Testing objective measurements in monitoring land value towards a bottom-up advocacy for individual,
self-reliant evaluation of best practices in ecologic and economic sustainable land use in semi-arid rural
areas in communities of the northern hemisphere on the PanEurAsian continent.
This document discusses conceptualizing food as a commons. It begins by outlining how food systems greatly impact the earth and its resources. It then examines how food can be valued as a commons from normative, systematic, historical, and the author's approach. The author finds that food was historically considered a commons but has been increasingly commodified in recent centuries. Academically, the economic view of food as a private good dominates, while the historical, legal, political, and activist views consider it a commons or public good. The author proposes a new conceptualization of food as a "new old commons" governed through a tri-centric model incorporating private, public, and collective actions to make food production
This document discusses the role of anthropologists in conservation efforts. It argues that anthropologists should actively involve local communities in conservation initiatives in order to gain a comprehensive understanding of human-environment relationships. Case studies in Southeast Asia and Central America show how conservation plans can fail without community buy-in and recognition of cultural practices. The emerging field of ethnoprimatology provides a model for collaborative, multidisciplinary conservation that acknowledges the interconnectedness between humans and the natural world. Overall, the document advocates for anthropologists to play an active role in conservation beyond data collection by facilitating communication between different stakeholder groups and prioritizing local community involvement and leadership.
Episode 5(4): Apes become human with fire and language - Meetup session 19William Hall
The document discusses how early hominins like Homo erectus became human by controlling fire and developing language. It explores how using fire for cooking allowed for increased brain size and how maintaining fires required cognitive abilities like planning and cooperation. Early sites show evidence of fire use dating back 1.5 million years. The development of language around 150,000-200,000 years ago allowed for sharing knowledge culturally rather than just genetically. This helped drive further technological and cultural evolution in humans.
Eulogy for Chusa Ginés, CIAT Cali, May 12, 2010CIAT
This document contains excerpts from eulogies and remembrances of Chusa Ginés from colleagues around the world. It discusses her support for participatory plant breeding in China since 2000 and her encouragement of the Cuban dream of participatory plant breeding. It highlights her work on biodiversity, genetic resources, biotechnology, barcoding of life, urban agriculture, and cassava. Colleagues remark on her passion for empowering farmers and defending biodiversity, as well as her support for new ideas and willingness to accommodate others. They remember her elegance and grace, even in difficult circumstances, and the influence she had on agriculture, gender dimensions of work, and supporting new generations of researchers.
Human-great ape conflict in Africa: consequences, causes and mitigationCIFOR-ICRAF
Tatyana Humle of the University of Kent’s Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology outlines the consequences and causes of human-great ape conflict in Africa and explores many strategic alternatives for preventing this conflict. She gave this presentation at the ‘Linking Great Ape Conservation with Poverty Alleviation’ workshop hosted by CIFOR in January 2012.
CONSERVATION X LABS CONCEPT_VERSION 4.11_110514Alex Dehgan
The document discusses the concept of Conservation X Labs, which aims to address the global conservation crisis through technological and financial innovation. It seeks to dramatically increase the efficacy, speed, sustainability and scale of conservation efforts by harnessing advances in science, technology, connectivity, and behavioral change. Specifically, Conservation X Labs focuses on engineering biological resilience against environmental changes, changing conservation incentives and demand structures, and improving understanding of species threats and biology. The goal is to develop breakthrough solutions that can help end human-induced extinction.
NCI's 2005 annual report summarizes its mission to conserve biological and cultural diversity through local partnerships. It works in dry forests, cloud forests, and rainforests in Ecuador and Peru, establishing reserves, assisting parks, and supporting communities' conservation efforts. NCI minimizes overhead and maximizes local capacity, hiring local professionals and achieving long-term sustainability. It carries out scientific research, environmental education, and policy work. Major projects included dry forest programs in Ecuador and the Darwin Initiative, and initiatives in Andean cloud forests, Amazon rainforests, and paramos.
Intervention at the European Parliament (12 Dec 2019) to propose a narrative change in the valuation, governance and allocation of food: from considering food as a commodity to be exclusively distributed through market mechanisms (only through purchasing power anyone can get access to food) to food as a human right, commons and public good (where food could be accessed through universal entitlements and market mechanisms). This change of narrative is based on the multiple non-monetary values of food (specially its essentialness to every human). This narrative differs from the current one: food as a pure commodity, such as screws, cement or TVs. The alternative value-based consideration of food is a pre-requisite to unlock other food policies, to redirect public subsidies and to enact laws based on the consideration of food as a human right. The consideration of food as a commodity is hegemonic within the corporate world and many governments, but it is not commonsensical within human beings.
Let's restore common sense to our food system. Let's value and govern food differently.
This document discusses conceptualizing food as a commons. It begins by outlining how food systems greatly impact the earth and its resources. It then examines how food can be valued as a commons from normative, systematic, historical, and the author's approach. The author finds that food was historically considered a commons but has been increasingly commodified in recent centuries. Academically, the economic view of food as a private good dominates, while the historical, legal, political, and activist views consider it a commons or public good. The author proposes a new conceptualization of food as a "new old commons" governed through a tri-centric model incorporating private, public, and collective actions to make food production
This document discusses the role of anthropologists in conservation efforts. It argues that anthropologists should actively involve local communities in conservation initiatives in order to gain a comprehensive understanding of human-environment relationships. Case studies in Southeast Asia and Central America show how conservation plans can fail without community buy-in and recognition of cultural practices. The emerging field of ethnoprimatology provides a model for collaborative, multidisciplinary conservation that acknowledges the interconnectedness between humans and the natural world. Overall, the document advocates for anthropologists to play an active role in conservation beyond data collection by facilitating communication between different stakeholder groups and prioritizing local community involvement and leadership.
Episode 5(4): Apes become human with fire and language - Meetup session 19William Hall
The document discusses how early hominins like Homo erectus became human by controlling fire and developing language. It explores how using fire for cooking allowed for increased brain size and how maintaining fires required cognitive abilities like planning and cooperation. Early sites show evidence of fire use dating back 1.5 million years. The development of language around 150,000-200,000 years ago allowed for sharing knowledge culturally rather than just genetically. This helped drive further technological and cultural evolution in humans.
