The Ecological Turn

2021 ◽  
Vol 50 (2) ◽  
pp. 255-269
Author(s):  
Daria Dzikevich ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Problems ◽  
Ecological Situation ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Constructive Postmodernism

This article investigates the impact of constructive postmodernism and the idea of a Second Enlightenment in China and on the current ecological situation in that country. The article investigates the theoretical and practical principles of constructive postmodernism and their application to developing a comprehensive and systematic mode of solving environmental problems.

scholarly journals Determination of environmental problems of agricultural nature management based on modular geochemical indicators

2020 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 57-64
Author(s):  
Almobarak Falak ◽  
Lidia A. Mezhova
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Natural Resources ◽  
Soil Quality ◽  
Agricultural Land ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Arable Land ◽  
Animal Husbandry ◽  
Environmental Problems ◽  
Nature Management ◽  
The Impact

Central Chernozem is one of the largest agricultural regions in Russia. As a result of the long period of natural resources use the anthropogenic load on agricultural lands is increasing. The result of agricultural nature management is the increase of land degradation processes. Voronezh Region has a high agro-climatic potential, most of the territory is occupied by agricultural land, arable land prevails among them. Soil degradation is the most acute problem. There is a need to assess the impact of agricultural natural resources use on land resources of the region. Modular coefficients for assessment of geochemical impact of agriculture and animal husbandry on agricultural systems are proposed. The developed factor is a tool for identification of negative land use processes and environmental problems. The article deals with the issues of ecologically oriented, scientifically grounded strategy of agricultural nature management. Ecological approach to assessment of soil quality in the future will develop a strategy for balanced land use. The article has a scientific and practical character and is aimed at the development of methods of ecological assessment of soil quality. The proposed methodological approach identifies destructive processes in soils. For ecologically oriented strategy of development of regions it is important to define maximum allowable agricultural loads for preservation of sustainable environment.

scholarly journals Pola Penegakan Hukum Terhadap Pelaku Pembakaran Hutan dan Lahan

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 79-91
Author(s):  
Syaifullah Yophi Ardiyanto ◽  
Tengku Arif Hidayat
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Forest Management ◽  
Sustainable Forest Management ◽  
Environmental Problems ◽  
Fire Disaster ◽  
Complex Environmental Problems ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Laws And Regulations ◽  
Forestry Institutions

Riau Province as one of the provinces in Indonesia with quite complex environmental problems, especially the problem of forest destruction and peat ecosystems, the impact of which is one of the largest contributors to the forest and land fire disaster that occurred in Indonesia. Forest and land fires continue every year, but law enforcement against perpetrators of forest and land fires. Law enforcement against perpetrators of forest and land burning is very important considering that one of the causes of forest and land destruction is the occurrence of fires or burning of forests and land before the use of the forest and land. This is important considering that one of the requirements for realizing Sustainable Forest Management (SFM) really depends on the conditions of policies, laws and institutions, all of which are included in Good Forestry Governance. The main cause of poor forest management is the failure of policies, laws and institutions. Weak forestry institutions cannot enforce laws and regulations related to forestry. Abstrak Provinsi Riau sebagai salah satu provinsi di Indonesia dengan persoalan lingkungan hidup yang cukup kompleks, khususnya persoalan kerusakan hutan dan ekosistem gambut yang dampaknya sebagai salah satu provinsi penyumbang terbesar bencana kebakaran hutan dan lahan yang terjadi di Indonesia. Kebakaran hutan dan lahan setiap tahun terus saja terjadi, namun penegakan hukum terhadap pelaku pembakaran hutan dan lahan. Penegakan hukum terhadap pelaku pembakaran hutan dan lahan menjadi hal yang sangat penting mengingat salah satu penyebab kerusakan hutan dan lahan adalah terjadinya kebakaran atau dibakarnya hutan dan lahan sebelum hutan dan lahan tersebut digunakan. Hal ini menjadi penting mengingat salah satu syarat mewujudkan Sustainable Forest Management (SFM) sangat tergantung pada kondisi kebijakan, hukum dan institusi, yang semuanya itu tercakup dalam Good Forestry Governance. Penyebab utama manajemen hutan yang buruk adalah tidak berjalannya kebijakan, hukum dan kelembagaan. Lembaga kehutanan yang lemah tidak bisa menegakkan hukum dan peraturan perundang-undangan terkait kehutanan.

