scholarly journals Context in Landscape Planning: Improving Conservation Outcomes by Identifying Social Values for a Flagship Species

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (12) ◽  
pp. 6827
Author(s):  
Lisa Ernoul ◽  
Angela Wardell-Johnson ◽  
Raphaël Mathevet ◽  
Alain Sandoz ◽  
Olivier Boutron ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Conservation Planning ◽  
Numerical Taxonomy ◽  
Social Values ◽  
Landscape Planning ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
Local Context ◽  
Flagship Species ◽  
Survey Analysis ◽  
Value Differences ◽  
Multi Method Approach

Sustainable conservation planning depends on understanding local context including the way social values impact a landscape. Flamingos are used here as a flagship species to focus the social values of a broad range of people living in and working in the Camargue in France. A survey questionnaire (n = 87) was used to identify the range of ways in which people value the landscape and their perception of effectiveness of flamingo management strategies. Survey analysis was conducted through a multi-method approach, triangulating standard descriptive statistics, qualitative data analysis, and multivariate analysis applying numerical taxonomy. Applying numerical taxonomy allowed us to identify and define six social assemblages. Each assemblage had geographical characteristics with distinct values and perceptions in relation to management. The primary residence and geographic identity of the participants was defining, showing clear value differences from participants living in different parts of the delta. The participants most frequently agreed that flamingos contributed to the aesthetic, economic, biodiversity, and recreational values of the landscape. We show how identifying points of consensus and points in contest is necessary for navigating differences in values for conservation planning. This research shows the importance of the local social context in sustainably managing landscape change.

Transborder interactions in the sawmill industry of Chaudière-Appalaches, Québec: A survey analysis

2003 ◽  
Vol 79 (5) ◽  
pp. 936-947
Author(s):  
Debra Straussfogel ◽  
Theodore Howard ◽  
Sylvain Masse ◽  
Difei Zhang
Keyword(s):  
New England ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
Mail Survey ◽  
Raw Material ◽  
Business Success ◽  
Survey Analysis ◽  
The Us ◽  
Sawmill Industry ◽  
Northern New England ◽  
National Boundaries

The objectives of this mail survey of sawmills in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of southern Québec were (1) to establish the level of transborder interaction of these sawmills, with regard to wood sources and final markets; (2) to discover their perceptions of local versus international economic and business factors with regard to their business success; and (3) to examine the role and importance of the size of the sawmills in Chaudière-Appalaches relative to the nature of their engagement in either raw material import from or finished product export to the US. Our results demonstrate that a transborder forest economy exists and that the conception of "local" in transboundary regions must be flexible enough to permit resource management strategies, that, to some extent, ignore national boundaries. Key words: sawmill industry, transborder interaction, Chaudière-Appalaches, Québec, Northern New England

scholarly journals Labour Migration in the Middle Hills of Nepal: Consequences on Land Management Strategies

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 1349 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stéphanie Jaquet ◽  
Thomas Kohler ◽  
Gudrun Schwilch
Keyword(s):  
Land Management ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
Mapping Method ◽  
Forest Recovery ◽  
Labour Migration ◽  
Local Context ◽  
Grazing Land ◽  
Climate Conditions ◽  
Labour Shortage ◽  
Qualitative Mapping

Labour migration in Nepal is having profound effects on land management. We take two examples from the hills of Nepal where the increasing trend in outmigration continues unabated and explore its consequences. The purpose of this study is to understand the impacts of the subsequent labour shortage on land management and how it affects households. We used data from two surveys and assessed land use change and degradation with a qualitative mapping method. The findings show that the local context leads to very different strategies in terms of land management. In one study area, land was left to lie fallow without any use, leading to overgrowth and forest recovery due to favourable climate conditions. In the other, land was no longer used as cropland but turned into grazing land with consequences such as land degradation. This study provides strong empirical data and also contributes to the mountain research community by shedding light on the effects of outmigration on land management in the hills of Nepal. We suggest that these effects, including the labour shortage and the increasingly important role of remittances, should be addressed in an integrative but differentiated way that takes into account the regional context.

Multi-method approach combining isotopic tracers, anthropogenic contaminants and mapping to retrace socio-environmental trajectories of groundwater-dependent coastal hydrosystems

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melanie Erostate ◽  
Frederic Huneau ◽  
Emilie Garel ◽  
Vanina Pasqualini
Keyword(s):  
Water Resources ◽  
Temporal Dynamics ◽  
Coastal Lagoons ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Fresh Groundwater ◽  
Isotopic Tracers ◽  
Goods And Services ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Multi Method Approach

