scholarly journals Is Expansion or Regulation More Critical for Existing Protected Areas? A Case Study on China’s Eco-Redline Policy in Chongqing Capital

Land ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (10) ◽  
pp. 1084
Author(s):  
Benhui Zhu ◽  
Shizuka Hashimoto
Keyword(s):  
Protected Areas ◽  
First Year ◽  
Ecological Value ◽  
Forest Patches ◽  
Policy Interventions ◽  
Management Intensity ◽  
Ecological Conservation ◽  
Shape Complexity

Protecting areas of important ecological value is one of the main approaches to safeguarding the Earth’s ecosystems. However, the long-term effectiveness of protected areas is often uncertain. Focusing on China’s ecological conservation redline policy (Eco-redline policy) introduced in recent years, this study attempted to examine the effectiveness of alternative policy interventions and their implications on future land-use and land-cover (LULC) patterns. A scenario analysis was employed to elucidate the implications of different policy interventions for Chongqing capital, one of the most representative cities in China. These interventions considered the spatial extent of Eco-redline areas (ERAs) and the management intensity within these areas. LULC data for two different periods from 2000 (first year) to 2010 (end year) were derived from satellite images and then used for future (2050) LULC projections, incorporating the various policy interventions. Furthermore, several landscape indices, including the shape complexity, contrast, and aggregation of forest patches were calculated for each scenario. After comparing the scenarios, our analysis suggests that the current extent of ERAs may not be sufficient, although their management intensity is. Therefore, we suggest that during the optimization of the Eco-redline policy, ERAs are gradually increased while maintaining their current management intensity.

scholarly journals Le funzioni metacognitive nei pazienti con disturbi del comportamento alimentare. Uno studio sul trattamento di gruppo psicodinamico

2010 ◽  
Vol 12 (1-2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Claudia Prestano ◽  
Viviana Cicero ◽  
Salvatore Gullo ◽  
Grazia Alcuri ◽  
Gianluca Lo Coco ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Group Treatment ◽  
Single Case ◽  
Mental States ◽  
First Year ◽  
Control Data ◽  
Group Sessions ◽  
And Control ◽  
The Relationship

There is an emerging empirical evidence that patients with eating disorders have severe metacognitive concerns, i.e. ability to reflect on mental states. This single-case study aims to explore the relationship between limited metacognition and eating symptoms in six patients who attended a long-term group treatment. This study also aims at analysing the change of patients metacognition over the course of treatment. All the patients were female, with a mean age of 17 years. Three patients have a diagnosis of anorexia nervosa, and three have a diagnosis of bulimia nervosa. The group treatment was delivered in a outpatient clinic of the hospital of Acireale (CT). The SVaM (Carcione et al., 1997) was used to measure metacognition of patients, by analysing the transcripts of group sessions. The preliminary findings, which included the first year of the group treatment (N=27 group sessions) showed that metacognitive dysfunctions more evident concern Understanding One's Own Mind and Mastery. The first concerns abilities to reflect on the own mental states; the second concerns ability of regulation and control. Data show that patients don't present failures in the Understanding Other's Minds. The study has not identified meaningful differences between anorexic patients and bulimic patients.

scholarly journals Optimum selection of zinc-coated cable trunking systems for electrical installations based on atmospheric corrosion prediction

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 5-19
Keyword(s):  
Atmospheric Corrosion ◽  
Environmental Parameters ◽  
First Year ◽  
Logarithmic Function ◽  
Atmospheric Conditions ◽  
Optimum Selection ◽  
Selection Of

The study presents a methodology for the optimum selection of the most suitable zinc-based coatings in metallic trunking systems to fulfill the requirements related to atmospheric corrosion resistance. The current methodologies are based on heuristic procedures that do not consider the influence of the in situ atmospheric conditions, which are the main cause of most of the corrosion problems. The effect of corrosion over time is generally estimated using a logarithmic function, which depends on corrosion during the first year of exposure, as well as on environmental parameters (e.g. temperature, humidity, pollutants, etc.). Different mathematical models for the prediction of corrosion during the first year of exposure were analyzed. Ten of these models were selected and compared with actual tests determining the model that best fitted the actual values. From this first-year corrosion value, the long-term corrosion function was calculated for each relevant commercial coating. Finally, a case study was analyzed by means of the proposed methodology. The results show the importance of the corrosion function and its influence in the selection of the coating to minimize costs.