Eulogy for Chusa Ginés, CIAT Cali, May 12, 2010CIAT
This document contains excerpts from eulogies and remembrances of Chusa Ginés from colleagues around the world. It discusses her support for participatory plant breeding in China since 2000 and her encouragement of the Cuban dream of participatory plant breeding. It highlights her work on biodiversity, genetic resources, biotechnology, barcoding of life, urban agriculture, and cassava. Colleagues remark on her passion for empowering farmers and defending biodiversity, as well as her support for new ideas and willingness to accommodate others. They remember her elegance and grace, even in difficult circumstances, and the influence she had on agriculture, gender dimensions of work, and supporting new generations of researchers.
Human-great ape conflict in Africa: consequences, causes and mitigationCIFOR-ICRAF
Tatyana Humle of the University of Kent’s Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology outlines the consequences and causes of human-great ape conflict in Africa and explores many strategic alternatives for preventing this conflict. She gave this presentation at the ‘Linking Great Ape Conservation with Poverty Alleviation’ workshop hosted by CIFOR in January 2012.
CONSERVATION X LABS CONCEPT_VERSION 4.11_110514Alex Dehgan
The document discusses the concept of Conservation X Labs, which aims to address the global conservation crisis through technological and financial innovation. It seeks to dramatically increase the efficacy, speed, sustainability and scale of conservation efforts by harnessing advances in science, technology, connectivity, and behavioral change. Specifically, Conservation X Labs focuses on engineering biological resilience against environmental changes, changing conservation incentives and demand structures, and improving understanding of species threats and biology. The goal is to develop breakthrough solutions that can help end human-induced extinction.
NCI's 2005 annual report summarizes its mission to conserve biological and cultural diversity through local partnerships. It works in dry forests, cloud forests, and rainforests in Ecuador and Peru, establishing reserves, assisting parks, and supporting communities' conservation efforts. NCI minimizes overhead and maximizes local capacity, hiring local professionals and achieving long-term sustainability. It carries out scientific research, environmental education, and policy work. Major projects included dry forest programs in Ecuador and the Darwin Initiative, and initiatives in Andean cloud forests, Amazon rainforests, and paramos.
Intervention at the European Parliament (12 Dec 2019) to propose a narrative change in the valuation, governance and allocation of food: from considering food as a commodity to be exclusively distributed through market mechanisms (only through purchasing power anyone can get access to food) to food as a human right, commons and public good (where food could be accessed through universal entitlements and market mechanisms). This change of narrative is based on the multiple non-monetary values of food (specially its essentialness to every human). This narrative differs from the current one: food as a pure commodity, such as screws, cement or TVs. The alternative value-based consideration of food is a pre-requisite to unlock other food policies, to redirect public subsidies and to enact laws based on the consideration of food as a human right. The consideration of food as a commodity is hegemonic within the corporate world and many governments, but it is not commonsensical within human beings.
Let's restore common sense to our food system. Let's value and govern food differently.
CONTINUOUS ARCHAEOLOGY: SCIENCE APPLIED TO THE NATURAL CULTURAL ENVIRONMENTArchaeo Hub
Grupo Documento has constructed a legacy in archaeology and cultural heritage over 27 years through applied science and collaborative projects. It has expanded to include heritage management and the natural cultural environment approach. Current projects focus on stakeholder collaboration, local empowerment, planning for sustainable development, and measuring social and environmental impacts at local to international scales. Partnerships with Brazilian institutions like Instituto Rio Itariri, Instituto Olho D'Água, and the "Da Aldeia de Carapicuíba à Cultura de Rua" project apply these principles to promote cultural preservation, social cohesion, and sustainable communities.
Indigenous Peoples & Community Conserved Areas (ICCAs)Ashish Kothari
Natural habitats and landscapes or seascapes that are governed and managed by indigenous peoples and local communities cover a considerable part of the earth, and contribute significantly to conservation, livelihoods, and human security. They could contribute much more if appropriately recognised and supported. Somewhat updated version of an earlier presentation.
The document is a student assignment summarizing the evolution of key technologies in human prehistory, including spear and bow technology, controlled use of fire, domestication of animals, development of farming, cooking of food, and establishment of permanent settlements. Each technology is described in terms of how it helped prehistoric humans, its environmental impacts, and modern counterparts. The assignment demonstrates the student's understanding of how technological developments enabled early humans to adapt, occupy new territories, and drive the extinction of other hominin species like Neanderthals. It relates the technologies to the development of civilization and culture.
How do we build a community of practice around the creation and updating of O...ocwc
How do we build a community of practice around the creation and updating of OERs for biodiversity conservation?
Nora Bynum
Eleanor Sterling
Ana Luz Porzecanski
what is society, culture and environment
#difference and interaction between them.
#characteristics of culture
#examples that how cultured is learned
#tragedy of commons
#Influence of physical environment.
# negative impact on environment.
Galapagos Report 2009-2010 addresses a wide range of issues related to the natural world, the inhabited areas of Galapagos, and the impacts of social and economic activities of humans in Galapagos ecosystems. Understanding the interactions between the natural world and humans, as well as the connections between Galapagos and the rest of the world, is essential to developing sound policy and a shared vision for the future.
Man on Earth – the challenge of discovering viable ecological survival strate...Bruce Edmonds
The document describes a model for exploring viable ecological survival strategies for humans. It involves an individual-based model that simulates complex ecological systems with emergent food webs and species interactions. The model introduces human agents with various social structures and observes their impact on biodiversity over time. Preliminary results show humans typically becoming top predators that reduce diversity initially but sometimes find balanced strategies at higher migration or food input levels that preserve more species long-term. The goal is to better understand how we must structure societies to survive while minimizing environmental degradation.
This document provides updates on several conservation projects aimed at protecting the endangered San Martin titi monkey in Peru. It discusses efforts to establish conservation concessions to protect titi monkey habitat, provide training to local communities, and promote ecotourism. It also summarizes an ongoing study to identify and restore forest corridors connecting titi monkey populations, and a rapid assessment of conservation values in the Lamas region. The overall goal is to work with local organizations and prevent the extinction of this primate species.
