scholarly journals Environmental Preservation Efforts

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Agussalim

Clearly visible environmental issues areflooding, erosion, large amounts of waste, and water and air pollution. All of these problems reflect dependence of the natural environment function naturally. Deforestation ell the upstream of the river reduces the ability to resist the flow of cm abundant water into an increasingly shallow river that cause flooding; depleted plants lead to erosion of soil, pile of garbage on the streets and in trash cans; narrowing offorest reduces the areafor th? endangered animal to live so that the species would he more increasingly scarce. as well as industrials and vehicles Jill the air with waste disposal and river pollution can cause damage to human health. Environmental resources, such as air. water, soil and biota can provide valuable economic goods. either directly or indirectly. From the economic point of vielv, misuse of resources utilization of common property caused by the lack of balance mechanism of the individual awareness that limit the exploitation, decrease the economic value of environmental resources or even lost. Participation of the community to be sought to anticipate the impact of the environmental management activities includes: (a) increasing public awareness about the importance of preserving the environment, (b) keeping basic means of environmental management, both natural resources and basic rules of the environment; and (c) solving urgent environmental problems. The efforts to increase public participation in environmental preservation would be successful. If the involvement of the community in the planning and implementation stages and assessments supported through formal and non-formal education. Consequently, education is the most effective strategy in generating awareness about the importance of'preserving the environment.

Author(s):  
Fernando Vidal Gimenez ◽  
Claudio Ruiz Mas

The economic valuation of environmental resources is of great interest to society in general and to public managers in particular. It can promote more sustainable environmental policies, as it clearly shows the high economic value of natural resources. Thus, these valuation tools can provide useful evidence to support such policies by quantifying the economic value associated with the protection of such resources. However, there is an inherent difficulty in the implementation of methods to assess the economic valuation of environmental resources, mainly as a result of the absence of a market and hence a price that explains its social demand. However, both the travel cost method and the contingent valuation method used in this paper offer an approach to the economic values of the recreational services for wetlands. The aim is to analyze whether these values have been influenced by the economic crisis, so two time periods are compared separated for a decade. Results do not show an unequivocal influence between values in both periods, with different behaviors among natural areas, although with a certain tendency to increase in the decade being analyzed.


2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 39-50 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hazem Eldeeb ◽  
Martina Zelenakova

AbstractThe water shortage issue may put a spotlight over most of the Middle East region and push many nations to re-planning the water resources in various respects. Providing data on water’s economic value assists policymakers make informed decisions regarding water distribution. Additionally, addressing the increasing demand for all uses and building the sustainable future of agricultural and water policies. The purpose of this article is to explore and evaluate the economic value of irrigation water in Sharkia Governorate, regarded one of Egypt’s largest provinces. It also examines how to maximize the economic value of irrigation water, taking into account the self-sufficiency of main crops. Furthermore, consideration has been given to the political demands for the allocation, management and control of water resources. The simulation software Operational, Planning and Distribution Model (OPDM) was used to simulate through the studied province the accessible water distribution and crop yield. Moreover, it is used to judge the impact of irrigation water utilization and to check gross income. Furthermore, from a technical and economic point of perspective, the distinct suggestions were contrasted. The research evaluates the present crop pattern for wheat and cotton attaining a peak economic value of 1.23 EGP/m3 and 0.98 EGP/m3 of irrigation water for wheat and cotton respectively. Moreover, it reaches 0.41 EGP/m3 for rice which considered one of the highest plants in water consumption. Finally, these findings may highlight some strategic crops future development.