Impact of Falling Price of Rubber- A Case Study of Kothamangalam Taluk in Ernakulam District

2020 ◽  
pp. 118-124
Keyword(s):  
Research Work ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Bank Loans ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Policy Interventions ◽  
Price Instability ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Impact Of Falling

ABSTRACT The rubber sector in Kerala is passing through an unprecedented crisis. Falling prices had adversely affected the production and productivity of rubber in the state. The price instability made the rubber cultivation unattractive now a day. Many farmers have stopped the cultivation switching over to other crops. This study examined the impact of falling prices on rubber cultivation. This was a pilot study conducted by the researcher as part of his research work on the rubber economy of Kerala-Presents problems and prospects’. The primary data were collected from 60 rubber growers of Nellikuzhi and Paiprapanchayath in Ernakulam district through a structured questionnaire using a random sampling technique. The results revealed that the falling price of natural rubber adversely affected the rubber production, productivity and thereby the life and livelihood of millions of cultivators in different dimensions. Farmers were reluctant to care for their plantations regularly, reduced the number of tapping days and some of them had even quitted the cultivation by switching over to other crops causing increased indebtedness and overdue in bank loans. These adverse situations necessitated both short-term solutions and long-term policy interventions including the review of import policy to bail out the sector from the crisis.

scholarly journals A proposal for a brief-term post-adoption intervention in the attachment-perspective: a single case study with a late-adopted child and his adoptive mother

2016 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Cecilia Serena Pace ◽  
Ester D'Onofrio ◽  
Viviana Guerriero ◽  
Giulio Cesare Zavattini
Keyword(s):  
Single Case ◽  
Clinical Intervention ◽  
Clinical Work ◽  
First Year ◽  
Single Case Study ◽  
Adoptive Families ◽  
Long Term Follow Up

A growing body of attachment literature has focused on bridging the gap between research and clinical applications, even in clinical work with adoptive families. A brief-term clinical intervention focused on a multi-method assessment of attachment relationships and representations was performed in the first year after placement. This single case study aimed at analysing the attachment outcomes, through a long-term follow-up, both for the adoptive mother and her late-adopted son. We assumed that this five-session attachmentoriented intervention could help the mother enhance her sensitivity skills and her ability to understand both her own past attachment experiences and her child’s insecure attachment as a consequence of the failures of his previous experiences of care, supporting her sixyear old child in acquiring a positive image of himself and of others and the security of the caregiver’s availability up to adolescence.

scholarly journals Analysis of Forest Landscape Restoration Based on Landscape Connectivity: A Case Study in the Yi River Basin, China, during 2015–2020

Land ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (9) ◽  
pp. 904
Author(s):  
Ziqi Bian ◽  
Lyuyi Liu ◽  
Shengyan Ding
Keyword(s):  
Landscape Connectivity ◽  
Landscape Management ◽  
Forest Landscape ◽  
Landscape Restoration ◽  
Forest Patches ◽  
Rapid Urbanization ◽  
Forest Landscape Restoration ◽  
The Status ◽  
Ecological Conservation