The document discusses biodiversity loss and threats to biodiversity such as habitat loss, pollution, climate change, and overexploitation of resources. It notes that the rate of biodiversity loss has accelerated in the past 50 years due to human actions that reduce diversity of plant and animal life. Efforts to conserve biodiversity include identifying threatened species, the threats they face, and goals for mitigating these threats. Examples of international agreements aimed at protecting biodiversity include the Convention on Biological Diversity. The document also discusses sustainable design frameworks like Cradle to Cradle that aim to create products and systems that cause no harm and integrate into natural biological and technical cycles.
Environmental Sustainability in Asia and Africa (2)Conner Bradley
The document discusses environmental sustainability challenges and conservation efforts in Asia and Africa. In Africa, threats include conflict between wildlife and people, overexploitation of resources, deforestation, and rising poaching. Conservation groups work with local communities to prevent poaching through methods like anti-poaching dogs and community conservancies. In Asia, challenges include lack of political will to fund conservation, overexploitation of fisheries and timber, and damage from climate events. The document highlights vulnerable species and recent conservation progress in Afghanistan with a new national park supporting both wildlife and indigenous groups. It stresses the importance of conservation biologists communicating their research to policymakers.
The document discusses arguments for conserving biodiversity, including that nature has inherent value, many natural products have economic value, and ecosystems provide free services to humans. It also covers case studies on how conserving genetic diversity in food stocks has helped crops, and the importance of conserving biodiversity to discover drugs. The document examines criteria for designing protected areas to effectively conserve species and biodiversity.
This document discusses conservation efforts for the Sulawesi crested black macaque (Macaca nigra), an endemic primate species found only in Northern Sulawesi, Indonesia. It describes a camera trap survey conducted across the species' range to (1) establish an initial baseline occupancy rate, (2) investigate how environmental and anthropogenic factors influence occurrence, (3) identify priority conservation subpopulations, and (4) test sampling and analytical protocols for temporal monitoring. The survey found an original occupancy rate of 0.66. The study underscores the importance of well-managed protected areas and intact forests for the long-term survival of the species. Comments discuss traditional consumption of wildlife, engaging local communities in conservation
COP 15: What is the Impact on Malaysia and Southeast Asia? Myron Shekelle
Dr. Myron Shekelle will discuss the Copenhagen Summit (COP 15) and what he thinks the intended effects are for cooperation between the United States and Southeast Asian nations, notably Malaysia. In line with this, he will discuss how his experiences in the region have illuminated some potential solutions, and many of the very real pitfalls, for foreign-sponsored, collaborative biodiversity research and conservation in Southeast Asia.”
Dr. Shekelle received a B.A., with departmental honors, from the University of California (UCLA) in 1991. He was then awarded a National Science Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship and attended Washington University in St. Louis, where earned an M.A. (1993) and a Ph.D (2003). He was awarded a National Science Foundation International Postdoctoral Research Fellow, and was based at the University of Indonesia. Subsequently he was a teaching fellow at the National University of Singapore within their flagship undergraduate educational institution, the University Scholars Program, with a joint appointment in the Department of Biological Sciences. With more than 10 years of experience living and working in Southeast Asia as a professional conservation biologist, he returned to the USA in 2008 to found his own science-based conservation organization, tarsier.org.
DATE AND TIME AND VENUE OF PROGRAMS:
Kota Kinabalu
·March 01, 2010 (Monday), 9.30 am -11.30 am: Environmental Action Committee, Le Meridien Hotel, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah.
·March 01, 2010 (Monday), 2.30 am – 4.30 pm: Institute for Tropical Biology and Conservation, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Kota Kinabalu.
Kuching
·March 03, 2010 (Wednesday), 9.30 am -11.30 am: Sarawak Development Institute, Kuching, Sarawak.
·March 03, 2010 (Wednesday), 2.30 am - 4.30 pm: Institute of Biodiversity and Environmental Conservation, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, Kota Samarahan, Sarawak.
Kuala Lumpur
·March 05, 2010 (Friday), 10.00 am – 12.00 pm: Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi, Selangor.
·March 05, 2010 (Friday), 3.30 – 5.30 pm: Forest Research Institute, Kepong, Kuala Lumpur.
·March 06, 2010 (Saturday), 9.30 am – 11.00 am: Dialogue with Bloggers and Students on Global Environment, Avenue K, Kuala Lumpur.
·March 06, 2010 (Saturday), 12.00 pm – 2.00 pm: Central Market Annex, Kuala Lumpur.
This document discusses biodiversity and its importance for human life and society in India. It argues that human civilization has largely been based on destroying and exploiting natural elements and biodiversity for wealth maximization. This has degraded the environment and made the planet ill. Only 4% of land remains for other species as humans have captured 96% of available areas. Greed has allowed commercialization and destruction of protected natural areas. To save biodiversity, we must recognize nature's gifts and establish equal value for other species through education to cultivate coexistence rather than exploitation. The future of biological diversity depends on addressing the impacts of human greed and commercialization on the fragile ecosystem.
Moritz Museums International "Partnerships in the Commons"Tom Moritz
- The document discusses partnerships in conservation and sharing data, information, experience, and knowledge.
- It argues that "the commons" includes not just natural areas but also human knowledge about nature, which is increasingly being restricted through intellectual property laws and cultural barriers.
- Effective conservation requires integrating and sharing the vast stores of biodiversity data that exist in various formats and locations worldwide, but legal and cultural barriers impede collaboration.
Overpopulation of White-tail Deer _Odocoileus virginianus_ in Natural Areas- ...Gavin McClelland
This document summarizes a paper about the overpopulation of white-tailed deer at Binghamton University and its negative impacts on the local forest ecosystem. It discusses how deer populations rebounded after European settlement due to habitat increases and decreased hunting. Though Binghamton University promotes sustainability, its administration has failed to adequately address over-browsing by deer in the local nature preserve. The paper will use the deer issue as a case study to argue the university's sustainability efforts are hindered by apathetic leadership that ignores environmental problems on campus lands.
