Browsing Doctoral theses (Noragric) by Author "Bryceson, Ian"
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Changing seascapes : local adaptation processes in Belizean fishing communities
Karlsson, Elin Marianne (PhD Thesis;2015:64, Doctoral thesis, 2015)This thesis analyses how contextual social, economic and political conditions interact and influence adaptation to coastal change, through an in-depth focus on two Belizean fishing communities. Belize is considered to be ... -
Contesting conservation and development : quilombolas struggling for rights and resources in the Ribeira Valley, Brazil
Thorkildsen, Kjersti (PhD Thesis;2016:17, Doctoral thesis, 2017-07-06)This thesis sets out to explore how quilombolas, Afro-Brazilians descending from slaves, have responded to top-down conservation and development projects, and investigates different impediments to the realisation of ... -
Linking ecological and social elements to sustain coral reef fisheries : a case of groupers [Epinephelidae] in Mafia Island, Tanzania
Kanyairita, Lydia Gaspare (PhD Thesis;2016:03, Doctoral thesis, 2017-07-05)The study of the dynamic nature of interactions within and between social and ecological aspects of reef fisheries is increasing, in order to promote understanding and to mitigate complex changes from global pressure and ... -
Living with the wild : rewilding conflicts and conservation politics in Ireland
Sands, Dara (PhD Thesis;2023:45, Doctoral thesis, 2023)Rewilding is one of today’s most widely debated and contested concepts in conservation. To its proponents, it represents a hopeful pathway towards the future that offers myriad possibilities for tackling the pressing ... -
The effects of social-ecological changes on the livelihoods of fishing communities in Mafia Island, Tanzania
Moshy, Victoria Hippolite (PhD Thesis;2016:85, Doctoral thesis, 2016)Changes in social-ecological systems (SESs) may originate in natural environmental processes, conservation interventions, or from the introduction of new economic policies or other social, cultural or political processes. ...