scholarly journals Landscape in motion: revisiting the role of key disturbances in the preservation of mountain ecosystems

2019 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 515
Author(s):  
R.M. Canals
Keyword(s):  
Natural Environment ◽  
Management Approach ◽  
Traditional Concept ◽  
Mountain Ecosystems ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Pyric Herbivory ◽  
Dynamic Landscape ◽  
History Of ◽  
Negative Impacts

The history of the planet is an ever-changing story. Nowadays, managers of the natural environment face the challenge of dealing with a dynamic landscape that is at a turning point due to the global change (climate and land use change) brought about by human actions in recent centuries. This article discusses the traditional concept of conservation of the natural environment, analyses the role played by key disturbances in the functioning and dynamics of ecosystems over time, and offers a new management approach derived from this knowledge. Combined practices of controlled fire and guided grazing (pyric herbivory) as environmental tools for the preservation of valuable mountain ecosystems is justified, as well as the need to consolidate them by combining traditional expertise with scientific and technical knowledge in order to maximize their positive effects and minimize the potential negative impacts on the natural environment.

Presenting the Past: The Genre of Commentary in Theoretical Perspective

2003 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 148-168 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aaron Hughes
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Theoretical Perspective ◽  
Human Condition ◽  
Theoretical Discussion ◽  
Traditional Concept ◽  
The Past ◽  
The World ◽  
History Of Religions ◽  
History Of

AbstractThis article provides a theoretical discussion of the genre of commentary writing. Rather than examining the role of commentary in a specific religion, it attempts to articulate a set of useful questions to begin the process of rethinking what this genre is and, in the process, help create a theoretical vocabulary and conceptual framework for an analysis of commentary from the history of religions. The article is divided into three parts. The first broadens the traditional concept of a "canon", ostensibly the raw data upon which the commentary imposes a taxonomy. The second argues that the human condition, what Heidegger calls the way in which we are thrown into the world, demands that we interpret it. Finally, it is suggested that commentary is fundamentally about location or space, thereby providing the classificatory schema that is necessary for contextualizing both past and present. The main goal of this article is to problematize the current discussion of commentary in a theoretical way.

scholarly journals Emigration of Nepalese People and Its Impact

2017 ◽  
pp. 77-82
Author(s):  
Laxman Singh Kunwar
Keyword(s):  
Trade Deficit ◽  
Sources Of Information ◽  
Economic Sectors ◽  
Level Of Education ◽  
Secondary Sources ◽  
History Of ◽  
Negative Impacts ◽  
Economic Journal ◽  
To Receive

 This paper reflects the emigration history of Nepalese people and their destinations with role of remittances in country of origin (Nepal). The number of emigrants and share of remittances in terms of GDP has been increased but at the same time various negative impacts have been emerged in Nepalese society. In addition trade deficit has been increased and Nepalese emigrants who are working abroad are not being able to receive their rights at their working place. Discriminations in terms of earning and other privileges are common for Nepalese emigrants and due lack of skills, trainings and low level of education mainly 3D (Difficult, Dirty, Dangerous) jobs secured at their working places, as a result the earning/remittances are also low. This paper is based on secondary sources of information and briefly explains the history of emigration and its impacts in socio-economic sectors of Nepal. Economic Journal of Development Issues Vol. 19 & 20 No. 1-2 (2015) Combined Issue, Page: 77-82

Regaining Lost Time

Tekstualia ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 209-216
Author(s):  
Agnieszka Wnuk
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Literature ◽  
Literary History ◽  
The State ◽  
Historical Knowledge ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
History Of ◽  
Lost Time ◽  
State Of Affairs ◽  
History Of Literature

The articles presents the parallel between the constructive role of the decline in comparative literature and in literary history. The authoress of the text shows that the crisis should be considered a spur to research. The questions or problems often called the decline of the history of literature have brought positive effects. They have initiated a diagnosis of the state of affairs, but also triggered analyses of issues such as the grotesque, parody, pastiche, and irony. Comparative literature as a metadiscipline (especially its diachronic perspective) draws much from the achievements of literary history and literary-historical knowledge and, in this respect, it is largely dependent upon it. As long as it exists, it comments on the literary knowledge systematized by literary theoreticians and historians.

scholarly journals Role of natural environment in cultural landscapes development and formation in Gurzuf city and in ICC «Artek» territory

2020 ◽  
Vol 24 (5) ◽  
pp. 28-38
Author(s):  
L.A. Leonov ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Natural Environment ◽  
Cultural Landscapes ◽  
Southern Coast ◽  
Existing Buildings ◽  
Natural Landscape ◽  
Architectural Features ◽  
Literary Sources ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Relationship