The document discusses the history and evolution of ecotourism. It notes that the term emerged in the late 1980s as environmental awareness grew and consumers sought more sustainable tourism options that minimized impacts on the environment. Two broad schools of thought on ecotourism emerged around case studies of its impacts and issues regarding planning and development. The concept continued to develop over subsequent decades as definitions were evaluated and principles like having a natural focus, providing education, contributing to conservation and local communities, and meeting expectations were established.
Martha Shangeelao Haukongo conducted a study in southern Kunene Region, Namibia to assess the impacts of the PEACE (People and Elephants Amicably Co-existing) project on local communities. The study aimed to compare the perspectives of farmers who attended EHRA's PEACE project seminars with those who did not. Questionnaires were used to gather information on human-elephant interactions and farmers' concerns. The results found that the PEACE project is having a positive impact on the community by encouraging positive attitudes towards wildlife through education.
The document discusses carrying capacity and growth curves. It defines carrying capacity as the population size an area can support without environmental deterioration. Food availability, reproduction, and disease help regulate animal and human populations. The world population growth curve resembles bacterial growth curves, raising concerns that overpopulation could cause humans to exceed Earth's carrying capacity like bacteria in a closed system. Maps show current high population densities in parts of the world.
Conservation of biology & eco Definition.pptPatriciaThys1
Conservation biology seeks to integrate evolutionary theory and environmental reality to predict how species will respond to human-caused environmental changes and determine what can be done to prevent extinction. It aims to conserve endangered species and functional ecosystems by applying principles from various biological and environmental disciplines. As a crisis-oriented science, conservation biology must make recommendations even when full information is lacking and further study could delay action, as biodiversity loss is happening rapidly.
Prof. Michael Raupach "Synthesis in science and society" ACEAS Grand 2014 part Baceas13tern
This document discusses synthesis in science and society. It notes that both the natural world and human world have undergone rapid changes starting in the 19th century that accelerated around 1950. It also discusses the concept of the Anthropocene and the idea of planetary boundaries to define a "safe operating space for humanity." Additionally, it examines the relationship between natural systems and human well-being and the challenges of coping with increasing complexity and growth in the globalized world.
CONTINUOUS ARCHAEOLOGY: SCIENCE APPLIED TO THE NATURAL CULTURAL ENVIRONMENTArchaeo Hub
Grupo Documento has constructed a legacy in archaeology and cultural heritage over 27 years through applied science and collaborative projects. It has expanded to include heritage management and the natural cultural environment approach. Current projects focus on stakeholder collaboration, local empowerment, planning for sustainable development, and measuring social and environmental impacts at local to international scales. Partnerships with Brazilian institutions like Instituto Rio Itariri, Instituto Olho D'Água, and the "Da Aldeia de Carapicuíba à Cultura de Rua" project apply these principles to promote cultural preservation, social cohesion, and sustainable communities.
Indigenous Peoples & Community Conserved Areas (ICCAs)Ashish Kothari
Natural habitats and landscapes or seascapes that are governed and managed by indigenous peoples and local communities cover a considerable part of the earth, and contribute significantly to conservation, livelihoods, and human security. They could contribute much more if appropriately recognised and supported. Somewhat updated version of an earlier presentation.
The document is a student assignment summarizing the evolution of key technologies in human prehistory, including spear and bow technology, controlled use of fire, domestication of animals, development of farming, cooking of food, and establishment of permanent settlements. Each technology is described in terms of how it helped prehistoric humans, its environmental impacts, and modern counterparts. The assignment demonstrates the student's understanding of how technological developments enabled early humans to adapt, occupy new territories, and drive the extinction of other hominin species like Neanderthals. It relates the technologies to the development of civilization and culture.
How do we build a community of practice around the creation and updating of O...ocwc
How do we build a community of practice around the creation and updating of OERs for biodiversity conservation?
Nora Bynum
Eleanor Sterling
Ana Luz Porzecanski
what is society, culture and environment
#difference and interaction between them.
#characteristics of culture
#examples that how cultured is learned
#tragedy of commons
#Influence of physical environment.
# negative impact on environment.
Galapagos Report 2009-2010 addresses a wide range of issues related to the natural world, the inhabited areas of Galapagos, and the impacts of social and economic activities of humans in Galapagos ecosystems. Understanding the interactions between the natural world and humans, as well as the connections between Galapagos and the rest of the world, is essential to developing sound policy and a shared vision for the future.
Man on Earth – the challenge of discovering viable ecological survival strate...Bruce Edmonds
The document describes a model for exploring viable ecological survival strategies for humans. It involves an individual-based model that simulates complex ecological systems with emergent food webs and species interactions. The model introduces human agents with various social structures and observes their impact on biodiversity over time. Preliminary results show humans typically becoming top predators that reduce diversity initially but sometimes find balanced strategies at higher migration or food input levels that preserve more species long-term. The goal is to better understand how we must structure societies to survive while minimizing environmental degradation.
This document provides updates on several conservation projects aimed at protecting the endangered San Martin titi monkey in Peru. It discusses efforts to establish conservation concessions to protect titi monkey habitat, provide training to local communities, and promote ecotourism. It also summarizes an ongoing study to identify and restore forest corridors connecting titi monkey populations, and a rapid assessment of conservation values in the Lamas region. The overall goal is to work with local organizations and prevent the extinction of this primate species.
The document discusses biodiversity loss and threats to biodiversity such as habitat loss, pollution, climate change, and overexploitation of resources. It notes that the rate of biodiversity loss has accelerated in the past 50 years due to human actions that reduce diversity of plant and animal life. Efforts to conserve biodiversity include identifying threatened species, the threats they face, and goals for mitigating these threats. Examples of international agreements aimed at protecting biodiversity include the Convention on Biological Diversity. The document also discusses sustainable design frameworks like Cradle to Cradle that aim to create products and systems that cause no harm and integrate into natural biological and technical cycles.
