scholarly journals Approaches and challenges of traditional institutions in conservation of biodiversity: Implications for sustainable management of natural resources in Nigeria

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 14-22
Author(s):  
L. N. Sambe ◽  
◽  
G. O. Yager ◽  
P. N. Ver ◽  
M. O. Ikape ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Natural Resources ◽  
Abies Balsamea ◽  
Simple Random Sampling ◽  
Resource Conservation ◽  
Sacred Landscapes ◽  
Natural Resource Conservation ◽  
Frequent Use ◽  
Effective Performance ◽  
Conservation Of Natural Resources ◽  
Ophiophagus Hannah

The study assessed indigenous practices and beliefs on the conservation of natural resources in Oju Local Government Area of Benue State. Purposeful and simple random sampling was applied to determine the study sample and thus a sample size of 118 was used for the study. The findings revealed that majority of the respondents were male (75.4%) while 24.6% were female. The indigenous and traditional beliefs in the protection of natural resources in the area is reflected in a variety of their practices which included sacred groves and sacred landscapes, construction of masquerades and other traditional artifacts, reflecting greatly the population of the forest resources. The most conserved fauna and flora species identified were; Smutsia gigantea, Elgaria coerulea, Ceyx erithaca, Milvus aegyptius, Centropus steerii and Ophiophagus hannah; Vitellaria paradoxa, Khaya grandifoliola and Abies balsamea. Major challenges identified were; lack of inclusion by governance institution with (98.7%), followed by adoption of other religious beliefs with (97.5%), poaching/illegal logging and population growth/urbanization (91.5%), perception of idolatry (88.9%), Bush fires (89.8%) while frequent use of herbs for traditional medicine (83.1%) had the least percentage. On the ways of improvement was awareness creation had the highest proportion (33.9%), followed by attitudinal change (30.5%), while resource allocation to traditional leaders and integration of traditional conservation in formal resource conservation had the least proportion of 17.8%. It was concluded that traditional practices and beliefs if well managed will enhanced proper conservation and management of natural resources. The study thus recommended that, institutions responsible for conservation of natural resources should be positioned for effective performance and service delivery. Government should have monitoring agents that will help in ensuring natural resource conservation.

scholarly journals Natural Resource Conservation Based on Community Economic Empowerment: Perspectives on Watershed Management and Slum Settlements in Makassar City, South Sulawesi, Indonesia

Land ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 104 ◽  
Author(s):  
Batara Surya ◽  
Syafri Syafri ◽  
Hernita Sahban ◽  
Harry Hardian Sakti
Keyword(s):  
Natural Resources ◽  
Capacity Building ◽  
Natural Resource ◽  
Resource Conservation ◽  
Community Capacity ◽  
Economic Empowerment ◽  
Community Capacity Building ◽  
Natural Resource Conservation ◽  
Community Behavior ◽  
Conservation Of Natural Resources

The purpose of this study is to analyze the influence of slum development, community poverty, and community behavior on environmental degradation in the Tallo river basin in Makassar City and to analyze the effects of natural resource conservation, economic empowerment, community capacity building on the productivity of economic enterprises and ecosystem-based sustainability. This study uses a qualitative-quantitative approach in sequence. Data were obtained through observation, surveys, and documentation. The research findings show that slums, poverty, and community behavior have a significant effect on the decline in the environmental quality of the Tallo river basin in Makassar City, with a coefficient of determination of 32.2%. The results showed that the conservation of natural resources, economic empowerment, and community capacity building were positively correlated to increasing the productivity of community economic enterprises and the sustainability of watershed ecosystems. The assertion is that watershed conservation, integrated with economic empowerment, contributes positively to economic, social, and environmental sustainability. This study offers the concept of conservation of natural resources based on community economic empowerment as a solution to the handling of slums for the case of metropolitan cities in Indonesia, to support metropolitan city development programs nationally.

Natural Resources, Sustainability, and Intergenerational Ethics

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chris Armstrong
Keyword(s):  
Natural Resources ◽  
Natural Resource ◽  
Global Justice ◽  
Resource Conservation ◽  
Natural Resource Conservation ◽  
The Future ◽  
Intergenerational Ethics

This chapter examines a variety of views about the nature of society’s putative duty to conserve natural resources for the future, with a focus on the contested idea of sustainability. This chapter examines competing conceptions of sustainability and their implications for natural resource conservation across generations. Sustainability is a very popular concept, but there are many different positions on what might be called the “sustainability of what?” question. The chapter examines a number of competing views and shows how controversy here has informed the debate between so-called weak and strong conceptions of sustainability. It concludes with an examination of the politics of sustainability, and in particular the connections and possible tensions between goals of natural resource conservation and of global justice.

scholarly journals WOMEN AND THEIR ROLE IN NATURAL RESOURCES: A STUDY IN WESTERN HIMALAYAS

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (10) ◽  
pp. 128-138
Author(s):  
Kiran Singh
Keyword(s):  
Natural Resources ◽  
Natural Resource ◽  
Resource Use ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Western Himalayas ◽  
Natural Resource Conservation ◽  
Conservation Of Natural Resources ◽  
Alternative Sources ◽  
Cultural Roles ◽  
And Training

Women roles in Himalayas put women in direct contact with natural resources such as forests, water, land and wildlife. They utilize and conserve these resources to supply basic needs for their families. Therefore conservation of natural resources in rural areas cannot be done without the involvement and training of women. They need to be educated on the values, management and sustainability of natural resources as alternative sources of livelihood. But to have success, they must only be appreciated as invisible land managers, but must benefit from relevant incentives in their cultural roles. This paper examines the roles of women in natural resource conservation, since their traditional activities bring them into daily interaction with natural resources, their impacts, attitudes and belief on the management, exploitation and sustainability of natural resource is critical for resource use and sustainability.