2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 242-253
Author(s):  
Indrawan Azis ◽  
Andi Widiawati ◽  
Annisa Aprilia Nur

Current issues related to the environment to be one of the issues that got the attention of the public. Awareness of the community to participate in protecting the environment is increasing from time to time. It encourages businesses as part of the community itself, to participate in maintaining the environment in ways that minimize the risk of environmental damage as a result of the operational company's. In this case, the needed cost of the so-called environmental costs. Environmental costs necessary to achieve eco-efficiency efforts, one of which is the use of Environmental Management Accounting (EMA), by identifying environmental costs by classifying into the category of environmental quality to evaluate their environmental performance.  This study uses the Ibnu Sina Hospital YW-UMI Makassar City engaged in health services as research objects. In this study the author uses descriptive qualitative method. The results showed that the Ibnu Sina Hospital YW-UMI Makassar City yet to implement Environmental Management Accounting (EMA), manage environmental costs, but this hospital has managed the impact of the environment.


Author(s):  
Muhammad Yusuf ◽  
Andi Agustang

 This study aims to describe how the factors and processes of socio-economic change and the impact of socio-economic changes that occur in the Kindang Society of Bulukumba Regency. This type of research uses qualitative research. The technique in determining informants uses snowball sampling techniques, that is, without determining the criteria for informants, so the number of informants will always increase according to the information needs of the Kindang community in Bulukumba Regency. Data collection techniques used were observation, interviews and documentation. Data analysis techniques used by researchers through three stages of work, namely: data reduction, data presentation, and drawing conclusions. Validation of the data used is triangulation. The results of this study indicate that (1) the factors that determine the socio-economic changes of the kindang community are farm produce from clove production which is a familiar commodity with a very high economic value at this time with a high level of productivity in Bulukumba district. (2) The process of socio-economic change in the kindang community occurs between different circumstances and times, where the kindang community experiences an economic crisis in the new order, the formation of the BPPC (Clove Management Agency) which regulates and buys cloves at unreasonable prices, then occurs significant changes during the reform period, with the openness and freedom of the reform period until the price of cloves began to recover and freedom of the reformation period until the price of cloves began to recover and increase so that the welfare of the kindang community could prosper. (3) The impact of socio-economic changes that occur in the kindang community of Bulukumba district. namely improving the economic system of the Kindang community to become a prosperous society and higher social stratification, as well as growing public awareness in the fields of education, politics and culture. Culture in this case encompasses lifestyles and relationships and modern lifestyles so that eroding local cultures such as mutual cooperation have begun to diminish.


Author(s):  
Syahmardi Yacob ◽  
Johannes Johannes ◽  
Nor Qomariyah

The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of destination attractiveness and destination image on visiting intention in Indonesia rural tourism. Data were collected from tourist are visiting rural tourism in Kerinci district, Jambi Province (Indonesia). The research finding is the significant impact of destination attractiveness through destination image towards development of visiting intention. This is the first study to examine the impact of destination attractiveness trough destination image to visiting intention in Lempur as a rural tourism at Jambi Province. This study used the three variables important factors to develop tourism destination where one of potential object destination existed, meanwhile destination image from the tourism influenced their interest to visit. A main reason destination attractiveness is one of key factors to attract tourist what they want and need. Secondly, an important to create nature tourism achievement perspective between local people and government. Third, also to increase a public awareness of their effort an environment protecting and preserving it as economic value thru rural tourism.


2020 ◽  
Vol 60 (2) ◽  
pp. 182-193
Author(s):  
Kacem Abdelhadi ◽  
Houar Abdelatif ◽  
Zerf Mohamed ◽  
Bengoua Ali

SummaryThis study tests the impact of COVID-19 on sleep of Algerian population before and during the COVID-19 quarantine by an estimated online survey, adapted from the PSQI Italian version. Including 1210 participants (age between 18-60 years old). The statistical analysis was carried out using SPSS version 22.0 software. Our results showed a significant change in sleeping quality during quarantine, the sleep timing markedly changed, we also noticed additional use of sleeping medications. Algerian scientists recommend to build public awareness and to provide necessary information regarding Algerian sleep quality, especially for Algerian adults.