Environmental Sustainability in Asia and Africa (2)Conner Bradley
The document discusses environmental sustainability challenges and conservation efforts in Asia and Africa. In Africa, threats include conflict between wildlife and people, overexploitation of resources, deforestation, and rising poaching. Conservation groups work with local communities to prevent poaching through methods like anti-poaching dogs and community conservancies. In Asia, challenges include lack of political will to fund conservation, overexploitation of fisheries and timber, and damage from climate events. The document highlights vulnerable species and recent conservation progress in Afghanistan with a new national park supporting both wildlife and indigenous groups. It stresses the importance of conservation biologists communicating their research to policymakers.
The document discusses arguments for conserving biodiversity, including that nature has inherent value, many natural products have economic value, and ecosystems provide free services to humans. It also covers case studies on how conserving genetic diversity in food stocks has helped crops, and the importance of conserving biodiversity to discover drugs. The document examines criteria for designing protected areas to effectively conserve species and biodiversity.
This document discusses conservation efforts for the Sulawesi crested black macaque (Macaca nigra), an endemic primate species found only in Northern Sulawesi, Indonesia. It describes a camera trap survey conducted across the species' range to (1) establish an initial baseline occupancy rate, (2) investigate how environmental and anthropogenic factors influence occurrence, (3) identify priority conservation subpopulations, and (4) test sampling and analytical protocols for temporal monitoring. The survey found an original occupancy rate of 0.66. The study underscores the importance of well-managed protected areas and intact forests for the long-term survival of the species. Comments discuss traditional consumption of wildlife, engaging local communities in conservation
COP 15: What is the Impact on Malaysia and Southeast Asia? Myron Shekelle
Dr. Myron Shekelle will discuss the Copenhagen Summit (COP 15) and what he thinks the intended effects are for cooperation between the United States and Southeast Asian nations, notably Malaysia. In line with this, he will discuss how his experiences in the region have illuminated some potential solutions, and many of the very real pitfalls, for foreign-sponsored, collaborative biodiversity research and conservation in Southeast Asia.”
Dr. Shekelle received a B.A., with departmental honors, from the University of California (UCLA) in 1991. He was then awarded a National Science Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship and attended Washington University in St. Louis, where earned an M.A. (1993) and a Ph.D (2003). He was awarded a National Science Foundation International Postdoctoral Research Fellow, and was based at the University of Indonesia. Subsequently he was a teaching fellow at the National University of Singapore within their flagship undergraduate educational institution, the University Scholars Program, with a joint appointment in the Department of Biological Sciences. With more than 10 years of experience living and working in Southeast Asia as a professional conservation biologist, he returned to the USA in 2008 to found his own science-based conservation organization, tarsier.org.
DATE AND TIME AND VENUE OF PROGRAMS:
Kota Kinabalu
·March 01, 2010 (Monday), 9.30 am -11.30 am: Environmental Action Committee, Le Meridien Hotel, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah.
·March 01, 2010 (Monday), 2.30 am – 4.30 pm: Institute for Tropical Biology and Conservation, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Kota Kinabalu.
Kuching
·March 03, 2010 (Wednesday), 9.30 am -11.30 am: Sarawak Development Institute, Kuching, Sarawak.
·March 03, 2010 (Wednesday), 2.30 am - 4.30 pm: Institute of Biodiversity and Environmental Conservation, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, Kota Samarahan, Sarawak.
Kuala Lumpur
·March 05, 2010 (Friday), 10.00 am – 12.00 pm: Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi, Selangor.
·March 05, 2010 (Friday), 3.30 – 5.30 pm: Forest Research Institute, Kepong, Kuala Lumpur.
·March 06, 2010 (Saturday), 9.30 am – 11.00 am: Dialogue with Bloggers and Students on Global Environment, Avenue K, Kuala Lumpur.
·March 06, 2010 (Saturday), 12.00 pm – 2.00 pm: Central Market Annex, Kuala Lumpur.
This document discusses biodiversity and its importance for human life and society in India. It argues that human civilization has largely been based on destroying and exploiting natural elements and biodiversity for wealth maximization. This has degraded the environment and made the planet ill. Only 4% of land remains for other species as humans have captured 96% of available areas. Greed has allowed commercialization and destruction of protected natural areas. To save biodiversity, we must recognize nature's gifts and establish equal value for other species through education to cultivate coexistence rather than exploitation. The future of biological diversity depends on addressing the impacts of human greed and commercialization on the fragile ecosystem.
Moritz Museums International "Partnerships in the Commons"Tom Moritz
- The document discusses partnerships in conservation and sharing data, information, experience, and knowledge.
- It argues that "the commons" includes not just natural areas but also human knowledge about nature, which is increasingly being restricted through intellectual property laws and cultural barriers.
- Effective conservation requires integrating and sharing the vast stores of biodiversity data that exist in various formats and locations worldwide, but legal and cultural barriers impede collaboration.
Overpopulation of White-tail Deer _Odocoileus virginianus_ in Natural Areas- ...Gavin McClelland
This document summarizes a paper about the overpopulation of white-tailed deer at Binghamton University and its negative impacts on the local forest ecosystem. It discusses how deer populations rebounded after European settlement due to habitat increases and decreased hunting. Though Binghamton University promotes sustainability, its administration has failed to adequately address over-browsing by deer in the local nature preserve. The paper will use the deer issue as a case study to argue the university's sustainability efforts are hindered by apathetic leadership that ignores environmental problems on campus lands.
The document discusses the history and evolution of ecotourism. It notes that the term emerged in the late 1980s as environmental awareness grew and consumers sought more sustainable tourism options that minimized impacts on the environment. Two broad schools of thought on ecotourism emerged around case studies of its impacts and issues regarding planning and development. The concept continued to develop over subsequent decades as definitions were evaluated and principles like having a natural focus, providing education, contributing to conservation and local communities, and meeting expectations were established.
Martha Shangeelao Haukongo conducted a study in southern Kunene Region, Namibia to assess the impacts of the PEACE (People and Elephants Amicably Co-existing) project on local communities. The study aimed to compare the perspectives of farmers who attended EHRA's PEACE project seminars with those who did not. Questionnaires were used to gather information on human-elephant interactions and farmers' concerns. The results found that the PEACE project is having a positive impact on the community by encouraging positive attitudes towards wildlife through education.
