scholarly journals Uwagi na temat roli nauk przyrodniczych i nowej duchowości w ochronie przyrody

2009 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 147-162
Author(s):  
Adam B. Kubiak
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Nature Conservation ◽  
Ecological Spirituality ◽  
Conservation Activity ◽  
Nature Preservation ◽  
Cultural Movement

Issues of nature conservation, and socio-cultural movement called ecologism, are vivid becouse o f it’s many controvertions and actual validity in terms o f sustainable development. This paper presents contemporary motives o f preserving the nature, scientific ways of it’s realization, and chosen issues o f so called „ecological spirituality”. Reflection on the abilities and perils of science and spirituality, with reference to philosophy and practical conservation activity, will be led. Finally, there will be an attemption to answer the question about relation between nature preservation, science and ecological spirituality, and to define the spiritual condition and trends in contemporary ecologism.

scholarly journals Market-Based Conservation for Better Livelihoods? The Promises and Fallacies of REDD+ in Tanzania

Land ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 119 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andreas Scheba
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Nature Conservation ◽  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Forest Management ◽  
National Level ◽  
Policy Reforms ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Alternative Livelihood ◽  
Governance Institutions

Governments, multilateral organisations, and international conservation NGOs increasingly frame nature conservation in terms that emphasise the importance of technically managing and economically valuing nature, and introducing markets for ecosystem services. New mechanisms, such as REDD+, have been incorporated in national-level policy reforms, and have been piloted and implemented in rural project settings across the Global South. By reflecting on my research on REDD+ implementation in two case study villages in Tanzania, the paper argues that the emergence and nature of market-based conservation are multi-faceted, complex, and more profoundly shaped by structural challenges than is commonly acknowledged. The paper identifies three particularly important challenges: the politics surrounding the establishment of community-based forest management; the mismatch between formal governance institutions and actual practices on the ground; and the fickleness of income from carbon sales and alternative livelihood opportunities. I argue that these challenges are not merely teething troubles, but they question fundamental assumptions of market-based conservation, more generally. I end with reference to better ideas for achieving sustainable development.

scholarly journals Theory and Practice in Nature Conservation – Where to Seek Sustainability?

2017 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 67-82
Author(s):  
Zbigniew Mirek ◽  
Zbigniew Witkowski
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Nature Conservation ◽  
Biodiversity Conservation ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
The Subject

AbstractContemporary nature conservation is the subject of serious disputes, with biocentrists emphasising the superiority of the good of nature, while anthropocentrists believe that conservation space should also take account of the good of humankind. The dispute concerns two very important values perceived differently, and not resolvable within any scientifi c framework. The authors postulate a return to the Christian roots of our civilisation. It was God who gave human beings the goods He had created, expecting them to be used in line with His plan. The man who lost God’s plan, destroys the life of nature as well as his own. The postulated solution is the proper shaping of conscience, to condition biodiversity conservation in line with the idea of sustainable development.

scholarly journals Between Knowledge, Belief and Desire, Green Utopia and Its Application

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hooman Foroughmand Araabi ◽  
Maryam Khabazi
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Nature Conservation ◽  
Paradigm Shift ◽  
Human Knowledge ◽  
Related Factors ◽  
Complicated System ◽  
The World ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
Human Desire ◽  
Future Vision

Nowadays despite multifarious prescriptions of sustainable development, there is an approach of sustainable values in any development's agenda. Considering the paradigm shift from the modern idea of growth, which had been considered to be able to compensate any negative effect of growth, to postmodern paradigm of development, which is obsessed about nature conservation, this article has made a model for green utopia. Three different but related factors are forming the utopia: knowledge, beliefs and desire. Human knowledge of the nature (as a complicated system) is forming this Green Future vision, knowledge vividly pictures a dystopia if the world denied following the knowledge, as well. In addition to knowledge, our beliefs play an important role. The last and the most important source of this utopia is human desire, unlike its predecessors it is not perfect. The conclusion of this article is a model for a green or sustainable utopia that is achieved through this study. Debating on different statements applications tries to optimize the utopia.

scholarly journals Berteologi Kontekstual dari Sasi Humah Koin di Fena Waekose – Pulau Buru

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 408-425
Author(s):  
Resa Dandirwalu ◽  
J. B. Banawiratma ◽  
Daniel K. Listijabudy
Keyword(s):  
Nature Conservation ◽  
Qualitative Method ◽  
Christian Theology ◽  
Community Leaders ◽  
Forest Exploitation ◽  
Plywood Industry ◽  
Nature Preservation ◽  
Depth Interviews

Abstract. This article departed from the reality of forest exploitation on Buru Island by the community, the operation of PT. Gema Sanubari and the plywood industry in 1980, so that most of the forest became deforested. This article aimed to construct an ecotheology that derives from the values contained in sasi humah koin, in the context of nature conservation efforts. This study was conducted by qualitative method, by collecting data through in-depth interviews with the king, traditional figures, and community leaders in Fena Waekose. Based on the analysis carried out, the sasi humah koin contain value and at the same time can be an instrument in nature preservation effort. Thus, it can be concluded that Christian theology can dialogue with local wisdom that will give poser in nature conservation.Abstrak. Artikel ini mengacu dari realitas eksploitasi hutan di Pulau Buru oleh masyarakat, hadirnya PT. Gema Sanubari dan industri kayu lapis pada tahun 1980, sehingga sebagian besar hutan menjadi gundul. Tujuan artikel ini adalah mengembangkan ekoteologi yang bersumber dari nilai yang terkandung dalam sasi humah koin, dalam rangka upaya pelestarian alam. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode kualitatif, dengan pengambilan data melalui wawancara mendalam dengan Raja, Tokoh Adat, dan Tokoh Masyarakat di Fena Waekose. Berdasarkan analisis yang dilakukan, sasi humah koin mengandung nilai dan sekaligus dapat menjadi instrument dalam upaya pelestarian alam. Dengan demikian, dapat disimpulkan bahwa teologi Kristen dapat berdialog dengan kearifan lokal untuk menjadi kekuatan dalam pelestarian alam.

Op onvruchtbare bodem?

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (3/4) ◽  
pp. 353-376
Author(s):  
Michiel Purmer
Keyword(s):  
Nature Conservation ◽  
Nature Reserves ◽  
Peat Bogs ◽  
Dutch Society ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Barren Soil ◽  
Nature Preservation ◽  
Conservation Organizations

Abstract On barren soil? Early nature reserves of Natuurmonumenten and the Dutch landscape In 1905, Natuurmonumenten (Natural Monuments Society), a Dutch NGO for nature conservation, was founded. The society aimed to preserve some uncultivated lands, such as heathlands, fens, peat bogs but also forests, which were under threat of cultivation and reclamation. Natuurmonumenten managed to acquire a number of nature reserves in the years 1905-1940 for scientific, recreational and aesthetic reasons. In this article, this collection is analyzed and compared to the reserves of other Dutch nature conservation organizations in the same period. Although Natuurmonumenten acquired mainly barren soils, it turned out to be a fruitful start of a nature preservation organization that operated nationwide, and established a strong network within Dutch society.

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