scholarly journals Analyzing soil nutrient balances on small‐scale farms in the mid‐hills of Nepal: Do socio‐economic factors matter for sustainable land use?

2020 ◽  
Vol 31 (18) ◽  
pp. 3014-3023
Author(s):  
Romy Das Karna ◽  
Siegfried Bauer
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Soil Nutrient ◽  
Sustainable Land Use ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Economic Factors ◽  
Nutrient Balances ◽  
Socio Economic Factors

Implication of Socio-economic Factors on Land Use and Forest Cover Changes in and Around Magamba Nature Reserve in Tanzania

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 108-117
Author(s):  
Solomon Jeremiah Sembosi
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Forest Cover ◽  
Nature Reserve ◽  
Agricultural Land ◽  
Population Pressure ◽  
Economic Factors ◽  
Rural Settlements ◽  
Mountainous Regions ◽  
Use Of Resources ◽  
Socio Economic Factors

Rural settlements in mountainous regions are a typical process that occurs in many places around the world and have a number of implications on the landscape. Among them is a threat it possesses to the conservation and management of Afromontane ecosystems. This study assessed the socio-economic factors that drive the changes in land use and forest cover and the extent of land use and vegetation cover in and around Magamba Nature Reserve. Focus group discussion, direct field observation and household survey were used to acquire socio-economic information that impacts land use and forest cover. Through the use of Remote Sensing and GIS methods Landsat satellite images of 1995, 2008 and 2015 were employed to identify the extent of the changes in land use and forest cover. The perceived factors for the changes include education level, unemployment, landless/limited, landholding, population pressure, expansion of built-up areas and agricultural land at the expense of other land covers. This study revealed the transformation of natural forest and associated vegetation from one form to another. There was a decrease in natural vegetation from 61.06% in 1995 to 26.02% in 2015 and increase in built-up areas by 6.69% and agricultural areas by 4.70%. This study recommends conservation monitoring and strong law enforcement relating to natural resources so as to promote sustainable use of resources to rescue the diminishing ecosystem services.

Agroforestry as a model of sustainable land use of small-scale private forest: a case study in Sumedang, West Java, Indonesia

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (2/3) ◽  
pp. 194
Author(s):  
Endang Hernawan ◽  
Mia Rosmiati ◽  
Tien Lastini ◽  
N.A. Sofiatin ◽  
Angga Dwiartama ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Sustainable Land Use ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Private Forest ◽  
West Java

scholarly journals Low Discounting Behavior among Small-Scale Fishers in Fiji and Sabah, Malaysia

2011 ◽  
Vol 3 (6) ◽  
pp. 897-913 ◽  
Author(s):  
Louise S. L. Teh ◽  
Lydia C. L. Teh ◽  
U. Rashid Sumaila
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Approach ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Economic Factors ◽  
Discount Rates ◽  
Cultural Economic ◽  
Conservation Policies ◽  
Management Interventions ◽  
Tropical Reef ◽  
Management And Conservation ◽  
Socio Economic Factors

Understanding the socio-economic factors that are associated with fishers’ willingness to delay gratification may be useful for designing appropriate fisheries management and conservation policies. We aim to identify the predictors of low discounting behaviour among fishers, which is analogous to having a longer-term outlook. We base our empirical study on two small-scale tropical reef fisheries in Sabah, Malaysia, and Fiji. We use an experimental approach to identify fishers with low discount rates, and then use a logistic regression model to identify predictors of low discount rates. We find that 42% of the respondents have low discount rates, and that site and village level variables are significant predictors of low discount rates. Within Sabah and Fiji, boat ownership and relative catch differentiate low discounting from non-low discounting fishers, but these variables have contradictory effects in Sabah and Fiji. Overall, our results imply that a substantial proportion of reef fishers may be willing to engage in conservation initiatives; however, local socio-cultural, economic, and ecological conditions have to be considered first during the process of designing management interventions.