scholarly journals Defining and evaluating the impact of cross-disciplinary conservation research

2010 ◽  
Vol 37 (4) ◽  
pp. 442-450 ◽  
Author(s):  
ANNA C. EVELY ◽  
IOAN FAZEY ◽  
XAVIER LAMBIN ◽  
EMILY LAMBERT ◽  
SARAH ALLEN ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Research Impact ◽  
Environmental Problems ◽  
Research Quality ◽  
Conservation Research ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
The Impact

SUMMARYCross-disciplinary research is advocated as a way of improving understanding of the complexity of environmental problems; cross-disciplinary projects, centres and academic institutes have increased. However, there is confusion over the nature of cross-disciplinary research. Through review of papers defining themselves as cross-disciplinary that aim to address conservation problems, and by standardizing the definition of cross-disciplinary research, it is possible to evaluate the potential research impact on peers and practitioners. When papers were reclassified by authors, those reclassified as transdisciplinary were perceived to have a greater impact on practitioners, and those reclassified as non cross-disciplinary had the greatest impact on colleagues. Having clear definitions for types of cross-disciplinary research would help establish a firm foundation, not only for improving research quality, but also for evaluating research impact. While the number of cross-disciplinary studies is increasing, cross-disciplinary research falls short of integrating disciplinary methods in much depth and does not have much impact on participants outside of academia.

scholarly journals Possibilities of the Lotka-Volter’s Model using in the Area of Environmentalism

2019 ◽  
Vol 263 ◽  
pp. 01014
Author(s):  
Gabriel Fedorko ◽  
Vieroslav Molnár
Keyword(s):  
System Dynamics ◽  
Continuous Model ◽  
Environmental Problems ◽  
Simulation Tools ◽  
Simulation And Optimization ◽  
Industrial Sectors ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Water Courses ◽  
Conventional Methods ◽  
The Impact

Environmental problems are becoming more and more important in all industrial sectors. This trend is closely linked to the increase of the number and extent of solved tasks and problems. Often these are complex problems that involve the impact of a wide range of different factors. Traditional conventional methods are not suitable for their solutions. Contrary, the use of simulation and optimization tools is very effective. Their application is based on attested formulas and models, for example, the model of Lotka-Volter. It is a continuous model of system dynamics, which is used successfully in various areas. Within the frame of environmentalism, it could find application in suitable simulation tools in the questions of a solution of the problem of water and water courses protection.

3. Growth Unlimited: The Promethean Response

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
John S. Dryzek
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Problems ◽  
Greek Mythology ◽  
Environmental Discourse ◽  
The World ◽  
Unlimited Growth ◽  
Central Argument ◽  
Human Capacity ◽  
Environmental Limits ◽  
The Impact

This chapter focuses on the Promethean response to unlimited growth. Discourses do not need conscious articulation. They can be so ingrained and taken-for-granted that it would never occur to anyone to mention them. Such was the case for the environmental discourse which can be styled Promethean. In Greek mythology Prometheus stole fire from Zeus, thus significantly increasing the human capacity to manipulate the world. Prometheans have unlimited confidence in the ability of humans and their technologies to overcome any problem — including environmental problems. The term ‘cornucopian’ is sometimes associated with this denial of environmental limits. After providing a background on the central argument of the Promethean discourse with respect to growth, the chapter considers various criticisms levelled against it. It also explores Promethean environmentalism and the impact of Promethean discourse.

