Tourists' support for conservation messages and sustainable management practices in wildlife tourism experiences

Mechanisms governing carbon stabilization in soils have received a great deal of attention in recent years due to their relevance in the global carbon cycle. Two thirds of the global terrestrial organic C stocks in ecosystems are stored in below ground components as terrestrial carbon pools in soils. Furthermore, mean residence time of soil organic carbon pools have slowest turnover rates in terrestrial ecosystems and thus there is vast potential to sequester atmospheric CO2 in soil ecosystems. Depending upon soil management practices it can be served as source or sink for atmospheric CO2. Sustainable management systems and practices such as conservation agriculture, agroforestry and application of biochar are emerging and promising tools for soil carbon sequestration. Increasing soil carbon storage in a system simultaneously improves the soil health by increase in infiltration rate, soil biota and fertility, nutrient cycling and decrease in soil erosion process, soil compaction and C emissions. Henceforth, it is vital to scientifically explore the mechanisms governing C flux in soils which is poorly understood in different ecosystems under anthropogenic interventions making soil as a potential sink for atmospheric CO2 to mitigate climate change. Henceforth, present paper aims to review basic mechanism governing carbon stabilization in soils and new practices and technological developments in agricultural and forest sciences for C sequestration in terrestrial soil ecosystems.

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Ecological, Cultural, and Geographical Implications of Brahea dulcis (Kunth) Mart. Insights for Sustainable Management in Mexico

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su12010412 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 12 (1) ◽

pp. 412 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Cloe X. Pérez-Valladares ◽

Ana I. Moreno-Calles ◽

Alejandro Casas ◽

Selene Rangel-Landa ◽

José Blancas ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Rural Communities ◽

Sustainable Management ◽

Management Practices ◽

Ground Truth ◽

Structured Interviews ◽

Five Factors ◽

Palm Species ◽

Two Stages ◽

Palm Leaf

Palm plants provide important benefits for rural communities around the world. Of the 95 native palm species in Mexico, Brahea dulcis (Soyate palm) has been tagged as an important resource for many Mesoamerican ethnical groups. Scientific and empirical knowledge concerning Soyate is thematically fragmented and disassociated, meaning that sound sustainable management is far from established. Research of over 20 years has permitted us to document ecological, cultural and geographical outcomes of B. dulcis; thus, the present paper aims at compiling all knowledge on Soyate to eventually guide its long-term management. It was conducted in two stages: firstly, it comprised a thorough review of previous studies on the management of B. dulcis in Mexico; secondly, we integrated unpublished outcomes obtained from fieldwork, including participatory ground-truth validation and semi-structured interviews obtained from local ethnic groups. Five factors guided our compilation effort: (i) biological and ecological information, (ii) cultural importance, (iii) economic triggers, (iv) traditional management, and (v) ecological and ecogeographical implications of Soyate palm management. The present paper confirms that B. dulcis is an important cultural resource whose utilization can be traced back over 10,000 years. The leaves of Soyate are the most useful part of the palm and were profusely used in the past for thatching roofs and weaving domestic and agricultural objects. Currently, however, palm-leaf weaving is primarily oriented toward satisfying economic needs. We depicted ten management practices aimed at favoring palm availability. Most of these management practices have enhanced sustainable palm leaf harvesting; however, these practices harbor spatial trends that turn highly diverse habitats into Soyate-dominated spaces. To conclude, we propose a framework to describe sound and sustainable Soyate management in the light of the current long-term Soyate–human relationship. It is here acknowledged that Soyate has played and continues to play a critical socioeconomic and cultural role for many ethnical groups in Central Mexico. Nonetheless, emerging challenges concerning the sustainability of the whole socioecological system at a landscape level are yet to be overcome.

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Nematicidal activity of ethanol solutions on soybean cyst nematode Heterodera glycines

Nematology ◽

10.1163/15685411-00003288 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 22 (1) ◽

pp. 111-121

Author(s):

Luma A. Pedroso ◽

Vicente P. Campos ◽

Aline F. Barros ◽

Julio C.P. Silva ◽

Gustavo M. Assis ◽

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Keyword(s):

Lipid Content ◽

Sustainable Management ◽

Soybean Cyst Nematode ◽

Management Practices ◽

Heterodera Glycines ◽

Cyst Nematode ◽

Infested Soil ◽

Tropical Regions ◽

Second Stage ◽

Low Concentrations

Summary The cyst nematode, Heterodera glycines, is a major pathogen of soybean in tropical regions, which demands novel sustainable management practices. In this work, the use of ethanol against H. glycines was evaluated as both a solution and a fumigant. On second-stage juveniles (J2) of H. glycines, ethanol at low concentration was more effective by direct dipping than by only fumigating the J2. Hatching was significantly reduced by direct dipping in ethanol solutions. Fumigation of H. glycines-infested soil with ethanol reduced infectivity by almost 100% and the number of eggs by about 67% at ethanol concentrations of 48% and 72%, respectively. Only the ethanol at 48% concentration significantly reduced the J2 lipid content, while J2 infectivity and the number of eggs were reduced by dipping at 6% ethanol. The J2 were internally altered by the ethanol solutions. Therefore, ethanol is toxic to H. glycines at low concentrations and affects its pathogenic behaviour rather than simply reducing the lipids.