The Human Dimension in Natural Resource Conservation: A Sahelian Example from Niger

1986 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 249-256 ◽  
Author(s):  
John E. Newby ◽  
John F. Grettenberger
Keyword(s):  
Natural Resources ◽  
Natural Resource ◽  
Threatened Species ◽  
Nature Reserve ◽  
Resource Conservation ◽  
Human Dimension ◽  
Natural Resource Conservation ◽  
Rational Management ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Flexible Management

The Republic of Niger is establishing a vast national nature reserve in the Aïr Massif and Ténéré Desert. With its 77,360 km2, the reserve will cover a wide variety of arid-land habitats. Both rainfall and vegetation are sparse, but the area harbours a varied fauna that includes a number of threatened species. The Twareg inhabitants of the reserve subsist by raising livestock, by irrigating small gardens, and by caravanning. Their day-to-day existence relies heavily on natural resources, and their continued existence will depend on the conservation of those resources. Drought, desertification, and abusive use, are all responsible for the deterioration of those resources.Although highly necessary, the rational management of the area's natural resources will conflict with current landuse practices. Examples of where this happens are presented, and some proposals are put forward for their solution. Ideally, a flexible management system needs to be elaborated that will satisfy both the aspirations of the zone's managers and the immediate needs of its residents. The Authors hope that work in Niger will find its application elsewhere in the Sahel, and meanwhile emphasize the need to reconcile conservation with development.

scholarly journals KONSERVASI SUMBER DAYA ALAM DALAM PERSPEKTIF ISLAM

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 26-37
Author(s):  
Muhammad Syariful Anam ◽  
Wina Yulianti ◽  
Sari Nur Safitri ◽  
Siti Nur Qolifah ◽  
Rina Rosia
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Natural Resources ◽  
Natural Resource ◽  
Resource Conservation ◽  
Natural Resource Conservation ◽  
Descriptive Approach ◽  
Mutual Care

This study examines how Islam views natural resource conservation. This is a qualitative research with a descriptive approach. Based on the results of the studies that have been carried out, it can be concluded that Islam teaches humans to be responsible for all of Allah's creation, including being responsible for protecting and maintaining natural resource ecosystems. The principle of conservation in Islam is based on mutual care between humans and nature, because basically humans take advantage of the available natural resources. In addition, in the utilization of natural resources, humans must pay attention to balance, not be exploitative and remain proportional so that natural resources are preserved.

Protecting Natural Resources

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jérémie Gilbert
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Human Rights ◽  
Natural Resources ◽  
Environmental Law ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
Human Rights Law ◽  
International Environmental Law ◽  
Conservation Of Natural Resources ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Do So

This chapter focuses on the connection between the international legal framework governing the conservation of natural resources and human rights law. The objective is to examine the potential synergies between international environmental law and human rights when it comes to the protection of natural resources. To do so, it concentrates on three main areas of potential convergence. It first focuses on the pollution of natural resources and analyses how human rights law offers a potential platform to seek remedies for the victims of pollution. It next concentrates on the conservation of natural resources, particularly on the interconnection between protected areas, biodiversity, and human rights law. Finally, it examines the relationship between climate change and human rights law, focusing on the role that human rights law can play in the development of the current climate change adaptation and mitigation frameworks.

scholarly journals Primates and conservation priorities in Madagascar

Oryx ◽  
1986 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 209-216 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jon I. Pollock
Keyword(s):  
Great Britain ◽  
Natural Resources ◽  
Human Population ◽  
Conservation Priorities ◽  
Behavioural Ecology ◽  
Primate Conservation ◽  
Conservation Of Natural Resources ◽  
Primate Society

Madagascar's conservation problems are many, but the Malagasy Government is working towards solutions, having recently passed into law a strategy that links development with the conservation of natural resources. The protection of the country's remaining forests is a key concern, both for the human population and for the non-human primates. The author is a primatologist and has a research background in behavioural ecology, reproduction and conservation, especially with prosimians. This article was first presented at the joint Primate Society of Great Britain/FFPS meeting on primate conservation in December 1985.

scholarly journals A SYSTEM DESIGN OPTIMIZATION MODEL FOR INTEGRATED NATURAL RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT IN AN AGRICULTURAL COMMUNITY

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 273-282
Author(s):  
Thomas Barlow ◽  
Mandappa Biddanda ◽  
Samarth Mendke ◽  
Emmanuel Miyingo ◽  
Anabel Sicko ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Natural Resource ◽  
Systems Approach ◽  
System Optimization ◽  
Resource Conservation ◽  
System Level ◽  
Conservation And Development ◽  
Natural Resource Conservation ◽  
Agricultural Community ◽  
System Design Optimization ◽  
System Configurations

AbstractIntegrated Natural Resource Conservation and Development (INRCD) Projects are efforts at worldwide locations to promote economic development of local communities consistent with conservation of natural resources. This umbrella term includes Integration Conservation and Development Projects (ICDPs) introduced by the World Wide Fund to combine social development and conservation s through the use of socio-economic investments, and the Integrated Natural Resource Management (INRM) research and development efforts that have employed a systems approach for quantitative modeling and optimization. In the spirit of the INRCD framework, we describe the development of a system-level agriculture and energy model comprising engineering and economic models for crop, irrigation, and energy subsystem designs for a community in Central Uganda. The model architecture is modular allowing modifications for different system configurations and project locations. We include some initial results and discuss next steps for system optimization, refining model assumptions, and modeling community social benefits as drivers of such projects.

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