Landscape connectivity has widely been recognized as one of the key objectives in studies of forest landscape management, ecological conservation and construction. Protecting virgin forests and afforesting marginal cropland are two long-term ecological projects in China. However, along with rapid urbanization and industrialization in China, the relationship between landscape connectivity and forest landscape restoration (FLR) has not been fully explored. The emergent question concerns whether the connectivity of a restored forest landscape could benefit the local flora and fauna. We evaluated the status of FLR in the Yi River watershed based on remote sensing images during 2015–2020. The forest landscape connectivity (FLC) was investigated using landscape connectivity indicators, applying the theory of landscape connectivity. We also examined the variations of FLC under different landform types (hills and low mountains) according to distance threshold values ranging from 100 m to 20,000 m. The most appropriate distance thresholds for analyzing FLC in hills and low mountains are 500 m and 100 m, respectively. The results showed that in this period, the FLC in low mountains was increased, whereas that of hills was decreased. The contributions for reforested patches on the improvement of the FLC were evaluated. In hills, patches that made “very high” and “high” contributions to improve the FLC occupied 15.6% of the total reforested area, whereas the proportion in low mountains was 25.5%. The results indicated that although rainfed cropland patches have been converted to forest patches, some of them have made small contributions to the FLC. Through this case study, we hope to have confirmed that landscape connectivity analysis could be used as a criterion for selecting important patches in the planning of FLR. Moreover, we have introduced this implementable method for future ecological restoration management programs.

scholarly journals REGIONAL AND LOCAL HAZARDS IN TOURISM – CASE STUDY OF MINEFIELDS IN THE PROTECTED AREAS OF CANTON OF SARAJEVO

2015 ◽  
pp. 509-520
Keyword(s):  
Protected Areas ◽  
Bosnia And Herzegovina ◽  
Limiting Factor ◽  
Special Focus ◽  
Tourist Industry ◽  
High Concentration ◽  
Tourist Attractions ◽  
Legal Documents

Research of hazards and risk in tourism is one of important segments in the concept of management and planning in destination development. In the concept of long-term strategy of economic development, Bosnia and Herzegovina has set its tourist industry goals very high. It is recognized as the strategic branch of economy, which should increase competitiveness, foreignexchange influx, tourist traffic and employment rate. One of the basic preconditions of achievement of these goals is the process of formation of protected areas, by which territorial share Bosnia and Herzegovina is placed very low on the list of European nations. Accordingly, this paper represents the research of protected areas development concepts in Canton of Sarajevo, and of problems with theirs establishment, with the special focus on hazards like minefields and unexploded ordnance (UXO). Although it has passed 20 years since the end of the war, Bosnia and Herzegovina is not safe country regarding this issue (current suspected area is 1.176,5 km2 or 2,3% of total land), while the situation in Canton of Sarajevo is even more concerning (suspected area is 80,78 km2 or 6,3% of total land). Hazards and risks related to minefields and UXO represent very significant limiting factor in the process of establishment of new protected areas, which are planned by legal documents on the Cantonal and Federal level. This is especially emphasized through high concentration of mine suspected areas in the southern regions of Canton of Sarajevo, where are located mountains like Igman, Bjelašnica, Visoţica, Treskavica, as well as Rakitnica canyon. These locations are among the most valuable tourist attractions in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

scholarly journals Making Change Visible – An Explorative Case Study of Dealing With Climate Change Deniers in Forest Education

2021 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 58-68
Author(s):  
Jens Hepper
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Vocational Education ◽  
Peer To Peer ◽  
High Rate ◽  
First Year ◽  
Climate Change Denial ◽  
Forest Education

Abstract This case study addresses the issue of climate change denial among students in their first year of vocational education. It was possible to shake the belief that man-made climate change was not happening, through letting students measure the potential of natural forest vegetation and compare their findings with those gathered by their peers nine years earlier. The comparison revealed that old forests had turned into ecosystems, which were adapted for dryer warmer climates. For education for sustainable development, forest education and biology lessons offer the opportunity to establish a long term project, in which peer-to-peer-learning over generations of students is possible, with a high rate of acceptance of the results generated by the former students.

scholarly journals Understanding people’s perception and attitudes towards mammalian fauna using qualitative data: a case study in Barail Wildlife Sanctuary, India

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (15) ◽  
pp. 14979-14988
Author(s):  
Amir Sohail Choudhury ◽  
Rofik Ahmed Barbhuiya ◽  
Parthankar Choudhury
Keyword(s):  
Protected Areas ◽  
Prima Facie ◽  
Mammalian Fauna ◽  
Wildlife Sanctuary ◽  
Conservation Policies ◽  
Alternative Livelihood ◽  
People’S Perception ◽  
Alternative Means

