Different conservation values of biological diversity? A case study from the Jotunheimen mountain range, Norway

2004 ◽  
Vol 58 (4) ◽  
pp. 204-212 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Gunilla A. Olsson ◽  
Susanne Hanssen ◽  
Katrina Rønningen
Keyword(s):  
Biological Diversity ◽  
Mountain Range ◽  
Conservation Values

The Environmental Impact on Human Wellbeing: A Case Study on Residences in Quarry Area

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Emma Marinie Ahmad Zawawi ◽  
◽  
Wan Hasmirah Wan Ibrahim ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Environmental Impact ◽  
Biological Diversity ◽  
Local Population ◽  
Health Conditions ◽  
Human Wellbeing ◽  
The People ◽  
New Development

An Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) is compulsory in all types of new development. EIA is important to ensure that biological diversity is maintained and that development will not have any affect on the people and other species in that area. The aim of this study is to investigate the environmental impact on human wellbeing in the vicinity of quarrying. It will increase the awareness of the local population of the important factors that might affect the quality of their lives. A set of questionnaires was distributed to the community at Bandar Saujana Putra and Taman Kajang Perdana, in Selangor. A total of 60 residents were involved in the study. The results reveal that the community was concerned about health conditions and safety. However, there is still a lack of strategies to mitigate the problem. This study provides suggestions for mitigation that could be considered by the residents to reduce the effect of poor air quality caused by incorrect control and monitoring of activities in the area. It is anticipated that this study could assist both residents and authorities in improving the quality of the air as well as the residents’ quality of life.

PROCESS IN THE HIGH CONSERVATION VALUE (HCV) CONCEPT WITHIN COMMUNITY-MANAGED FORESTS: CASE STUDY OF COPAL AND BB COMMUNITY FORESTS IN CAMEROON

2010 ◽  
Vol 12 (02) ◽  
pp. 215-237 ◽  
Author(s):  
ADJÉ OLIVIER AHIMIN ◽  
MARIE MBOLO
Keyword(s):  
Decision Makers ◽  
Conservation Value ◽  
Empirical Knowledge ◽  
Managed Forests ◽  
Forest Stewardship Council ◽  
Community Forests ◽  
High Conservation ◽  
Conservation Values ◽  
Forest Stewardship

The concept of "High Conservation Value" which was initially used by the Forest Stewardship Council, now plays an increasingly important role in several areas, and most significantly in the design and implementation of development projects. Within the framework of certification of community forests in Cameroon, this concept has been implemented in close collaboration with interested communities. Based on the activities conducted, it is worth noting that the consideration of informal management methods appear to result in better protection of biodiversity. Several categories of High Conservation Values were identified in 2 community-managed forests (Coopérative des Paysans de la Lékié & Bimbia Bonadikombo Community Forests) in Cameroon. Rare or endangered ecosystems, more than 300 plant species and more than 20 wildlife species, including endemic, rare, threatened or endangered species were found. Traditional conservation methods based on culture, as well as some ancestral practices and beliefs help to achieve this protection. Decision-makers and academics should learn from this empirical knowledge for protection programmes and projects of biodiversity.

Mining off the Map: Fulongchang and Silver Mines in the Qing Empire’s Far Southwest

2021 ◽  
Vol 64 (3) ◽  
pp. 251-301
Author(s):  
Nanny Kim ◽  
Yang Yuda
Keyword(s):  
Local Governments ◽  
Central Government ◽  
Self Organization ◽  
Mountain Range ◽  
Governance Structures ◽  
Social Self ◽  
Mining Town ◽  
Late Imperial ◽  
Qing Government

Abstract A donation stele discovered in the 1980 records that the community of the Fulong silver mines raised some 4500 liang of silver to build a temple dedicated to the God of Wealth in 1814. The site in a remote mountain range in northern Yunnan evidently was a prosperous and populous mining town. Yet it appears in no government record. Centered on the case study, this paper provides insights into social self-organization of communities and the structures within the Qing government that allowed the operation of mines that were registered with the local governments and submitted taxes yet kept out of the communications with the central government. The analysis contributes a specific example of communal governance structures and explains the two layers in late imperial administration, one which was official and documented in gazetteers and central records, and another which was customary and usually undocumented.

Redistribution of Snowfall across a Mountain Range by Artificial Seeding: A Case Study

Science ◽  
1973 ◽  
Vol 181 (4104) ◽  
pp. 1043-1045 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. V. Hobbs ◽  
L. F. Radke
Keyword(s):  
Mountain Range ◽  
Artificial Seeding

Syntaxonomic diversity as an indicator of ecological diversity — case study Vranica Mts in the Central Bosnia

Biologia ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 62 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sulejman Redžić
Keyword(s):  
Plant Communities ◽  
Bosnia And Herzegovina ◽  
Carrying Capacity ◽  
General Level ◽  
Mountain Range ◽  
Ecological Diversity ◽  
Vegetation Diversity ◽  
High Level ◽  
Very High

