... Resource management Knowledge management Taiwan Today, resources are an important issue. However, people treat their resources in conflicting ways. On the one hand, when people face the problem of natural resource exhaustion, the importance of resource conservation is emphasized. On the other...

...Craig Froome; Elena Mazourenko Purpose The paper's purpose is to investigate the opportunities for better integration of environmental valuation (EV) methodology into the natural resource management (NRM) decision‐making process in the context of NRM practices in South Australia and to offer...

... Geographic information systems Geology Australia Modelling Water supply Resource management Sustainable water management includes two important concepts: sustainability and management of resources. The Brundland Commission Report (1987) defined sustainability for human and environmental...

... and geothermal generation technologies. Our extensive coastline will also allow for wave and tidal generation opportunities to be explored. Renewable energy Australia Government policy Resource management Global warming With a change in Federal Government, Australia has ratified the Kyoto...

... interests in pounamu. Originality/value The story of pounamu provides an interesting example of a developing feature of resource management law and practice in New Zealand: resources that are owned and/or managed under a set of legal arrangements designed within the terms of settlement...

...Eugenia A. Petropoulou Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the potential of indigenous agricultural knowledge for sustainable development. Design/methodology/approach Drawing upon fieldwork on the natural resource management practices of diversified farming systems in a mountainous...

...David Edmunds; Eva Wollenberg This book is essential reading for forest and other natural resource managers, policy makers, development economists and forestry professionals and researchers. Local Forest Management – The Impacts of Devolution Policies . London : Earthscan   2003...

... alternative water management approaches to ensure environmentally sound urban and peri‐urban water‐related relationships. The important role agriculture can play in this relationship is highlighted. © MCB UP Limited 2001 Water industry Recycling Waste Urban environment Resource management...