Regional forest resource accounting: a northern Alberta case study

2000 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 264-273 ◽  
Author(s):  
M K Haener ◽  
W L Adamowicz
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Control ◽  
National Level ◽  
Accounting System ◽  
Commercial Activities ◽  
Biodiversity Maintenance ◽  
Resource Accounting ◽  
Regional Forest ◽  
Northern Alberta ◽  
Nonmarket Services

This study outlines the development of a resource accounting system for a region of public forestland in northern Alberta. The purpose of this exercise is to provide a clearer picture of the market and nonmarket benefits provided by the forest. The services valued include commercial activities such as forestry, trapping, and fishing plus noncommercial or nonmarket activities. Nonmarket services include recreational activities (fishing, hunting, and camping), subsistence resource use, and environmental control services (carbon sequestration and biodiversity maintenance). The case study provides the basis for future estimates that when tracked over time can provide information regarding the sustainability of income flows from the region. Many of the complexities of resource accounting at this finer resolution parallel those of resource accounting at the national level. The case study also illustrates constraints and challenges unique to the regional and forestry context.

Natural Resource Accounting by Tree Growers' Co–operatives: Framework and Case Study

1999 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 29-40
Author(s):  
Rakesh Saxena ◽  
Rajesh Agrawal
Keyword(s):  
Natural Resource ◽  
Accounting System ◽  
Social Accounting ◽  
Village Level ◽  
Natural Resource Accounting ◽  
Overall Performance ◽  
Resource Accounting

This paper proposes a natural resource accounting system which can be used with the conventional financial accounts of village level Tree Growers Co-operative Societies operating under the umbrella of the National Tree Growers' Co-operative Federation. The proposed system has been applied to a society, namely the Sarnal Tree Growers' Co-operative Society which is located in Kheda distric t of Gujarat. It is expected that the adoption of the proposed system by these societies would help in improving their overall performance. Though the proposed framework has been developed specifically for the tree growers' co-operatives, the framework may also provide useful insights to social accounting and natural resource accounting in other types of organizations.

Modernisation of Higher Education – Willful Action or Wishful Thinking? The Case of Bulgaria

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 3-17
Author(s):  
Elena Blagoeva
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Economic Crisis ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
National Level ◽  
Sustainable Growth ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Case Study Methodology ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Eu

The impact of the last global economic crisis (2008) on the European economy put a strain on higher education (HE), yet it also pushed the sector towards intensive reforms and improvements. This paper focuses on the “Strategy for the Development of Higher Education in the Republic of Bulgaria 2014-2020”. With a case study methodology, we explore the strategic endeavours of the Bulgarian government to comply with the European directions and to secure sustainable growth for the HE sector. Our research question is ‘How capable is the Bulgarian HE Strategy to overcome the economic and systemic restraints of Bulgarian higher education?’. Because the development of strategies for HE within the EU is highly contextual, a single qualitative case study was chosen as the research approach. HE institutions are not ivory towers, but subjects to a variety of external and internal forces. Within the EU, this is obviated by the fact that Universities obtain their funds from institutions such as governments, students and their families, donors, as well as EU-level programmes. Therefore, to explore how these pressures interact to affect strategic action on national level, the case method is well suited as it enabled us to study the phenomena thoroughly and deeply. The paper suggests the actions proposed within the Strategy have the potential to overcome the delay, the regional isolation and the negative impact of the economic crisis on the country. Nevertheless, the key elements on which the success or failure of this Strategy hinges are the control mechanisms and the approach to implementation. Shortcomings in these two aspects of strategic actions in HE seem to mark the difference between gaining long-term benefits and merely saving face in front of international institutions.

A Case Study on North Korean Government Accounting System : Based on University’s Textbook in North Korea

2019 ◽  
Vol 37 (4) ◽  
pp. 123-156
Author(s):  
Sung-Man Yoon ◽  
Mi-Ok Kim ◽  
Yi-bae Kim ◽  
Hyung-Rok Jung
Keyword(s):  
North Korea ◽  
Accounting System ◽  
Korean Government ◽  
Government Accounting

scholarly journals Replicating Elite Dominance in Intangible Cultural Heritage Safeguarding: The Role of Local Government–Scholar Networks in China

2016 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 71-97 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christina Maags ◽  
Heike Holbig
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Focal Point ◽  
National Level ◽  
Comparative Case Study ◽  
Intangible Cultural Heritage ◽  
Republic Of China ◽  
Heritage Discourse

Abstract:Since “intangible cultural heritage” (ICH) became the new focal point in the global heritage discourse, governments and scholars in many countries have begun to promote this new form of “immaterial” culture. The People’s Republic of China has been one of the most active state parties implementing the new scheme and adapting it to domestic discourses and practices. Policies formulated at the national level have become increasingly malleable to the interests of local government-scholar networks. By conducting a comparative case study of two provinces, this article aims to identify the role of local elite networks in the domestic implementation of the 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage, focusing on the incentives of scholars and officials to participate in ICH policy networks. It finds that the implementation of the Convention has not removed the power asymmetry between elite and popular actors but, instead, has fostered an elite-driven policy approach shaped by symbiotic, mutually legitimizing government–scholar networks.

