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2007. Traditional Forest Knowledge: Challenges and Opportunities. Forest Ecology and Management 249. Author's Keywords: conservation, indigenous knowledge, local knowledge, forest history, sustainable forest management, Cultural landscapes, Heritage
1994. Environment and Planning. Society and Space 12:257-264.
2008. "Reducing biodiversity: A new European commission tool will help protect Africa's wildlife," in European Commission.
1997. Community wildlife management in Southern Africa: A regional review. IUCN - The World Conservation Union, Regional Office for Southern Africa, Southern Africa Sustainable Specialist Group. ACSC Keywords: Evaluating Eden
2000. Gestion communautaire de la faune en Afrique de L'Ouest. International Institute of Environment and Development. ACSC Keywords: French, Evaluating Eden, française
Abate, Tom. 1992. Environmental rapid-assessment programs have appeal and critics. BioScience 42:486-489.
Abate, Tom. 1994. Climate and the collapse of civilization. BioScience 44:516-519.
Abbot, Jo, Ananze, Faith G., de Merode, Emmanuael, Dunn, Andrew, Fuchi, Emmanuel, Hakimzumwami, Elie, Hesse, Ced, Mwinyihali, Robert, Sani, Massalatchi Mahaman, Thomas, David, Trench, Pippa, and Tshombe, Richard. 2000. Promoting partnerships: Managing wildlife resources in Central and West Africa. International Institute of Environment and Development. ACSC Keywords: Evaluating Eden
Abbott, James G., Campbell, Lisa M., Hay, Clinton J., Naesje, Tor F., and Purvis, John. 2007. Market-resource links and fish vendor livelihoods in the upper zambezi river floodplains. Human Ecology 35:559-574. Author's Keywords: livelihoods, markets, sub-saharan africa, artisanal fisheries, floodplains ACSC Keywords: management, conservation, africa, community, strategies, Ghana, dynamics, small-scale fisheries, diversification, Lake Chad
Abel, Tom. 1998. Complex adaptive systems, evolutionism, and ecology within anthropology: Interdisciplinary research for understanding cultural and ecological dynamics. Georgia Journal of Ecological Anthropology 2:6-29. ACSC Keywords: Systems theory, cultural evolution, cultural models, scale
Abel, Tom and Stepp, John Richard. 2003. A new ecosystems ecology for anthropology. Conservation Ecology 7:-. ACSC Keywords: sciences, complex, ecosystems ecology, complexity theory, non-equilibrium theory, integrative disciplines
Abel, Tom. 2003. Understanding complex human ecosystems: The case of ecotourism on Bonaire. Conservation Ecology 7:-.
Abrahamson, Eric and Rosenkopf, Lori. 1997. Social network effects on the extent of innovation diffusion: A computer simulation. Organization Science 8:289-309. ACSC Keywords: social networks, DIFFUSION of innovations, COMPUTER simulation
Acheson, James M. 1987. "The lobster fiefs revisited: Economic and ecological effects of territoriality in the Maine lobster industry," in The Question of the Commons: The Culture and Ecology of Communal Resources. Edited by McCay, B. J. and Acheson, J. M., pp. 37-65. Tucson: The University of Arizona Press.
Acheson, James M. 1989. "Management of common-property resources," in Economic anthropology. Edited by Plattner, Stuart, pp. 487. Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press. ACSC Keywords: common property, resource management, management, Hardin, open access, tragedy of the commons
Acheson, James M. 2006. Institutional failure in resources management. Annual Review of Anthropology 35:117-134. Author's Keywords: collective action, natural resources, conservation rules, devising institutions, rational choice
Acheson, James M. 2006. Lobster and groundfish management in the Gulf of Maine: A rational choice perspective. Human Organization 65:240-252. Author's Keywords: fisheries management, rational choice, lobster industry, groundfish industry, maine
Ackerman, Frank and Heinzerling, Lisa. 2002. Pricing the priceless: Cost-benefit analysis of environmental protection. University of Pennsylvania Law Review 150:1553-1584. Author's Keywords: life
Adams, John. 1994. The role of cost-benefit analysis in environmental debates. Green College.
