Ce rapport est le résultat des réflexions d'un groupe de travail équatorien sur les déserts, leur environnement, leur conservation et la cosmovision andine des déserts. - (HG)
The county as the appropriate level for environmental policies
Environment ; Environmental management ; Land use ; Nature conservation ; Territorial planning ; United Kingdom
In the United Kingdom, the planning system is seen as being largely an instrument of environmental protection. Concern for the environment can be successfully discharged at a local level (districts of 100 000 population or less). There are some
Towards an environmental management system for ski areas
Environment ; Environmental management ; Leisure ; Mountain ; Nature conservation ; North America ; Tourism ; Winter sports resort
Description of elements of an environmental management system which is suited to use in mountain ski area operations. This is not meant as a substitute for government regulation. - (DWG)
A pilot project on the potential contribution of palm-mat geotextiles to soil conservation
The use of vegetation for erosion control and environmental protection
Conservation des sols ; Ecoulement ; England ; Erosion des sols ; Erosion hydrique ; Expérimentation ; Géotextile ; Royaume-Uni ; Shropshire
England ; Experimentation ; Runoff ; Shropshire ; Soil conservation ; Soil erosion ; United Kingdom ; Water erosion
In this pilot project, the AA. investigate the feasibility of employing palm-mat geotextiles as a potential soil conservation technique. Investigations were conducted at the Hilton Experimental Site, east Shropshire, UK, within the southern section
Administration ; Environmentalconservation ; Ireland ; Land use ; Legislation ; Nature conservation ; Nuisance ; Resource management ; Territorial planning ; Water quality
Local Government Acts regulate land-use and control development. Their relationship with environmental control is fundamental. The planning acts are administered by 87 local authorities. Planning is seen as an advisory element within the current
framework at all administrative levels and is not seen as being a necessary component of environmental management. This has lead to confusion and conflict between development and environmental protection.
Environmental dynamics and conservation of the flamingo in the vicinity of Greater Tunis, Tunisia : the case study of Sebkha Essijoumi
Habitat ; Human impact ; Humid environment ; Nature conservation ; Sebkha ; Tunisia ; Urban development
, underlining, on the one hand, recent environmental dynamics of the water body and its shores and, on the other, the attractiveness of this sebkha for flamingo. In addition, the issue of its conservation in the perspective of sustained urban growth is discussed.
This paper examines the status of flamingo in the Greater Tunis area and the issue of its conservation in the context of increased human influence on wetlands. Special emphasis is given to the analysis of urban impact on Sebkha Essijoumi
Neither in science nor in practice a discussion evolved concerning the impact of demographic changes on environmental and nature conservation issues to date. This is exacerbated by the fact that demographic change is only one factor amongst others
that affects environment and nature. Therefore, no direct causal connection between demographic changes and the environmental condition can be drawn. Nevertheless, an impact of the demographic changes on environmental and nature conservation issues can yet
be expected for the future. In order to evaluate the chances and risks for environment and nature and to respond appropriately to them it is important to integrate environmental and nature conservation issues into today's scientific, planning and political
Environmental policy : the quest for sustainable development
Attitude ; Development strategy ; Environment ; Environmentalconservation ; Environmental degradation ; Global change ; Market ; Natural resources ; State control
The A. focuses on the political processes that have defined and shaped the environmental agenda over the past five years : the uneven development, the role of scientific evidence in defining the scale of problems, the growing political importance
of transboundary and global environmental impacts. Then, the A. examines the challenge posed by sustainable development to sovereignty and the market and the importance of equity in the development of policy.
Public participation and environmental decisionmaking in South Africa - The Frankdale Environmental Health Project
Community ; Decision ; Environment ; Environmentalconservation ; Informal settlement ; Participation ; Project ; South Africa
of an environmental health case study, the procedures and techniques followed in order to ensure a high level of community involvement in an informal settlement, are described and evaluated. - (AJC)
Environmental policy : ecological modernisation or the risk society ?
Environment ; Environmentalconservation ; Global change ; Social change ; Society-environment relationship
This review reflects on both the intellectual and policy implications of global environmental change. It explores opposing perspectives on the relationship between environmental and social change. These perspectives possess an ideological component
sometimes differentiated as environmentalism and ecologism. They also relate to a theoretical discourse about the nature of modern society and the sources of change.
Empire forestry and the origins of environmentalism
Africa ; British people ; Environment ; Environmentalconservation ; Forestry ; Historical geography ; Imperialism ; India ; Nineteenth Century ; Oceania
Hard-headed environmentalists and legislators found in empire forestry a ready-made model to construct vast areas of the public domain as a ustensil for environmental and state purposes. The empire forestry matrix of government reservations, fire
protection, and revenue-enhancing forests solved the tension between romantic preservationist notions and laissez-faire ideals and gave the compromise from which modern environmentalism emerged : it posed environmental problems and solutions as a means
Bibliography ; Biodiversity ; Concept ; Deforestation ; Ecosystem ; Environmentalconservation ; Environmental management ; Forest ; Geographical information system ; Land use ; Tropical rain forest
Le point sur les dernières recherches concernant les forêts tropicales, (1995, 1996) : le processus de fragmentation, les concepts écologiques, la conservation.
This review (2000-2005) focuses on the environmental determinants of savanna vegetation and its structural composition, the links between soils and vegetation, and concludes with some of the recent studies on biodiversity and conservation.
Andes ; Appalachian Mountains ; Environmentalconservation ; Himalaya ; International organization ; Mountain ; Rural community ; World
Discussion of the philosophy, goals, work, and future plans of The Mountain Institute (TMI), founded in 1973 and still the only international organization dedicated exclusively to environmentalconservation and economic development in mountain
Environmental and ecological water requirement of river system : a case study of Haihe-Luanhe river system
China ; Ecological crisis ; Ecosystem ; Environmentalconservation ; Hydrosystem ; Northern China ; Stream ; Water resources ; Water use
to be consumed by the natural water bodies to conserve its environmental and ecological functions. Based on this definition, the methods on calculating the amount of environmental and ecological water requirement are determined in the case study on Haihe-Luanhe
In order to reduce the environmental and ecological problems induced by water resources development and utilization, this paper proposes a concept of environmental and ecological water requirement. It is defined as the minimum water amount