Pub Date : 2023-06-27DOI: 10.1080/00207233.2023.2228616
H. Eulmi, K. Deghnouche, D. Gherissi
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Pub Date : 2023-06-26DOI: 10.1080/00207233.2023.2228617
Emmanuel B. Lwankomezi, J. Kisoza, E. Mhache
ABSTRACT The paper assesses the local communities’ interest in institutional reform in wildlife conservation in Tanzania. Data were collected from 281 heads of households through questionnaire surveys, interviews, focus group discussions and documentary review and analysed by content, thematic analysis, and SPSS version 21. The study found that the local community was generally excluded from decision-making on the Wildlife Management Area (WMA). The wildlife-related benefits did not reach the household, reducing the community’s interest in supporting wildlife conservation. The local community should be required by law to participate in establishing and managing WMA to ensure full participation in planning, management, and benefit sharing from wildlife resources.
{"title":"Institutional reform to conserve wildlife in Makao, Tanzania","authors":"Emmanuel B. Lwankomezi, J. Kisoza, E. Mhache","doi":"10.1080/00207233.2023.2228617","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00207233.2023.2228617","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The paper assesses the local communities’ interest in institutional reform in wildlife conservation in Tanzania. Data were collected from 281 heads of households through questionnaire surveys, interviews, focus group discussions and documentary review and analysed by content, thematic analysis, and SPSS version 21. The study found that the local community was generally excluded from decision-making on the Wildlife Management Area (WMA). The wildlife-related benefits did not reach the household, reducing the community’s interest in supporting wildlife conservation. The local community should be required by law to participate in establishing and managing WMA to ensure full participation in planning, management, and benefit sharing from wildlife resources.","PeriodicalId":14117,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Environmental Studies","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44867467","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-06-22DOI: 10.1080/00207233.2023.2228625
Jacqueline A. Stagner
{"title":"Vanishing sands: losing beaches to mining","authors":"Jacqueline A. Stagner","doi":"10.1080/00207233.2023.2228625","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00207233.2023.2228625","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14117,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Environmental Studies","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48701456","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-06-22DOI: 10.1080/00207233.2023.2228075
David Green
Emerita Professor Alice Coleman, who was a member of the Geography Department, King’s College London, from 1948 until 1996, passed away on 2 May 2023, just short of her 100th birthday. Alice was awarded a first class undergraduate degree at Birkbeck in 1947 while working full time as a geography teacher in Kent. In the following year, she began her University of London MA at King’s College, graduating with a distinction. Her academic talent was noticed by Professor Sydney Wooldridge, who had been at Birkbeck but had joined the King’s Department, and she was appointed an assistant lecturer in 1948 and promoted to a lecturer in 1951. In 1987, Alice was appointed to a chair in Geography, the first woman in the Department to achieve that status. Apart from visiting lecturerships in North America and Japan, she remained in the Geography Department until her retirement in 1996. Devoted to her job, uncompromising in her standards, a loyal colleague, she was one of the most important geographers of her generation. When Alice joined the Geography Department at King’s she was the only qualified teacher on the staff. Her commitment to a geographical education is evident in some of her early papers on field work. In a paper published in 1954 in Geography, the Geography Association’s journal, Alice outlined a sample traverse in East Kent that could be used by teachers, and which she had completed by bike with her own sixth form students, including 23 suggested stops, complete with magnificent drawings and cross sections of the route [1]. This interest in field work – about which she published several more papers and which characterised her work throughout the rest of her career – was typical of her commitment to a fully rounded geography education that brought physical and human geography together. Throughout the 1950s she ran voluntary summer field trips to Europe, often repeating them two or three times and attracting students from many different universities. In 1 year alone, she recalled that she had been away on field trips for a total of 51 days. It was not until the Second Land Use Survey, which she directed, gathered pace in the early 1960s that she was forced to reduce the amount of time she spent on taking geography field trips. She always took a keen interest in her students, something which many alumni of the Joint School of Geography still remember with fondness to this day. Alice’s early academic interests focused on geomorphology but even then it was clear that she was also concerned with the implications of her work for planning and practical purposes. Her first published paper, on ‘selenomorphology’ looked skywards – towards understanding the shape of the lunar landscape – and was published in the Journal of Geology in 1952 [2]. At the time of the Apollo moon landings, it was quoted by NASA as one of the first papers to discuss in real scientific terms the origin of the morphology of the moon. This was soon followed by other papers on the cem
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Pub Date : 2023-06-19DOI: 10.1080/00207233.2023.2224667
Sarder Kaisar Ahmed, Md. Sadekur Rahman
ABSTRACT The research demonstrates that doubling the number of tigers as Bangladesh pledged at the 2010 ‘Tiger Summit’ is impossible without restoring the Sundarbans’ intact habitat and ecological balance. The research identifies the barriers to tiger conservation in Bangladesh’s Sundarbans. Last, a number of conservation strategies are put forward, including adopting a cross-border conservation plan and preserving the habitat in its natural state.
