To explore the institutional resilience of community-based conservation, I undertook empirical re... more To explore the institutional resilience of community-based conservation, I undertook empirical research in the Annapurna Conservation Area (ACA), Nepal, a protected area managed by the Annapurna Conservation Area Project (ACAP) and local communities organized into 56 Conservation Area Management Committees (CAMCs). I conducted scripted interviews with 212 members of 30 representative CAMCs, 13 ACAP staff members who closely monitor those CAMCs, and 868 local villagers who are the ...
RESUMELa presente communication decrit la modele de simulation par ordinateur de coupes rases de ... more RESUMELa presente communication decrit la modele de simulation par ordinateur de coupes rases de dimensions et de formes diverses et de determination de l'incidence qualitative de chacune sur l'habitat du cerf au moyen du systeme d'analyse des habitats decrit par Mead et coll (1981). Il a ete constate que ce sont les petites coupes de forme maximisant le perimetre par rapport a la superficie qui produisent le meilleur habitat pour le cerf dans cette region. Est ensuite debattue l'importance de tels outils de prevision dans la perspective des nouvelles lois et des tendances de la recherche.
ABSTRACT: We reviewed Miami-Dade County's Environmentally Endangered Lands (EEL) Program, cre... more ABSTRACT: We reviewed Miami-Dade County's Environmentally Endangered Lands (EEL) Program, created in 1990 for the purpose of acquiring and managing threatened native forests and wetlands within Miami-Dade County, Florida. Funds for the program were initially raised from a two-year extraordinary property tax millage approved by voters, with additional funding coming from various state, county, and private sources. To date, the program has protected over 9000 ha of natural areas within the urban and agricultural matrix of eastern Miami-Dade. Although many of these reserves are small, all are important for the conservation of numerous rare endemic upland plants and are used frequently by a variety of animal species. Their preservation also offers a series of ecosystem services that directly and indirectly benefit the community, such as flood control and aquifer recharge. Many issues remain concerning the program, however. The County has not yet opened most EEL sites to the public, and all sites are threatened by edge effects—including the introduction of invasive exotic plants—that require continual management. None-the-less, the program is popular with residents, successful for its stated purpose, and arguably important for the conservation of rare endemic flora—especially that found within South Florida's pine rocklands, a globally imperiled ecosystem type.
RESUMELe type de vegetation et de couverture du sol influencent la qualite de l'habitat de la... more RESUMELe type de vegetation et de couverture du sol influencent la qualite de l'habitat de la faune. Etant donne le degre de dispersion des types de couvertures, la valeur relative de chaque type de bordure et l'importance de la diversite spatiale, il est possible d'etablir un index de la diversite spatiale des habitats pour chaque parcelle de terrain de la dimension voulue par rapport a chaque espece ou groupe d'especes. L'index est constitue en appliquant une grille, soit sur une carte de couverture des terres, soit sur une photographie aerienne. Ensuite, on attribue un code a chaque cellule selon le type de couverture predominant. Un programme informatique analyse par la suite la disposition de ces cellules codees et permet de produire des cartes de (a) dispersion, (b) de juxtaposition et (c) de diversite spatiale. On peut produire une carte multicolore speciale pour tout habitat de la faune en question au moyen d'un enregistreur de film numerique. Le gestionnaire des ressources peut utiliser ces carte...
Interdisciplinary studies in literature and environment, Jun 19, 2009
... She also provided some of the photographs used in this book. My daughters, Alita and Pragya, ... more ... She also provided some of the photographs used in this book. My daughters, Alita and Pragya, and my son, Bi-nayak, spent hours reading the draft manuscript. They provided the harshest yet most candid critiques of the book. ...
This book is the product of a series of presentations on the theme of moral argument in public po... more This book is the product of a series of presentations on the theme of moral argument in public policy held at Bucknell University from 1997 to 1999. It brings together a variety of environmental scholars and professionals to engage this theme. Through these presentations there emerges a complex web of specific interconnections among environmental science, public policy analysis, economics, environmental ethics, environmental education, and democratic political theory. The book is concerned with general issues in environmental policy, yet it maintains a focus on practical concerns. Environmental professionals will find that reading this book is time well spent.
