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How accurate is the local ecological knowledge of protected area practitioners?

open access: yesEcology and Society, 2014
The scarcity of environmental data means that other sources of information are needed to complement empirical evidence for conservation decisions. By regularly interacting with their local environment, protected area practitioners may generate local ...
Carly N. Cook   +3 more
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Colombia: current perspective of an environmental crisis

open access: yesRevista Ingenio, 2013
Colombia is a tropical country composed of a diverse topography; it has a wide variety of climates and a wide range of environmental goods and services that sustain national production and the multiplicity of uses of the territory.
Roberto Andrés Angarita Acosta
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Environmental Payments and their Role in Environmental Management

open access: yesProcedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2015
AbstractThe relevance of creating the effective mechanism of the interaction of enterprises and the authorities is shown in this article. The mechanism includes the mutual contact between industrial corporations and authorities which is directed at solution of the environmental problems.
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Environmental laws elicit evolution in pest management

open access: yesCalifornia Agriculture, 2005
California Agriculture - All ...
R Van Steenwyk, F Zalom
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Material embodiment and energy flows as efficiency indicators of soybean (Glycine max) production in Brazil Incorporação material e fluxos de energia como indicadores de eficiência da produção de soja (Glycine max) no Brasil

open access: yesEngenharia Agrícola, 2012
As the requirement for agriculture to be environmentally suitable there is a necessity to adopt indicators and methodologies approaching sustainability. In Brazil, biodiesel addition into diesel is mandatory and soybean oil is its main source.
Thiago L. Romanelli   +2 more
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Managing a portfolio of environmental projects: Focus, balance, and environmental management capabilities

open access: yesJournal of Operations Management, 2022
AbstractThis research examines the influence of a firm's portfolio of environmental projects on its ability to efficiently improve environmental outcomes. The data comes from Chinese automotive suppliers of a western manufacturer and consists of 154 environmental project portfolios that contain 614 environmental improvement projects as well as firm ...
Xun Tong, Kevin Linderman, Qinghua Zhu
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Perspectivas da participação do público através de ONGs para a gestão ambiental na América Latina

open access: yesCadernos EBAPE.BR
Este artigo analisa algumas perspectivas e limitações das organizações não-governamentais (ONGs) como instância de participação popular para a gestão ambiental local e regional na América Latina.
Gabriel Eduardo Schütz   +2 more
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REFLECTIONS ON ROMANIA'S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION IN THE CONTEXT OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT [PDF]

open access: yesAnalele Universităţii Constantin Brâncuşi din Târgu Jiu : Seria Economie, 2013
The destructive impact of antropic activities can no longer be ignored and all the human activities – from industry to domestic household - must impose a friendly behavior in relation to the environment.
PAUL-BOGDAN ZAMFIR
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Biocultural indicators to support locally led environmental management and monitoring

open access: yesEcology and Society, 2019
Environmental management (EM) requires indicators to inform objectives and monitor the impacts or efficacy of management practices. One common approach uses "functional ecological" indicators, which are typically species whose presence or abundance are ...
Bryant C. DeRoy   +2 more
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Review: Nicole Hroch (2005). Metaphern des Umweltmanagements [Metaphors of Environmental Management]

open access: yesForum: Qualitative Social Research, 2007
Nicole HROCH’s study examines patterns of thinking and acting around environmental management in companies. The study is based on metaphor analysis of interviews and textbooks. Through the use of one central and three partial studies, complemented by two
Rudolf Schmitt
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