A concise interpretation of people’s perception and attitude towards wildlife helps in formulating better long-term conservation policies.  In an attempt to understand people’s perception, we considered one of the threatened and least known ecosystems of northeastern India, the Barail range, mainly focusing on the Barail Wildlife Sanctuary, the only protected area of this range, and falls in the Indo-Burma biodiversity hotspot area.  The sanctuary is known for a high diversity of mammals, mainly primates (with seven reported species), and bears (with three of the eight globally known species—a diversity not met elsewhere in the globe).  To protect its pristine wildlife wealth, it is essential that the perception of the local settlers is elucidated, and this prompted us to take up the present study. In this study, we used open- and close-ended questionnaire, which was then coded (yes/positive=1 and no/negative=0).  Each response was thoroughly examined using logistic regression and variables like socio-economic factors, knowledge of the sanctuary, wildlife and forest management were found to generate positive perception towards the sanctuary and its wildlife, and vice-versa.  Further, alternative means is suggested in terms of tourism, and the attitudes towards instigation of tourism were mostly favoured by the locals.  Besides promoting tourism, providing alternative livelihood and vocational trainings for the locals and, timely compensation for the losses caused by the animals should be long-term strategies for the conservation of the mammals of the sanctuary.  It has been increasingly recognized that involvement of locals is a prima facie requirement in the conservation of wildlife, and as such their perception is of great significance.  While the study was conducted at the Barail Wildlife Sanctuary, the results may translate in other protected areas, and may be referred to as a model strategy for other protected areas having similar scenario.

scholarly journals Protected areas and regional avian species richness in South Africa

2006 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 184-188 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karl L Evans ◽  
Ana S.L Rodrigues ◽  
Steven L Chown ◽  
Kevin J Gaston
Keyword(s):  
Species Richness ◽  
Protected Areas ◽  
South African ◽  
Area Network ◽  
Energy Availability ◽  
High Species Richness ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Term Maintenance

Protected areas are generally regarded as essential for the long-term maintenance of biodiversity. Evidence for their effectiveness in this regard is, however, somewhat equivocal. Here, we document the relationship between the proportion of protected land and species richness in a region, both with and without taking spatial variation in environmental energy availability into account. Using the South African avifauna as a case study, we find that total and threatened species richness exhibit modest increases with the proportion of protected land. While the protected area network should be expanded, it is essential that conservation efforts also focus on maintaining biodiversity in the wider unprotected landscape that supports high species richness.

scholarly journals Forest Fragmentation and Connectivity in Virginia Between 2001 and 2011

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 98-119
Author(s):  
Iris E. M. Fynn ◽  
James Campbell
Keyword(s):  
Forest Fragmentation ◽  
Human Activities ◽  
Road Density ◽  
Forest Patches ◽  
Forest Patch ◽  
Topographic Slope ◽  
Annual Population ◽  
Data Source

Abstract With an annual population growth rate currently estimated at about 5 %, Virginia presents an ideal case study for anthropogenic environmental disturbances. Urbanization as a result of increasing human activities has led to fragmentation of many crucial habitats, especially forests. Analysis of the extent to which forest fragmentation and connectivity have occurred in Virginia and corresponding changes associated with these processes, is relevant for conserving forest habitats and the biodiversity that they support. This study applies FRAGSTATS, a software system developed to assess forest fragmentation and connectivity, in combination with ArcGIS, to identify changes in forest patch metrics for Virginia over a ten-year interval (2001, 2006 and 2011) using National Land Cover Datasets (NLCD) maps as data source. Results show that, over ten years, forest patches have significantly declined in size, while the number of forest patches and total length of edge areas have increased over time. Results of this study show that road density in Virginia has no significant effect on forest fragmentation between 2001 and 2011. Analysis using ArcGIS revealed that sizes of core forest areas in Virginia are declining, and that these reductions match local topographic slope. This is because the steepness of the slope of an area dictates the degree of human activities in that area. These results suggest that urban sprawl associated with areas with gentler slopes, may have significant, long-term consequences for natural forest ecosystems and ultimately, biodiversity conservation.

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