Wildlife management and land reform in southeastern Zimbabwe: a compatible pairing or a contradiction in terms?     

William Wolmer  Joseph Chaumba 《Geoforum》2004,35(1):87-98

This paper examines the melding of two discourses in southeastern Zimbabwe: land reform and wildlife management. The former seeks to redistribute large, ‘under-utilized’ landholdings to smallholders whilst the latter needs extensive land holdings to be viable. These two discourses are rooted in very different models of development. The land reform exercise emphasizes direct redistribution, equity and land for crops; whilst the wildlife management discourse tends to stress maximizing foreign exchange earnings, encouraging public-private partnerships and trickle down. Yet there has been a recent flurry of interest in the development of ‘wildlife models’ for land reform which would combine the two. This paper investigates whether the competing discourses about land for smallholders and wildlife-based land reform are compatible or can be successfully reconciled. It traces the ways they have come together in Zimbabwe’s southeast lowveld and examines the ‘science’ and politics underlying their melding. Finally it explores the potential implications for rural people’s livelihoods of this development. It concludes that land reform and wildlife management can be reconciled, but probably not in a particularly equitable way: it is more likely to provide an opening for an equitable land reform agenda to be usurped by local and non-local elites with wildlife interests.  相似文献   

The environmental planning and management approach towards the development and management of the Osun natural spring project,Ibadan, Nigeria     

S. O. Asamu 《GeoJournal》2004,61(2):183-189

There is a general shortage of potable water in Nigeria, partly through the lack of natural provision and partly because of rapid urban growth that has largely been unplanned. The paper describes the recent redevelopment of a public water facility in a run-down area of Ibadan which is part of the Sustainable Ibadan Project. Despite funding from national and international bodies, the development is strongly based at community level. The local inhabitants feel they have control over their own water supply through their representatives on the various planning and managing committees. This aims to reduce vandalism and to increase pride and involvement in the community. The project is a pilot for other projects around Ibadan, some of which have begun and others are being planned. This paper describes the administrative structures and management principles that have been employed. It forcefully advocates community-based planning and management which respects both the environment and the water-users, and involves a major “bottom-up” element. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.  相似文献   

卤水资源开发利用技术述评(续完)   总被引：6，自引：3，他引：6       下载免费PDF全文

李海民  程怀德  张全有 《盐湖研究》2004,12(1):62-73

总结并讨论了国内外从卤水中提取钾、镁、锂、硼、溴等资源的分离提取技术,并对其技术的应用范围、优缺点及技术发展趋势进行了述评。  相似文献   

沙漠增温效应特征及绿洲农业热量资源分异规律的研究   总被引：9，自引：5，他引：9  

张凤华  赖先齐  潘旭东 《中国沙漠》2004,24(6):751-754

为了进一步认识绿洲高效农业特殊的热量资源，通过研究沙漠增温效应特征表明：沙漠增温效应强弱随距离沙漠远近而不同，100km范围内沙漠对绿洲的平均增温为1．76℃；另外增温效应导致绿洲日、年温差大、干热风及冷害等气候特征；由于沙漠的面积、地貌特点等的差异，使增温效应产生原因及作用程度不尽相同，表现出绿洲农业资源分异规律，并将西北干旱区绿洲分为5个类型区。  相似文献   

Statewide Estimates of Undiscovered Deposits of Gold,Silver, Copper,Lead, and Zinc   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

McCammon  Richard B.  Root  David H.  Schruben  Paul G. 《Natural Resources Research》2004,13(3):201-207

Estimates of the number of undiscovered deposits on a statewide basis offer a different perspective on the nation's undiscovered resources of gold, silver, copper, lead, and zinc. Mean estimates of the number of undiscovered deposits statewide were extracted from the estimates of undiscovered deposits nationwide. More than 50 undiscovered deposits are estimated to occur in Alaska, Arizona, Nevada, and Wisconsin. Estimating the number of undiscovered deposits statewide serves as a measure of a state's total remaining mineral resources in known conventional deposit types.  相似文献   

