scholarly journals Managing the Wildlife Protected Areas in the Face of Global Economic Recession, HIV/AIDS Pandemic, Political Instability and Climate Change: Experience of Tanzania

10.5772/51335 ◽  
2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jafari R. ◽  
Tuli S.
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Protected Areas ◽  
Political Instability ◽  
Economic Recession ◽  
Aids Pandemic ◽  
The Face ◽  
Hiv Aids

scholarly journals Globalization and Biodiversity Conservation Problems: Polycentric REDD+ Solutions

Land ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 35 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mwangi Githiru ◽  
Josephine Njambuya
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Rural Communities ◽  
Protected Areas ◽  
Biodiversity Conservation ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Great Chance ◽  
Free Rider Problem ◽  
The Face ◽  
Negative Impacts

Protected areas are considered the cornerstone of biodiversity conservation, but face multiple problems in delivering this core objective. The growing trend of framing biodiversity and protected area values in terms of ecosystem services and human well-being may not always lead to biodiversity conservation. Although globalization is often spoken about in terms of its adverse effects to the environment and biodiversity, it also heralds unprecedented and previously inaccessible opportunities linked to ecosystem services. Biodiversity and related ecosystem services are amongst the common goods hardest hit by globalization. Yet, interconnectedness between people, institutions, and governments offers a great chance for globalization to play a role in ameliorating some of the negative impacts. Employing a polycentric governance approach to overcome the free-rider problem of unsustainable use of common goods, we argue here that REDD+, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) climate change mitigation scheme, could be harnessed to boost biodiversity conservation in the face of increasing globalization, both within classic and novel protected areas. We believe this offers a timely example of how an increasingly globalized world connects hitherto isolated peoples, with the ability to channel feelings and forces for biodiversity conservation. Through the global voluntary carbon market, REDD+ can enable and empower, on the one hand, rural communities in developing countries contribute to mitigation of a global problem, and on the other, individuals or societies in the West to help save species they may never see, yet feel emotionally connected to.

scholarly journals Could Protected Areas in Brazil’s Semi-Arid Conserve Endangered Birds Facing Climatic and Land Cover Changes?

2020 ◽  
pp. 50-70
Author(s):  
Tiago Castro Silva ◽  
Lara Gomes Côrtes ◽  
Marinez Ferreira de Siqueira
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Land Cover ◽  
Protected Areas ◽  
Land Cover Change ◽  
Ecological Niche ◽  
Climate Changes ◽  
Global Climate ◽  
Climatic Conditions ◽  
Global Climate Changes ◽  
The Face

Protected areas act as pillars on which conservation strategies are built. Besides human activities, global climate changes are an additional concern to species’ conservation. In northeastern Brazil, climate change should lead to a replacement of the current native vegetation by semi-desert vegetation. This study evaluates whether the protected areas of the Caatinga can contribute to the maintenance of suitable climatic conditions for endangered birds over time in the face of global climate changes and land cover change. We used ecological niche models as input layers in a spatial prioritization program, in which stability indices were used to weight the targets. Results predicted that most taxa (18) will have their suitability lowered in the future, and all taxa (23) will have their ecological niche geographically displaced. However, our results showed that the Caatinga’s protected areas system integrated with a set of priority areas can maintain suitable climatic conditions for endangered birds in the face of climate change and land cover change. On average, Caatinga’s protected areas system could protect climatic stability areas at least 1.7 times greater than the scenarios without it. This reinforces the importance of protected areas as a biodiversity conservation strategy. 
  

scholarly journals Towards a Theology of HIV/AIDS

2006 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 265-290 ◽  
Author(s):  
A Van Wyngaard
Keyword(s):  
Aids Pandemic ◽  
Ideal Situation ◽  
Aids Crisis ◽  
The Face ◽  
The Church ◽  
Hiv Aids

