scholarly journals Identification of energy and environmental issues in the South: views of officials from selected state agencies

1978 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. D. Boercker ◽  
R. M. Davis
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Issues ◽  
State Agencies ◽  
The South

scholarly journals Primary Care and Environmental Issues: Unused Medicines and Health Community Agent Intervention in the South of Brazil

2015 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-29
Author(s):  
Andre Preissler Loureiro Chaves ◽  
Jamile Machado Hallam ◽  
Louise Marguerite Jeanty de Seixas
Keyword(s):  
Primary Care ◽  
Environmental Issues ◽  
The South ◽  
Health Community ◽  
South Of Brazil

Running a Religious Philanthropic Enterprise

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 256-272
Author(s):  
Wei-Hsu Lu
Keyword(s):  
Resource Use ◽  
Environmental Issues ◽  
State Agencies ◽  
Religious Leaders ◽  
Religious Groups ◽  
Public Interests ◽  
Religious Policy ◽  
Philanthropic Organizations ◽  
High Level ◽  
Religious Philanthropy

Abstract Religious philanthropy is now in a new age. In 2012, the State Bureau of Religious Affairs and other 5 state agencies published a document to encourage and regulate religious philanthropic activities. It means that the central government’s new religious policy is to cultivate religious philanthropy. However, many religious groups, since their engagement in philanthropy, have encountered a series of problems, such as the immaturity of theory, the inefficiency of resource use and search, the shortage of organizations and staff with experience, and the unclear division between serving and preaching. Even if the religious environment in Taiwan is different from that in Mainland, the success of the waste sorting and recycling program of Tzu Chi, the largest Humanistic Buddhist group in Taiwan, still brings some valuable experience to religious groups doing philanthropy in Mainland. First, Tzu Chi’s leader, Cheng Yen, was good at linking Buddha’s teachings with recognized environmental issues. Her style of speech might be learned by other religious leaders who intend to generate philanthropic discourses. Second, Tzu Chi’s waste sorting and recycling program always made use of contingent opportunities and resources outside it to develop itself. This way of expansion should be noted by religious groups that want to establish philanthropic organizations. Third, the division of labor among Tzu Chi’s leader, volunteers, and professionals and their high level of autonomy could be taken by other religious philanthropic organizations. Finally, Tzu Chi’s religious philanthropic practices prioritize public interests and set an example for the separation between serving and preaching.

Some Issues Facing Environmental Organisations in Developing Countries: A Case Study of the South Pacific Action Committee for Human Ecology and the Environment

2003 ◽  
Vol 19 ◽  
pp. 69-79
Author(s):  
Neil Taylor ◽  
Subhashni Nathan
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Human Ecology ◽  
Environmental Issues ◽  
South Pacific ◽  
Small Island ◽  
Pacific Region ◽  
The South ◽  
Action Committee ◽  
Government Organisation

AbstractThe South Pacific Action Committee for Human Ecology and the Environment (SPACHEE) is a regional environmental Non Government Organisation (NGO) based in Fiji but serving twelve small island nations in the South Pacific region, and involved in both formal and non-formal environmental education. At present its membership base is very limited numerically, regionally and also in terms of its socio-economic make up. This article analyses SPACHEE's current membership and issues base and makes a number of recommendations as to how the organisation might broaden these. Some suggestions are also made as to how SPACHEE might link its work more explicitly to issues of equality and social justice. These suggestions may have implications for other environmental NGOs in larger developing countries in the region which face similar environmental issues, such as loss of rainforest, degradation of coral reefs and mangrove destruction.

scholarly journals Speaking out!

1995 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 125
Author(s):  
Harry Recher
Keyword(s):  
Conservation Biology ◽  
Environmental Issues ◽  
Government Agencies ◽  
State Agencies ◽  
Current Conservation ◽  
Conservation Policies ◽  
Speaking Out ◽  
Paul Ehrlich ◽  
Policies And Practices

One of the main motivations for establishing Pacific Conservation Biology was to provide a forum where ecologists in government agencies could express their views about environmental issues, including shortcomings of current conservation policies and practices. In this context, it was interesting to read recent coverage of statements by a regular visitor to Australia, Professor Paul Ehrlich, about suppression of ecologists employed by government conservation agencies (e.g., New Scientist, 18 November, 1995, pp. 4?5) . Needless to say, this interpretation was vigorously disputed by representatives from Federal and State agencies.

scholarly journals Introduction to farming in the Central Canterbury area

2004 ◽  
pp. 5-10
Author(s):  
Roy N. Evans
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Issues ◽  
Southern Alps ◽  
East Side ◽  
The South ◽  
Northern Boundary ◽  
Southern Boundary ◽  
North Central ◽  
Regional Council