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Farmer perceptions of plant–soil interactions can affect adoption of sustainable management practices in cocoa agroforests: a case study from Southeast Sulawesi

Ecology and Society ◽

10.5751/es-09921-230118 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 23 (1) ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Ariani C. Wartenberg ◽

Wilma J. Blaser ◽

K. N. Janudianto ◽

James M. Roshetko ◽

Meine van Noordwijk ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Management ◽

Management Practices ◽

Farmer Perceptions

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Integration, Application and Importance of Collaboration in Sustainable Project Management

10.20944/preprints201912.0321.v1 ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Johan Larsson ◽

Lisa Larsson

Keyword(s):

Project Management ◽

Sustainable Management ◽

Management Practices ◽

Single Case ◽

Single Case Study ◽

Infrastructure Projects ◽

The Past ◽

Sustainability Challenges ◽

Infrastructure Maintenance

The need to consider sustainability has substantially increased the complexity of implementing construction and infrastructure projects and new management practices have emerged during the past decade to tackle the global sustainability challenges, where the engagement and coordination of broader competences from stakeholders throughout the supply chain is required. This new project management paradigm has been accompanied by greater attention to the concept of collaborative business arrangements, often called partnering, that has emerged in construction and infrastructure projects to improve project deliveries. However, there are uncertainties about the optimal strategy to foster, integrate and maintain the required collaboration, particularly in sustainable management practices in infrastructure maintenance projects. This paper addresses these uncertainties, based on a single case study of an infrastructure maintenance contract involving an extensive collaborative business arrangement. The findings reveal that different collaborative practices affect diverse aspects of sustainable project management. Further, the extensive collaborative business arrangement has promoted sustainable deliveries based upon organizational learning and continuous improvements. Thus, this study offers an encouraging example of how extensive collaboration can be fostered and play a key role in sustainable project management practices.

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Analysis of Trends, Growth and Instability in Rice Production in Andhra Pradesh

Current Journal of Applied Science and Technology ◽

10.9734/cjast/2020/v39i4231129 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 40-46

Author(s):

G. P. Sunandini ◽

K. Solmon Raju Paul ◽

Shakuntala Devi Irugu

Keyword(s):

Growth Rate ◽

Productivity Growth ◽

Growth Rates ◽

Sustainable Management ◽

Andhra Pradesh ◽

Management Practices ◽

Annual Growth ◽

Annual Growth Rate ◽

High Productivity ◽

The Past

The study has been taken up with the objective of investigating the trends, pattern of growth and the extent of instability in area, production and productivity of rice crop in Andhra Pradesh state over a period of five and half decades from 1959-60 to 2013-14. Compound Growth Rate and Coefficient of Variation were used to calculate the annual growth rate and instability. The area, production and productivity of rice in this period has increased by 25, 201 and 138 per cent respectively. In this period, the districts were categorised and grouped under different groups based on average productivity of rice. During the study period many of the districts moved from very low productivity to high productivity group. During 1960s, 17 districts are under very low productivity group (<1500 kg/ha) and in 2010s 13 districts are under high productivity group (>3000 kg/ha). During the period 2014-19 in the divided Andhra Pradesh contribution of different productivity groups to the states paddy production was calculated and concluded that 3 districts under high productivity group (>6000kg/ha) contributed 52 per cent of the production. During 2010s annual growth rates for area, production and productivity are 4.08, 4.02 and 1.21 respectively. In all the periods in the past five and half decades, production and productivity growth rates are higher than growth rate in area except in 2010s. Instability was higher in production and area than in productivity. The annual growth rate and the instability of production and area are higher in 2010s. Suitable crop planning is to be initiated, adoption of sustainable management practices are to be intensified to maintain the growth rate and reduce the instability in area and production.

