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A Landscape Approach to Elephant Conservation in Mozambique
A landscape approach to elephant conservation in Mozambique by Cornélio Pedro Ntumi Submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (Zoology) in the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences University of Pretoria Pretoria February 2012 i © University of Pretoria A landscape approach to elephant conservation in Mozambique Student: Cornélio Pedro Ntumi Supervisor: Professor Rudi J. van Aarde Conservation Ecology Research Unit Department of Zoology & Entomology University of Pretoria Pretoria 0002 rjvaardezoology.up.ac.za Co-supervisor: Dr Sam M. Ferreira Scientific Services South African National Parks Skukuza 1350 South Africa Degree: Doctor of Philosophy (Zoology) ii Abstract People and elephants share landscapes throughout Mozambique. Here elephant conservation management focuses on protected areas but fails to address the conflict that exists between elephants and people. In this thesis I develop a landscape approach to conflict mitigation that is designed to accommodate the needs of people and of elephants in human-dominated landscapes. Mozambique faces a dilemma: politically it is required to reduce poverty while at the same time adhere to international agreements and requirements to protect biodiversity with relatively scarce financial resources. Reactive mitigation of human-elephant conflict (HEC) at the site-specific scale have proven to be costly and with low efficacy. A shift from reactive to proactive HEC mitigation approaches at the county-wide scale (e.g. a district level, the administrative planning body) may provide opportunities to reconcile such apparent contrasting requirements in Mozambique. The elephant population of Mozambique is fragmented and remnant sub-populations are limited to clusters of protected areas in a matrix of human-dominated landscapes. -
The Mozambican National Resistance (Renamo) As Described by Ex-Patticipants
The Mozambican National Resistance (Renamo) as Described by Ex-patticipants Research Report Submitted to: Ford Foundation and Swedish International Development Agency William Minter, Ph.D. Visiting Researcher African Studies Program Georgetown University Washington, DC March, 1989 Copyright Q 1989 by William Minter Permission to reprint, excerpt or translate this report will be granted provided that credit is given rind a copy sent to the author. For more information contact: William Minter 1839 Newton St. NW Washington, DC 20010 U.S.A. INTRODUCTION the top levels of the ruling Frelirno Party, local party and government officials helped locate amnestied ex-participants For over a decade the Mozambican National Resistance and gave access to prisoners. Selection was on the basis of the (Renamo, or MNR) has been the principal agent of a desuuctive criteria the author presented: those who had spent more time as war against independent Mozambique. The origin of the group Renamo soldiers. including commanders, people with some as a creation of the Rhodesian government in the mid-1970s is education if possible, adults rather than children. In a number of well-documented, as is the transfer of sponsorship to the South cases, the author asked for specific individuals by name, previ- African government after white Rhodesia gave way to inde- ously identified from the Mozambican press or other sources. In pendent Zimbabwe in 1980. no case were any of these refused, although a couple were not The results of the war have attracted increasing attention geographically accessible. from the international community in recent years. In April 1988 Each interview was carried out individually, out of hearing the report written by consultant Robert Gersony for the U. -
Final Report
Republic of Mozambique WFP – World Food Programme Maputo, Mozambique Gender Assessment of the Purchase for Progress (P4P) Programme RFP # WFP/MOZ/ADM/PROC/028/2011 Final Report July2012 In assoc iation with: 1 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................................... 5 1. CONTEXT .................................................................................................................................................... 7 1.1 Purchase for Progress (P4) ................................................................................................................... 7 1.2 Gender and Agriculture Sector in Mozambique ................................................................................... 7 2. METHODOLOGY ......................................................................................................................................... 9 2.1 Objective ............................................................................................................................................. 9 2.2 Territorial Coverage............................................................................................................................. 9 2.3 Sellected Groups ............................................................................................................................... 11 2.4 Information Collection Methodology ............................................................................................... -