RURAL DEVELOPMENT IN EL HATILLO, NICARAGUA: GENDER, NEOLIBERALISM AND ENVIRONMENTAL RISK     

Julie Cupples 《Singapore journal of tropical geography》2004,25(3):343-357

El Hatillo is a rural community in the Sébaco valley in Nicaragua, which suffers from an eroding resource base, high levels of poverty and malnutrition, and a high susceptibility to hazards. Structural adjustment policies have been devastating for small and subsistence farmers and have increased the level of economic, social and environmental marginalisation in rural Nicaragua. This paper explores initiatives to promote sustainable development in Nicaragua in the context of structural adjustment and environmental degradation. Drawing on qualitative research conducted in El Hatillo, it outlines the ways in which women in this community are attempting to address the multiple challenges of rural poverty and environmental risk and considers the potential of these strategies for gender equality.  相似文献   

以色列解决水资源短缺对我国西北地区水资源开发的启示     

王传惠  杨兴礼  龙明锋 《世界地理研究》2004,13(3):89-96

以色列解决水资源问题的经验对新时期中国经济社会可持续发展有着现实的借鉴意义。本文分析了以色列的水资源问题及解决措施，结合我国西北地区的实际情况提出了对西北水资源开发的建议和设想。  相似文献   

基于PRS的遥感图像地物信息提取模型     

高芳琴  孙建中 《国土资源遥感》2004,15(3):18-22

点源理论(PRS)是一种面向应用需求的集中信息处理方式。不同尺度、不同分辨率的点都是一定的综合信息场,是客观世界的真实反映。本文在数字图像处理过程中引入点源理论,探讨针对地物空间信息应用服务的遥感信息分析和处理模型,讨论基于点源的图像构造、知识构造及地物模型建造过程,给出基于点源的遥感图像地物提取流程。  相似文献   

东坡矿田与千里山岩体有关的铅锌矿床深部锡资源潜力及找矿方向   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

万全柏 《华南地质与矿产》2005,(3):24-29

东坡矿田内与千里山岩体有关的铅锌矿产资源已近枯竭,必须对这些矿区的深部进行成矿预测,寻找可接替矿产资源.根据近年来该区深部找矿的新进展,在分析矿田成矿地质背景、矿床分布规律、航磁及化探异常的基础上,运用成矿指数对比法进行成矿预测.研究结果表明,在柴山、东坡山和天鹅塘-南风坳3个铅锌矿区的深部具有较大的锡资源找矿潜力.  相似文献   

Guiding Principles of USGS Methodology for Assessment of Undiscovered Conventional Oil and Gas Resources     

Ronald R. Charpentier  T. R. Klett 《Natural Resources Research》2005,14(3):175-186

During the last 30 years, the methodology for assessment of undiscovered conventional oil and gas resources used by the Geological Survey has undergone considerable change. This evolution has been based on five major principles. First, the U.S. Geological Survey has responsibility for a wide range of U.S. and world assessments and requires a robust methodology suitable for immaturely explored as well as maturely explored areas. Second, the assessments should be based on as comprehensive a set of geological and exploration history data as possible. Third, the perils of methods that solely use statistical methods without geological analysis are recognized. Fourth, the methodology and course of the assessment should be documented as transparently as possible, within the limits imposed by the inevitable use of subjective judgement. Fifth, the multiple uses of the assessments require a continuing effort to provide the documentation in such ways as to increase utility to the many types of users. Undiscovered conventional oil and gas resources are those recoverable volumes in undiscovered, discrete, conventional structural or stratigraphic traps. The USGS 2000 methodology for these resources is based on a framework of assessing numbers and sizes of undiscovered oil and gas accumulations and the associated risks. The input is standardized on a form termed the Seventh Approximation Data Form for Conventional Assessment Units. Volumes of resource are then calculated using a Monte Carlo program named Emc2, but an alternative analytic (non-Monte Carlo) program named ASSESS also can be used. The resource assessment methodology continues to change. Accumulation-size distributions are being examined to determine how sensitive the results are to size-distribution assumptions. The resource assessment output is changing to provide better applicability for economic analysis. The separate methodology for assessing continuous (unconventional) resources also has been evolving. Further studies of the relationship between geologic models of conventional and continuous resources will likely impact the respective resource assessment methodologies.  相似文献