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Achieving sustainable development goals through participatory forest management: Examples from South‐Eastern Bangladesh Nat. Resour. Forum (IF 1.436) Pub Date : 2020-12-29 Tapan Kumar Nath; Mohammed Jashimuddin; Makoto Inoue
Forests managed through peoples' participation can help to achieve a number of sustainable development goals (SDGs). This paper, drawing data from four participatory forest management (PFM) projects in south‐eastern Bangladesh, explored: (a) the factors that influenced the outcomes of PFM; and (b) contribution of PFM towards achieving selected SDGs. The research used observation, semi‐structured household
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Is animal welfare a central issue for consumers of luxury goods? Nat. Resour. Forum (IF 1.436) Pub Date : 2020-12-23 Mohamed Akli Achabou
The compatibility between luxury and sustainable development has been increasingly examined in recent literature, but a number of ethical issues remain unexplored. One such concern is animal welfare, a recurrent question in the luxury goods sector. This is one of the first research articles to shed light on this subject, utilising two studies, one qualitative and the other quantitative with conjoint
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Governance assessment of small‐scale inland fishing: The case of Lake Itezhi‐Tezhi, Zambia Nat. Resour. Forum (IF 1.436) Pub Date : 2020-08-23 Sydney Kapembwa, Alan Gardiner, Jόn G. Pétursson
The small‐scale fishing sector in sub‐Saharan Africa is experiencing multiple challenges, mainly related to various governance issues. This study assessed the governance approach at a small‐scale Lake Itezhi‐Tezhi fishery, Zambia and how it relates to sustainable fishing. Data were collected through a mixed‐methods approach. The governance approach was assessed by legitimacy criterion. The study revealed
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The medicinal and aromatic plants business of Uttarakhand: A mini review of challenges and directions for future research Nat. Resour. Forum (IF 1.436) Pub Date : 2020-08-23 Pramod Chandra
The medicinal and aromatic plants resources of Uttarakhand, India offer significant opportunities of employment and livelihood for rural communities and contribute a large share in the medicinal and aromatic plants trade of India. With the growing trade of medicinal and aromatic plants resources in the global market, the medicinal and aromatic plants business of Uttarakhand is also continuously growing
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The impact of coal and non‐coal consumption on China's energy performance improvement Nat. Resour. Forum (IF 1.436) Pub Date : 2020-08-14 Xiangyu Teng; Fan‐peng Liu; Yung‐ho Chiu
China is the world's largest energy consumer, and coal accounts for a higher proportion of the country's total energy consumption, yet during its 12th five‐year plan (2011–2015), the coal share among total energy consumption significantly decreased. Previous studies exploring energy performance typically used energy consumption as an input, but this lacks the analytical capacity for the structure of
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Traditional water bodies and ecosystem services: Empirical evidence from West Bengal, India Nat. Resour. Forum (IF 1.436) Pub Date : 2020-08-03 Koushik Chowdhury, Bhagirath Behera
Traditional water harvesting systems are multi‐functional in nature and provide a variety of ecosystem services that contribute to the overall wellbeing of local people. This study aims to identify and analyze the factors influencing the variations in the level of awareness across households residing around three selected traditional water bodies in the Indian state of West Bengal. Ordinary least square
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Adoption and economic impacts of laser land leveling in the irrigated rice‐wheat system in Haryana, India using endogenous switching regression Nat. Resour. Forum (IF 1.436) Pub Date : 2020-08-02 Jeetendra P. Aryal, Arun Khatri‐Chhetri, Tek B. Sapkota, Dil B. Rahut, Olaf Erenstein
This study assesses the factors affecting the adoption of laser land leveling (LLL) and its impact on crop yields and net returns. It uses household survey data collected from 621 randomly selected farmers in Karnal District of Haryana, India, and applies endogenous switching regression models. Unbiased model results show that the adoption of LLL has significant positive impacts on yields (rice +549 kg ha−1;
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Forest resources and household welfare: Empirical evidence from North Central Vietnam Nat. Resour. Forum (IF 1.436) Pub Date : 2020-07-23 Cuong Van Hoang; Tuyen Quang Tran; Yen Hai Thi Nguyen; Lan Thanh Nguyen