On the east side of the Southern Alps of the South Island lies the province of Canterbury. Within this province there are five district regions, North, Central, Mid, and South Canterbury (all running from the mountains to the sea and separated by major rivers), and Banks Peninsula. Central and Mid Canterbury are home to the Selwyn and Ashburton District Councils (respectively) and sit side by side in the centre of Canterbury. Selwyn District has a northern boundary with the Waimakariri River, Christchurch City, and Banks Peninsula. Ashburton District has a southern boundary with the Rangitata River. The mighty braided Rakaia River is the dividing boundary between the two districts. Canterbury Regional Council (ECAN), based in Christchurch, has control over environmental issues in the area.

scholarly journals GIS-Based Models as Tools for Environmental Issues: Applications in the South of Portugal

10.5772/48218 ◽  
2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jorge M. G. P. Isidoro ◽  
Helena M. N. P. V. Fernandez ◽  
Fernando M. G. Martins ◽  
Joo L. M. P. de Lim
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Issues ◽  
The South

scholarly journals Conception and Development of the Carolina Children's Garden

HortScience ◽  
1998 ◽  
Vol 33 (4) ◽  
pp. 593f-594
Author(s):  
Stephehs D. Verkade ◽  
Arlene Marturano
Keyword(s):  
South Carolina ◽  
Environmental Issues ◽  
Extension Education ◽  
State Agencies ◽  
Clemson University ◽  
Funding Sources ◽  
Community Interest ◽  
Research And Education ◽  
A Site ◽  
Family Recreation

The Clemson University Sandhill Research and Education Center is one of four branch stations of the South Carolina Agriculture and Forestry Research System, with a mission to conduct research and extension education programs in urban ecology. The Carolina Children's Garden has been created in partnership with other state agencies, funding sources, and volunteers as a site for environmental education. Learning from gardens and landscapes has steadily decreased since the late 1940s and today the average child spends 6 hours at indoor pursuits at school, an equal number at the television or computer screen at home, leaving little time for outdoor exploration. Recently, children's gardens have been established around the county as resources to reconnect children with their environment. The 2-acre Carolina Children's Garden is an interpretive framework for visitors to experience gardening as a tool for bringing families in touch with nature, each other, and local environmental issues. A volunteer team designed and installed eight theme gardens, an entertainment stage, and picnic area as the first phase of this garden. Themes include Mesozoic Memories Dinosaur Garden, Three Bears Garden, Growing Healthy Garden, Butterfly Garden, McGregor's Garden, and Alphabet Garden. The development of the garden has generated community interest and positive media exposure, inspires lifelong appreciation of the natural environment, encourages replication of ideas, and facilitates family recreation in a learning environment.

Cetaceans of the Moroccan coast: information from a reconstructed strandings database

2015 ◽  
Vol 98 (5) ◽  
pp. 1029-1037 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hicham Masski ◽  
Renaud De Stéphanis
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Bottlenose Dolphins ◽  
Environmental Issues ◽  
State Agencies ◽  
Sperm Whales ◽  
Strait Of Gibraltar ◽  
Observation Network ◽  
Moroccan Coast ◽  
Pilot Whales ◽  
Common Dolphins

Cetaceans of Morocco have been poorly studied to date, and only sporadic information comes from scientific cruises for this group. In an attempt to learn more on the occurrence, distribution and relative abundances of cetaceans in Morocco, a stranding database was reconstructed from various sources (stranding reports from state agencies and newspaper clippings). This inventory documented 205 cases of stranding between 1980 and 2009. Most of the strandings and most confirmed cases of interactions with human activity (fishing, for dolphins; collisions, for whales) were reported in the Strait of Gibraltar and adjacent areas from the Atlantic and the Mediterranean. Sixteen species were identified from the stranding database, of which seven species were the most abundant. These were striped dolphins, common dolphins, bottlenose dolphins, fin whales, sei whales, sperm whales and long-finned pilot whales. The fin and sei whales were present throughout the year and stranding of common and striped dolphins were minimal between September and December. The fin, sei and sperm whales seem to be present in Moroccan waters at birth and at different stages of their life cycle. Establishing an observation network of sufficient and sustainable density in Morocco is the most likely way to collect robust data for the calculation of credible population indicators for cetaceans. Monitoring will certainly improve through better collaboration among Moroccan institutions and a greater awareness in Moroccan civil society of environmental issues.

Presidential Republicanism in the South, 1960

1962 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 303-322 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bernard Cosman
Keyword(s):  
The South
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