scholarly journals Perspectives of Development of Ecotourism in West Africa – Examples from Niger, Mali and The Ivory Coast

2006 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 251-259
Author(s):  
Sylwia Kulczyk
Keyword(s):  
West Africa ◽  
Cultural Values ◽  
Ivory Coast ◽  
National Park ◽  
Success Factors ◽  
Local Population ◽  
Ecological Education ◽  
The World ◽  
Almost All ◽  
Natural Reserves

Abstract Ecotourism, understood as a form of leisure conforming with the principles of environmental protection and promoting its natural and cultural values, is dynamically developing in almost all parts of the world. Properly carried out, ecotourism projects may be an essential instrument of regional development. Problems of ecotourism development in four areas of West Africa, i.e. the Comoé National Park (Ivory Coast), the Dogon Country (Mali), the northern Dallol Boss Region and Kouré (Niger), and the Äir and Ténéré Natural Reserves (Niger) are discussed in the article. A common characteristic of the chosen areas are their significant natural and cultural values and the occurrence of tourist activeness allowing to qualify them as ecotouristic sites. The analysis of both external and internal success factors in ecotourism leads to the conclusion that, in the discussed regions, ecotourism development is a positive phenomenon. It should, however, be accompanied by continuous supervision of environmental conditions and ecological education of the local population.

Binna Burra and O'Reilly's: Gardens in the Scenic Rim

2003 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 117-124
Author(s):  
Jane L. Lennon
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Values ◽  
National Park ◽  
Cultural Landscapes ◽  
World Heritage ◽  
Natural Areas ◽  
Garden History ◽  
The World

The gardens of the two settlements in the Lamington National Park – Binna Burra and O'Reillys – are cultural landscapes in a much loved area of the Scenic Rim of Queensland's border with NSW. The concept of cultural landscapes in the World Heritage and national contexts was introduced at the 2002 Australian Garden History Society conference in Hobart. This paper examines the evolution of two gardens within a national park – one evolving from a farm and one designed to accompany a rainforest holiday centre – and the acceptance of cultural values in natural areas.

Möglichkeiten und Probleme von Waldbewirtschaftung und Aufforstung in der Feuchtwaldzone der Côte d’Ivoire

2002 ◽  
Vol 46 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan Peter Mund ◽  
Martin Doevenspeck
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Cote D'ivoire ◽  
Ivory Coast ◽  
National Park ◽  
Local Population ◽  
Pilot Projects ◽  
Forest Zone ◽  
Humid Forest ◽  
Village Level ◽  
Humid Forest Zone

AbstractChances and problems of forest management and afforestation in the humid forest zone of the Ivory Coast: Far-reaching changes in the forestry legislation since 1994 force the timber companies in the Ivory Coast to carry out afforestation measures for and with the local population in their concession areas. By the example of one of the first pilot projects the authors analyse the execution of reforestation at a village level. From the view of pedology they discuss the restrictions of possible afforestation measures in the adjacent areas of a national park

scholarly journals Complementary Currencies: An Analysis of the Creation Process Based on Sustainable Local Development Principles

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (14) ◽  
pp. 5672 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francisco Javier García-Corral ◽  
Jaime de de Pablo-Valenciano ◽  
Juan Milán-García ◽  
José Antonio Cordero-García
Keyword(s):  
Success Factors ◽  
Swot Analysis ◽  
Local Development ◽  
A Priori ◽  
Local Population ◽  
City Council ◽  
Main Concern ◽  
Complementary Currencies ◽  
Almost All ◽  
Varied Work

Complementary currencies are a reality and are being applied both globally and locally. The aim of this article is to explain the viability of this type of currency and its application in local development, in this case, in a rural mountain municipality in the province of Almería (Spain) called Almócita. The Plus, Minus, Interesting (PMI); “Flying Balloon”; and Strength, Weakness, Opportunity (SWOT) analysis methodologies will be used to carry out the study. Finally, a ranking of success factors will be carried out with a brainstorming exercise. As to the results, there are, a priori, more advantages than disadvantages of implementing these currencies, but the local population has clarified that their main concern is depopulation along with a lack of varied work. As a counterpart to this and strengths or advantages, almost all the participants mention the support from the Almócita city council and the initiatives that are constantly being promoted.