Agroforestry as a model of sustainable land use of small-scale private forest: a case study in Sumedang, West Java, Indonesia

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (2/3) ◽  
pp. 194
Author(s):  
Heri Rahman ◽  
Angga Dwiartama ◽  
N.A. Sofiatin ◽  
Tien Lastini ◽  
Mia Rosmiati ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Sustainable Land Use ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Private Forest ◽  
West Java

scholarly journals Effects of the German Renewable Energy Sources Act and environmental, social and economic factors on biogas plant adoption and agricultural land use change

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xueqing Yang ◽  
Yang Liu ◽  
Daniela Thrän ◽  
Alberto Bezama ◽  
Mei Wang
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Agricultural Land ◽  
Biogas Production ◽  
Renewable Energy Sources ◽  
Energy Sources ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Agricultural Land Use ◽  
Economic Factors ◽  
Silage Maize ◽  
Biogas Plants

Abstract Background: The German energy transition strategy calls for a reform of the German energy sector. As a result, the Germany Renewable Energy Sources Act (EEG) was passed in 2000 and is widely regarded as successful legislation for promoting bioenergy development. More than 1,000 biogas plants were constructed in Central Germany (CG) between 2000 and 2014. Despite this, few studies have been conducted for this period that systematically investigate how environmental, social and economic factors, as well as various EEG amendments have impacted biogas production and what the environmental consequence of biogas production development in CG have been. Methods: The impacts of environmental, social and economic factors and different EEG amendments on biogas production decisions in CG were quantified using multivariate linear regression model and the event study econometric technique. A GIS-based spatial analysis was also conducted to provide insight into the changes to agricultural land use that resulted from the development of biogas plants during the EEG period. Results: The main finding was that the income diversification effect resulting from biogas production was the most important factor in a farmer’s decision to adopt biogas production. In addition, all of the EEG amendments had a significant influence on the adoption of biogas production, however EEG III and IV, which tried to promote small-scale plants, were unable to reduce the average size of the plants constructed in these two amendment periods. From a landscape perspective, there was a striking increase in the cultivation of silage maize in CG from 2000 to 2014. Silage maize was intensively cultivated in regions with a high installed biogas plant capacity. Since the first EEG amendment, permanent grassland area slightly increased while arable land area declined in CG. Conclusions: The adoption of biogas production in CG was strongly driven by economic incentives for the farmers, more precisely, by the incentive to diversify their income sources. In addition to increase the subsidy, future EEG amendments should find new measures to encourage the adoption of small-scale biogas plants, which had been unsuccessful in EEG amendments III and IV.

ORGANIZATIONAL AND ECONOMIC ASPECTS OF CAPACITY ASSESSMENT MODEL TYPES OF SUSTAINABLE LAND USE

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yulia BABINA ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Integrated Approach ◽  
Sustainable Land Use ◽  
Assessment Model ◽  
Social Orientation ◽  
Economic Factors ◽  
Sustainable Land Management ◽  
Regional Features ◽  
Structured System ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Socio Economic Factors

The presented materials analyze the impact of organizational, legal and socio-economic factors in the formation of a type of sustainable land management (SLM), taking into account regional features that limit the supported SLM or contribute to an expanded SLM. To assess the impact of these factors, the main groups of possible indicators of organizational, legal and socio-economic orientation for the diagnosis of effective practices of SLM are considered. Based on the available sources of input the proposed structured system of possible quantitative and qualitative indicators that apply directly to the diagnostic object (land parcel) applicable to the owner of land, and applicable to the context of the activities of the owner of land, including the characteristics of adjacent lands and the General conditions of the area of land that relate to the objectives of the SLM. To identify possible indicators of legal, economic and social orientation, an integrated approach based primarily on a combination of system-structural and comparative-legal methods was used to diagnose effective SLM practices.

Systeme bäuerlicher Wald- und Agroforstwirtschaft in Zentralamerika als potenziell nachhaltige Landnutzungsformen

2002 ◽  
Vol 46 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Gerald Kapp
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Central America ◽  
Sustainable Land Use ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Silvopastoral Systems ◽  
Shade Trees ◽  
Farm Forestry ◽  
Ecological Functions ◽  
Wood Supply ◽  
Live Fences

AbstractAgroforestry and small scale farm forestry systems in Central America as forms of a potentially sustainable land use: Extended deforestation has caused severe ecological and wood supply problems in Central America. Examples of natural forest management, plantation forestry, tree lines, live fences, shade trees for cocoa and coffee and silvopastoral systems are presented from Costa Rica and Panama. Information and data highlight the important economical and ecological functions of timber trees as an integral part of farm economies as well as the presently wide and growing use of such trees

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