Using secondary data from a socio‐economic quantitative household survey of the North Central region of Vietnam, the main aim of our study is to analyze the causal effect of forest resources on household income and poverty. Based on the observed characteristics of a forest‐based livelihood and forest‐related activities, we use a propensity score matching (PSM) method to control for potential bias arising
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A participatory decision making framework for artisanal fisheries collaborative governance: Insights from management committees in Chile Nat. Resour. Forum (IF 1.436) Pub Date : 2020-07-20 Rodrigo A. Estévez, Carlos Veloso, Gabriel Jerez, Stefan Gelcich
Fisheries management is increasingly transitioning towards collaborative governance. Collaborative systems depend on stakeholders’ capacity to design and implement legitimate and scientifically robust management plans within collective action arenas. Here we propose that collaborative governance outcomes, in fisheries management, will benefit from using structured participatory decision making frameworks
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Trade in fisheries services under the WTO and GATS framework Nat. Resour. Forum (IF 1.436) Pub Date : 2020-07-20 Emma Will, Maria Pettersson, Jesper Stage
This paper studies how fisheries services are classified in the World Trade Organization (WTO) framework for trade in services and discusses the potential impact of unclear classifications. The WTO plays a key role in regulation and assessment in the area of trade in services, mainly due to the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS), which contains the only set of multilateral rules managing
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Exploring corruption in fisheries Nat. Resour. Forum (IF 1.436) Pub Date : 2020-07-20 Yifei Yan, Adam Graycar
This paper explores corruption in global fisheries. While reducing corruption is critical for the effective management of the fisheries sector and the fulfilment of the UN's sustainable development goals (SDGs, and SDGs14 and 16 in particular), to do so, it is necessary to first have a systematic and comprehensive understanding of what corruption is and how it is manifested in the sector. There is
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Environmental pollution, hydropower and nuclear energy generation before and after catastrophe: Bathtub‐Weibull curve and MS‐VECM methods Nat. Resour. Forum (IF 1.436) Pub Date : 2020-05-05 Melike E. Bildirici
In this paper, the life span of hydro and nuclear energy generations and the relationship between hydro and nuclear energy generations, environmental pollution, and economic growth were investigated for Japan covering the period of 1960–2018 by employing the Bathtub‐Weibull curve and Markov switching‐vector error correcting (MSVEC) method, respectively. According to the Bathtub‐Weibull curve analysis
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The Water Poverty Index: An application in the Indian context Nat. Resour. Forum (IF 1.436) Pub Date : 2020-04-21 Isha Goel, Seema Sharma, Smita Kashiramka
For developing countries, the proportion of households covered by improved water resources is conventionally used to assess the water stress situation. However, in a developing country like India with a high population growth rate, water demand and supply are considerably mismatched. An agro‐based economy with large variations in socio‐economic conditions and changing rainfall patterns across the states
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Nature‐based marine tourism in the Gulf of California and Baja California Peninsula: Economic benefits and key species Nat. Resour. Forum (IF 1.436) Pub Date : 2020-03-30 Andrés M Cisneros‐Montemayor, Amanda Townsel, Claire M Gonzales, Andrea R Haas, Estrella E Navarro‐Holm, Teresa Salorio‐Zuñiga, Andrew F Johnson
Ecotourism can incentivize social and environmental benefits through marine conservation, in parallel with efforts to better manage fisheries, coastal development, and other human pressures. In Mexico's Gulf of California and Baja California Peninsula (GCBP), marine ecosystems support tourism activities in many communities, but to date there have been no region‐wide studies to estimate their benefits
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Sustainable development in East Africa: impact evaluation of regional agricultural development projects in Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda Nat. Resour. Forum (IF 1.436) Pub Date : 2020-02-26 Enock Warinda, Dickson M Nyariki, Stephen Wambua, Reuben M Muasya, Munir A Hanjra
Investments in agricultural technologies, capacity building and policy harmonization are needed to support sustainable development across Africa. Regional development projects can facilitate the adoption of agricultural technologies and innovations across nation‐state borders and generate benefits for shared prosperity. This paper uses panel data from 1,160 smallholder households including beneficiaries
