scholarly journals Southeast Asian Butterfly Project

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. e26319
Author(s):  
Eulàlia Miracle ◽  
Tina Loo ◽  
Max Caspers
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Pilot Project ◽  
Southeast Asian ◽  
Environmental Indicators ◽  
Educational Value ◽  
Online Resource ◽  
Tropical Areas ◽  
World Class ◽  
Red List Species ◽  
Natural Histories

Butterflies are important ecosystem components. They play a major role in pollination, are preyed upon and parasitized by other species, and because of their specific habitat requirements, populations can change quickly and are widely regarded as sensitive environmental indicators, being used to assess factors ranging from climate change to land management. So in addition to their enormous aesthetic appeal and educational value to the layperson, they are important to the scientific community in investigating pressing climate change and biodiversity issues. While attention to and knowledge of butterflies in western countries is significant, this is not necessarily the case for species-rich tropical areas. Naturalis Biodiversity Center possesses a world-class collection of Southeast Asian butterflies, Indonesian specimens in particular, and would like to bridge this geographic gap in knowledge by embarking on a five-year project to establish an online presence of Southeast Asian butterflies. We hope to establish a consortium of interested international museums and institutes to join us in documenting species-level natural histories, distribution and occurrence data, and photos. The data we will be using will come from literature, digitized collections and observations. Ultimately, we hope to also develop a species identification app, provide links to Red List species protection data, serve as an online field guide for butterfly enthusiasts, and promote and stimulate European Union (EU) and Southeast Asian collection digitization. We will begin this year with a pilot project limited to swallowtails (Papilionidae) in our initial effort to provide an online resource of Southeast Asian butterflies for scientists, educators and laypersons alike.

Changes in migration, carry-over effects, and migratory connectivity

2019 ◽  
pp. 93-107 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roberto Ambrosini ◽  
Andrea Romano ◽  
Nicola Saino
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
Population Size ◽  
Migratory Connectivity ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Annual Life Cycle ◽  
Northern Latitudes ◽  
Timing Of Migration ◽  
Tropical Areas ◽  
Carry Over

Studies of the timing (phenology) of bird migration provided some of the first evidence for the effects of climate change on organisms. Since the rate of climate change is uneven across the globe, with northern latitudes experiencing faster warming trends than tropical areas, animals moving across latitudes are subject to diverging trends of climate change at different stages of their annual life cycle, and, consequently, they can become mistimed with the local ecological conditions, with potentially negative effects on population size. This chapter reviews the modifications induced by climate change in different migration traits, like the timing of migration events, the distribution of organisms, and the direction and the speed of movements. It also considers the effects of ecological carry-over effects and migratory connectivity on the response of birds to climate change.

scholarly journals Genetic and Environmental Indicators of Climate Change Vulnerability for Desert Bighorn Sheep

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tyler G. Creech ◽  
Clinton W. Epps ◽  
John D. Wehausen ◽  
Rachel S. Crowhurst ◽  
Jef R. Jaeger ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Bighorn Sheep ◽  
Environmental Indicators ◽  
Desert Bighorn Sheep ◽  
Climate Change Vulnerability

scholarly journals Dynamics of value chain in Climate Resilient Vegetable Practices

2018 ◽  
Vol 41 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 58-67
Author(s):  
Ujjal Raj Acharya
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Value Chain ◽  
Social Economic ◽  
Pilot Project ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Vegetable Production ◽  
Farming Practices ◽  
Environmental Aspects ◽  
Vegetable Farming ◽  
Structured Questionnaire

The vegetable production is based on the farmer's initiation into which the processes combine with the climate resilient techniques and marketing strategy. The study is also an introduction of an integrated process of climate resilient practices that can help in coping with climate change related problems. The main objective of the study is to analyze the value chain of climate resilient vegetable farming practices. The study was carried out in Udayapur district of Nepal. The data used for the study were from Himalica pilot project initiated by ICIMOD. Primary data were collected from 300 vegetable farmer's households using a semi-structured questionnaire and checklist for interviews with farmers groups. The value chain study shows that profit of farmers depends on the market type and farmer's revenue increases when they sell their produce through farmer's co-operatives. The farmers need material support, technology as well as farmers group organization in order to increase the profit and to mitigate the risk from climate change and climate variability. The study found that value chain of vegetable farming has benefits in terms of social, economic and environmental aspects.