Journal of international wildlife law & policy, Dec 1, 2006
... A Review of: Regina S. Axelrod, David Leonard Downie, and Norman J. Vig (Eds.), The Global E... more ... A Review of: Regina S. Axelrod, David Leonard Downie, and Norman J. Vig (Eds.), The Global Environment: Institutions, Law, and Policy. ... Perhaps the most noteworthy chapter is the one by Philippe Sands and Jacqueline Peel (Ch. ...
Many wildlife experts have recommended translocation of wild buffalo from Koshi Tappu Wildlife Re... more Many wildlife experts have recommended translocation of wild buffalo from Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve, Nepal to have two separate populations within the country. In 2014, WWF-Nepal and the Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation announced success in procuring funding to move animals to Chitwan National Park. We suggest protocols for translocation given that there are both wild and feral highly-backcrossed buffalo in Koshi Tappu and conclude the backcrossed population should be considered wild for the purposes of the translocation because they show virtually all phenotypic traits of wild buffalo and evidence suggests that much genetic introgression has occurred, largely from the wild into the feral population since the latter were released, but also possibly from the feral into the wild population more recently. Care must be taken to keep females with their natal herds and to move adequate numbers to allow for natural antipredator defenses due to mammalian predator populations in Chitwan.
A team of American and Kyrgyz scholars explores the recent history of environmental legislation i... more A team of American and Kyrgyz scholars explores the recent history of environmental legislation in Kyrgyzstan, focusing on legislation and policy relating to biodiversity conservation. They examine a number of important and far-reaching laws enacted to promote tourism, economic development, and sustainable uses of biological resources, and investigate Kyrgyzstan's accession (or planned accession) to important regional and global treaties on conservation. A major objective is an assessment of the extent to which Kyrgyzstan is implementing or is likely to implement these important laws, and whether extant governmental institutions are capable of implementing necessary environmental laws and programs. Journal of Economic Literature, Classification Numbers: Q20, Q28, Q29. 1 figure, 2 tables, 92 references.
Spatial data are key to fishery management; however, most often the spatial distribution of marin... more Spatial data are key to fishery management; however, most often the spatial distribution of marine populations and fishing dynamics are poorly documented, especially for recreational fish species. The combination of fisheries-dependent data (FDD) obtained from logbooks, and local ecological knowledge (LEK) gathered from key stakeholders could be a powerful approach to inform data gaps in data-limited fisheries. In this study, we used both FDD from guides' catch reports and LEK using an online survey and key-informant interviews to reconstruct the spatial changes in bonefish (Albula vulpes) catch and fishing effort throughout South Florida over the past 35-40 years, and better understand the extent and spatial patterns of the bonefish decline described in previous studies. Although anglers perceived a decline of bonefish numbers across all fishing areas (26 to 53% drop across Biscayne Bay, the Florida Keys, and Florida Bay), the start of the bonefish decline in Florida Bay resulted in the highest drop in bonefish number (53%); thus, indicating both regional and localized decline events affecting bonefish abundance. Within Florida Bay, LEK and FDD concurred with an initial drop in bonefish at Inner Bay, followed by a greater magnitude of decline at Outer Bay. Metrics of effort derived from the survey and interviews depicted a shrinkage and aggregation in the spatial distribution of fishing and a shift of fishing activities toward the Lower Keys. In sum, the spatiotemporal patterns of catch and effort obtained from LEK and FDD allowed us to understand where, when and how this data-limited species declined in South Florida.
ABSTRACT.-Three experiments were conducted on antipredator behaviors of newly meta-morphosed gree... more ABSTRACT.-Three experiments were conducted on antipredator behaviors of newly meta-morphosed green frogs (Rana clamitans) and northern leopard frogs (R. pipiens) in the presence of a common predator, the eastern garter snake (Thamnophis s. sirtalis). Both species engaged in ...
