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What Are Natural Resources?
Natural resources are the materials and substances that occur in nature and are valuable to humans for various purposes. They form the foundation of...
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Tribal Communities of the Northern Eastern Ghats: Forest Dependence in the Context of Changing Climate
India’s Eastern Ghats mountain region, spread across Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka, and Tamil Nadu states, is predominantly inhabited...
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Renewable and Globally Scarce Resources: Agricultural and Food Resources
This chapter introduces the issue of global food security, with a particularly foucus in China, analyzing its relationship with climate and policy....
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Where do we go for our livelihoods? Conflicts over access, ownership and control of natural resources in the Mole National Park, Ghana
Globally, Natural Resource (NR) stocks have been the cause of conflicts motivated by livelihoods considerations and the non-inclusion of community...
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Environment and Natural Resources Economics: Overview
This chapter provides a comprehensive overview of the background of natural resource and environmental economics and its connotation, and analyzes...
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The Intermittent History of Exploitation of Terrestrial Biotic Resources on the Small Islands of the Western Mediterranean Basin
We provide a synthesis of the history and the extent of human impact on the terrestrial ecosystems of the small islands and islets of the western...
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A Sacred Tree in the Boreal forest: A Narrative About a Sámi Shaman, her Tree, and the Forest Landscape
Since the early nineteenth century, forest landscapes and socio-economic contexts have significantly changed in northernmost Sweden. These processes...
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Forest damage and preservation through forest resources management in Indonesia
The destruction of forests, fires and illegal logging is one form of disturbance to forest resources and lately more and more frequent. Fires and...
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A Fixed and Versatile Resource: Land Resources
This chapter introduces the use and allocation of land resources and analyses the use of land resources in China. Section 6.1 of the chapter...
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Coastal Forest Re-Grabbing: A Case from Langkat, North Sumatra, Indonesia
Grabbing in its various forms, such as land and maritime grabbing, has been a global concern. This is not only because it happened in many places but...
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Non-timber Forest Products in Cameroon’s Food System and the Impact of Climate Change on Food Security in Dschang
Cameroon’s forests form an important component of forest block in the Congo Basin with about 20 million hectares containing over 8000 species of...
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Made-to-Measure: In and Out of Touch with the Old-Growth Forest
The condition of forests is a major issue when it comes to climate change and biodiversity. One way to define the quality of a forest is by its age....
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Natural Resources and Globalization
Globalization is a multifaceted phenomenon characterized by the increasing interconnectedness and interdependence of countries and societies on a...
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Energy Resources and Society
Energy plays a vital role in sha** modern societies, as it serves as the lifeblood of economic development and significantly influences the quality...
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Do Community Perceptions of Forest Management and Conservation Vary Across Wealth Groups? The Case of the Kilosa REDD + Initiative in Tanzania
Various community groups tend to interact with their environments differently. Understanding how forest dwelling communities interact with their...
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Gender analysis of access and control of resources and livelihoods in pastoral livelihood systems: the case of Kurikuri Community land in Laikipia County, Kenya
The differentiation of gender roles is highly prevalent in pastoral societies and often results in women and men having unequal access and control...
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Community Natural Resources Management and Resilience
Community natural resources management (CNRM) has emerged as a promising approach to address the challenges posed by environmental degradation and...
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Climate change impacts and threats on basic livelihood resources, food security and social stability in Afghanistan
Afghanistan is facing one of the world's most serious humanitarian and environmental crises, with food insecurity, conflict, instability, and climate...
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Tribal People, Forest Ecology and Colonial Rule in Central India: A Retrospective Look
Colonial rule in India had a profound impact on the tribal customary rights over natural resources like land and forest, the vital means of...
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Pre-Columbian Mounds Harbor Distinctive Forest Communities in the Southern Campos of American Pampas
Located in the southern Campos of the Pampa biome, Uruguay is one of the least forested countries in Latin America and the Caribbean. In the eastern...