AbstractSyntaxonomic diversity (SD) represents the number of plant communities (phytocoenoses) in certain area. Plant communities as organized systems of populations of various coexisting plant species inhabiting same or similar habitat in the function of time. SD is one of the best indicators of the state and potential carrying capacity of every ecosystem and an attribute of total ecological diversity. In general, level of syntaxonomic diversity indicates habitat heterogeneity and diversity. This could have significant importance in the categorization of habitat values in accordance with European Nature Information System (EUNIS) criteria. The results presented in this paper indicate without any doubt high natural values of mountain range Vranica in Bosnia and Herzegovina. One of the best proofs is an extremely high level of syntaxonomic diversity. In this area covering just 288 km2, vegetation is differentiated into 9 formations, 28 classes, 44 orders, 73 alliances and 165 associations. This represents 85% of all classes, 73% of all orders, 65% of all alliances, and 53% of all associations of vegetation in Bosnia and Herzegovina, or 35% of all classes in vegetation diversity in Europe. Going from the level of class to the level of order, the number of syntaxa increases for 61%, from order to alliance for 60%, and from alliance to association for 44.24% (average 55%). SD index is very high and it is 0.5729. This means that on each km2 contains 0.5729 syntaxa.

scholarly journals Threatened plants of arid ecosystems in the Mediterranean Basin: a case study of the south-eastern Iberian Peninsula

Oryx ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 48 (4) ◽  
pp. 548-554 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antonio Mendoza-Fernández ◽  
Francisco J. Pérez-García ◽  
Fabián Martínez-Hernández ◽  
José M. Medina-Cazorla ◽  
Juan A. Garrido-Becerra ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Protected Areas ◽  
Mediterranean Basin ◽  
Biological Diversity ◽  
Arid Ecosystems ◽  
Arid Zones ◽  
Threatened Plants ◽  
Biodiversity Crisis ◽  
Priority Ranking ◽  
The Mediterranean Basin

AbstractNetworks of protected areas are one of the main strategies used to address the biodiversity crisis. These should encompass as many species and ecosystems as possible, particularly in territories with high biological diversity, such as the Spanish arid zones. We produce a priority ranking of the arid zones of south-east Spain according to the rarity and richness of their characteristic flora and the level of endangerment. The resulting hierarchy shows that optimal zones for the preservation of the flora are located outside the network of protected areas. In particular, it is important to extend the network and encourage the creation of microreserves in the depression of the River Guadiana Menor (Granada), where there is least protection. This river valley is a particularly important arid site because of its unique flora and fauna, and palaeontological and archaeological findings.

Case study on medicinal plant research in guinea: Prior informed consent, focused benefit sharing, and compliance with the convention on biological diversity

2001 ◽  
Vol 55 (4) ◽  
pp. 478-491 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas J. Carlson ◽  
Barry Mamadou Foula ◽  
Julie A. Chinnock ◽  
Steven R. King ◽  
Gandeka Abdourahmaue ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Informed Consent ◽  
Medicinal Plant ◽  
Biological Diversity ◽  
Benefit Sharing ◽  
Convention On Biological Diversity ◽  
Prior Informed Consent ◽  
Plant Research

scholarly journals The ethno-techno-conservation approach in the utilization of Black Fruit (Haplolobus sp.) by the Wandamen ethnic of Papua, Indonesia

2017 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 1336-1343
Author(s):  
ANTONI UNGIRWALU ◽  
SAN AFRI AWANG ◽  
PRIYONO SURYANTO ◽  
AHMAD MARYUDI
Keyword(s):  
Adaptive Strategy ◽  
Fruit Trees ◽  
Ecological Knowledge ◽  
Adaptive Resource Management ◽  
Traditional Management ◽  
Conservation Values ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Adaptive Resource ◽  
Over Time

Ungirwalu A, Awang SA, Suryanto P, Maryudi A. 2017. The ethno-techno-conservation approach in the utilization of Black Fruit (Haplolobus sp.) by the Wandamen people of Papua, Indonesia. Biodiversitas 18: 1336-1343. Identities and cultures are developed by societies through interaction with their environments. In caring for and using their environment, ecological knowledge is created. Deep knowledge of sustainable utilization and conservation of forest resources exist in Papua, but this traditional wisdom is poorly reflected in scientific literature. Such knowledge includes for example the adaptive traditional management of Black Fruit trees (Haplolobus sp.) by the Wandamen people of Papua, which is the subject of the case study reported in this paper. Our research focused on developing an understanding of how local knowledge about utilization, conservation, and protection of Black Fruit was constructed over time. It employed ethnoecology as the analytical lens. The study was conducted in Teluk Wondama District, West Papua. We found that the adaptive resource management of Black Fruit by the Wandamen is based on an approach which we have called “ethnotechno- conservation”. This approach is an attitude of mind by which Wandamen communities manage their Black Fruit trees to meet the dual goals of fulfilling subsistence needs and conserving the resource. This adaptive strategy has evolved over time as a response to the dynamics of the environment and exemplifies the co-evolution of culture and environment that is a defining feature of the world we all inhabit. The traditional concepts and knowledge of the Wandaman elaborate conservation values in the utilization of the Black Fruit. These adaptive concepts and knowledge are codified in their beliefs, myths, and handed-down wisdom.

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