view, there is a consensus among all Punan: downstream people are generally better off; but when it comes to well-being ... opinions diverge.…”
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Some dimensions of local practices of natural resource management in central Africa region por Mala, W.A., Oyono, P.R.

“…Its importance for biodiversity conservation, livelihoods, human well-being, research and policy-making is already well known. …”
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Decentralized forest resources and access of minorities to environmental justice: an analysis of the case of the Baka in southern Cameroon por Assembe-Mvondo, Samuel

“…Environmental justice was certainly one of the expected objectives of the decentralization of forest resource management, which is currently being implemented in Cameroon, for marginalized local peoples such as the pygmies. …”
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Developing community-based forest enterprises in Nepal por Albano, A., Pandit, B.H., Kumar, C., Belcher, B.

“…In Nepal, there has been an increase in interest and efforts to develop forestbased enterprises following the institutionalization of various community-based forest management programmes; unfortunately, these initiatives are being impeded by several different factors. This policy brief summarises the important constraints affecting CBFEs in Nepal based from a study involving 28 different types of CBFEs. …”
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Isolation and characterization of 10 microsatellite loci in the common dormouse Muscardinus avellanarius por Naim, D.M.D., Kemp, Stephen J., Telfer, S., Watts, P.C.

“…This is the first description of microsatellite primers from a common dormouse and these loci are currently being used to quantify dormouse spatial genetic structure.…”
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Livestock pricing policy in sub-Saharan Africa: Objectives, instruments and impact in five countries por Williams, Timothy O.

“…The analysis reveals the importance of domestic inflation and exchange rates as key variables for livestock pricing policies and highlights the need to address the macroeconomic imbalances that cause exchange rate distortions and high domestic inflation at the same time that direct price distortions are being tackled.…”
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Development of bovine-specific cytokine reagents at ILRAD por Mertens, B., Gaidulis, L., Mwangi, S., Suliman, H., Taylor, K.A.

“…At ILRAD, trypanosome-specific immune responses of trypanotolerant N'Dama cattle (Bos taurus) are being compared with those of trypanosusceptible Boran (Bos indicus) cattle. …”
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A rich trove of sub-Saharan Africa's forage genetic resources conserved at ILCA por Hanson, Jean

“…The genetic resources required for forage development are increasingly being eroded, especially in Africa. The ILCA genebank holds more than 12,000 accessions of grasses, legumes, and fodder trees with a wide representation of the major genera identified for potential forage use. …”
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Differences in nonmonetary value of ecosystem goods and services among Kalinago and Afro-Creole peoples of the commonwealth of dominica, West Indies por Rodríguez, L.C., Portela, R., Boumans, R.

“…This paper explores the cultural, historical, and socioeconomic differences among peoples as it could affect their recognition of the contribution of ecosystem goods and services provided by alternative land covers to the local well-being. Here, we present the results of a field study developed in the Commonwealth of Dominica among the native Kalinago and the Afro-Creole inhabitants. …”
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Genetics of resistance to endoparasites and ectoparasites por Baker, R.L.

“…The opinion was expressed that assessment of resistance to gastrointestinal nematode parasites should be based on an artificial infection with a known larval challenge rather than by natural pasture challenge as is being commonly utilised in Australia and New Zealand. …”
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Production in ascites fluid of biosynthetically labelled monoclonal antibody to Theileria parva sporozoites por Dobbelaere, D.A.E., Spooner, P.R.

“…During the last 4 days of hybridoma cell growth, mice were given 4 daily i/p injections of a mixture of tritiated amino acids to radiolabel the monoclonal antibody being produced in ascites fluid. The specific activity of the antibody obtained was 100 mCi/mmol. …”
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