Adams, William M. and Hulme, David. 2001. "Conservation and community: Changing narratives, policies and practices in African conservation," in African wildlife and livelihoods: The promise and performance of community conservation. Edited by Hulme, D. and Murphree, M., pp. 9-23. Oxford: James CUrrey Ltd. ACSC Keywords: development, counter-narratives, CBC, Community-based Conservation, ICDPs, Integrated Conservation Development Projects
Adams, William M. 2004. Colonialism, hunting, and the invention of "poaching" in the 19th and 20th centuries. Policy Matters :50-60. ACSC Keywords: colonialism, hunting, poaching, wildlife
Adams, William M., Aveling, Ros, Brockington, Dan, Dickson, Barney, Elliott, Jo, Hutton, Jon, Roe, Dilys, Vira, Bhaskar, and Wolmer, William. 2004. Biodiversity conservation and the eradication of poverty. Science 306:1146-1149. ACSC Keywords: CBC, Community-based Conservation, costs, ecology, poverty, biodiversity, conservation, poor, rural, policy
Adams, William M., Brockington, Dan, Dyson, Jane, and Vira, Bhaskar. 2003. Managing tragedies: Understanding conflict over common pool resources. Science 302:1915-1916. ACSC Keywords: scale, semiarid grazing systems, nonequilibrium, common pool resources, conflict, natural resource management
Adams, William M., Potkanski, T., and Sutton, J. E. G. 1994. Indigenous farmer-managed irrigation in Sonjo, Tanzania. Geographical Journal 160:17-32. Author's Keywords: Tanzania, irrigation, sub-saharan africa, agricultural development, indigenous technical knowledge
Adams, William M. 2007. Thinking like a human: Social science and the two cultures problem. Oryx 41:275–276.
Adams, William M. and Infield, Mark. 2003. Who is on the gorilla’s payroll? Claims on tourist revenue from a Ugandan national park. World Development 31:177-190. Author's Keywords: africa, Uganda, national parks, conservation and development, community conservation
Adams, William M., Perrow, Martin R., and Carpenter, Angus. 2004. Conservatives and champions: River managers and the river restoration discourse in the United Kingdom. Environment and Planning A 36:1929-1942.
Adams, William M. and Watson, E. E. 2003. Soil erosion, indigenous irrigation and environmental sustainability, Marakwet, Kenya. Land Degradation and Development 14:109-122. Author's Keywords: sustainability, africa, Kenya, irrigation, soil conservation, soil erosion, indigenous agriculture ACSC Keywords: management, agriculture, Tanzania, water, rules, system, Kilimanjaro
Adas, Michael. 1981. From avoidance to confrontation: Peasant protest in precolonial and colonial Southeast Asia. Comparative Studies in Society and History 23:217-247. ACSC Keywords: colonialism, social unrest, centralization, peasant protest, militarization
Adger, W. Neil, Benjaminsen, Tor A., Brown, Katrina, and Svarstad, Hanne. 2001. Advancing a political ecology of global environmental discourses. Development and Change 32:681-715. ACSC Keywords: scale, conflict, development narratives, resource-management, desertification, africa, deforestation, decentralization, perspectives, knowledge, mali, political ecology, forests, biodiversity climate change, discourse
Adger, W. Neil. 1999. Exploring income inequality in rural, coastal Viet Nam. Journal of Development Studies 35:96-119. ACSC Keywords: poverty, entitlements, Growth
Adger, W. Neil. 1999. Evolution of economy and environment: An application to land use in lowland Vietnam. Ecological Economics 31:365-379. Author's Keywords: climate change, Vietnam, agricultural development, coevolution ACSC Keywords: China
Adger, W. Neil. 2000. Social and ecological resilience: Are they related?. Progress in Human Geography 24:347-364. Author's Keywords: sustainable development, human ecology, cultural geography, resource dependency, ecological resilience ACSC Keywords: biodiversity, conservation, sustainability, knowledge, environment, inequality, Southeast Asia, vulnerability, security, resource
Adger, W. Neil and Luttrell, Cecilia. 2000. Property rights and the utilisation of wetlands. Ecological Economics 35:75-89. Author's Keywords: common property, wetlands, indonesia, Vietnam, mangroves, multiple use resources, privatisation ACSC Keywords: management, ecosystem services, systems, people
Adger, W. Neil, Arnell, Nigel W., and Tompkins, Emma L. 2005. Successful adaptation to climate change across scales. Global Environmental Change-Human and Policy Dimensions 15:77-86. Author's Keywords: sustainability, adaptation, decision making, vulnerability, scenarios ACSC Keywords: policy, governance, globalization, context, Vietnam, framework, change impacts, assessments
