How can spatio-temporal overlap in mammals assist in maximizing biodiversity conservation? A case study of Periyar Tiger Reserve

Biologia ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 76 (4) ◽  
pp. 1255-1265
Author(s):  
Thekke Thumbath Shameer ◽  
Ninad Avinash Mungi ◽  
Babu Ramesh ◽  
Silpa Valsala Kumar ◽  
Pulikunnel Syedmohamed Easa
Keyword(s):  
Biodiversity Conservation ◽  
Tiger Reserve ◽  
Spatio Temporal ◽  
Periyar Tiger Reserve ◽  
Temporal Overlap

Revisiting the ‘Kerala Model’

2017 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 155-176 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tapoja Chaudhuri
Keyword(s):  
Distributive Justice ◽  
Biodiversity Conservation ◽  
Development Model ◽  
Public Private Partnerships ◽  
International Capital ◽  
Unique Region ◽  
Tiger Reserve ◽  
Ethnographic Data ◽  
Actor Networks ◽  
Periyar Tiger Reserve

For several decades after Independence, the ‘Kerala model’ provided a development alternative that set it apart from the rest of India. The recent rise of Kerala as a fast growing ‘responsible’ tourism destination has led to a resurgence of this narrative of exceptionalism. This article charts the shift from the ‘old’ Kerala development model, and its emphasis on distributive justice, to the ‘new’ Kerala model that nurtures public–private partnerships, in understanding how Kerala’s reputation as a unique region in India is maintained amid significant socioeconomic and political changes. Specifically, the article draws on ethnographic data from the Kumily/Periyar Tiger Reserve region in analyzing how unique locale-specific networks of biodiversity conservation ideologies, international capital and notions of environmental citizenship contribute to overall placemaking in Kerala. These regional identities are formed through the confluence of several ideologies, influences and personnel, thereby contributing to unique ‘actor-networks’ that emerge at specific locales.

scholarly journals From policing to 'social fencing': shifting moral economies of biodiversity conservation in a South Indian Tiger Reserve

2013 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 376 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tapoja Chaudhuri
Keyword(s):  
Biodiversity Conservation ◽  
National Parks ◽  
Identity Politics ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Indigenous Communities ◽  
Economic Incentives ◽  
Development Project ◽  
South Indian ◽  
Tiger Reserve ◽  
Periyar Tiger Reserve

In recent years, scholarly and civil society debates regarding tiger conservation in India have been sharply divided both in favor and against the efficacy of 'fortress' models of conservation that discourage subsistence-level access to resources by the local poor. Such debates have been further intensified since 2005 due to a drastic drop in the wild tiger population – presumably due to illegal poaching – and the passing of a Forest Rights Act that grants forest lands ownership rights to traditional forest-dependent communities. This article analyzes local community-forest collaboration in the Periyar Tiger Reserve in Kerala in Southern India. Periyar Tiger Reserve has been the only 'success story' out of the seven national parks where the India Eco-Development Project was implemented in 1997. The IEDP was funded by the World Bank, the Global Environmental Facility, and the Government of India to solicit the support of forest-adjacent communities in protecting wildlife habitats by offering them market-based livelihood opportunities. Information comes from ethnographic research conducted ten years after the Eco-Development Project was first implemented, and studies of the evolving nature of state-community relationships under the umbrella of a newly formed 'Government Organized Non-Governmental Organization' or GONGO. Theoretically, the article focuses the role of emotions and identity politics in shaping the worldviews of the participating community members, and not on the economic incentives of stakeholders. In doing so, I propose a more nuanced analysis of community-state relationships than is offered by polarized debates amongst conservationists and people's rights advocates in India and elsewhere. I illustrate the sense of ownership and regional pride shared by different social actors, in the context of the continuation of the fortress model of conservation.Keywords: Biodiversity conservation, fortress conservation, eco-development, social fencing, identity politics, indigenous communities, tiger reserve, Kerala, India.

Spatio-temporal approach for identification of critical conservation areas: a case study with two pine species from a threatened temperate forest in Mexico

2019 ◽  
Vol 28 (7) ◽  
pp. 1863-1883 ◽  
Author(s):  
Agustín Molina Sánchez ◽  
Patricia Delgado ◽  
Antonio González-Rodríguez ◽  
Clementina González ◽  
A. Francisco Gómez-Tagle Rojas ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Temperate Forest ◽  
Conservation Areas ◽  
Spatio Temporal ◽  
Pine Species

scholarly journals A comparison of multiple neighborhood matrix specifications for spatio-temporal model fitting: a case study on COVID-19 data

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Álvaro Briz-Redón ◽  
Adina Iftimi ◽  
Juan Francisco Correcher ◽  
Jose De Andrés ◽  
Manuel Lozano ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Model Fitting ◽  
Temporal Model ◽  
Spatio Temporal

scholarly journals Spatio-temporal analysis of COVID-19 incidence rate using GIS: a case study—Tehran metropolitan, Iran

GeoJournal ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Nasiri ◽  
S. Akbarpour ◽  
AR. Zali ◽  
N. Khodakarami ◽  
MH. Boochani ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Incidence Rate ◽  
Temporal Analysis ◽  
Spatio Temporal

scholarly journals Multi-Criteria, Co-Evolutionary Charging Behavior: An Agent-Based Simulation of Urban Electromobility

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 18
Author(s):  
Lennart Adenaw ◽  
Markus Lienkamp
Keyword(s):  
Urban Areas ◽  
City Planning ◽  
User Behavior ◽  
Transport Sector ◽  
Simulation Framework ◽  
Agent Based Simulation ◽  
Agent Based ◽  
Charging Station ◽  
Spatio Temporal

In order to electrify the transport sector, scores of charging stations are needed to incentivize people to buy electric vehicles. In urban areas with a high charging demand and little space, decision-makers are in need of planning tools that enable them to efficiently allocate financial and organizational resources to the promotion of electromobility. As with many other city planning tasks, simulations foster successful decision-making. This article presents a novel agent-based simulation framework for urban electromobility aimed at the analysis of charging station utilization and user behavior. The approach presented here employs a novel co-evolutionary learning model for adaptive charging behavior. The simulation framework is tested and verified by means of a case study conducted in the city of Munich. The case study shows that the presented approach realistically reproduces charging behavior and spatio-temporal charger utilization.

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