Growth and foreign direct investment absorption across cultural dimensions

2020 ◽  
Vol 47 (8) ◽  
pp. 1003-1022
Author(s):  
Alfredo A. Romero ◽  
Jeffrey A. Edwards
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Direct Investment ◽  
Peer Review ◽  
Cultural Values ◽  
Direct Investment ◽  
Local Population ◽  
Cultural Dimensions ◽  
Marginal Effect ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The World ◽  
Short Run

PurposeInjections of foreign direct investment (FDI) are often followed by injections of foreign culture which may not be well received among the local population. If this is the case, culture may impede any positive externalities from FDI. On the other hand, if the people of the host country embrace injections of FDI, this may lead to boosts in not only short-run factors of production but also longer-term technological spillovers. We measure what role cultural make-up of a country plays on the effect of FDI on growth in GDP.Design/methodology/approachUsing values system data from the World Values Survey (WVS), and socioeconomic data from the World Bank, we estimate and plot the marginal effect of FDI on growth as a function of a country's values system for a panel of 73 countries over a span of three decades.FindingsWe find that the marginal effect of FDI on growth in GDP differs across varying degrees of cultural values, even after adjusting for level of development. In other words, our analysis indicates that a country's cultural norms do indeed affect foreign investment's impact on economic growth.Originality/valueTo date there is no research that systematically assesses the effect that cultural make-up has on the marginal effect of FDI on growth. We go beyond the use of isolated cultural variables by using data on cultural dimensions that account for most of the observed cultural differences between countries. We believe our findings will work as a launchpad for more novel ways to capture country heterogeneity in growth research.Peer reviewThe peer review history for this article is available at: https://publons.com/publon/10.1108/IJSE-09-2019-0549.

A new tree-frog genus and species from Ivory Coast, West Africa (Amphibia: Anura: Hyperoliidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 2044 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-45 ◽  
Author(s):  
MARK-OLIVER RÖDEL ◽  
JOACHIM KOSUCH ◽  
T. ULMAR GRAFE ◽  
RENAUD BOISTEL ◽  
N. EMMANUEL ASSEMIAN ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
West Africa ◽  
Ivory Coast ◽  
National Park ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Sequence Divergence ◽  
Iucn Red List ◽  
Advertisement Call ◽  
12S Rrna ◽  
Tree Frog ◽  
Larval Stages

We describe a new genus and species of hyperoliid tree-frog from the Upper Guinean rain forest, West Africa. Morerella gen. nov. Rödel, Kosuch, Grafe, Boistel & Veith is characterized by a slender body and large protruding eyes; a horizontal oval pupil; a small but distinct tympanum; a medium sized, medioposterior gular gland, without thin dilatable skin beneath and around the gland in males; spinosities on back and on extremities of males; sphenethmoid not visible dorsally; ventroanterior portion of sphenethmoid unfused; non-imbricate neural arches that do not completely roof the spinal canal; transverse processes of eighth vertebra not angled markedly forward; a greatly forked omosternum; a completely ossified sternum; posterolateral process of hyoid absent and anterior horn composed of an anteromedial and a lateral process; round discs on finger and toe tips; completely mineralized intercalary elements of phalanges; sexes dichromatic in coloration; short tonal advertisement call, notes grouped, not pulsed; terrestrial eggs and aquatic larval stages. The new genus differs genetically from other hyperoliid genera by 18-35% sequence divergence (>1300 bp of cytochrome b, 16S and 12S rRNA sequences). Its phylogenetic relationships within this family remain obscure. So far the genus is comprised of one species, Morerella cyanophthalma sp. nov. Rödel, Assemian, Kouamé, Tohé & Perret, that is only known from a few sites in the Banco National Park, Ivory Coast. Specimens from another Ivorian locality, the Azagny National Park, may be conspecific. Based on the IUCN red list criteria, the new species is classified as Critically Endangered.

Freshwater Snail Distribution Related to Environmental Factors in Banco National Park, An Urban Reserve in the Ivory Coast (West Africa)

2012 ◽  
Vol 47 (1) ◽  
pp. 160-168 ◽  
Author(s):  
I.A. Camara ◽  
Y.K. Bony ◽  
D. Diomandé ◽  
O.E. Edia ◽  
F.K. Konan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Factors ◽  
West Africa ◽  
Ivory Coast ◽  
National Park ◽  
Freshwater Snail

scholarly journals PENDIDIKAN KARAKTER BERBASIS BUDAYA DALAM MENGHADAPI TANTANGAN GLOBALISASI

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 159-172
Author(s):  
Muhammad Sulhan
Keyword(s):  
Character Education ◽  
Cultural Values ◽  
Critical Success Factors ◽  
Success Factors ◽  
Young Generation ◽  
World Community ◽  
Cultural Character ◽  
Critical Success ◽  
The World ◽  
Main Factor