Adger, W. Neil, Hughes, Terry P., Folke, Carl, Carpenter, Stephen R., and Rockstrom, Johan. 2005. Social-ecological resilience to coastal disasters. Science 309:1036-1039. ACSC Keywords: management, capacity, resistance, crisis, climate-change, vulnerability, coral-reefs, hurricanes, tsunami
Adger, W. Neil. 1999. Social vulnerability to climate change and extremes in coastal Vietnam. World Development 27:249-269. Author's Keywords: poverty, policy, inequality, Vietnam
Adger, W. Neil, Kelly, Mick, and Ninh, Nguyen Huu. 2001. "Prospects for sustainable development," in Living with environmental change: Social vulnerability, adaptation and resilience in Vietnam. Edited by Adger, W. Neil, Kelly, P. Mick, and Nguyen, Huu Ninh, pp. 263-270. London ; New York: Routledge. ACSC Keywords: sustainable development, Vietnam, Economic conditions, Environmental conditions
Adger, W. Neil, Kelly, Mick, Ninh, Nguyen Huu, and Thanh, Ngo Cam. 2001. "Property Rights, Institutions and Resource Management: Coastal Resources Under Doi Moi," in Living with environmental change : social vulnerability, adaptation and resilience in Vietnam. Edited by Adger, W. Neil, Kelly, P. Mick, and Nguyen, Huu Ninh, pp. 79-92. London ; New York: Routledge. ACSC Keywords: sustainable development, Vietnam, Economic conditions, Environmental conditions
Adger, W. Neil and Kelly, P. Mick. 2001. Social Vulnerability and Resilience. Living with environmental change : social vulnerability, adaptation and resilience in Vietnam. London ; New York: Routledge. ACSC Keywords: sustainable development, Vietnam, Economic conditions, Environmental conditions
Adger, W. Neil, Kelly, P. Mick, and Nguyen, Huu Ninh. 2001. "Environment, society and precipitous change," in Living with environmental change : social vulnerability, adaptation and resilience in Vietnam. Edited by Adger, W. Neil, Kelly, P. Mick, and Nguyen, Huu Ninh, pp. 3-18. London ; New York: Routledge. ACSC Keywords: sustainable development, Vietnam, Economic conditions, Environmental conditions
Adger, W. Neil, Brown, Tatrina, Fairbrass, Jenny, Jordan, Andrew, Paavola, Jouni, Rosendo, Sergio, and Seyfang, Gill. 2003. Governance for sustainability: Towards a 'thick' understanding of environmental decision making. Environment and Planning A 35:1095-1110. Author's Keywords: environmental governance, environmental decision-making, institutional arrangements, interdisciplinary research, contextuality
Adger, W. Neil, Kelly, Mick, Ninb, Nguyen Huu, and Thanh, Ngo Cam. Property rights and the social incidence of mangrove conversion in Vietnam. ACSC Keywords: Vietnam
Adoukonou-Sagbadja, H., Dansi, A., Vodouhe, R., and Akpagana, K. 2006. Indigenous knowledge and traditional conservation of fonio millet (Digitaria exilis, Digitaria iburua) in Togo. Biodiversity and Conservation 15:2379-2395. Author's Keywords: Ethnobotany, Digitaria, Fonio, Genetic resources management, On-farm conservation, Togo
Agarwal, Bina. 1994. "Customary rights and associated practices," in A field of one's own: Gender and land rights in South Asia, pp. p. 82-152. Cambridge [England] ; New York, NY, USA: Cambridge University Press. ACSC Keywords: South Asia, land tenure, land reform, social policy, Right of property, Women's rights, Rural women
Agarwal, Bina. 1994. "Struggles over resources, struggles over meanings," in A field of one's own: Gender and land rights in South Asia, pp. p. 421-466. Cambridge [England] ; New York, NY, USA: Cambridge University Press. ACSC Keywords: South Asia, land tenure, land reform, social policy, Right of property, Women's rights, Rural women
Agarwal, Bina. 1994. "Whose land? Who commands? The gap between ownership and control," in A field of one's own : gender and land rights in South Asia, pp. p. 292-315. Cambridge [England] ; New York, NY, USA: Cambridge University Press. ACSC Keywords: South Asia, land tenure, land reform, social policy, Right of property, Women's rights, Rural women
Agnoletti, Mauro. 2007. The degradation of traditional landscape in a mountain area of Tuscany during the 19th and 20th centuries: Implications for biodiversity and sustainable management. Forest Ecology and Management 249:5-17. Author's Keywords: forests, agriculture, land use change, traditional knowledge, Apuane Alps, cultural landscape, Italy, landscape diversity
Agrawal, Anil. 1990. The North-South perspective: Alientation or interdependence?. Ambio 19:94-96. ACSC Keywords: environmental movement, North, South, alternative development
Agrawal, Arun. 2001. Common property institutions and sustainable governance of resources. World Development 29:1649-1672. Author's Keywords: resource management, sustainability, common-pool resources, property rights, institutions ACSC Keywords: conservation, South, institutions, collective action, watershed management, natural-resources, forest management, community, population, politics, history, CPRs