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Criminalization of “galamsey” and livelihoods in Ghana: Limits and consequences Nat. Resour. Forum (IF 1.436) Pub Date : 2020-02-26 Francis Xavier Dery Tuokuu, Uwafiokun Idemudia, Eugene B. G Bawelle, John Bosco Baguri Sumani
The fact that the artisanal and small‐scale mining (ASM) sector in Ghana is driven largely by poverty means that the sector is a major source of livelihood for people in mining communities across the country. However, given the various social and environmental problems associated with the ASM sector, there is now an emerging consensus that the formalization of the sector would not only allow for these
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Status and trends in EFlows in southern Africa Nat. Resour. Forum (IF 1.436) Pub Date : 2020-02-26 Cate Brown, Dirk Campher, Jackie King
Environmental Flows (EFlows) are defined as the quantity, timing and quality of the flow of water, sediment and biota necessary to sustain freshwater and estuarine ecosystems, and the human livelihoods and well‐being that depend on these ecosystems. As such they are a vital component of Integrated Water Resource Management (IWRM). A recent survey found that, in general, Africa lags behind schedule
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Legal measures to reduce marine environmental risks of seawater desalination in China Nat. Resour. Forum (IF 1.436) Pub Date : 2020-01-29 Hao Wang, Xiaoyi Jiang
Seawater desalination has become the focus of many countries to solve the problem of lacking freshwater resources. Seawater desalination in China launched in the 1960s and has developed rapidly since entering into the 21st Century. However, the technology of seawater desalination causes marine environmental pollution. After exploring the regulatory framework and legal system of reducing environmental
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Global and regional potential of wastewater as a water, nutrient and energy source Nat. Resour. Forum (IF 1.436) Pub Date : 2020-01-27 Manzoor Qadir, Pay Drechsel, Blanca Jiménez Cisneros, Younggy Kim, Amit Pramanik, Praem Mehta, Oluwabusola Olaniyan
There is a proactive interest in recovering water, nutrients and energy from waste streams with the increase in municipal wastewater volumes and innovations in resource recovery. Based on the synthesis of wastewater data, this study provides insights into the global and regional “potential” of wastewater as water, nutrient and energy sources while acknowledging the limitations of current resource recovery
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Does foreign direct investment impede forest area in Sub‐Saharan Africa? Nat. Resour. Forum (IF 1.436) Pub Date : 2019-11-25 Boris OK Lokonon, Ichaou Mounirou
Foreign direct investment is an engine of economic growth. However, it may affect environmental quality (improve or deteriorate it), depending on the context. Under a multivariate framework, this paper aims to investigate the relationship between foreign direct investment and deforestation for Sub‐Sahara African countries with economic growth, trade openness and urbanization as additional determinants
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Perceptions towards solar mini‐grid systems in India: A multi‐stakeholder analysis Nat. Resour. Forum (IF 1.436) Pub Date : 2019-11-25 Sachiko Graber, Tara Narayanan, Jose F. Alfaro, Debajit Palit
This study identifies and assesses the perspectives of four key stakeholder groups towards solar minigrids in rural India. The stakeholders considered are policymakers, minigrid developers and operators, development organizations, and national grid representatives. Recent state and national policies in India have increased the focus on minigrids and their services. In this study, stakeholder interviews
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National benefits, local costs? Local residents' views on environmental and social effects of large‐scale mining in Chingola, Zambia Nat. Resour. Forum (IF 1.436) Pub Date : 2019-11-15 Chomba Kolala, Bridget Bwalya Umar
This study examined the environmental and social effects of large‐scale mining in Chingola, Zambia. Data was collected through semi‐structured interviews with 164 residents living close to Zambia's largest open pit mine, key informants and desk analysis of secondary data. Quantitative data was analysed using the chi‐square test, one sample T‐test and two sample Z‐proportions test, while qualitative
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The effects of agricultural cooperatives on smallholder livelihoods and agricultural performance in Cambodia Nat. Resour. Forum (IF 1.436) Pub Date : 2019-11-04 Eric Ofori, Gabriel S Sampson, Jessie Vipham
Cooperatives are increasingly advocated as a means to improve incomes, livelihoods and the sustainability of smallholder farmers. This study analyzes the impact of commercial vegetable cooperative membership on smallholder agricultural performance in Cambodia. Institutional heterogeneities are considered across cooperatives and various econometric techniques are used to control for potential selection