The document discusses carrying capacity and growth curves. It defines carrying capacity as the population size an area can support without environmental deterioration. Food availability, reproduction, and disease help regulate animal and human populations. The world population growth curve resembles bacterial growth curves, raising concerns that overpopulation could cause humans to exceed Earth's carrying capacity like bacteria in a closed system. Maps show current high population densities in parts of the world.
Conservation of biology & eco Definition.pptPatriciaThys1
Conservation biology seeks to integrate evolutionary theory and environmental reality to predict how species will respond to human-caused environmental changes and determine what can be done to prevent extinction. It aims to conserve endangered species and functional ecosystems by applying principles from various biological and environmental disciplines. As a crisis-oriented science, conservation biology must make recommendations even when full information is lacking and further study could delay action, as biodiversity loss is happening rapidly.
Prof. Michael Raupach "Synthesis in science and society" ACEAS Grand 2014 part Baceas13tern
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Measurements towards best practices in land use (english)
1. Measurements for
Best Practices in
Land Use
Tabea Hirzel, MBA
SMC University, Switzerland
Lilit Hirsch, S.L., Spain
Mediterranean Conservation Science Conference
Tour du Lavat, Arles, France
8-10 December 2011
www.medconservationsciences-conference.org
4. What I do:
•Busines management (since 2004 in agribusiness)
•Diplomacy / Political economy (Habermasian discourse ethics, Schutzian
sociology, Vygotskian psychology, Menger’s economics & value theory)
•Social learning/ Language Learning and Teaching (Vygotskian approach)
Leadership in Learning Communities
Work:
•Farmer’s cooperatives New Castle (Castilla-La Mancha, Spain)
•IUCN Hungary (Community Learning / Footprint)
•Project management (international cooperation in farming)
Building of Learning Communities
Research:
•Community Learning originally from Business World (MIT, USA)
Dialogue between (human) culture & environment Learning
Community
Technology the language that links man with world
Goal statement:
Change the way we look at the world in order to change the approach to
current problems
Tool & mean / the observed observer problem
BACKGROUND
Method: Community learningMethod: Community learning
Theory: Three Pillars of SustainabilityTheory: Three Pillars of Sustainability
IUCN
Peter Senger
5. A) THE IMPULSE
• Common solutions suddenly
are not working
(environmental disasters)
• Problems (or gifts) are not
predicted (surprise and
wonder)
• Divergence in meaning
(scientific or metaphysic)
• Conflicting interests (lack of
shared values and rules)
March 2011 Göncöl Alapitvany 5
Teach Ecological Concepts Through
Sharing the Joy of Nature (Joseph Cornell)
Image source: Sparkleland.net
Bringing science to life through
Communication, Education and
Public Awareness
6.
7. B) COMMUNICATIVE CIRCLE
March 2011 Göncöl Alapitvany 7
What? Why?
Knowledge Understanding
Finite,
structuralist,
Observation.
System thinking
Open ended,
creative,
Application.
Hermeneutics
Creates data, informs
solves problems
Creates meaning,
interprets information
research
In a process of enlightment there can only be participants. (Habermas)
8. C) CONSTRUCTION OF MEANING
• Community as assertion of identities
• Education as promotion and
transformation of identities
• The place which makes identity visible
as the constant throughout time
March 2011 Göncöl Alapitvany 8
Based on:
“Re-indigenizing curriculum:An eco-hermeneutic approach to learning” (Kulnieks, Longboat & Young, 2010)
9. “In nature's economy
the currency is not
money, it is life.”
“C’est lorsqu’on est
privé des choses qu’on
les apprécie, et quand
on a rien, on apprécie
tout.”
Waris Dirie
Vandana Shiva
«Education is life»
John Dewey
11. AIMS & GOALS
• Aims
• UN development goals
• Green economy
• Food autonomy
• Sustainably use of biocapacity and biosphere
• Strategic goals
• Bottom-up
• Scientifically validated
• Individual, self-reliant evaluation
• Understandable to all stakeholders
15. Economy / Technology
Human sphereThe Environment
Communication
Technology
Economy
Values
Culture
Physiological
Ecology
Biocapacity
Biosphere
The human with its
culture is a subject
that acts purposeful and
shapes its environment
by means of technology
and him or herself as a
The environment is a source
for tools and a tool itself for
human activities
And it is a result of these
activities.
Tool for understanding,
exploiting and developing the
environment
and a result from human
experience with the
environment and other
human beings
DISCURSIVE LEARNING PROCESS
16. SOLUTION
- Objective terms understandable and accepted by all discoursive partners
- Common language between human sphere and other species (environment)
• From tecnological solutions towards discourse:
- Tools (signs and symbols)
- Tecniques (language grammar)
- Discourse (learning by communicative interaction – CLIL / discoursive or dialogical learning)
- Science as an inquiry-based teaching approach to humans (from the planet’s perspective)
- Theory of practice (lier, 1996)
- The world as a learning community
• Objective measurements:
- Triple crop approach for economic-ecologic cycles (Ecological footprint)
- Livelihood approach (Human subsistence needs)
- Balance and diversity of biosphere
- Self-defined happiness and cultural wealth
18. Research Framework
Approach Footprint Livelihood Community Learning
Measurement
Quantitative
(facts)
Biocapacity (Footprint) Basic human needs (FAO,
Manfred Max-Neef)
Tools (Vygotsky)
«Grammar» (Habermas)
Objectification of facts
(Schutz)
Qualitative
(phenomena)
Biodiversity (Living Planet
Index, Biodiversity
Indicators Partnership)
Culture (UNESCO) Results (Vygotsky)
Synchronicity (Schutz)
Discourse
(theory)
Material cycles
(The meaning objects
have in nature)
Social interaction (Alfred
Schutz)
(The meaning others and
nature have for human
beings)
Lifeworld (Schutz)
(The world that surrounds
us and which we are part
of)
19. Balances and cycles of processes
at elementary level (energy,
water, carbon), complex
structural level (systems) and
species level in:
1.Land produces (crops &
animals)
2.Animal work potential
3.External inflows through
caption (solar, water, geothermic)
4.Losses & win in soil capacity
5.Conversion efficiency
6.Outflow through unused energy
& trade
1. Biodiversity inventory
(number of species)
2. Key stone species
3. Depth of food pyramid
(magnification)
4. Other natural phenomena
1. Soil
a. Localization (GIS, Cadaster)
b. Climatic & Geologic
Geography
c. Soil type category
d. Concrete soil characteristics
e. Soil degradation
f. Biomass
2. Water quality & produce
3. Air quality & produce (GHG
etc.)