scholarly journals Application of Seawater Plant Technology for supporting the Achievement of SDGs in Tarawa, Kiribati

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 136-143
Author(s):  
Mi-Yeon Choi ◽  
Ho Ji ◽  
Ho-Saeng Lee ◽  
Deok-Soo Moon ◽  
Hyeon-Ju Kim
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Pilot Project ◽  
Pacific Island ◽  
Seawater Desalination ◽  
Ocean Engineering ◽  
Degree Of Satisfaction ◽  
Korea Research Institute ◽  
Pacific Island Countries ◽  
The Republic

Pacific island countries, including Kiribati, are suffering from a shortage of essential resources as well as a reduction in their living space due to sea level rise and coastal erosion from climate change, groundwater pollution and vegetation changes. Global activities to solve these problems are being progressed by the UN's efforts to implement SDGs. Pacific island countries can adapt to climate change by using abundant marine resources. In other words, seawater plants can assist in achieving SDGs #2, #6 and #7 based on SDGs #14 in these Pacific island countries. Under the auspice of Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), Korea Research Institute of Ships and Ocean Engineering (KRISO) established the Sustainable Seawater Utilization Academy (SSUA) in 2016, and its 30 graduates formed the SSUA Kiribati Association in 2017. The Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries (MOF) of the Republic of Korea awarded ODA fund to the Association. By taking advantage of seawater resource and related plants, it was able to provide drinking water and vegetables to the local community from 2018 to 2020. Among the various fields of education and practice provided by SSUA, the Association hope to realize hydroponic cultivation and seawater desalination as a self-support project through a pilot project. To this end, more than 140 households are benefiting from 3-stage hydroponics, and a seawater desalination system in connection with solar power generation was installed for operation. The Association grows and supplies vegetable seedlings from the provided seedling cultivation equipment, and is preparing to convert to self-support business from next year. The satisfaction survey shows that Tarawa residents have a high degree of satisfaction with the technical support and its benefits. In the future, it is hoped that SSUA and regional associations will be distributed to neighboring island countries to support their SDGs implementations.

scholarly journals Human geography of drylands. I. Planning the database: Physical, built-up, chemical, biological (ecological), and social indicators

Ecocycles ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 19-24
Author(s):  
Matyas Arvai ◽  
Karoly Fekete ◽  
Laszlo Pasztor ◽  
Tamas Komives
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Global Climate Change ◽  
Global Climate ◽  
Social Indicators ◽  
Human Geography ◽  
Environmental Indicators ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Physical Chemical ◽  
Preventive Actions

We propose a method based on multilayered mapping for investigating the current problems of people who live in drylands and we urge decision-makers to support such studies to establish the foundations for future decisive and preventive actions. This paper contains an expandable compilation of the environmental indicators (mostly mappable) that may influence the human geography of a certain region. We believe that this geospatial approach may help to resolve convoluted physical, chemical, and social relation­ships and, at the same time, generate a valuable database for further research. The application of the concept, if successful, will give directions to tackle certain contem­porary problems in drylands and predict future ones caused by global climate change.

A Demonstration of Symbiotic Academic-Social Enterprise in Subsistence Marketplaces: Researching and Designing Customized Sustainability Literacy Education in Tanzania

2020 ◽  
pp. 074391562096850
Author(s):  
Madhubalan Viswanathan ◽  
Sara Baskentli ◽  
Samanthika Gallage ◽  
Diane M. Martin ◽  
Maria Ramirez-Grigortsuk ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Social Enterprise ◽  
Social Impact ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
Extended Period ◽  
Pilot Project ◽  
Literacy Education ◽  
Learning By Doing ◽  
Bottom Up ◽  
Sustainability Literacy

This article demonstrates symbiotic academic-social enterprise (SASE), a bottom-up approach intertwined with the subsistence marketplace research stream. The SASE approach is unique in coevolving academic and social initiatives in parallel for the express purpose of achieving dual objectives: societally relevant research and social impact over an extended period. Distinct from typical action research approaches, the directionality between research and practice in this approach is circular or mutual rather than linear, the time frame continuous rather than discrete, and the unit of analysis the entire enterprise rather than a single project. Thus, SASE is fundamentally a bottom-up, learning-by-doing approach that developed in contexts characterized by a confluence of uncertainties for communities and a confluence of unfamiliarities for researchers and practitioners. The authors demonstrate this approach in the context of creating sustainability literacy education in Tanzania based on unique climate change impacts in the region. The academic research enterprise provides bottom-up insights about climate change and potential approaches to sustainability literacy education. A sustainability literacy education pilot project demonstrates an initiative in the social enterprise aspect of the approach. Finally, the authors derive public policy and marketing implications of SASE.