In a world which is slowly but surely being devastated by the HIV/AIDS pandemic, the church needs to get involved in the fight against this disease. In many places the church has conveniently denied that HIV/AIDS has anything to do with them. In this paper the author argues for the necessity of thinking theologically about the reality of HIV/AIDS, indicating that HIV/AIDS is not merely a matter of “sinners” becoming infected with a virus, but that certain circumstances are conducive towards the spreading of HIV/AIDS which need to be addressed if an impact is to be made on the spreading of the virus. Although many non-religious organisations are fighting this disease, the church is in an ideal situation to assist these bodies as it is already grounded within communities and already have integrity amongst a  large part of the population. However, to achieve this goal the churches must be transformed in the face of the HIV/AIDS crisis, in order that they themselves may become a force for transformation – bringing healing, hope, and accompaniment to all infected with and affected by HIV/AIDS.

Toward a Management Framework for Networks of Protected Areas in the Face of Climate Change

2011 ◽  
pp. no-no ◽  
Author(s):  
DAVID G. HOLE ◽  
BRIAN HUNTLEY ◽  
JULIUS ARINAITWE ◽  
STUART H. M. BUTCHART ◽  
YVONNE C. COLLINGHAM ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Protected Areas ◽  
Management Framework ◽  
The Face

scholarly journals Reptile species persistence under climate change and direct human threats in north-western Argentina

2017 ◽  
Vol 45 (1) ◽  
pp. 83-89 ◽  
Author(s):  
JAVIER NORI ◽  
GERARDO C. LEYNAUD ◽  
JOSÉ VOLANTE ◽  
CRISTIAN S. ABDALA ◽  
GUSTAVO J. SCROCCHI ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Protected Areas ◽  
Conservation Status ◽  
Area Network ◽  
Conservation Areas ◽  
Study Region ◽  
Reptile Species ◽  
Agriculture Expansion ◽  
The Face ◽  
North Western

SUMMARYProtected areas have been established historically in residual places where the potential for extractive uses is low, implying that places at risk are usually under-protected. Argentina is no exception, with few protected areas established in productive regions that are prone to conversion. Here, using reptiles as a study group and considering the most important human threats in north-western Argentina, we estimated priority conservation areas where we expect species to persist in the face of climate change and land conversion. Protected areas cover no more than 9% of the study region, but represent less than 15% of reptile distributions. There are great opportunities for improving the conservation status in the region by protecting only 8% more of north-western Argentina, with the level of species protection inside the protected area network increasing almost four-fold, reaching 43% of species distributions on average and 59% of the distributions of threatened reptiles. Fortunately, the highest diversity of reptiles in the region does not match the places targeted for agriculture expansion. Our findings suggest that future prioritization schemes should embrace other groups that are especially diverse in the Chaco ecoregion, which overlaps with our study area.

scholarly journals Changing Patterns of Family Care in Uganda: Father Absence and Patrilineal Neglect in the Face of HIV/AIDS

2009 ◽  
Vol 90 (1) ◽  
pp. 110-118 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jini L. Roby ◽  
Stacey A. Shaw ◽  
Elinor Wanyama Chemonges ◽  
Cole D. Hooley
Keyword(s):  
Family Care ◽  
Father Absence ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Child Placement ◽  
Aids Pandemic ◽  
The Face ◽  
Care Patterns ◽  
Changing Patterns ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
Hiv Aids

In this study, 162 HIV-positive mothers in Uganda were interviewed about the involvement of fathers and paternal kin, regarding current support they provide to children and as child placement options in the event of the mothers death. More than half of the children had fathers who were already deceased. Another one third had fathers who were alive but did not live with the children. Only 16% of the children were living with and being supported by their fathers. Mothers indicated a strong preference for placement with maternal kin, in contrast to traditional expectations of paternal kin care. Patterns of change in kin care throughout Uganda and sub-Saharan Africa, and implications are discussed in the context of the HIV/AIDS pandemic.

Climate change: making decisions in the face of deep uncertainty

Nature ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 580 (7804) ◽  
pp. 456-456 ◽  
Author(s):  
Judy Lawrence ◽  
Marjolijn Haasnoot ◽  
Robert Lempert
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Deep Uncertainty ◽  
The Face
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