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A relict habitat became an isolated habitat in the Luoshan Nature Reserve from 1977 to 2017: Natural or man‐made disaster? Nat. Resour. Forum (IF 1.436) Pub Date : 2019-10-28 Chao Ma, Xiabing Wang, Wenhao Zhang
Understanding the ecological trends of the relict habitats in the Luoshan Nature Reserve (LNR) has an important role in the persistence of endangered species and the socio‐economic sustainability in the Ningxia section of the arid desertification belt in North China. Based on data from the Landsat Multispectral Scanner (MSS)/Thematic Mapper (TM)/Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus (ETM+)/Operational Land
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Carbon sequestration via afforestation as a sustainable action to mitigate climate change in Western Iran Nat. Resour. Forum (IF 1.436) Pub Date : 2019-10-28 Zohreh Miripanah, Mohsen Tavakoli, Mahmoud Rostaminya, Mostafa Naderi
Climate change involves increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration which is driven by anthropogenic emissions. Afforestation, which is the establishment of forests on previously non‐forested lands, could be a suitable climate change mitigation strategy. The aim of this research is to evaluate the carbon sequestration capability of the Eucalyptus and Prosopis species in the Reza‐Abad afforestation
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Panel heterogeneous distribution analysis of trade and modernized agriculture on CO2 emissions: The role of renewable and fossil fuel energy consumption Nat. Resour. Forum (IF 1.436) Pub Date : 2019-10-23 Samuel A Sarkodie, Evans B Ntiamoah, Dongmei Li
In line with the global target of reducing climate change and its impact, this study explored the causal relationship between CO2 emissions, modernized agriculture, trade openness, aggregate and disaggregate energy consumption in 14 African countries from 1990–2013 using a panel quantile estimation procedure. The empirical results showed that value addition to agricultural commodities declines CO2
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Assessment of soil erosion under rainfed sugarcane in KwaZulu‐Natal, South Africa Nat. Resour. Forum (IF 1.436) Pub Date : 2019-08-14 Khatab Abdalla, Matthew Dickey, Trevor Hill, Bruce Scott‐Shaw
Soil erosion from agricultural land use runoff is a major threat to the sustainability of soil composition and water resource integrity. Sugarcane is an important cash and food security crop in South Africa, subjected to an intensive soil erosion, and consequently, severe land degradation. This study aimed to investigate soil erosion and associated soil and cover factors under rainfed sugarcane, in
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Towards sustainable consumption: Predicting the impact of social‐psychological factors on energy conservation intentions in Northern Cyprus Nat. Resour. Forum (IF 1.436) Pub Date : 2019-05-30 Peter Ansu‐Mensah, Murad A. Bein
The incessant demand and consumption of energy services among individuals’ is increasing throughout the world. Individuals’ electricity consumption in Northern Cyprus has risen considerably. However, the demand for electrical energy services on the island is heavily reliant on imported fossil fuels. Burning fossil fuels has adverse effects on its environment. Therefore, sustainable energy consumption
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Monitoring and targeting the sanitation poor: A multidimensional approach Nat. Resour. Forum (IF 1.436) Pub Date : 2019-04-29 Ricard Giné‐Garriga, Agustí Pérez‐Foguet
Water, sanitation and hygiene (WaSH) are at the core of sustainable development. As we embark on a new round of global goals, namely the Sustainable Development Goals, a top priority is to address a coherent framework for monitoring these services. In the coming years, the sector will witness the development of a variety of multidimensional monitoring measures, albeit from different perspectives. This
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Greening Nigeria's economy for industrial and environmental sustainability: Polyurethane production as a test case Nat. Resour. Forum (IF 1.436) Pub Date : 2019-04-22 Abiodun S. Momodu, Elizabeth F. Aransiola, Inioluwa D. Okunade, Grace O. Ogunlusi, Kehinde N. Awokoya, Ibikunle O. Ogundari, Olutope T. Falope, Oladotun W. Makinde, John‐Felix K. Akinbami
The study focused on Nigeria's polyurethane (PU) production process as a test case. Though it is currently insignificant when viewed from a global perspective, PU production in Nigeria is not eco‐friendly. Traditionally, PU is produced by reacting petro‐based polyol with a poly‐isocyanate, which is made from amines and phosgene and are currently imported into the country. These two materials are detrimental