To explore the institutional resilience of community-based conservation, I undertook empirical re... more To explore the institutional resilience of community-based conservation, I undertook empirical research in the Annapurna Conservation Area (ACA), Nepal, a protected area managed by the Annapurna Conservation Area Project (ACAP) and local communities organized into 56 Conservation Area Management Committees (CAMCs). I conducted scripted interviews with 212 members of 30 representative CAMCs, 13 ACAP staff members who closely monitor those CAMCs, and 868 local villagers who are the ...
RESUMELa presente communication decrit la modele de simulation par ordinateur de coupes rases de ... more RESUMELa presente communication decrit la modele de simulation par ordinateur de coupes rases de dimensions et de formes diverses et de determination de l'incidence qualitative de chacune sur l'habitat du cerf au moyen du systeme d'analyse des habitats decrit par Mead et coll (1981). Il a ete constate que ce sont les petites coupes de forme maximisant le perimetre par rapport a la superficie qui produisent le meilleur habitat pour le cerf dans cette region. Est ensuite debattue l'importance de tels outils de prevision dans la perspective des nouvelles lois et des tendances de la recherche.
ABSTRACT: We reviewed Miami-Dade County's Environmentally Endangered Lands (EEL) Program, cre... more ABSTRACT: We reviewed Miami-Dade County's Environmentally Endangered Lands (EEL) Program, created in 1990 for the purpose of acquiring and managing threatened native forests and wetlands within Miami-Dade County, Florida. Funds for the program were initially raised from a two-year extraordinary property tax millage approved by voters, with additional funding coming from various state, county, and private sources. To date, the program has protected over 9000 ha of natural areas within the urban and agricultural matrix of eastern Miami-Dade. Although many of these reserves are small, all are important for the conservation of numerous rare endemic upland plants and are used frequently by a variety of animal species. Their preservation also offers a series of ecosystem services that directly and indirectly benefit the community, such as flood control and aquifer recharge. Many issues remain concerning the program, however. The County has not yet opened most EEL sites to the public, and all sites are threatened by edge effects—including the introduction of invasive exotic plants—that require continual management. None-the-less, the program is popular with residents, successful for its stated purpose, and arguably important for the conservation of rare endemic flora—especially that found within South Florida's pine rocklands, a globally imperiled ecosystem type.
RESUMELe type de vegetation et de couverture du sol influencent la qualite de l'habitat de la... more RESUMELe type de vegetation et de couverture du sol influencent la qualite de l'habitat de la faune. Etant donne le degre de dispersion des types de couvertures, la valeur relative de chaque type de bordure et l'importance de la diversite spatiale, il est possible d'etablir un index de la diversite spatiale des habitats pour chaque parcelle de terrain de la dimension voulue par rapport a chaque espece ou groupe d'especes. L'index est constitue en appliquant une grille, soit sur une carte de couverture des terres, soit sur une photographie aerienne. Ensuite, on attribue un code a chaque cellule selon le type de couverture predominant. Un programme informatique analyse par la suite la disposition de ces cellules codees et permet de produire des cartes de (a) dispersion, (b) de juxtaposition et (c) de diversite spatiale. On peut produire une carte multicolore speciale pour tout habitat de la faune en question au moyen d'un enregistreur de film numerique. Le gestionnaire des ressources peut utiliser ces carte...
Interdisciplinary studies in literature and environment, Jun 19, 2009
... She also provided some of the photographs used in this book. My daughters, Alita and Pragya, ... more ... She also provided some of the photographs used in this book. My daughters, Alita and Pragya, and my son, Bi-nayak, spent hours reading the draft manuscript. They provided the harshest yet most candid critiques of the book. ...
This book is the product of a series of presentations on the theme of moral argument in public po... more This book is the product of a series of presentations on the theme of moral argument in public policy held at Bucknell University from 1997 to 1999. It brings together a variety of environmental scholars and professionals to engage this theme. Through these presentations there emerges a complex web of specific interconnections among environmental science, public policy analysis, economics, environmental ethics, environmental education, and democratic political theory. The book is concerned with general issues in environmental policy, yet it maintains a focus on practical concerns. Environmental professionals will find that reading this book is time well spent.
