This article focuses on engagements with elephants in diverse contexts, inquiring why some scholars are indifferent or even actively opposed to discourses that emphasise elephant suffering. In order to address this question, this article will explore three interrelated streams within social science: …

This report is the result of a study done at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama. It is part of a bachelor thesis of the Forest- and Nature Management – Tropical Forestry Program at Van Hall Larenstein University of Applied Sciences, The Netherlands. This study is the first in a series …

This project explores touristic involvement in the foreshore area of the Netherlands. Current industrial activities at sea all have their separate zones and no go-zones. By combining tourism activities and nature improvement in the estuary of the Haringvliet new benefits for the North Sea and the Netherlands …

With this paper, it is illustrated that a focus on entrepreneurship training in the nature and wilderness sector is relevant for diverse organisations and situations. The first curricula on nature entrepreneurship are currently being developed. In this paper the authors describe a project that focusses …

This chapter discusses the role of education in the preparation of the next generation of entrepreneurs in nature conservation. Departing from the traditional conservation education, which emphasizes ecological management, the chapter is a plea for incorporating entrepreneurship in the curricula of educational …

Presentatie t.b.v. de lunchlezing van Kenniscentrum NoorderRuimte over het project Holwerd aan Zee en met als bedoeling antwoord te krijgen op de gegeven vragen in de presentatie.

Biodiversity, including entire habitats and ecosystems, is recognized to be of great social and economic value. Conserving biodiversity has therefore become a task of international NGO’s as well as grass-roots organisations. The ‘classical’ model of conservation has been characterised by creation of …

In de Natuurvisie wordt een beeld gegeven van het natuurgebied de Kamerikse Nessen, de ontwikkelingen die het heeft door gemaakt en de weg die Natuurmonumenten met het gebied wil ingaan voor de komende 18 jaar. Deze Natuurvisie is de eerste Natuurvisie die voor de Kamerikse Nessen speciaal geschreven …

Dit gebiedsonderzoek is verricht om een duidelijke ontwikkelingsrichting voor de Groene Jonker op te stellen voor de komende 18 jaar. Het gebied is relatief klein met 107 hectare, maar geniet nationale bekendheid vanwege zeldzame broedvogelpopulaties en wordt druk bezocht door vogelaars. Om de natuurwaarden …

STS and Energy, Lisbon 2013 Historical buildings are an important source of local identity and form a connection to our past. It is a EU policy objective to conserve and redesign heritage buildings like prisons, military barracks, factories, stations, and schools. Such redesign should also ensure reduction …