The Environmental Kuznets Curve

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
David I. Stern
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Environmental Impacts ◽  
Environmental Kuznets Curve ◽  
Human Impacts ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Environmental Problems ◽  
Gdp Per Capita ◽  
Kuznets Curve ◽  
Per Capita ◽  
The Impact

The environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) is a hypothesized relationship between environmental degradation and GDP per capita. In the early stages of economic growth, pollution emissions and other human impacts on the environment increase, but beyond some level of GDP per capita (which varies for different indicators), the trend reverses, so that at high income levels, economic growth leads to environmental improvement. This implies that environmental impacts or emissions per capita are an inverted U-shaped function of GDP per capita. The EKC has been the dominant approach among economists to modeling ambient pollution concentrations and aggregate emissions since Grossman and Krueger introduced it in 1991 and is even found in introductory economics textbooks. Despite this, the EKC was criticized almost from the start on statistical and policy grounds, and debate continues. While concentrations and also emissions of some local pollutants, such as sulfur dioxide, have clearly declined in developed countries in recent decades, evidence for other pollutants, such as carbon dioxide, is much weaker. Initially, many understood the EKC to imply that environmental problems might be due to a lack of sufficient economic development, rather than the reverse, as was conventionally thought. This alarmed others because a simplistic policy prescription based on this idea, while perhaps addressing some issues like deforestation or local air pollution, could exacerbate environmental problems like climate change. Additionally, many of the econometric studies that supported the EKC were found to be statistically fragile. Some more recent research integrates the EKC with alternative approaches and finds that the relation between environmental impacts and development is subtler than the simple picture painted by the EKC. This research shows that usually, growth in the scale of the economy increases environmental impacts, all else held constant. However, the impact of growth might decline as countries get richer, and richer countries are likely to make more rapid progress in reducing environmental impacts. Finally, there is often convergence among countries, so that countries that have relatively high levels of impacts reduce them more quickly or increase them more slowly, all else held constant.

scholarly journals Environmental Quality Protection in the Period of Industrialization to Realize Environmental-Based Industry

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 156
Author(s):  
Adhi Putra Satria
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Quality ◽  
Field Research ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Environmental Problems ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Environmental Damage ◽  
Industrial Activities ◽  
Library Research ◽  
Technological Developments ◽  
The Impact

This study aims to analyze the impact of industrialization in Indonesia on environmental quality. The method used in this study was an empirical juridical method. This study employed both primary data obtained from field research and secondary data taken from library research. The results found that industrialization has a significant impact on the deterioration in the quality of environment as current technological developments are focused on efforts to exploit nature by emphasizing human domination on environment. This can be proven by various kinds of environmental damage and degradation in Indonesia caused by industrial activities. In brief, environmental problems caused by industrialization include air pollution, water quality and availability, and land quantity and quality. Hence, it is necessary to create new breakthroughs that can overcome environmental problems in this industrial period. One of the ways that can be applied is by realizing environmental-based industrial activities. Yet, this effort is still facing various obstacles, especially in terms of the lack of knowledge and human resources owned by business actors in implementing an environmental-based industry.Keywords : Industrialization, Environmental-based Industry, Environmental Damage.�Perlindungan Kualitas Lingkungan Hidup di Masa Industrialisasi untuk Mewujudkan Industrialisasi Berwawasan LingkunganAbstrak : Tujuan penelitian ini untuk menganalisis serta mengkaji bagaimana pengaruh dari adanya industrialisasi di Indonesia terhadap kualitas lingkungan hidup. Metode penelitian yang digunakan adalah yuridis empiris, dimana data yang dipakai dalam penulisan artikel ini bersumber dari data primer yaitu data yang diambil langsung dari lapangan dan data sekunder yaitu data yang diambil dari studi kepustakaan. Hasil penelitian menemukan bahwa industrialisasi pada masa sekarang memiliki dampak yang signifikan terhadap penurunan kualitas lingkungan hidup, pengembangan teknologi saat ini telah difokuskan pada upaya untuk mengekspolritasi alam sekaligus mempertegas dominasi manusia terhadap lingkungan. Hal tersebut dapat dibuktikan dengan berbagai macam kerusakan dan penurunan kualitas lingkungan hidup di Indonesia yang diakibatkan oleh aktifitas kegiatan industri. Simpulan, bahwa permasalahan lingkungan yang diakibatkan oleh karena faktor industrialisasi, yaitu berupa permasalahan lingkungan dibidang udara, ketersediaan air hingga kuantitas dan kualitas tanah. Sehingga perlu adanya terobosan-terobosan baru yang dapat mengatasi permasalahan lingkungan dimasa industri ini, langkah-langkah yang dapat dipakai yaitu dengan mewacanakan kegiatan industri yang ramah lingkungan, namun wacana tersebut masih mengalami berbagai kendala, terutama dalam segi minimnya pengetahuan dan sumber daya yang dimiliki oleh para pelaku usaha dalam melaksanakan sebuah industri yang berwawasan ramah lingkungan.Kata Kunci : Industrialisasi, Industri Ramah Lingkungan, Kerusakan Lingkungan.

