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Forests and Energy in Ottoman Anatolia: Fueling Copper Smelters in Ergani and Tokat (1830–1914)
Rural Landscapes: Society Environment History, 2023 Forests were the main sources of thermal energy for smelting in Ottoman Anatolia. Based primarily on Ottoman archival documents, this article examines the fuel supply from forests to the copper smelters in Ergani and Tokat from an environmental ...
Alaaddin Tok
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Economic Impact of CDM Implementation through Alternate Energy Resource Substitution [PDF]
, 2013 Since the Kyoto protocol agreement, Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) has garnered large emphasis in terms of certified emission reductions (CER) not only amidst the global carbon market but also in India.
K.J., Sreekanth +2 more
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An autonomous network of acoustic detectors to map tiger risk by eavesdropping on prey alarm calls
Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation, EarlyView.Tiger population recovery brings with it increased fatalities from human‐tiger conflict. We describe a network of autonomous intelligent passive acoustic sensors that monitor the forest for deer alarm calls as a proxy for tiger risk and provide a risk map to local communities in real‐time.
Arik Kershenbaum +9 more
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Conservation & Society, 2010 Since the collapse of socialism, Central and Eastern Europe has experienced a massive rush on forest resources. This paper examines the concrete mechanisms through which the postsocialist transformation has spurred this rush through a case study of a ...
Stahl Johannes
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Women's Empowerment, Governance, and the Economics of Clean Cooking Transitions in Africa
Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Over the past few decades, the global economy, particularly in developing nations, has persistently grappled with rising dependence on conventional energy resources, thus rendering the realization of Sustainable Development Goals 5 and 7 (SDGs 5 and 7) an elusive aspiration for the international community.
Stephen Kelechi Dimnwobi +2 more
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Energies, 2016 Most households in rural developing countries depend on firewood from public forests or agricultural bio-wastes for cooking. Public forests, though, are declining due to an increasing population and inefficient use of wood.
Gudina Terefe Tucho +3 more
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Implications of Charcoal Briquette Produced by Local Communities on Livelihoods and Environment in Nairobi Kenya [PDF]
, 2013 The residents of Nairobi, Kenya, use 700 tonnes of charcoal per day, producing about 88 tonnes of charcoal dust that is found in most of the charcoal retailing stalls that is disposed of in water drainage systems or in black garbage heaps. The high costs
A, Yonemitsu +7 more
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Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The dynamic nature of small islands being geographically isolated and their perceived connectedness with global networks complicates research attempts to draw general conclusions on whether insularity leads to marginalization or strengthens their resilience for sustainable development.
Toheeb Lekan Jolaosho +2 more
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Accidents in family forestry's firewood production
Accident Analysis & Prevention, 2008 Firewood is commonly used around the world, but little is known about the work involved in its production and associated accidents. The objectives were to identify relationships between accidents and time exposure, workers' age and sex, equipment used and work activities in family forestry's firewood production.
Lindroos, Ola +3 more
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Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Achieving Agenda 2030 depends on addressing interactions between the sustainable development goals (SDGs). In this paper, we conceptualize SDG interactions as synergies or trade‐offs, incoming or outgoing, and internal or external, and analyze how SDG 2 (Zero Hunger) interacts with other SDGs within and across policy programmes that support ...
Annita Jepchirchir Kirwa +3 more
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