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Gestão Sustentável nas Empresas: uma análise da sustentabilidade na percepção de estudantes de Administração ## Sustainable Management in Companies: an analysis of sustainability in Business Administration students´ perception

Amazônia Organizações e Sustentabilidade ◽

10.17648/aos.v10i2.1328 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 10 (2) ◽

pp. 7

Author(s):

Raiza Thalita Felix Almeida de Morais ◽

Rodolfo Jakov Saraiva Lôbo ◽

Elias Pereira Lopes Júnior

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Management ◽

Management Practices ◽

Triple Bottom Line ◽

Business Administration ◽

Bottom Line ◽

Professional Performance ◽

Economic Problems ◽

Economic Organizations ◽

Environmental Management Practices ◽

Business Administration Students

As empresas eram vistas apenas como organizações econômicas com responsabilidades referentes a resolver problemas econômicos fundamentais e agora têm presenciado o surgimento de novos papéis que devem ser desempenhados, dentre eles, a conscientização com os problemas ambientais e sociais. O objetivo geral deste trabalho é analisar a gestão sustentável nas empresas, na percepção dos estudantes do Curso de Administração da UFCG e FAI Nordeste. A pesquisa se justifica pela necessidade de incentivar os empresários e futuros administradores a preservarem o meio ambiente, contribuindo também para incentivá-los a realizar práticas de gestão ambiental. A metodologia utilizada é de abordagem quantitativa, natureza aplicada e do tipo descritiva. Para a coleta de dados, foi utilizado um questionário, aplicado a 129 estudantes. Pode-se constatar que muitos estudantes consideram o desenvolvimento sustentável uma ferramenta capaz de manter o equilíbrio entre as dimensões do Triple Bottom Line (TBL). Bem como acreditam que a sustentabilidade gera lucros às empresas, mantendo-as em vantagem competitiva, além de consideram a Educação Ambiental de fundamental importância ao Curso de Administração. Esta pesquisa é de grande relevância para o meio acadêmico e social em geral, pois, ressalta o dever de incentivar a conscientização sobre a preservação do meio ambiente, contribuindo diretamente com a atuação profissional dos futuros administradores a realizarem práticas de gestão sustentável nas empresas. ABSTRACTCompanies were seen only as economic organizations with responsibilities for resolving fundamental economic problems and now have witnessed the emergence of new roles to be played, among them, awareness of environmental problems. The general objective of this work is to analyze the sustainable management in the companies, in the perception of the students of the Administration Course of the UFCG and FAI Nordeste. The research is justified by the need to encourage entrepreneurs and future managers to preserve the environment, and also to encourage them to carry out environmental management practices. The methodology used is a quantitative approach, applied nature and descriptive type. For data collection, a questionnaire was used, applied to 129 students. It can be seen that many students consider sustainable development as a tool capable of maintaining the balance between the dimensions of the Triple Bottom Line (TBL). And they believe that sustainability is profitable businesses, keeping them at a competitive advantage, as well as consider the environmental education of fundamental importance to the Administration Course. This research is of great importance for academic and social environment in general, therefore, emphasizes the duty to encourage awareness of the preservation of the environment, contributing directly to the professional performance of future managers to undertake sustainable management practices in companies.

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Sustainable Change Management through Employee Readiness: Decision Support System Adoption in Technology-Intensive British E-Businesses

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su11112998 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 11 (11) ◽

pp. 2998 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Fawad Ahmed ◽

Yuan Jian Qin ◽

Luis Martínez

Keyword(s):

Decision Support ◽

Technology Acceptance ◽

Technology Acceptance Model ◽

Sustainable Management ◽

Management Practices ◽

Ease Of Use ◽

Perceived Usefulness ◽

Intention To Use ◽

Perceived Ease Of Use ◽

Acceptance Model

Technology brings green sustainable management practices to the workplace. It is important to ascertain the factors that enable or inhibit employees’ perceptions towards technology adoption. Corporate sustainability and sustainable management practices partially depend on employees for the successful implementation of technological changes in the workplace. This study aims at applying the technology acceptance model (TAM) from an employees’ user-perspective. It addresses those factors that form employee readiness for e-business and enable their intention to use e-business technologies such as decision support systems (DSS). It focuses on technology intensive firms while combining Davis’ technology acceptance model and Lai and Ong’s employee readiness for e-business (EREB) model. A survey questionnaire was used to collect the data for this cross-sectional study from 331 employees of 28 well-established small and medium-sized e-businesses located in the United Kingdom. The outcomes show that the four dimensions of EREB explain the 58.2% of variance in perceived ease of use and the 50.2% of variance in perceived usefulness. Together, perceived usefulness and perceived ease of use explain the 51.8% of variance in intention to use while fully mediating the relationship between higher order EREB construct and intention to use DSS.

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