4. Other-than-human species
health & produce
5. Human health & produce
Bio capacity1 Biodiversity2 Material
cycles3
Footprint Approach
20. • Understanding
• Participation (community,
politics, language, trade)
• “Objective” values
• Definitions
(“objectified/communicated
identities”)
1. Tools
2. Identity (definition,
differentiation, history/
genetic)
3. Property/ creation
(characteristics, tools,
culture)
4. Believes
5. Values
6. Leisure
7. Freedom/ Self-definition
8. Diversity
1. Subsistence (food energy
demand)
2. Protection
3. Affection
4. Community size
5. Social distribution (sex, age,
activity)
6. Work capacity (energy
output)
7. Space (Requirements,
transformation and
consumption of private, built
or natural space.)
Basic
Human Needs1 Culture2 Social3
Livelihood Approach
21. 1. Discursive relations
(lifeworld)
2. World making
3. Becoming
1. Understanding
2. Awareness
3. World view (time, space,
meaning)
= why, reason, purpose
1. “Grammar for a common
language”
2. Technology for
communicating knowledge
3. Facts which can be objectified
4. Causal relations (systems)
5. Networks
= what, how, when, where
Tools1 Results2 Discourse3
Community Learning
23. LEARNING CONTENT
• A Community: self-defined
• Learner’s question: what is wealth?
• Place: a communities land
Standards
Interdisciplinary & interspecies discourse
Energy & food efficiency
24.
25. • Diversity
• Health
• Fertility
• “Happiness” of
human beings
Products of human beings
(results):
Uncertain ?
Key stone species
• Diversity
• Healthy
• Fertility
• “Happiness” of
other-than-human species (animals
and plant)
Products of other species (result):
Balance
Affection
Participation
• Soil
• Water (quality, floods)
• Air (GHG, storms)
Products of the biosphere (result):
Balance (defined in terms of
human beings and species
valued by humans)
Biosphere1 Other
species2 Human
community3
Wealth of the biosphere
29. Industrial
agriculture1 Organic farming
2 Permaculture
3
Community learning tool
“Community-based best
practices” on a defined piece of
land …
… for highest energy product
designated to human
(subsistence) needs…
…within smallest ratio…
…over longest time (ideal
indefinitely)
31. 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Development of research framework,
measurements and plan.
Initiation of monitoring.
Acquisition of knowledge and
technologies for measurements.
First lessons learnt.
Acquisition of knowledge and
technologies for improvement of the
study.
First relevant data. Evaluation and first
findings.
Possible adaption of the framework.
On-going research.
Extension of research groups towards
more regions and communities.
Evaluation, comparison and conclusions.
Recommendations for future studies.
community learning in land strategies if
findings are positive.
32. Thank you for sharing
your time!
TABEA HIRZEL
UGSM MONARCH BUSINESS SCHOOL
Professor of Trade & Negotiation
Flurstrasse 1
6332, Hagendorn-Zug, Switzerland
http://www.ugsm-monachr.com
tabea.hirzel@ugsm-monarch.com
SMC UNIVERSITY
Doctoral Student Diplomacy
Bahnhofplatz
6300 Zug, Switzerland
http://www.swissmc.ch
http://swissmc.academia.edu/TabeaHirzel/
tabea.hirzel@student.swissmc.ch
LILIT HIRSCH, S.L.
General Manager
Calle Oasis 14
13700 Tomelloso (Ciudad Real), Spain
http://www.lilithirsch.com
thirzel@lilithirsch.com
All background images from Wadi Rum and Destinos Manchegos.
Editor's Notes
Good morning. We might all get hungry. Thank you for resisting here anyway.
I will propose you in the following a framework for deciding on best practices in land use. Being a farmer myself, the question which of the current paradigms between industrial agriculture, ecologic farming and permaculture, is most benefial is an essential question.
Most subsidies and global measurements in agriculture and agribusiness are determined in monetary terms and we felt that this was insufficient. This is, how the following research was started last April as an Open Source Research Network between friends in the relevant sectors and university departments.
In the following seven short points, I will give you a short overview about my background and the theory of community learning on which this research is based (1).
I resume general assumptions and questions (2) and will present you the research framework (3) and the chosen approaches to answer these questions (4). In the second part I introduce the theory and methods, that lie behind this research (5) and state which are the proposed measurements I consider relevant to monitore. The last point gives you an overlook over the research process (7).
Community Learning
A few word on the background.
I am a business manager, actively doing projects in agribusiness and related sectors. I study at the SMC University in Switzerland Diplomacy and Political Economy and I am currently writing my doctoral dissertation in the field of Discourse Ethis. My personal approach is based on Habermasian discourse ethics, Schutzian sociology, Vygotskian psychology and Menger’s Value theory, which you will also se reflected in here. Most of these theories are also reflected in the programmes of the European Community and highly valued by international organizations like UNESCO and the United Nations.
In the academic field, I approach states and societies as learning communities and I am most interested in leadership and management of its constitutional process.
In the business filed, I understand business much broader than just exchange of goods, rather I see business networks and markets as learning communities.
The role of technology in these processes is conceived as “tool & result” in the Vygotskian sense.
At the right side you see the conceptual spheres of the three pillars of sustainability as defined by the IUCN and the community learning process based on MIT professor Peter Senger.
The impulse in community learning comes from doubt about common solutions, failures in prediction and conflicting interests.
The approach aims to focus on science as a tool to communicate problems and create awareness in the larger community.
Today we just have to turn on the radio and we are invaded with disastrous news in the economical, political, social and environmental field. All these relate in one way or the other with the way we use our land.
Once an impulse is given, in community learning we intent to find new solutions through a communicative circle. Current knowledge has not suddenly lost validity. Usually, the measures and data are right, but they are not longer understood under the existing paradigms.