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Pub Date : 2023-06-14DOI: 10.1080/00207233.2023.2222609
Juan Pablo Serrano Frattali
ABSTRACT This article surveys Colombia’s social and environmental conflicts. Colombia is the second most biodiverse country in the world and has more than half of the world’s paramos. The article analyses the dynamics of these conflicts, describing the legal and political framework. Despite the achievements of the social and environmental movements before the high courts and the national and international commitments regarding the conservation of moors, the legal protection of these paramos continues to be uncertain.
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Pub Date : 2023-06-14DOI: 10.1080/00207233.2023.2224697
Pradeep K. Singh
Sir, The intricate relationship between arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) and invasive alien plants (IAPs) needs to be better understood. Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) play a crucial role in shaping the outcomes of plant invasions by influencing invasive alien plants’ biology and ecology. One significant impact is their effect on plant nutrient acquisition. Invasive species often exhibit rapid growth rates and aggressive competitive abilities, partly attributed to their efficient uptake of limiting nutrients through AMF symbiosis [1]. The enhanced nutrient uptake conferred by AMF allows invasive plants to proliferate even in nutrient-poor soils, giving them a competitive advantage over native flora. IAPs can have varying effects on mycorrhizal communities, depending on their symbiotic dependency and other plant traits. Some invasive species may hinder AMF and affect native plant competitiveness. Others may modify the mycorrhizal community to their advantage. These interactions can provide valuable insights into the dynamics of invasive species and the ecological consequences of their establishment [2]. Invasive alien plants can disrupt ecosystems and displace native flora, leading to a decline in biodiversity and ecological imbalances and they can cause significant economic losses by reducing agricultural productivity and affecting natural resources [3]. It may be useful to highlight the role of AMF in the establishment and spread of IAPs, particularly in the Indian subcontinent. Ageratum conyzoides, Parthenium hysterophorus, Lantana camara, Cannabis sativa and Prosopis juliflora have invaded vast areas, negatively impacting native plant diversity, agricultural productivity, and human health [4]. These IAPs often exhibit high levels of AMF colonisation. The interaction between AMF and IAPs can affect soil microbial communities and nutrient-cycling processes. AMF can alter the composition and activities of soil microbial communities, which, in turn, can influence ecosystem functioning [5]. Invasive plants with high AMF colonisation may modify soil microbial communities to favour their own growth, disrupting native soil processes and affecting the diversity and functioning of associated plant communities [6]. Exotic plant invasions can alter the diversity, richness, and functioning of soil microbial communities. Understanding these impacts is vital for effective management and restoration strategies aimed at mitigating the ecological consequences of IAPs. AMF associations with IAPs are specific and different invasive plant species can exhibit preferences for AMF species or strains, and these associations can vary across geographic regions [7]. Targeted management strategies will depend on the associations of the specific AMF species or strains with different IAPs. AMF-based biocontrol strategies have been explored, using specific AMF strains or communities that are antagonistic to invasive plants [8]. By introducing or enhancing the presence
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Pub Date : 2023-06-14DOI: 10.1080/00207233.2023.2222611
Katri Savolainen
{"title":"Nature exposure is not associated with parent-reported or objectively measured sleep quality in 6-year-old children – a study in Finland","authors":"Katri Savolainen","doi":"10.1080/00207233.2023.2222611","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00207233.2023.2222611","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14117,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Environmental Studies","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48186239","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-06-08DOI: 10.1080/00207233.2023.2222604
Mohammed Ould Safi, Réda Kechairi, M. Khersi, Said Boudffeur, Slimane A.B. Ayada, Abdelkrim Bahidi, A. Nani, A. AMEUR AMEUR
ABSTRACT The morphological characteristics of the Argan tree Argania spinosa (L.) Skeels planted in the Adrar province (Sahara Desert, Algeria) in 2010 on 0.7 hectares at the Forest Experiment Station show good domestication ability. After 12 years, the recorded success rate was 20.56%. Principal Correspondence Analysis of morphological variables demonstrated five groups of 23 subjects of Argan trees. Two more sites were planted in 2016 and 2018. Success rates of 80% and 42%, respectively, have been recorded in 2021. The oil production from almonds of Argan seeds is good, showing oil recovery efficiencies of 38.27% for mechanical pressing and 59.27% for Soxhlet-assisted hexane extraction.
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