Italy 4Th Quarter Report 2005
Full Italy Extract 4th Quarter 2005 EU+ Mozambique Projects Database DbIS, Commitments, Disbursements, Forecasts Alexander Bohr, EU Coordination & Harmonisation 27.02.06 Index: Pages 1. Introduction 3 2. List of Italy’s Project Disbursements including Forecasts 4 - 6 3. Glossary of Fields mentioned in Project Fact Sheets 7 - 8 4. Individual Project Fact Sheets 9 - 72 (For navigation purposes please consult bookmarks or see Nr. 2) Alexander Bohr Full Italy DbIS Extract 4th Quarter 2005 2 Introduction: The purpose of this full Italy 4th Quarter of 2005 disbursements extract of DbIS is to provide Donors and the Government of Mozambique with a greater understanding of Italy’s activities in Mozambique. This exercise is part of the EU effort to strengthen Coordination & Harmonization in the follow up of the EU pilot Initiative on Coordination & Harmonization and a consequence of donor reporting requirements towards the Government of Mozambique, and in special the Departamento de Cooperação Internacional (DCI) and Departamento Nacional de Plano e Orçamento (DNPO) at the Ministry of Plan and Development (MPD). The data provided is based on the data provided by the Italian Cooperation in Mozambique. Completeness and exactness can only be guaranteed up to the 4th Quarter 2005 disbursement data. Forecast data is subject to own judgment of those reporting, and therefore might not always represent reality. The only sector codification allowed is the unique DAC/CRS sector classification which provides one five digit sector code per project, which should be the same in Headquarters and Field Offices. This will allow data from DbIS from different Donors to be compared nationally and internationally while at the same time providing a standard basis for analysis. -
Musings on the Planck Length Universe
Musings on the Planck Length Universe -How does matter, or how does a change move through space on the micro- level? The answer depends on how the structure of space and matter are defined at a certain order of magnitude and what are their properties at that level. We will assume that, on the micro-level, the limits of space are discrete, consisting of the smallest units possible. Therefore, in order to define the structure of space on this level it would be necessary to introduce a notion of an “elementary spatial unit” (ESU), the smallest part of space, some kind of spatial “atom”. This would be the smallest and indivisible finite part (cell) of space, defined only by size and position (neighborhoods). It doesn’t have any content, but it could be filled with some property like “matter” or “vacuum”. There are two possibilities in which a property can to move through space (change its position). One would be that an ESU itself, containing a certain property, moves between other ESU carrying its content like a fish moving through the water or a ball through the air. Another possibility would be that the positions of all the ESU don’t change while their content is moving. This would be like an old billboard covered with light bulbs, or a screen with pixels. The positions of the bulbs or pixels are fixed, and only their content (light) changes position from one bulb to the other. Here the spatial structure (the structure of positions) is fixed and it is only the property (the content) that changes positions, thus moving through space. -
Projectos De Energias Renováveis Recursos Hídrico E Solar
FUNDO DE ENERGIA Energia para todos para Energia CARTEIRA DE PROJECTOS DE ENERGIAS RENOVÁVEIS RECURSOS HÍDRICO E SOLAR RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECTS PORTFÓLIO HYDRO AND SOLAR RESOURCES Edition nd 2 2ª Edição July 2019 Julho de 2019 DO POVO DOS ESTADOS UNIDOS NM ISO 9001:2008 FUNDO DE ENERGIA CARTEIRA DE PROJECTOS DE ENERGIAS RENOVÁVEIS RECURSOS HÍDRICO E SOLAR RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECTS PORTFOLIO HYDRO AND SOLAR RESOURCES FICHA TÉCNICA COLOPHON Título Title Carteira de Projectos de Energias Renováveis - Recurso Renewable Energy Projects Portfolio - Hydro and Solar Hídrico e Solar Resources Redação Drafting Divisão de Estudos e Planificação Studies and Planning Division Coordenação Coordination Edson Uamusse Edson Uamusse Revisão Revision Filipe Mondlane Filipe Mondlane Impressão Printing Leima Impressões Originais, Lda Leima Impressões Originais, Lda Tiragem Print run 300 Exemplares 300 Copies Propriedade Property FUNAE – Fundo de Energia FUNAE – Energy Fund Publicação Publication 2ª Edição 2nd Edition Julho de 2019 July 2019 CARTEIRA DE PROJECTOS DE RENEWABLE ENERGY ENERGIAS RENOVÁVEIS PROJECTS PORTFOLIO RECURSOS HÍDRICO E SOLAR HYDRO AND SOLAR RESOURCES PREFÁCIO PREFACE O acesso universal a energia em 2030 será uma realidade no País, Universal access to energy by 2030 will be reality in this country, mercê do “Programa Nacional de Energia para Todos” lançado por thanks to the “National Energy for All Program” launched by Sua Excia Filipe Jacinto Nyusi, Presidente da República de Moçam- His Excellency Filipe Jacinto Nyusi, President of the -