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Property rights integrity, tenure security and forestland rental market participation: Evidence from Jiangxi Province, China Nat. Resour. Forum (IF 1.436) Pub Date : 2019-04-15 Yuepeng Zhou, Xiaoping Shi, Dengyan Ji, Xianlei Ma, Satish Chand
The decentralization of property rights is the focus of the forest tenure reforms in several developing countries. In China, it was achieved by the launch of a new round of collective forest tenure reform beginning in 2003, which provided farmers with more integrated and secure forestland rights. Drawing on household data collected in Jiangxi province in 2011 and 2013, this paper examines the impacts
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Impact of climate change on food security of small islands: The case of Mauritius Nat. Resour. Forum (IF 1.436) Pub Date : 2019-04-15 Roshini Brizmohun
This paper studies the implications of high food prices resulting from climate change on food security in small islands, using Mauritius as a case‐study. Climate change may adversely impact prices of agricultural commodities. The study derives and calculates the government costs and the welfare effects of an increase in the world price of rice on consumers in Mauritius. Using an equilibrium displacement
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Climate change mitigation in Austria and Switzerland: The pitfalls of federalism in greening decentralized building policies Nat. Resour. Forum (IF 1.436) Pub Date : 2019-04-12 Reinhard Steurer, Christoph Clar, Juan Casado‐Asensio
The present paper analyses and compares how federalism in Austria and Switzerland affected climate change mitigation in the fully decentralized building sectors of the two countries during the Kyoto Period (1990–2012). This is of interest because the environmental significance of federal political systems is still contested. We first review the literature on federalism in the context of environmental
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Are shocks to natural gas consumption transitory or permanent? A more powerful panel unit root test on the G7 countries Nat. Resour. Forum (IF 1.436) Pub Date : 2019-03-21 Yifei Cai, Cosimo Magazzino
This article re‐examines the persistence in natural gas consumption using an alternative methodology. We compare the results of traditional panel unit root tests with those provided by Bahmani‐Oskooee et al., which allow for both sharp and smooth breaks. Our analysis uses data for the G7 countries over the 1965–2016 years. The empirical findings show that while traditional unit root tests with sharp
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Climate change adaptation at different levels of government: Characteristics and conditions of policy change Nat. Resour. Forum (IF 1.436) Pub Date : 2019-03-15 Christoph Clar, Reinhard Steurer
Climate change adaptation strategies that aim to minimize harm and maximize benefits related to climate change impacts have mushroomed at all levels of government in recent years. While many studies have explored barriers that stand in the way of their implementation, the factors determining their potential to mainstream adaptation into various sectors are less clear. In the present paper, we aim to
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Rapid land use change threatens provisioning ecosystem services in miombo woodlands Nat. Resour. Forum (IF 1.436) Pub Date : 2019-03-14 Eleanor K.K. Jew, Oliver J. Burdekin, Andrew J. Dougill, Susannah M. Sallu
Rural communities in sub‐Saharan Africa rely upon provisioning ecosystem services (ES) to support their livelihoods, yet in areas where rapid land use change is occurring the relationship between environmental change, provisioning ES availability and livelihoods is not fully understood. This relationship is explored here within a typical rural miombo woodland landscape in south‐west Tanzania, which
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The politics of interbasin transfers: socio‐environmental impacts and actor strategies in Tunisia Nat. Resour. Forum (IF 1.436) Pub Date : 2019-02-20 Wafa Ben Fraj, Mohamed Elloumi, François Molle
Mediterranean wetlands are of key interest in the preservation of biodiversity. However, their ecological water requirement is in constant competition with human uses, particularly in a context of aridity and climate change. This paper examines the case of the Ichkeul Lake‐Lagoon system located in the north of Tunisia in a river basin that is heavily contributing to the water supply of southern regions
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A practical dialogue protocol for sustainability science to contribute to regional resources management: its implementation in Réunion Nat. Resour. Forum (IF 1.436) Pub Date : 2019-01-11 Jérôme Queste, Tom Wassenaar