The success of a nation is measured by the success of its young generation in the present and the future. Therefore the business in education is the main factor to form a young generation of character. Where quality and competence are the critical success factors. Globalization is where the world has no boundaries, and this is the reality that the world community must face. How to respond to globalization and modernization while maintaining the value of cultural values that characterize a society in a culture. Cultural character education is an approach that must be done so that development can run in accordance with the value of local wisdom value of quality and in accordance with the environment.   Abstrak Keberhasilan suatu bangsa diukur dengan keberhasilan generasi mudanya di masa kini dan masa yang akan datang. Karenanya usaha dibidang pendidikan merupakan faktor utama untuk membentuk generasi muda yang berkarakter . Dimana kualitas dan kompentensi menjadi faktor penentu keberhasilan. Globalisasi adalah di mana dunia sudah tidak mengenal batas, dan ini adalah realita yang harus dihadapi masyarakat dunia. Bagaimana merespon globalisasi dan modernisasi dengan tetap mempertahankan nilai nilai budaya yang menjadi ciri suatu masyarakat dalam suatu egara.Pendidikan karakter berbasis kebudayaan adalah pendekatan yang harus dilakukan agar pembangunan dapat berjalan sesuai dengan nilai nilai kearifan lokal yang berkualitas dan sesuai dengan lingkungannya. Kata Kunci: Pendidikan karakter, kearifan lokal dan globalisasi

scholarly journals The responses of black-casqued hornbills to predator vocalisations and primate alarm calls

Behaviour ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 141 (10) ◽  
pp. 1263-1277 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Slater ◽  
Hugo Rainey ◽  
Klaus Zuberbühler
Keyword(s):  
West Africa ◽  
Tropical Forests ◽  
Ivory Coast ◽  
National Park ◽  
Alarm Calls ◽  
Vocal Response ◽  
Panthera Pardus ◽  
Cognitive Capacities ◽  
Monkey Species ◽  
Cercopithecus Diana

AbstractBlack-casqued hornbills (Ceratogymna atrata) forage in small flocks in the tropical forests of West Africa, often in the vicinity of primate groups, including Diana and Campbell's monkeys (Cercopithecus diana, C. campbelli). Previous work has shown that these monkey species produce acoustically distinct alarm calls to crowned eagles (Stephanoaetus coronatus) and leopards (Panthera pardus), two of their main predators. Black-casqued hornbills are highly vulnerable to crowned eagles, but not leopards, suggesting that individuals may respond differently to these two predators. We analysed the vocal response of these birds to field playbacks conducted on different monkey species in Taï National Park, Ivory Coast. We tested six stimuli, three of which related to the presence of a crowned eagle (eagle shrieks, Diana and Campbell's eagle alarm calls) and three to the presence of a leopard (leopard growls, Diana and Campbell's leopard alarm calls). Results showed that hornbills consistently distinguished between eagle- and leopard-related stimuli, suggesting that birds attended to the predator class associated with the various stimuli. Second, within eagle-related stimuli, hornbills responded more strongly to the actual predator vocalizations than the associated alarm calls. One interpretation of these data is that birds were sensitive to the precision of information concerning the location of the eagle. We discuss these results in light of previous data on hornbill behaviour and cognitive capacities.

Freshwater snail distribution related to environmental factors in Banco National Park, an urban reserve in the Ivory Coast (West Africa)

2012 ◽  
Vol 47 (1) ◽  
pp. 160-168 ◽  
Author(s):  
I.A. Camara ◽  
Y.K. Bony ◽  
D. Diomandé ◽  
O.E. Edia ◽  
F.K. Konan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Factors ◽  
West Africa ◽  
Ivory Coast ◽  
National Park ◽  
Freshwater Snail

West African coastal states will fear jihadist threat

2019 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
West Africa ◽  
Burkina Faso ◽  
Ivory Coast ◽  
National Park ◽  
West African ◽  
African Countries ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Sahel Region ◽  
Security Crises ◽  
Regional Governments

Subject Jihadists' coastal threat. Significance Deteriorating security and widening jihadist control in eastern Burkina Faso, combined with the wider security crisis in the Sahel region as a whole, have raised credible fears that jihadist violence and other security crises could spread into coastal West African countries (Benin, Ghana, Ivory Coast and Togo). Sporadic terrorism has occurred in some of those countries in recent years, notably the attack on an Ivorian resort in March 2016 and a kidnapping in Benin’s Pendjari National Park in May 2019. Yet there is still more reason for caution than alarm when it comes to predicting the spread of jihadism in West Africa, given the Malian and Burkinabe insurgencies took years to unfold. Impacts Regional governments may look to increase assistance to President Marc Christian Roch Kabore’s administration ahead of the 2020 polls. Joint security efforts involving Burkina Faso and its coastal neighbours will prove piecemeal given their sporadic, underdeveloped nature. A 2018 joint security initiative and resulting arrests suggest Benin and Togo may be the more vulnerable to new jihadist infiltration.

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