Six Easy Roads to the Planck Scale
Six easy roads to the Planck scale Ronald J. Adler∗ Hansen Laboratory for Experimental Physics Gravity Probe B Mission, Stanford University, Stanford California 94309 Abstract We give six arguments that the Planck scale should be viewed as a fundamental minimum or boundary for the classical concept of spacetime, beyond which quantum effects cannot be neglected and the basic nature of spacetime must be reconsidered. The arguments are elementary, heuristic, and plausible, and as much as possible rely on only general principles of quantum theory and gravity theory. The paper is primarily pedagogical, and its main goal is to give physics students, non-specialists, engineers etc. an awareness and appreciation of the Planck scale and the role it should play in present and future theories of quantum spacetime and quantum gravity. arXiv:1001.1205v1 [gr-qc] 8 Jan 2010 1 I. INTRODUCTION Max Planck first noted in 18991,2 the existence of a system of units based on the three fundamental constants, G = 6:67 × 10−11Nm2=kg2(or m3=kg s2) (1) c = 3:00 × 108m=s h = 6:60 × 10−34Js(or kg m2=s) These constants are dimensionally independent in the sense that no combination is dimen- sionless and a length, a time, and a mass, may be constructed from them. Specifically, using ~ ≡ h=2π = 1:05 × 10−34Js in preference to h, the Planck scale is r r G G l = ~ = 1:6 × 10−35m; T = ~ = 0:54 × 10−43; (2) P c3 P c5 r c M = ~ = 2:2 × 10−8kg P G 2 19 3 The energy associated with the Planck mass is EP = MP c = 1:2 × 10 GeV . -
Göran Therborn
View metadata, citation and similar papers at core.ac.uk brought to you by CORE provided by Helsingin yliopiston digitaalinen arkisto The Working Class and the Welfare State A Historical-Analytical Overview and a Little Swedish Monograph Det Nordiska I den Nordiska Arbetarrörelsen Göran Therborn Julkaisija: Helsinki. Finnish Society for Labour History and Cultural Traditions. 1986. Julkaisu: Det Nordiska I den Nordiska Arbetarrörelsen. Sarja: Papers on Labour History, 1. s. 1 – 75. ISSN 0783-005X Verkkojulkaisu: 2002 Tämä aineisto on julkaistu verkossa oikeudenhaltijoiden luvalla. Aineistoa ei saa kopioida, levittää tai saattaa muuten yleisön saataviin ilman oikeudenhaltijoiden lupaa. Aineiston verkko-osoitteeseen saa viitata vapaasti. Aineistoa saa selata verkossa. Aineistoa saa opiskelua, opettamista ja tutkimusta varten tulostaa omaan käyttöön muutamia kappaleita. Helsingin yliopiston opiskelijakirjasto - www.opiskelijakirjasto.lib.helsinki.fi - [email protected] Göran Therborn THE WORKING CLASS AND THE WELFARE STATE A Historical-Analytical Overview and A Little Swedish Monograph 1. The Working Class Perspective The histories of the welfare state have hitherto, on the whole, been written from above. Their searching eye has been firmly fixed on governments and Civil servants, and mainly with a view to looking into what the latter have contributed to the development of what from today's perspective appears to be the main feature of the welfare state, social insurance and large-scale income maintenance programmes. The best of these works embody an impressive scholarship, combining meticulous with imagination and subtlety.1 But their approach tends to preclude from the outset a full understanding of the emergent reality of the welfare state. After all, the latter arose as form of dealing with what was once called "the working and dangerous classes". -
Chapter 3 Why Physics Is the Easiest Science Effective Theories