Over the last decade, adaptive co‐management has been recommended as a policy framework to address complex and uncertain resources management issues. Implementing this theoretical management concept requires the integration of multidisciplinary research and local knowledge. Yet practical protocols to link science, policymaking and societies have yet to be developed. We designed a protocol to produce
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Manure and adoption of modern seeds in cereal‐based systems in West African drylands: linkages and (non)complementarities Nat. Resour. Forum (IF 1.436) Pub Date : 2018-12-10 Rivaldo A. B. Kpadonou, Bruno Barbier, Tom Owiyo, Fatima Denton, Franck Rutabingwa
Using a stepwise approach that combines several econometric methods, we assessed whether or not the adoption of modern seeds and the use of manure in cereal‐based systems are linked and, if so, what are the driving forces of the linkages between these two agricultural technologies under dry‐climate conditions in West Africa. We found complementary and substitutability linkages arising from jointness
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Spatial‐temporal variations of water poverty in rural China considered through the KDE and ESDA models Nat. Resour. Forum (IF 1.436) Pub Date : 2018-11-28 Wenxin Liu, Minjuan Zhao, Wei Hu, Yu Cai
Water shortage is a common problem around the world, especially in rural areas of developing countries. Water shortage is closely linked to natural and social conditions, and the linkages between these natural and social conditions and their underlying spatial and temporal variations are less well explored in rural areas. The water poverty index (WPI) is a holistic tool for resource planning and management
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Aging with financial insecurity: social resilience and adaptation in urban areas of the United States Nat. Resour. Forum (IF 1.436) Pub Date : 2018-11-13 Nelya Rakhimova
In American metropolitan areas, many elderly people will have limited financial resources, leading to a growing number of seniors who struggle with poverty and financial insecurity. At the same time, federal funding for social services is shrinking, and local organizations will play a key role in supporting the low‐income elderly in American metropolitan areas. The concept of social resilience offers
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El Niño‐Southern Oscillation, rainfall variability and sustainable agricultural development in the Ho Municipality, Ghana Nat. Resour. Forum (IF 1.436) Pub Date : 2018-11-12 Kwadwo Owusu, Selorm K. Darkey, Sylvester A. Boadi
El Niño‐Southern Oscillation (ENSO), which occurs in the Equatorial Pacific Ocean, has been identified to have significant influence on rainfall variability throughout the world, especially in the tropics. Such variability in rainfall has implications for agrarian economies, such as that in Ghana. This study therefore sought to demonstrate the effect of ENSO‐induced variability in annual and seasonal
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Simultaneous adoption of integrated soil fertility management technologies in the Chinyanja Triangle, Southern Africa Nat. Resour. Forum (IF 1.436) Pub Date : 2018-08-16 Powell Mponela, Girma T. Kassie, Lulseged D. Tamene
Empirical scientific evidence indicates that there is still room for increasing food production by improving land productivity. This study aimed at identifying the key determinants that govern farmers’ decisions to adopt multiple components of integrated soil fertility management (ISFM) in a maize mixed cropping system of the Chinyanja Triangle, Southern Africa. Revealed preferences of ISFM components
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Factors affecting the adoption of multiple climate‐smart agricultural practices in the Indo‐Gangetic Plains of India Nat. Resour. Forum (IF 1.436) Pub Date : 2018-06-28 Jeetendra Prakash Aryal, Dil Bahadur Rahut, Sofina Maharjan, Olaf Erenstein
Climate change poses a major threat to agricultural production and food security in India, and climate‐smart agriculture (CSA) is crucial in addressing the potential impacts. Using survey data from 1,267 farm households in 25 villages from Bihar and Haryana in the Indo‐Gangetic Plains, this study analyzes the factors that determine the probability and level of adoption of multiple CSA practices, including
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Land management in rural Burkina Faso: the role of socio‐cultural and institutional factors Nat. Resour. Forum (IF 1.436) Pub Date : 2018-06-19 Daniel Etongo, Terence Epule Epule, Ida Nadia S Djenontin, Markku Kanninen
Farmers in the Sahel have been acknowledged for reclaiming degraded lands and improving food security by ingeniously modifying traditional agroforestry, water, and soil management practices. Despite the advantages offered by this range of farming techniques, their adoption rate is influenced by several factors. Using multivariate probit models and a correlation coefficient, this article examines the