According Habermas enlightment, i.e. new solutions and a new understanding of the «truth» is only found within a participatory process.
This leads us to consider that problems with the environment require an approach in which nature becomes a participant and not a mere object.
In a last step within the community learning process, helped by a physical place as a constant throughout time, mutual asertion of identities and their transformation can be made visible and factible.
This place is the farm land, or just land.
“In nature's economy the currency is not money, it is life.” (Vandana Shiva)
“C’est lorsqu’on est privé des choses qu’on les apprécie, et quand on a rien, on apprécie tout.” (Waris Dirie)
“Education is life” (John Dewey)
These are some of the statements that lead us to the following resaerch questions.
Goals, Assumptions & Research Question
Aims
UN development goals
Green economy
Food autonomy
Sustainably use of biocapacity and biosphere
Strategic goals
Bottom-up
Scientifically validated
Individual, self-reliant evaluation
Understandable to all stakeholders
Assumptions are:
a) Measurement in monetary terms insufficient.
b) Measurements must account for all the three pillars of sustainability.
c) Monetary currencies are not a common language between ecology & economy
From this result questions like:
a) How is life measured
b) What have the three pillars in common?
c) How to measure life objectively?
Research Framework
This graph shows the carbon cycle, which is one of the central systems within the environmental balance of our planet. In the outer circle we see the production circle in agribusiness as part of the socio-economic system in human life. A central point of both cycles is the soil.
Since around 200 years we know about the Jevons Paradox, that states that more efficiency will not solve (necessarily) problems of shortage in material resources.
If we want to use technologies in order to harmonize de imbalance between human needs and natural systems we must link them to human behavior.
This slide gives an overview about the three pillars of sustainability, which are elements of the discursive learning process. I will not go into details here.
But I want to show the well known complexity and how much interrelated these three pillars are with each other.
In our opinion, a posible solution must comply with the following requirements:
Objective terms understandable and accepted by all discoursive partners
Common language between human sphere and other species (environment)
From tecnological solutions towards discourse:
Tools (signs and symbols)
Tecniques (language grammar)
Discourse (learning by communicative interaction – CLIL / discoursive or dialogical learning)
Science as an inquiry-based teaching approach to humans (from the planet’s perspective)
Theory of practice (lier, 1996)
The world as a learning community
Objective measurements:
Triple crop approach for economic-ecologic cycles (Ecological footprint)
Livelihood approach (Human subsistence needs)
Balance and diversity of biosphere
Self-defined happiness and cultural wealth
Approach
For our measurements we wanted quantitative findings, because it is the only way we could interact with nature on a basis that all human societies would accept.
Qualitative facts, even about phenomena of the biosphere, are always subjective in the sense that they are always stated from a human point of view, an interpretation rather than the “voic of nature”. However, for social aspects and human needs, the subjective measurement is the more validated. We all know, that an objectively well fed human being can still commit suicide.
These two approaches should be weighted in a discoursive process.
To achieve this we chose three approaches: the Ecological Footprint for objective measurements about the biosphere, the livelihood approach for the social sphere and the community learning process for a combined evaluation.
Most of you are probably even more experience with the Footprint Approach than myself. As you know there are several elements like caring capacity of the soil, ecological health of water and air and biodiversity. The starting point in our project is the soil quality of a land and diversity and productivity of the living beings (including human beings) that live on and from this land.
The Livelihood Approachs has been developed for the proper self-management of autonome communties. It is the human focus on nature and what we take from it for subsistence and cultural tools and how we engage with nature as our living space, environment and in some cases also as a communicative other.
The third Approach is Community Learning, as already introduced above. The main goal in community learning is to find common standards, a language or a common grammar so to speak in order to communicate within a self-defined community with the aim to solve problems. This self-defined community should embrace very divergent parties like large cooperations in agribusiness (e.g. DuPont, Monsanto, Syngenta and similar), local, regional global institutions, governments and interest groups and of course the rural communities and farmers living directly on agricultural land. On the other hand, the process should include nature in the way to give nature a participatory voice, through which we can learn what nature requires to prosper in order that we may have a prosperous live.
Theory and Method
As a starting point we focus on semi-desertic rural communities as a self-defined group of human persons that live and produce together. The central question is to learn what wealth is and how it is best controled.
The strucuturing place is the communities land, as a geographically defined space.
We will start with four measurements a quantitative and a qualitative for the requirements of the land and a quantitative and a qualitative for the requirements of the human community and compare their relative development.
Out of the the human needs we take fundamental subsistence needs as quantitative measurements of the human persons. These needs are water and calories for food, shelter and housing.
The other human needs regard qualitative measurements of the community which are measured according self-defined goals.
On the side of the land we measure energy balance of the biomass and land quality. Water and air may be monitored but are not the focus here.
Biodiversity and balance of the processes (energy cycle, water cycle, carbon cycle) serve as qualitative indicators. Key stone species are one possibility to monitor the healthiness of the ecosystem.
In order to decide which of the agricultural practices are best for us and our land we had first to define it. Based on a common use in American agribusiness we use the definition of crops for land products and categorized it into three different crops.
Food crop, which includes all land produce grown for food, feed and related products like energy for cooking.
Energy crop, required for clothing, climatizing the build environment, for machines, transport and similar.
Cash crop, is everything produced in order to be exchanged outside the community. Usually it is converted into monetary currencies which are later exchanged for goods that cannot be produced by the community or seems uninteresting to them.
Our framework or learning tool is resumed here again.
We have the choice between industrial agriculture, organic farming and permaculture. These categories may possibly be amended in the future.
We monitor quantitative and qualitative measurements about a defined space and a defined community and compare them over time.
We do not consider comparison between different communities and lands since we feel that this comparison is not possible based on the knowledge we have. But measurements should be scientifically valid.
As stated at the beginning, we planned this research on private iniciative of farmers in Spain, Switzerland and Turkey and do it as an Open Research Network, on own efforts.
This presentations is also a call for contribution to find critics, improvements and interested partners who want to participate and share our work.
A full research plan is developed and freely available open request. Hopefully, it will be improved through praxis and new contributions in the near future.
At the current stage we are selecting communities which serve as models for measurements in order to start the monitoring process.