Journal of international wildlife law & policy, Dec 1, 2006
... A Review of: Regina S. Axelrod, David Leonard Downie, and Norman J. Vig (Eds.), The Global E... more ... A Review of: Regina S. Axelrod, David Leonard Downie, and Norman J. Vig (Eds.), The Global Environment: Institutions, Law, and Policy. ... Perhaps the most noteworthy chapter is the one by Philippe Sands and Jacqueline Peel (Ch. ...
Many wildlife experts have recommended translocation of wild buffalo from Koshi Tappu Wildlife Re... more Many wildlife experts have recommended translocation of wild buffalo from Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve, Nepal to have two separate populations within the country. In 2014, WWF-Nepal and the Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation announced success in procuring funding to move animals to Chitwan National Park. We suggest protocols for translocation given that there are both wild and feral highly-backcrossed buffalo in Koshi Tappu and conclude the backcrossed population should be considered wild for the purposes of the translocation because they show virtually all phenotypic traits of wild buffalo and evidence suggests that much genetic introgression has occurred, largely from the wild into the feral population since the latter were released, but also possibly from the feral into the wild population more recently. Care must be taken to keep females with their natal herds and to move adequate numbers to allow for natural antipredator defenses due to mammalian predator populations in Chitwan.
A team of American and Kyrgyz scholars explores the recent history of environmental legislation i... more A team of American and Kyrgyz scholars explores the recent history of environmental legislation in Kyrgyzstan, focusing on legislation and policy relating to biodiversity conservation. They examine a number of important and far-reaching laws enacted to promote tourism, economic development, and sustainable uses of biological resources, and investigate Kyrgyzstan's accession (or planned accession) to important regional and global treaties on conservation. A major objective is an assessment of the extent to which Kyrgyzstan is implementing or is likely to implement these important laws, and whether extant governmental institutions are capable of implementing necessary environmental laws and programs. Journal of Economic Literature, Classification Numbers: Q20, Q28, Q29. 1 figure, 2 tables, 92 references.
Spatial data are key to fishery management; however, most often the spatial distribution of marin... more Spatial data are key to fishery management; however, most often the spatial distribution of marine populations and fishing dynamics are poorly documented, especially for recreational fish species. The combination of fisheries-dependent data (FDD) obtained from logbooks, and local ecological knowledge (LEK) gathered from key stakeholders could be a powerful approach to inform data gaps in data-limited fisheries. In this study, we used both FDD from guides' catch reports and LEK using an online survey and key-informant interviews to reconstruct the spatial changes in bonefish (Albula vulpes) catch and fishing effort throughout South Florida over the past 35-40 years, and better understand the extent and spatial patterns of the bonefish decline described in previous studies. Although anglers perceived a decline of bonefish numbers across all fishing areas (26 to 53% drop across Biscayne Bay, the Florida Keys, and Florida Bay), the start of the bonefish decline in Florida Bay resulted in the highest drop in bonefish number (53%); thus, indicating both regional and localized decline events affecting bonefish abundance. Within Florida Bay, LEK and FDD concurred with an initial drop in bonefish at Inner Bay, followed by a greater magnitude of decline at Outer Bay. Metrics of effort derived from the survey and interviews depicted a shrinkage and aggregation in the spatial distribution of fishing and a shift of fishing activities toward the Lower Keys. In sum, the spatiotemporal patterns of catch and effort obtained from LEK and FDD allowed us to understand where, when and how this data-limited species declined in South Florida.
ABSTRACT.-Three experiments were conducted on antipredator behaviors of newly meta-morphosed gree... more ABSTRACT.-Three experiments were conducted on antipredator behaviors of newly meta-morphosed green frogs (Rana clamitans) and northern leopard frogs (R. pipiens) in the presence of a common predator, the eastern garter snake (Thamnophis s. sirtalis). Both species engaged in ...
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