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Michelle Leonard - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

Xiaohua Zhu - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Environmental behavior research in Resources Conservation and management: A case study of Resources, Conservation and Recycling
    Resources Conservation and Recycling, 2019
    Co-Authors: Fang Wang, Xiao Peng, Ran Wei, Yuelei Qin, Xiaohua Zhu
    Abstract:

    Abstract Considered as an approach to protect the environment and foster sustainability in severe environmental and ecosystem deterioration conditions, environmental behavior has received extensive, multidisciplinary research in recent decades. The general trend of environmental behavior research is profiled based on bibliometric analysis, which is set as the background of behavior research in the Resources Conservation and management field. Using materials from Resources, Conservation and Recycling (RCR) as well as its parent journals (RCRs), text mining is conducted to determine environmental behavior research scales, topics receiving focus, principle methods, and current research gaps. Future research and management practices are also suggested.

Chris-valentine Ogar Eneji - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Indigenous Cultural Practices and Natural Resources Conservation in Owerri, Imo State, Nigeria
    Advances in Social Sciences Research Journal, 2019
    Co-Authors: Chris-valentine Ogar Eneji, Charles Nnaji Ogundu, I. A. Ojelade
    Abstract:

    This study was designed to examine how indigenous socio-cultural practices contribute to the Conservation and management of natural Resources in Owerri, Imo state, Nigeria.  The major purpose of this paper is to investigating the extent to which totemism (forbidden items), creation of protected areas (evil forest, sacred grooves, burial ground), shrines and sanctuaries as indigenous socio-cultural practices contribute to natural Resources Conservation in Owerri, Imo state, Nigeria. Three research questions and three commensurate null hypotheses were formulated for the study.. The population of the study consisted of farmers, carvers, traders, civil and public servants, Conservation organizations among others. The multi-stage sampling techniques, was used to select a sample of 240 respondents from a population of about twelve thousand persons from 12 selected autonomous communities. A structured questionnaire divided into two sections with the modified four point Likert scale response option was the major instrument for data collection. The researcher with the help of trained community secretary administered the instruments and there was a 100% instrument return rate.  Pie chart and simple percentage were used to answer the research questions, while Pearson Product Moment Correlation Analysis was used to test the relationship between the sub variables which makes up indigenous cultural practices and the Conservation of natural Resources at 0.05 significant levels at 238 degree of freedom. The result of the analyses of all the hypotheses were significant indicating that each of the sub-variable constituting indigenous cultural practices contributes to the Conservation of natural Resources in Owerri, Imo State, Nigeria. It was recommended among others that modern Conservation activities should purposely design strategies to incorporate indigenous socio-cultural practices for the Conservation of natural Resources in the study area and beyond.

  • Ethical Basis of African Traditional Religion and Socio- cultural Practices in Natural Resources Conservation and Management in Cross River State, Nigeria
    2012
    Co-Authors: Chris-valentine Ogar Eneji, Gu Ntamu, J. O. Ajor, C. B. Ben, J. E. Bassey, J. J. Williams
    Abstract:

    This paper x-rays the role of African Traditional Religion and socio-cultural practices in the Conservation of natural Resources management in Cross River State. The authors examined some of these religious and cultural practices ranging from their way of worship, the rites of initiation, and the invocation of the powers of the supreme beings, which they hold as sacred, and how these gods communicate their will to humans through their agents (chief priest) and how the gods are atoned if provoked. The tenets of African religious and cultural practices is premised on the ascription of psychic powers to some or part of the environment as the abodes of the gods of the land and how these abodes are protected. The protection of the abodes of the gods from entrance, utilization and exploitation does latently encourage Conservation and management of natural Resources. Some of these abodes of the gods are nicknamed sacred pond, evil forest, forbidden forest, sacred stream or river, sacred grove, and burying grounds amongst others. Largely, these forbidden areas contributed immensely in natural Resources Conservation and management in Cross River State and indeed Nigeria as a whole. But unfortunately, this all important strategies for natural Resources Conservation and management based on these religious belief systems and socio-cultural practices have almost been completely eroded away by the acculturation and enculturation of almost all African communities by the coming of Christianity with their western type of education. This Christian way of religion, worship system and education saw nothing good in African traditional religious practices we came to belief and held on to. The authors used literature review and personal interview for the study. The authors recommended that there should be an urgent need for a revisitation of the principles of traditional African religion and other socio-cultural practices. It was also recommended that modern Conservation programs should integrate traditional /indigenous knowledge systems into their activities in the Conservation and management of our natural Resources for the wellbeing of Nigerian and indeed the world at large.

Chen Mingba - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Analysis on the Measures and Effect of Fisheries Resources Conservation and Management in the South China Sea
    Ecological Economy, 2013
    Co-Authors: Chen Mingba
    Abstract:

    The South China Sea is one of the world's fisheries Resources more abundant waters,but over the years,due to overfishing,fishery Resources have been declining.Since 1990s,although countries around the South China Sea has taken a series of measures for fisheries Conservation and management,but overall,the effect is not obvious,this is not only due to the fishery Resources characteristics,maintenance and management technology backward and the sovereignty dispute exists.The more important is that the surrounding countries and the region of the South China Sea has always not set up the system and mechanism of common maintenance and management of the fishery Resources so far.Therefore,through the establishment of cooperative fisheries Resources Conservation and management institution and mechanism is the important direction of sustainable utilization of fishery Resources in the South China Sea.

Adekunle Olatumile - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Adaptation of Traditional Festivals to Natural Resources Conservation Education: Lessons from Osun-Osogbo and Argungun Fishing Festivals in Nigeria
    American Economic & Social Review, 2019
    Co-Authors: Adekunle Olatumile
    Abstract:

    Africa has been tagged a festival continent as year in year out, towns and villages witness cultural festivals throughout the year. These festivals are mostly concerned with Resources Conservation and utilization. The adoption of Western Model of conserving biodiversity in the trickle-down fashion has failed to yield reasonable result; whereas traditional festivals epitomize indigenous people’s respect and reverence for, and pragmatic understanding of, their natural environment. The quest of conserving biodiversity for sustainable development therefore calls for the integration of traditional festivals in sustainable resource management framework. In spite of the invaluable potentials of traditional festivals in biodiversity Conservation as an indigenous resource management system, it has not been given a prominent place in the modern day scientific resource management framework. Using ethnographic research design, the paper exploits the natural Resources Conservation potentials of Osun-Osogbo and Argungun fishing festivals in Nigeria. Data are collected from archival, ethnographic and internet materials, as well as text books, pictures and information through interviews and observations. The paper presents an analysis of ways through which policy frameworks can benefit from festivals and how a wide audience can be reached with biodiversity Conservation messages for the purpose of creating awareness. The paper develops a framework for ecosystem based adaptation, using indigenous festivals for the purpose of replicating it in every other community where such festivals do not exist and integrating it in festivals that are not based on natural resource Conservation.

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