<p>Coastal lagoons are unique and complex ecosystems. Resulting from both terrestrial (fresh groundwater and surface water) and marine water influences, these ecosystems are often maintained by direct or indirect groundwater supplies and collectively known as groundwater dependent ecosystems (GDEs). Because they provide a wide range of ecosystem goods and services on which a large part of the human population depends, coastal GDEs are considered as complex socio-economic and ecological component worldwide. The increasing human development in coastal areas induces yet a strong pressure on water resources and the expected effects of climate change could exacerbate the pressures on these environments. To limit the risks of degradation and to ensure the sustainability of ecosystem services, the implementation of proper water resources management strategies is essential. This requires a strong knowledge of the environmental and socio-economic trajectories of hydrosystems, and particularly of the behavior and role of groundwater.</p><p>To this end, only the combined use of several tools allows a global understanding of the spatial and temporal dynamics of the system. The correlation between isotopic tracers (<sup>18</sup>O, <sup>2</sup>H, <sup>3</sup>H, <sup>15</sup>N, <sup>11</sup>B), anthropogenic contaminants (organic micro pollutants) and mapping approaches (land-use and vulnerability) allows a historical analyze of the hydrosystem. In addition, to better constraint the hydrosystem hydrological behavior, it is also possible to highlight the current status of water resources, the historical legacy of pollutants and the consequences of past developments and practices, which continue to jeopardize the current quality of the water resource. This methodology was applied to a Mediterranean hydrosystem, in connection with a coastal lagoon (Corsica Island, France). The identification of degradation processes and their chronology could then be traced back in time.</p><p>It appears that the current deterioration is mainly due to a legacy pollution resulting from the development of policies implemented 60 years earlier. In the case of coastal GDEs that are highly anthropized and subject to ever-increasing development, this methodology proposes new key elements for the establishment of relevant management strategies to ensure the future sustainability of water resources.</p>

scholarly journals Postgraduate Online Teaching in Healthcare: An Analysis of Student Perspectives

2020 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Cuisle Forde ◽  
Silvia Gallagher
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Online Teaching ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Continuing Professional Development ◽  
Healthcare Setting ◽  
Student Perspectives ◽  
Survey Analysis ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Multi Method Approach

The use of online learning in postgraduate teaching has increased dramatically in recent years. Health-care professionals can benefit from the flexibility afforded by online learning to fulfil their continuing professional development goals. Understanding student expectations, concerns, and experiences of such courses is crucial for the development and successful facilitation of this education modality. The aim of this paper was to examine student perspectives of an online postgraduate certificate in clinical exercise prescription. A set of recommendations based on these findings was also created which may serve to inform those involved in online education.Students expressed their expectations and concerns about taking the course before it began, and completed surveys on their experience after module completion. A multi-method approach using both qualitative content analysis and quantitative survey analysis was used to analyze student responses on the online modules in the virtual learning environment.Students (n = 19) had a combination of academic, personal, and clinical expectations entering the course. Concerns entering the course included ability to reach academic standards set by the course due to personal circumstances or lack of academic ability; the ability to manage time and workload; and the online nature of the course. Students felt supported throughout the course, although some had difficulties keeping up with the workload or managing their time. Results of this study can be used to inform the structure and coordination of online modules, in particular in the postgraduate healthcare setting.

scholarly journals Diversity of Soil Dwelling Collembola in a Forest, Vegetable and Tea Ecosystems of Assam, India

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (22) ◽  
pp. 12628
Author(s):  
Sudhansu Bhagawati ◽  
Badal Bhattacharyya ◽  
Binoy K. Medhi ◽  
Snigdha Bhattacharjee ◽  
Himangshu Mishra
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Forest Ecosystem ◽  
Landscape Planning ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
Organic Carbon Content ◽  
Land Uses ◽  
Edaphic Factors ◽  
Land Use Pattern ◽  
Seasonal Diversity ◽  
The Impact

Land use change has a great impact in determining the diversity patterns of soil fauna. Adoption of any land use pattern significantly affects the soil structure and its physico-chemical characteristics, which often leads to the loss of biodiversity. Considering the collembolans as the key organism in the indicator shopping basket of soil environment, the response of Collembola communities under three different land uses represented by forest, vegetable and tea ecosystems was studied. Collembolans were sampled at monthly intervals using Tullgren funnel and identified by standard taxonomic keys. Diversity analysis and soil chemo-edaphic factors were studied to establish the impact of different land uses on Collembola communities. Five genera of Collembola viz., Cyphoderus, Entomobrya, Isotoma, Folsomia and Hypogastrura were recorded from the forest ecosystem whereas Folsomia was completely absent in vegetable ecosystem and the tea ecosystem soil was devoid of both Folsomia and Hypogastrura. Seasonal diversity and density of Collembola were recorded to be higher in the forest ecosystem indicating the presence of relatively stable habitats as compared to vegetable and tea ecosystems showing relatively disturbed habitats. Correlation studies between different chemo-edaphic factors and collembolan population revealed that the moisture and organic carbon content of soil had significant positive correlation during all the four seasons in all the ecosystems studied. Higher adoption of mechanical and chemo-centric agriculture depletes the available resources of the soil and makes it less habitable and conducive for the growth and sustenance of collembolans in vegetable and tea ecosystem as compared to forest. Appropriate landscape planning, land management strategies and developing proper methods of land use practices may pave the way for the improvement of collembolan diversity at landscape level.