CHAPTER 3 WHY PHYSICS IS THE EASIEST SCIENCE EFFECTIVE THEORIES If we had to understand the whole physical universe at once in order to understand any part of it, we would have made little progress. Suppose that the properties of atoms depended on their history, or whether they were in stars or people or labs we might not understand them yet. In many areas of biology and ecology and other fields systems are influenced by many factors, and of course the behavior of people is dominated by our interactions with others. In these areas progress comes more slowly. The physical world, on the other hand, can be studied in segments that hardly affect one another, as we will emphasize in this chapter. If our goal is learning how things work, a segmented approach is very fruitful. That is one of several reasons why physics began earlier in history than other sciences, and has made considerable progress it really is the easiest science. (Other reasons in addition to the focus of this chapter include the relative ease with which experiments can change one quantity at a time, holding others fixed; the relative ease with which experiments can be repeated and improved when the implications are unclear; and the high likelihood that results are described by simple mathematics, allowing testable predictions to be deduced.) Once we understand each segment we can connect several of them and unify our understanding, a unification based on real understanding of how the parts of the world behave rather than on philosophical speculation. The history of physics could be written as a process of tackling the separate areas once the technology and available understanding allow them to be studied, followed by the continual unification of segments into a larger whole. -
DSA's Options and the Socialist International DSA Internationalism
DSA’s Options and the Socialist International DSA Internationalism Committee April 2017 At the last national convention DSA committed itself to holding an organizational discussion on its relationship to the Socialist International leading up to the 2017 convention. The structure of this mandatory discussion was left to DSA’s internationalism committee. The following sheet contains information on the Socialist International, DSA’s involvement with it, the options facing DSA, and arguments in favor of downgrading to observer status and withdrawing completely. A. History of the Socialist International and DSA The Socialist International (SI) has its political and intellectual origins in the nineteenth century socialist movement. Its predecessors were the First International (1864-1876), of which Karl Marx was a leader, and the Second International (1889-1916). In the period of the Second International, the great socialist parties of Europe (particularly the British Labour Party, German Social Democratic Party, and the French Section of the Workers International) formed and became major electoral forces in their countries, advancing ideologies heavily influenced by Marx and political programs calling for the abolition of capitalism and the creation of new systems of worker democracy. The Second International collapsed when nearly all of its member parties, breaking their promise not to go to war against other working people, rallied to their respective governments in the First World War. The Socialist Party of America (SPA)—DSA’s predecessor—was one of the very few member parties to oppose the war. Many of the factions that opposed the war and supported the Bolshevik Revolution came together to form the Communist International in 1919, which over the course of the 1920s became dominated by Moscow and by the 1930s had become a tool of Soviet foreign policy and a purveyor of Stalinist orthodoxy. -
Critical Geopolitics of Foreign Involvement in Namibia: a Mixed Methods Approach
CRITICAL GEOPOLITICS OF FOREIGN INVOLVEMENT IN NAMIBIA: A MIXED METHODS APPROACH by MEREDITH JOY DEBOOM B.A., University of Iowa, 2009 A thesis submitted to the Faculty of the Graduate School of the University of Colorado in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the degree of Masters of Arts Department of Geography 2013 This thesis entitled: Critical Geopolitics of Foreign Involvement in Namibia: A Mixed Methods Approach written by Meredith Joy DeBoom has been approved for the Department of Geography John O’Loughlin, Chair Joe Bryan, Committee Member Date The final copy of this thesis has been examined by the signatories, and we find that both the content and the form meet acceptable presentation standards of scholarly work in the above mentioned discipline. iii Abstract DeBoom, Meredith Joy (M.A., Geography) Critical Geopolitics of Foreign Involvement in Namibia: A Mixed Methods Approach Thesis directed by Professor John O’Loughlin In May 2011, Namibia’s Minister of Mines and Energy issued a controversial new policy requiring that all future extraction licenses for “strategic” minerals be issued only to state-owned companies. The public debate over this policy reflects rising concerns in southern Africa over who should benefit from globally-significant resources. The goal of this thesis is to apply a critical geopolitics approach to create space for the consideration of Namibian perspectives on this topic, rather than relying on Western geopolitical and political discourses. Using a mixed methods approach, I analyze Namibians’ opinions on foreign involvement, particularly involvement in natural resource extraction, from three sources: China, South Africa, and the United States.