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Schülermitbeteiligung als Handlungsproblem im Fachunterricht an ostdeutschen Schulen
No full textMeyer MA, Obst H, Olbertz J-H, Keuffer J. Schülermitbeteiligung als Handlungsproblem im Fachunterricht an ostdeutschen Schulen. In: Diskurse zu Schule und Bildung. Werkstatthefte des ZSL. Vol 4. Halle/Saale: ZSL; 1995: 45-87
Impact Evidence - ZSL Testimonial
No full textTestimonial letter received from Zoological Society London (ZSL) in support of this research project.</p
Centro de visitantes ZSL London Zoo
No full textCentro de visitantes ZSL London Zoo. Convocatoria Febrero. Plan 1996. Proyecto fin de carrera. Universidad Politécnica de Madrid. Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectur
ISOLATION OF AGAR DEGRADING BACTERIUM PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA ZSL-2 FROM A MARINE SAMPLE
No full textA gram negative bacterium forming orange colonies and designated ZSL-2 was isolated from sea-shore. ZSL-2 was selected for its ability to actively degrade both agar and carrageenans. The cells occurred singly or in pairs as long rods. The temperature range for growth was 20- 40ºC with an optimum at 30ºC, the pH range for growth at 30ºC was from 5.0 to 11, with an optimum around 8.0. The NaCl concentrations required for growth at 30ºC and pH 8.0 ranged from 0 to 5%, with an optimum around 2%. Phylogenetic analysis of 16S rDNA sequences indicated that strain is closely related to Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Based on phenotypic and phylogenetic features the new bacterium designated as Pseudomonas aeruginosa ZSL-2. The bacterium did not utilize other polysaccharides like, alginate, cellulose, xylan and CMC. But utilize agar and carrageenan as sole source of carbon and energy
Optimising Social Forestry for Reducing Social Conflict and Improving Forest Management
No full textIndonesia’s Social Forestry (SF) programme is promoted on the premise that it can provide people with rights to land. This can prove attractive to those who want to claim legal rights over land access and resource use where they have carried out work or wish to manage.
Uncertain land tenure can be clarified and social conflicts over land can thereby be eliminated or reduced. SF is also promoted on the premise that in return for such rights, the programme can induce people to manage the lands sustainably, thereby reducing deforestation and improving forest quality.
However, certain gaps prevent successful implementation of the programme. These gaps are barriers to participation (such as communities lacking legal citizenship and a lack of knowledge of SF); limited coordination between different levels of government that prevents a seamless implementation of SF; insufficient assistance and monitoring of activities that prevent SF implementers from achieving goals set out in their forest management plans and the lack of resources at the community level to implement SF.
Two elements are essential in overcoming these gaps. First, target communities must be able to access lands legally without fear of eviction. Second, activities on these lands must be sufficiently monitored by authorised government bodies and sustainably managed so
that SF livelihoods do not come at the expense of forest conservation.
Putting in place these two elements becomes even harder in remote forested areas, where a bulk of the population are unregistered migrants. There is little infrastructure and support for remote communities to learn about SF and there is less revenue potential for forest conservation than for clearing them. The governments should prioritize these areas for SF as they present the largest gains
for reducing social conflict through land rights’ acquisition. Helping such communities develop beneficial sustainable land management plans can also shift livelihoods away from those that exploit or deforest land.
KS has assisted three villages – Muara Medak, Lubuk Bintialo, and Karang Sari – in obtaining SF permits. KS found that obtaining the permits and ensuring success in implementing SF rest on these steps: 1) securing buy-in from stakeholders so that action taken is legitimate and aligned with the needs of all; 2) building capacity of local institutions to simultaneously improve livelihood opportunities and increase conservation efforts; 3) generating market access and/or multiple sector involvement to ensure continuity of SF activities.
This brief details how governments, communities, civil society organisations, and companies can implement the steps successfully. The steps identify which stakeholders to be targeted; what capacities to be improved; and types of SF activities are most likely to generate long-term support. These elements produce a conducive environment for SF that enables communities to legally manage forest areas and to do so in a sustainable manner that reduces conflict and strengthens conservation efforts
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
No full textThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Spatial Planning Tools for Better Landscape Management and Conservation
No full textCommercial and community expansion in South Sumatra have severely reduced the province’s biodiversity and degraded essential ecosystems. This weakened ecosystem, coupled with the impacts of climate change, such as changes in weather patterns, makes
the province prone to natural disasters like floods and wildfires. Spatial planning and monitoring tools can help to better manage the diverse landscape of South Sumatra and the interactions among its users. These tools encourage the use of maps in cross-sectoral collaborations to locate, design and monitor conservation and land use activities within the landscape. They also help stakeholders to balance the social,economic, and environmental demands.
However, prior to KELOLA Sendang (KS) involvement, stakeholders lacked access to and the capacity to use such tools in an efficient
and inclusive way that responded accurately to local conditions and needs. By aiding stakeholders to create, enhance, and effectively use spatial planning and monitoring tools, KS aimed to increase the province’s technical capacity for using the tools to prioritize greener economic growth. This will result in more informed land allocation with greater attention paid to conservation areas, including protected areas and those existing area in concessions such those set aside as High Carbon Stock (HCS) and High Conservation Value (HCV) thereby reducing natural habitat fragmentation and protecting local endangered species.
In order to prioritise greener growth and make land-use planning more environmentally conscious, inclusive, and responsive, there needs to be buy-in from various stakeholders within the landscape. This is greatly facilitated by KS being a sustainable landscape management project supporting the governments, the private sector, and local communities to work together. The steps taken to improve South
Sumatra’s spatial planning and landscape monitoring tool can therefore provide a working model of how the public, private sector, and communities can collaborate to achieve improved economic, environmental, and social outcomes to encourage integrated landscape management in South Sumatra.
This brief looks at three spatial planning and monitoring tools implemented by KS – 1) Spatial Planning Information System (SITARUNG); 2) Community Based Monitoring and Information Systems (CBMIS); 3) Spatial Monitoring and Reporting Tool (SMART) – and details how the tools can support the collection of integrated landscape data and information that can improve conservation efforts in South Sumatra
Variations on the Author
No full text“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
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