The article considers the natural, historical and architectural features of the development of cultural landscapes of the ICC «Artek» territory. The analysis of the long history of this unique place on the southern coast of Crimea is presented. A brief analysis of the functional planning zones and a brief description of the existing buildings in Gurzuf and Artek are given. The relationship between the architectural and planning features of the camp territory is shown not only with the history of the development of this area, but also with its landscape features. The architectural features of the construction of a children's camp complex, inscribed in the surrounding natural landscape, are examined in detail. To illustrate the text material, 10 drawings are presented, 22 literary sources are given, conclusions are presented at the end of the article.

scholarly journals ‘For the game, for the world’: An analysis of FIFA’s CSR initiatives

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 49-85
Author(s):  
Chelsea L Woods ◽  
Ashli Q Stokes
Keyword(s):  
Public Relations ◽  
South Africans ◽  
Study Approach ◽  
Cultural Considerations ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Daunting Task ◽  
History Of ◽  
Negative Perceptions ◽  
Negative Impacts ◽  
Corporate Social

Given the significant and often negative impacts of sport mega-events on host nations, including high costs and lingering environmental challenges, many event organizers, such as the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), began implementing corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives to generate positive effects while lessening negative perceptions. Despite the growing body of literature examining the practice of sport CSR, research on how global governing sport agencies implement and adapt these programs to reflect the culture of the host is lacking. This study begins to address this gap by exploring how FIFA tailored its CSR initiatives for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa and 2014 event in Brazil. Engaging in CSR is already a daunting task. For FIFA, this challenge was compounded because of the host nations’ complex social, political, and economic concerns, along with skepticism surrounding FIFA’s efforts because of its history of corruption, which recently culminated in an organizational scandal that prompted arrests of high-ranking officials and temporary banishment of its former president. To better investigate CSR using a critical lens, we draw from interdisciplinary research and employ a multi-case study approach to analyze FIFA’s CSR initiatives, arguing that these efforts largely failed to reflect cultural considerations, providing little benefit to Brazilians and South Africans. In doing so, we build upon Zaharna’s in-awareness approach to public relations by merging it with critical CSR research, demonstrating the need for sponsoring organizations to follow an in-awareness approach when practicing international CSR while also adopting participatory approaches that engage members of the affected community to increase and sustain the positive benefits of these initiatives.

scholarly journals The role of administrative digitization in supporting future entrepreneurs – An applied study on Asir Region, KSA –: دور الرقمنة الإدارية في دعم ريادي المستقبل - دراسة ميدانية على منطقة عسير بالمملكة العربية السعودية –

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (22) ◽  
pp. 64-43
Author(s):  
Abdul-Rahman Hassan Hassan Abdul-Rahman Hassan Hassan
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Analytical Approach ◽  
Organizational Environment ◽  
Management Approach ◽  
Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Applied Study ◽  
Future Leaders ◽  
Asir Region

  The study aimed at identifying the reality of applying administrative digitization and its role in supporting future entrepreneurs in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The study's importance stems come from that administrative digitization is a newly established management approach to supports future entrepreneurs. The study adopted the descriptive-analytical approach, and used the questionnaire as a tool for the study, and was applied to a sample of future entrepreneurs amounting to (217) individuals who were chosen randomly. The results of the study found a statistically significant effect at the level of (0.05) for managerial digitization on supporting future entrepreneurs in entrepreneurial projects. To enhance the application of administrative digitization in entrepreneurial projects because of its positive effects on supporting future leaders, to develop plans and programs to benefit from them, and to establish a mechanism to stimulate the participation of future entrepreneurs to support and enhance efforts aimed at creating an organizational environment.

Facing Europe: Regional Aspects of Paradiplomatics in Chernivtsi Oblast (Current Challenges and Possible Solutions)

2019 ◽  
pp. 81-96
Author(s):  
Volodymyr Fisanov
Keyword(s):  
Policy Instrument ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Complex Processes ◽  
Cultural Paradigm ◽  
European Tradition ◽  
Role Of The State ◽  
History Of ◽  
Globalized World ◽  
Holding Back

The article analyzes the phenomenon of paradiplomacy as a factor of fragmentation in a globalized world, which reflects the complex processes of reducing the role of the state as an actor and a foreign policy instrument in the post-Westphalian era. Different and real processes of regionalization and transregional interaction are investigated, using paradigm diplomacy in the Chernivtsi region. The author explores the factor of increasing the role of regional elites in order to increase their own legitimacy in the context of transregional interaction in the Upper Region Euroregion. Complexities and contradictions of transregional cooperation are considered. It’s concluded that the narrowing of this Euroregion should be avoided for ineffective communication between the managers and representatives of the bureaucracy of the three countries. The article noted that the granting of dual citizenship to representatives of the Romanian and Moldovan communities of Chernivtsi region is a certain critical milestone holding back highquality economic and social cooperation within the Upper Prut Euroregion. The author’s proposal is to launch a joint international educational and cultural project of Ukraine and Romania «History of Bukovina of the Twentieth сentury: without stereotypes and layers». The implementation of such project will help to overcome the old stereotypes in contemporary Ukrainian-Romanian relations, being a reliable tool for a more effective cultural paradigm over the next decade. We are facing the construction of European tradition in Ukraine, as well as in Romania and Moldova, which should be worthy of puzzle. Only then will the citizens of our three countries residing in the Upper Prut Euroregion become truly status citizens of United Europe, feeling the positive effects of the development of regional paradiplomacy.

scholarly journals What is Linked between the Green Human Resources Practice with Sustainability Business?