scholarly journals The Sustainable Livelihood Challenge of REDD+ Implementation in the Philippines

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 91 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rose Jane Peras ◽  
Juan Pulhin ◽  
Makoto Inoue ◽  
Abrar Jurar Mohammed ◽  
Kazuhiro Harada ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Pilot Project ◽  
Forest Degradation ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Sustainable Livelihood ◽  
Financial Benefit ◽  
Major Drawback ◽  
High Association ◽  
Capital Assets ◽  
Trade Offs

<p class="1Body">The forestry sector in the developing world has been continuously challenged by the unsustainability of forest resources and the threat of climate change. Reducing Emissions from Forest Degradation and Deforestation (REDD+) was launched to address the problem, and the Philippines accepted the challenge by undergoing the 10-year phased process. Using the sustainable livelihoods framework, this paper examines the challenges of REDD+ implementation in the Philippines using the case of Southern Leyte REDD+ pilot area and highlights the co-benefits and trade-offs of pilot project activities on the five (5) capital assets. Our findings suggest greater impacts of CBFM on the key indicators of change than REDD+. There is very high association of the natural and financial capital assets with REDD+ pilot project activities, yet financial benefit is short-lived. Local people highly regarded the contribution of assisted natural regeneration and reforestation activities in sequestering carbon, while agroforestry is perceived to sustain agricultural production in the future. The major drawback of REDD+ pilot project activities is that it perpetuates the failures of CBFM initiatives giving little attention to sustainable livelihood objectives. Forest conservation policy like REDD+ as a mechanism for addressing climate change can still be adopted by local communities if livelihood capital assets will be further enhanced.</p>

Cities of solidarity: Leoluca Orlando and Tunç Soyer talk to Lorenzo Marsili

Soundings ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 74 (74) ◽  
pp. 86-94
Author(s):  
Palermo ◽  
Izmir
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Pilot Project ◽  
The Other ◽  
Global Challenges ◽  
Nation States ◽  
The City

As mayor of Palermo, Leoluca Orlando is famous for having stood up to the Mafia, and he has more recently become of champion of the rights of refugees. He is also part of the pilot project for a global parliament of mayors. Tunç Soyer, who is mayor of İzmir, pursues a similarly welcoming approach to the city's refugees, and the city has also has a climate change department. The two Mediterranean cities have been establishing relationships of solidarity with each other, and here discuss shared concerns, and their belief that cities are often better able to meet current global challenges - such as protecting the rights of refugees and migrants, and combatting the climate emergency - than are nation states. This is part of the 'Other Europes' series.

scholarly journals Engaging Youth in Climate Resilience Planning with Social Media: Lessons from #OurChangingClimate

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 51-63 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. Claire Napawan ◽  
Sheryl-Ann Simpson ◽  
Brett Snyder
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Pilot Project ◽  
Built Environments ◽  
Climate Resilience ◽  
Vulnerability To Climate Change ◽  
Participatory Techniques ◽  
Climate Vulnerability ◽  
Use Of Social Media

In light of the socio-ecological complexities associated with climate vulnerability, planning for community resilience will require participatory techniques to engage those most vulnerable. In particular, youth set to inherit the predicted impacts of climate change must be engaged with the processes that determine the future of their built environments. Drawing from existing literature on youth-based participatory planning and climate engagement, this paper presents an alternative process for engaging youth in climate resilience planning by employing digital technology as a tool for youth-based evaluations of existing built environments. Using the pilot project #OurChangingClimate as a case study, the authors propose a new model for engaging youth with an understanding of their communities and their resilience or vulnerability to climate change. The article details the use of social media and digital narratives as tools for participatory resilience planning and presents some of the preliminary content generated in four pilot youth workshops held from 2015–2017. Lastly, implications of youth-generated content on climate resilience planning are discussed.

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