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Urban‐rural water access inequalities in Malawi: implications for monitoring the Sustainable Development Goals Nat. Resour. Forum (IF 1.436) Pub Date : 2018-06-13 Ellis A. Adams, Sarah L. Smiley
Urban‐rural inequalities in water access constitute one of the major obstacles to achieving universal water coverage. In Sub‐Saharan Africa, these inequalities have persisted for decades. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) seek to achieve universal access to safely managed water, which requires that an improved source be located on premises, available when needed, and free from contamination
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Developing an indicator set for measuring sustainable development in India Nat. Resour. Forum (IF 1.436) Pub Date : 2018-06-07 Ahmad M. Khalid, Seema Sharma, Amlendu K. Dubey
The global agenda of sustainable development (SD) will get a major boost from the successful implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in developing countries. This requires effective planning and understanding of the SDGs at the national level and developing sound SDG indicators that account for country priorities. Currently, there is no formal SDG indicator set in India, but the
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Precarious work or sustainable livelihoods? Aligning Prestea's Programme with the development dialogue on artisanal and small‐scale mining Nat. Resour. Forum (IF 1.436) Pub Date : 2018-05-08 Obed Adonteng‐Kissi, Barbara Adonteng‐Kissi
Alternative livelihoods programmes (ALPs) are extensively executed in mining communities, often as models of development dialogue on artisanal and small‐scale mining (ASM). This paper assesses whether Prestea's ALP aligns with the development dialogue on artisanal mining. The conceptual design of ALP in Ghana's Prestea is based on the notions of substitution, homogenous community, and impact scalability
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Navigating multi‐level natural resource governance: an analytical guide Nat. Resour. Forum (IF 1.436) Pub Date : 2018-04-25 Fiona Nunan
A plethora of terms are used to describe the form of governance of complex social‐ecological systems, such as multi‐level governance, polycentricity and network governance. This plethora of terms is associated with a diffuse literature from which it can be challenging to identify which variables are important for investigation of the governance system and what questions could be asked. The purpose
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Food and water insecurity in specialised fishing communities: evidence from the Philippines Nat. Resour. Forum (IF 1.436) Pub Date : 2018-04-25 Michael Fabinyi
Food insecurity remains a common problem for Southeast Asian communities that specialise in fishing. Food insecurity is closely linked to other social conditions, and the linkages between these social conditions and their underlying drivers are less well explored in fishing contexts than they are in agricultural contexts. In this paper I draw on fieldwork from a community that specialises in fishing
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Impacts of farmer field schools on productivity of vegetable farming in Indonesia Nat. Resour. Forum (IF 1.436) Pub Date : 2018-03-14 Gregory C. Luther, Joko Mariyono, Raden M. Purnagunawan, Ben Satriatna, Martin Siyaranamual
This study assesses the impact of farmer field schools (FFS) on the productivity of vegetable farming in vegetable‐producing areas of East Java and Bali, Indonesia. The FFS have equipped over 3,000 vegetable farmers with integrated crop management knowledge applicable to chilies and tomatoes. The FFS are expected to enhance farmers’ capacity such that they can increase production. This study employs
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Nikinake: the mobilization of labour and skill development in rural Ethiopia Nat. Resour. Forum (IF 1.436) Pub Date : 2018-03-12 Gerba Leta, Girma Kelboro, Till Stellmacher, Kristof Van Assche, Anna‐Katharina Hornidge
A public mobilization approach known as nikinake drives implementation and technology upscaling in Ethiopia's agricultural extension. This study investigates and describes the processes and effectiveness of nikinake as an extension method used for natural resource management (NRM). The paper draws on empirical field research conducted in Oromia and the southern region of Ethiopia by looking at nikinake
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Community‐based water supplies in Cikarang, Indonesia: are they sustainable? Nat. Resour. Forum (IF 1.436) Pub Date : 2018-03-12 Raden Ajeng Koesoemo Roekmi, Kanagaratnam Baskaran, Lloyd HC Chua