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (6S3) ◽  
pp. 313-321
Keyword(s):  
Performance Management ◽  
Natural Environment ◽  
Small And Medium Enterprises ◽  
Positive Influence ◽  
Labor Management ◽  
Green Performance ◽  
Negative Impacts ◽  
Management Functions ◽  
Medium Enterprises

Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) are economic divisions that have an essential part in economic growth in Indonesia. One of the strong characteristics of MSMEs is that they are labor intensive, using simple and easy to understand technology. Green HRM is a labor management system that is implemented to reduce negative impacts on the natural environment or increase the positive influence of the natural environment on the performance of MSMEs. This analysis intends to analyze the role of Green HRM related to business continuity and examine the practice of Green HRM in management functions, namely green staffing and selection, green training and development (GT & D), green performance management and appraisal (GPM & A), green reward and compensation (GR & C) & green employee retention (GER) related to Green Performance in MSMEs. The research outcomes proved that Green HRM practices improve Green Performance related to business sustainability in MSMEs.

scholarly journals Desertification–Scientific Versus Political Realities

Land ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (5) ◽  
pp. 156 ◽  
Author(s):  
Geert Sterk ◽  
Jetse J. Stoorvogel
Keyword(s):  
Scientific Evidence ◽  
Sustainable Land Use ◽  
Science And Policy ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
History Of ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Negative Impacts ◽  
Productive Land ◽  
Political Realities

Desertification is defined as land degradation occurring in the global drylands. It is one of the global problems targeted under the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG 15). The aim of this article is to review the history of desertification and to evaluate the scientific evidence for desertification spread and severity. First quantitative estimates of the global extent and severity of desertification were dramatic and resulted in the establishment of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) in 1994. UNCCD’s task is to mitigate the negative impacts of desertification in drylands. Since the late 1990s, science has become increasingly critical towards the role of desertification in sustainable land use and food production. Many of the dramatic global assessments of desertification in the 1970s and 1980s were heavily criticized by scientists working in drylands. The used methodologies and the lack of ground-based evidence gave rise to critical reflections on desertification. Some even called desertification a myth. Later desertification assessments relied on remote sensing imagery and mapped vegetation changes in drylands. No examples of large areas completely degraded were found in the scientific literature. In science, desertification is now perceived as a local feature that certainly exists but is not as devastating as was earlier believed. However, the policy arena continues to stress the severity of the problem. Claims that millions of hectares of once productive land are annually lost due to desertification are regularly made. This highlights the disconnection between science and policy, and there is an urgent need for better dialogue in order to achieve SDG 15.

scholarly journals Traditions and Prospects of Studying Mass Public Movements in the Russia of the 17th – 18th Centuries

2019 ◽  
pp. 26-35
Author(s):  
Nikolaj Mininkov
Keyword(s):  
Public Relations ◽  
General Idea ◽  
Controversial Issues ◽  
Historical Science ◽  
Traditional Concept ◽  
Mass Public ◽  
History Of ◽  
Popular Movements ◽  
Soviet Historiography

“The Peasant War in Russia in 17th – 18th Centuries” monograph, which was published in 1966, and “The Peasant War in Russia in 17th – 18th Centuries: Problems, Searches, Solutions” collection of articles , published in 1974, summed up the Soviet historiography study on the great issues of mass popular movements. Common outcomes include regarding them as peasant wars or the phenomena, which express the essence of public relations of antifeudal character in the era of serfdom. These works particularly noted their progressive significance. For the modern researcher the monographs give a general idea of the state of studying peasant wars in Soviet historical science and contain a clear indication to the controversial issues of the history of these movements. They make it possible to understand that modern studies of the problem are based on the cultural-anthropological approach, and put a person who participated in these events, his psychology and culture at the center of attention. Modern research on mass popular movements in Russia in the 17th and 18th centuries does not address the concept of peasant wars. They raised new problems, the solution of which allows to understand participants in these movements, the peculiarities of their consciousness and the role of unconscious beginnings in their actions. The works give a new, sociocultural sense to the traditional concept of the Russian revolt. But at the same time we should keep in mind that the achievements of our time, which are undoubted, are the result of rethinking what has been achieved by the Soviet historical science of peasant wars. We should also emphasize that the provisions and conclusions were made on the basis of colossal factual material. At the same time, we shouldn’t completely abandon the provision on the peasant war.

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