2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 51-74
Author(s):  
Fonteh Athanasius Amungwa

This paper examines the impact of community education and challenges facing Centres for Education and Community Action as a rural development strategy in Cameroon. The study was conducted in the North-West Region of Cameroon, employing field observations, semi-structured interviews with key informants using a convenient sampling technique and through elaborate review of documents. These research instruments were blended into what is termed triangulation and the data collected was analysed descriptively. The main focus of qualitative analysis is to understand the ways in which people act and the accounts that people give for their actions. This paper posits that extreme dependence on the provision of Western formal education cannot solve the problems of a rapidly changing society like Cameroon, which is facing a long-term economic crisis and persistent unemployment issues of graduates. Consequently, education should be redefined in the context of the prevailing economic crisis to make it responsive to the aspirations of rural communities. Findings showed that community education had contributed towards rural development immensely but has suffered many challenges due to neglect of the field in the policy agenda. This paper recommends the integration of community education with formal education to facilitate group and community betterment in particular and rural transformation in general.


Water Policy ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ramesh Bhatia ◽  
John Briscoe ◽  
R. P. S. Malik ◽  
Lindy Miller ◽  
Smita Misra ◽  
...  

The state of Tamil Nadu, India, is in the grips of a water crisis, with demand far outstripping supply. As the economy of the state grows, this crisis is going to become ever more serious. To date the focus of state water policy has been on trying to augment supplies, from within the state (even from desalinization) and from neighboring states. In addition, the water use is regulated in a way that does not encourage the highest value uses. International experience shows that supply-side measures must be complemented by demand-side measures and that practice must move away from fixed, command-and-control allocation policies towards flexible allocation mechanisms, which facilitate the voluntary movement of water from low to high-value uses. This study addresses the question of whether such a change in allocation policies is worth doing. It addresses this question by developing optimization models for each of the 17 river basins in Tamil Nadu (including an assessment of the economic value of water in different end-uses – agriculture, domestic and industry), then using an input–output model embedded in a social accounting matrix (SAM), to assess the impact of these changes on the state economy and on different rural and urban employment groups. The results suggest that a shift to a flexible water allocation system would bring major environmental, economic and social benefits to the state. Compared with the current “fixed sectoral allocation” policy, a flexible allocation policy would, in 2020, result in 15% less overall water used; 24% less water pumped from aquifers; 20% higher state income; with all strata, rich and poor, benefiting similarly, with one important exception, that of agricultural laborers.


Author(s):  
Dan Yue ◽  
Zepeng Tong ◽  
Jianchi Tian ◽  
Yang Li ◽  
Linxiu Zhang ◽  
...  

The global illegal wildlife trade directly threatens biodiversity and leads to disease outbreaks and epidemics. In order to avoid the loss of endangered species and ensure public health security, it is necessary to intervene in illegal wildlife trade and promote public awareness of the need for wildlife conservation. Anthropomorphism is a basic and common psychological process in humans that plays a crucial role in determining how a person interacts with other non-human agents. Previous research indicates that anthropomorphizing nature entities through metaphors could increase individual behavioral intention of wildlife conservation. However, relatively little is known about the mechanism by which anthropomorphism influences behavioral intention and whether social context affects the effect of anthropomorphism. This research investigated the impact of negative emotions associated with a pandemic situation on the effectiveness of anthropomorphic strategies for wildlife conservation across two experimental studies. Experiment 1 recruited 245 college students online and asked them to read a combination of texts and pictures as anthropomorphic materials. The results indicated that anthropomorphic materials could increase participants’ empathy and decrease their wildlife product consumption intention. Experiment 2 recruited 140 college students online and they were required to read the same materials as experiment 1 after watching a video related to epidemics. The results showed that the effect of wildlife anthropomorphization vanished if participants’ negative emotion was aroused by the video. The present research provides experimental evidence that anthropomorphic strategies would be useful for boosting public support for wildlife conservation. However, policymakers and conservation organizations must be careful about the negative effects of the pandemic context, as the negative emotions produced by it seems to weaken the effectiveness of anthropomorphic strategies.


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