Community‐based water supply (CBWS) is an example of how a community manages common pool resources (CPR). This results in an alternative approach to solve water supply problems in developing countries by enhancing community participation in managing water supply. This research evaluates the sustainability of five CBWS projects in Cikarang, Indonesia by using Ostrom's design principles, with additional
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The market and shadow value of informal fish catch: a framework and application to Panama Nat. Resour. Forum (IF 1.436) Pub Date : 2018-03-02 Andrés M. Cisneros‐Montemayor, Sarah Harper, Travis C. Tai
Fisheries catches are known to be widely underreported, and much of their value flows in informal markets. Goods and services that are not directly sold in a market also have a corresponding economic value, here termed ‘shadow value’, which can apply to discarded fish—or those that are consumed but not sold (e.g., subsistence catches). Here, we estimate the monetary value of fisheries catches in Panama
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Understanding the factors that influence household use of clean energy in the Similipal Tiger Reserve, India Nat. Resour. Forum (IF 1.436) Pub Date : 2018-02-13 Madhusmita Dash, Bhagirath Behera, Dil Bahadur Rahut
Biotic pressure in and around protected areas (PA) is the primary cause of biodiversity loss in many developing countries across the globe. The pressure comes partly from biomass energy dependency in the form of heavy extraction of fuelwood from the forests. Although biomass fuels provide easily accessible and affordable sources of domestic energy to the rural masses, their combustion results in environmental
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Climate change and adoption of sustainable land management practices in the Niger basin of Benin Nat. Resour. Forum (IF 1.436) Pub Date : 2018-02-13 Boris O. K. Lokonon, Aly A. Mbaye
Due to the important role that the agricultural sector plays in sustaining growth and reducing poverty in developing countries, the adoption of practices that have the potential to simultaneously improve agricultural productivity while minimizing environmental impacts is essential. This paper examines the determinants of farmers’ perceptions of climate change and subsequent adoption of sustainable
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Achieving SDG 6: water resources sustainability in Caribbean Small Island Developing States through improved water governance Nat. Resour. Forum (IF 1.436) Pub Date : 2017-11-19 Michelle A. Mycoo
Scientific findings confirm that Small Island Developing States (SIDS) in the Caribbean are experiencing droughts and sea level rises that are contributing to saline intrusion of underground aquifers and surface water sources. This paper, using Trinidad as a case study, analyses water governance challenges in meeting Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6, which addresses the sustainability of water
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Resource utilization conflict in downstream non‐resettled communities of the Bui Dam in Ghana Nat. Resour. Forum (IF 1.436) Pub Date : 2017-11-07 Kwadwo Owusu, Paul W. K. Yankson, Alex B. Asiedu, Peter B. Obour
In this study, we examined the downstream social impacts of Ghana’s Bui Dam and identified resource use conflicts in the non‐resettled communities within a 30 km stretch along the course of the Black Volta River below the dam. Through household survey questionnaires and focus group discussions, data were collected from farming and fishing communities in seven downstream non‐resettled communities. Data
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Measuring conservation success beyond the traditional biological criteria: the case of conservation projects in Costa Rica, Mekong Valley, and Cameroon Nat. Resour. Forum (IF 1.436) Pub Date : 2017-10-06 Jessica Gruber, Richard Mbatu, Rebecca Johns, Barnali Dixon
Traditionally, the criteria used to measure conservation success or failure are based on biological factors. Biological factors include changes in the amount of targeted conserved species, biodiversity, and total area conserved. However, conservation efforts are not simply a matter of biological concern; environmental, political, social, and conflict pressures on different scales (ranging from local
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Plant indicator status and implications for natural disaster management in both developed communities and indigenous communities Nat. Resour. Forum (IF 1.436) Pub Date : 2017-09-14 Kyoo‐Man Ha
Only a few rigorous studies have attempted to focus on the topic of plant indicators in relation to natural disasters, although recently an increasing number of people have realized its significance. In an effort to aid disaster management, this article studied and aimed to improve the status of plant indicators in predicting or signaling natural disasters. Using a qualitative content analysis, the
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