Environmental control of emergence patterns: Case study of changes in hourly and daily emergence of aquatic insects at constant and variable water temperatures

2013 ◽  
Vol 98 (2) ◽  
pp. 104-115 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marija Ivković ◽  
Marko Miliša ◽  
Ana Previšić ◽  
Aleksandar Popijač ◽  
Zlatko Mihaljević
Keyword(s):  
Aquatic Insects ◽  
Environmental Control ◽  
Emergence Patterns ◽  
Variable Water

The Rationality of Compiling a Forest Resource Balance Sheet

2021 ◽  
Vol 71 (4) ◽  
pp. 309-321
Author(s):  
Lijun Jin ◽  
Meng Lin ◽  
Guoshuang Tian
Keyword(s):  
Balance Sheet ◽  
Forest Products ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Practical Significance ◽  
Accounting System ◽  
Forest Resource ◽  
Balance Sheets ◽  
Service Value ◽  
Supporting Effect ◽  
Resource Accounting

Abstract The existing forest resource accounting system is limited to the valuation of wood and forest products; the service value of the forest resource ecosystem is not yet included. This study adopts an empirical approach to studying the rationality and influencing factors of compiling a forest resource balance sheet (FRBS). An FRBS can systematically reflect the contribution of forest resources to the economy, ecology, and society in terms of both physical quantity and value quantity. A questionnaire survey was used to collect the data. We found that the determination and measurement of forest resource assets and liabilities and the calculation of the service value of the ecosystem had a supporting effect on the rationality of compiling an FRBS. This study expands the field and scope of forest resource accounting, facilitates the compilation of natural resources and government balance sheets, and presents the practical significance for the theory and practice behind the development of an FRBS.

scholarly journals The Ecological Footprint Accounting of Products: When Larger Is Not Worse

Resources ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 65 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicoletta Patrizi ◽  
Valentina Niccolucci ◽  
Riccardo Pulselli ◽  
Elena Neri ◽  
Simone Bastianoni
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Impact ◽  
Ecological Footprint ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Product System ◽  
Sustainability Evaluation ◽  
Competitive Systems ◽  
The Status ◽  
Resource Accounting ◽  
Selection Of

One of the main goals of any (sustainability) indicator should be the communication of a clear, unambiguous, and simplified message about the status of the analyzed system. The selected indicator is expected to declare explicitly how its numerical value depicts a situation, for example, positive or negative, sustainable or unsustainable, especially when a comparison among similar or competitive systems is performed. This aspect should be a primary and discriminating issue when the selection of a set of opportune indicators is operated. The Ecological Footprint (EF) has become one of the most popular and widely used sustainability indicators. It is a resource accounting method with an area based metric in which the units of measure are global hectares or hectares with world average bio-productivity. Its main goal is to underline the link between the (un)sustainability level of a product, a system, an activity or a population life style, with the land demand for providing goods, energy, and ecological services needed to sustain that product, system, activity, or population. Therefore, the traditional rationale behind the message of EF is: the larger EF value, the larger environmental impact in terms of resources use, the lower position in the sustainability rank. The aim of this paper was to investigate if this rationale is everywhere opportune and unambiguous, or if sometimes its use requires paying a special attention. Then, a three-dimensional modification of the classical EF framework for the sustainability evaluation of a product has been proposed following a previous work by Niccolucci and co-authors (2009). Finally, the potentialities of the model have been tested by using a case study from the agricultural context.

scholarly journals A Case Study in Watershed-Based Plan Development and Implementation for the May River Watershed in Bluffton, South Carolina

2014 ◽  
pp. 19-25
Author(s):  
Kimberly W. Jones ◽  
Ronald Bullman
Keyword(s):  
South Carolina ◽  
Environmental Control ◽  
Action Plan ◽  
River Watershed ◽  
Department Of Health ◽  
Close Proximity ◽  
Local Residents ◽  
Beaufort County ◽  
The Town

The Town of Bluffton, South Carolina was a one square mile coastal village until it experienced exponential growth in the early 2000s, and today is approximately 54 square miles. Until this recent growth, few sources of possible impairments to water quality were recognized within the watershed, and even fewer within close proximity to the river itself. In 2007, the Town was told by the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control (SCDHEC) that fecal coliform levels in the May River headwaters were increasing and in 2009 the river received a shellfish harvesting classification down-grade. In response to this down-grade, the Town of Bluffton, with Beaufort County and stakeholders, committed to take action to restore shellfish harvesting in the river and to prevent further degradation to the river. Following the U.S. EPA (EPA) guidelines for developing watershed plans, Town staff worked for nearly a year with consultants, Beaufort County, topic experts and local residents to develop the May River Watershed Action Plan which was adopted by Town Council in November 2011.

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