scholarly journals THE IMPACT OF ECOLOGY ON INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC RELATIONS

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Марія Шкурат ◽  
Каріна Тукіла
Keyword(s):  
International Economic ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Environmental Problems ◽  
Waste Recycling ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Economic Relations ◽  
International Economic Relations ◽  
The World ◽  
Terrorist Groups ◽  
The Impact

Today the acute problems are pollution oceans, global warming, lack of resources, the increasing number of war and terrorist groups. All of this have adversely effects on the world environment and causes many problems in relations between countries. The issues of the impact of ecology on the world economy were revealed in their works economists such as K. Sitnik, M. Budiko, M. Reimer and many others. The main porpoise is to analyze the impact of ecology on the formation of economies in Europe and Ukraine, effects and suggest ways to solve problems. One of the main principles of domestic and foreign policy of any country is the preservation of the environment and its components. The main objectives of the article are to identify and analyze the main environmental problems of the world; to analyze the consequences of economic dangers and their impact on international economic relations; to analyze the consequences of energy consumption and propose alternative solutions for Ukraine; to investigate the problems and prospects of waste recycling in the world by proposing ways to solve the problem for Ukraine based on the experience of foreign countries; to identify the negative impact of solid waste recycling and suggest ways to solve the problem. Thus, there is a need to identify and study the main problems that stand in the way of building international economic relations in Ukraine and the world as a whole and to identify the main ways to solve these problems. The article analyzes the level of ecology worldwide. The basic environmental problems that have a negative impact in terms of all sectors of society. The main factors that cause negative impact on the environment are considered. Methods of pollution control at the level of the European Union and Ukraine are researched and offered. Ukraine's prospects for improving the environmental situation, which will help reach a new level in the world rankings, have also been identified.

scholarly journals Impact of the Prospective Roundwood Export Ban on Russian Timber Production

2001 ◽  
Vol 14 (7) ◽  
pp. 1080-1091
Author(s):  
Alina S. Stoilova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Russian Federation ◽  
Raw Materials ◽  
Environmental Problems ◽  
Timber Harvesting ◽  
Economic Consequences ◽  
Timber Production ◽  
Illegal Logging ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
The Impact

Illegal timber harvesting and trafficking is one of the most important economic and environmental problems in the Russian Federation. Illegal logging leads to degradation of forests and a shortage of timber in wood industries. One of the measures to counter illegal logging is the ban on the export of raw wood, which will take effect on January 1, 2022. However, such a measure will lead not only to control over the circulation of illegal timber, but also to a number of economic consequences. The impact of the ban on the inland market can be assessed using the point sectoral model of the forestry complex (PSM‑fc). The results of scenario calculations show that a ban on the export of raw materials can lead to a reduction in logging volumes and an increase in the share of products of deeper processing in exports

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