scholarly journals Estrategias de gestión ambiental frente al desarrollo minero-extractivista en el municipio de Quinchía (Risaralda)

2017 ◽  
pp. 135-191
Author(s):  
Yuliana Salazar Duque
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Management ◽  
21St Century ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
Transnational Corporations ◽  
Local Context ◽  
Environmental Conflicts ◽  
Sustainable Mining ◽  
Environmental Management Strategies ◽  
Palabras Clave

Este artículo tiene como propósito analizar las principales estrategias de gestión ambiental implementadas en el municipio de Quinchía, Risaralda, en especial en los orregimientos de Naranjal e Irra, frente al desarrollo minero extractivista en el siglo xxi. Para tal fin, en primer lugar, se realizó un estado del arte sobre el desarrollo minero extractivista en el contexto nacional, departamental y local en el siglo xxi. Seguidamente se identificaron las estrategias de gestión ambiental en el desarrollo minero, la cuales se concretaron principalmente en marcos normativos y programáticos, que en su mayoría buscan promover un desarrollo minero sostenible asociado fundamentalmente a empresas transnacionales, ocasionando conflictos socioambientales. Palabras clave: Quinchía, extractivismo, minería, gestión ambiental. Abstract: Environmental management strategies to deal with extractivist mining development in the municipality of Quinchía (Risaralda) Abstract: This article aims to analyze in the 21st century the main environmental management strategies implemented in the municipality of Quinchía (Risaralda), especially in the corregimientos of Naranjal and Irra, in front of extractive mining development. To this end, first, a state of the art on extractive mining development was carried out in the national, departmental and local context in the 21st century. Next, environmental management strategies in mining development were identified. These strategies were mainly implemented in normative and programmatic frameworks, most of which seek to promote sustainable mining development, mainly associated with transnational corporations, leading to socio-environmental conflicts. Keywords: Quinchía, extractivism, mining, environmental management.

Delineating conservation areas on the Oak Ridges Moraine using a systematic conservation planning approach

2006 ◽  
Vol 82 (3) ◽  
pp. 395-402 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Puric-Mladenovic ◽  
S. Strobl
Keyword(s):  
Conservation Planning ◽  
Systematic Approach ◽  
Gap Analysis ◽  
Landscape Planning ◽  
Conservation Areas ◽  
Oak Ridges Moraine ◽  
Mathematical Algorithm ◽  
Planning Approach ◽  
Final Output ◽  
Simulated Annealing Procedure

Protected lands form an essential component of landscape planning, and often extend beyond protection of existing natural areas to consider enhancement through restoration to improve existing conditions. We tested an automated conservation science-based methodology and systematic approach to delineate conservation and restoration priority areas on the Oak Ridges Moraine (ORM). The methodology comprised: a) preparing and assembling existing spatial (GIS) information and tessellating the study area to 5-ha hexagon planning units; b) conducting a gap analysis to provide a basis for setting conservation targets that protect, or that through future restoration activities might enhance, under-represented biodiversity elements; and c) applying a simulated annealing procedure (i.e., mathematical algorithm) to find solutions that optimize the set biodiversity targets. The final output of our work is a map of conservation priority area that enables the more than 50 conservation partners in this landscape to coordinate various conservation, stewardship and restoration activities by focusing on those areas that have the highest conservation value. Key words: restoration, settled landscapes, conservation planning, mathematical algorithm

Designing natural heritage systems in southern Ontario using a systematic conservation planning approach

2012 ◽  
Vol 88 (06) ◽  
pp. 722-735 ◽  
Author(s):  
Danijela Puric-Mladenovic ◽  
Silvia Strobl
Keyword(s):  
Land Use Planning ◽  
Conservation Planning ◽  
Public Involvement ◽  
Landscape Planning ◽  
Mathematical Optimization ◽  
Southern Ontario ◽  
Natural Heritage ◽  
Management Actions ◽  
Planning Approach ◽  
Potential Applications

Landscape planning in settled landscapes includes identifying larger areas of natural vegetation to be conserved protected and/or managed for various environmental and public services. These “green backbones” of the landscape, called Natural Heritage Systems (NHS) in the settled landscapes of southern Ontario, Canada, should have appropriate land use planning and natural areas management actions and related policies to protect and enhance biodiversity and ecological functions. As such, an NHS should be derived using a rigorous and defensible methodology while ensuring public involvement and input during this process. This paper describes the methodology for regional NHS design currently being implemented by OMNR in collaboration with numerous conservation partners and municipalities in southern Ontario. The methodology combines the principles and methods of landscape planning, conservation planning, and spatial analysis, while ensuring that the process is adaptable and repeatable over time and different scales. For each landscape, explicit and transparent conservation objectives, features and targets are identified based on stakeholder inputs. Numerous conservation and restoration objectives are translated into explicit quantitative targets for each analysis unit, and a mathematical optimization algorithm is used to represent all the targets at minimal cost (least land area). The methodology is illustrated using examples from a pilot study in Ecodistrict 7E–5 with some references to ongoing NHS implementation projects as well as potential applications of this method.

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