Consulta: subjectFacets:"Land-cover change"
Registros recuperados: 4
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Expert and Generalist Local Knowledge about Land-cover Change on South Africa&amp;#8217;s Wild Coast: Can Local Ecological Knowledge Add Value to Science?
Provedor de dados: Ecology and Society
Autores: Chalmers, Nigel; Rhodes University, South Africa;; Fabricius, Christo; Rhodes University, South Africa; c.fabricius@ru.ac.za.
Local ecological knowledge (LEK) can shed light on ecosystem change, especially in under-researched areas such as South Africa&amp;#8217;s Wild Coast. However, for ecosystem planning purposes, it is necessary to assess the accuracy and validity of LEK, and determine where such knowledge is situated in a community, and how evenly it is spread. Furthermore, it is relevant to ask: does LEK add value to science, and how do science and local knowledge complement one another? We assessed change in woodland and forest cover in the Nqabara Administrative Area on South Africa&amp;#8217;s Wild Coast between 1974 and 2001. The inhabitants of Nqabara are &amp;#8220;traditional&amp;#8221; Xhosa-speaking people who are highly dependent on natural resources for their...
Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Reports
Palavras-chave: Cultivation; Fire; GIS; Land-cover change; Landscape ecology; Local ecological knowledge; Politics; Scientific knowledge; Vegetation.
Ano: 2007

Evaluating Forest Management in Nepal: Views across Space and Time
Provedor de dados: Ecology and Society
Autores: Nagendra, Harini; Indiana University; nagendra@indiana.edu; Karmacharya, Mukunda; Nepal Forestry Resources and Institutions; Nepal@ifri.wlink.com.np; Karna, Birendra; Nepal Forestry Resources and Institutions; Nepal@ifri.wlink.com.np.
Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Reports
Palavras-chave: Buffer zone; Community forestry; Co-management; Institutions; Land-cover change; Nepal; Protected area; Remote sensing.
Ano: 2005

Total Historical Land-Use Change in Eastern Bolivia: Who, Where, When, and How Much?
Provedor de dados: Ecology and Society
Autores: Killeen, Timothy J; Conservation International; t.killeen@conservation.org; Guerra, Anna; Museo Noel Kempff Mercado; aguerra@museonoelkempff.org; Calzada, Miki; Museo Noel Kempff Mercado; mcalzada@museonoelkempff.org; Correa, Lisette; Museo Noel Kempff Mercado; lcorrea@museonoelkempff.org; Calderon, Veronica; Museo Noel Kempff Mercado; vcalderon@museonoelkempff.org; Soria, Liliana; Museo Noel Kempff Mercado; lsoria@museonoelkempff.org; Quezada, Belem; Museo Noel Kempff Mercado; bquezada@museonoelkempff.org; Steininger, Marc K; Conservation International; m.steininger@conservation.org.
Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Reports
Palavras-chave: Deforestation; Drivers; Land-cover change; Markets; Migration; Social sectors; Tropics.
Ano: 2008

Land-use regime shifts: an analytical framework and agenda for future land-use research
Provedor de dados: Ecology and Society
Autores: Ramankutty, Navin; Liu Institute for Global Issues; Institute for Resources, Environment, and Sustainability, University of British Columbia; navin.ramankutty@ubc.ca; Coomes, Oliver T.; Department of Geography, McGill University; oliver.coomes@mcgill.ca.
A key research frontier in global change research lies in understanding processes of land change to inform predictive models of future land states. We believe that significant advances in the field are hampered by limited attention being paid to critical points of change termed land-use regime shifts. We present an analytical framework for understanding land-use regime shifts. We survey historical events of land change and perform in-depth case studies of soy and shrimp development in Latin America to demonstrate the role of preconditions, triggers, and self-reinforcing processes in driving land-use regime shifts. Whereas the land-use literature demonstrates a good understanding of within-regime dynamics, our understanding of the drivers of land-use regime...
Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Insight
Palavras-chave: Land-cover change; Land-use change; Latin America; Modeling; Prediction; Regime shifts.
Ano: 2016