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Real Estate Politik: Democracy and the Financialization of Social Networks
Journal of Social Computing, 2021 The power of social network platforms to amplify the scale, speed, and significance of everyday communication is increasingly weaponized against democracy. Analyses of social networks predominantly focus on design and its effects on politics.
Joanne Cheung
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FACETSThe environment is changing under the impact of climate change, but many Ontario land trusts still operate with the goal of maintaining historic patterns of biodiversity.
Michael Drescher +3 more
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Perpetual private land conservation: the case for outdoor recreation and functional leisure
Ecology and Society, 2016 As natural areas, agricultural lands, and open spaces continue to be developed at unprecedented rates, it is important for land conservation professionals to understand the individuals who might play a role in permanently protecting these lands and their
James R. Farmer +4 more
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Collaboration between land trusts and ecotourism around Lake Superior [PDF]
, 2013 Plan B Paper. 2013. Master of Science-Agricultural Education--University of Wisconsin-River Falls. Agricultural Education Department. iv + 32 leaves. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 30-32).Land trusts throughout the United States have grown ...
Haecker, Adam
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Forest-clearing to create early-successional habitats: Questionable benefits, significant costs
Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, 2023 A campaign is underway to clear established forests and expand early-successional habitats—also called young forest, pre-forest, early seral, or open habitats—with the intention of benefitting specific species.
Michael J. Kellett +6 more
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Agricultural easement programs: Saving agriculture or saving the environment?
California Agriculture, 2002 California has 34 local conservation organizations, land trusts and open space districts that seek to protect farmland through conservation easements. In an examination of their mission statements and interviews with managers, we found variations in the ...
A Sokolow, C Lemp
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Public access to spatial data on private-land conservation
Ecology and Society, 2017 Information is critical for environmental governance. The rise of digital mapping has the potential to advance private-land conservation by assisting with conservation planning, monitoring, evaluation, and accountability.
Adena R. Rissman +4 more
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Quistdose trusts: theory and context [PDF]
, 2003 Commonly employed in corporate rescue situations, the Quistclose trust (from Barclays Bank Ltd v Quistclose Investments Ltd [1970] AC 567) is a device that enables an investor to advance funds to a troubled company to be used for a specific purpose.
Glister, James Alexander
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Revista de Gestão e Organizações Cooperativas, 2020 O Community Land Trust é um modelo estabelecido com vistas à proteção de permanência de comunidades vulnerabilizadas em certos territórios. A figura surge nos EUA, na década de 60, atrelada aos movimentos por direitos civis e à população residente em ...
Renata Cristina Nascimento Antão +1 more
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Temporal patterns in the size of conservation land transactions [PDF]
, 2010 The full or partial acquisition of land remains a predominant focus of terrestrial conservation strategies. Non-governmental organizations play an important role in habitat protection, yet few studies investigate their contribution to conservation ...
Armsworth, Paul R. +2 more
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