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Creator:: Oblander, Patrick
Abstract:: This paper seeks to answer whether problems in intercultural communication contribute to difficulties in wood products trade between the United States and Japan. It summarizes the more commonly heard complaints about the current state of this trade flow, including trade barriers and product specifications. It then offers a list of...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Creator:: Findley, Angela J.
Abstract:: In the social context, distinct worldviews provide multiple, subjective, durable and conflicting views of natural resource situations. This research analyzes worldviews that shape people's perceptions, understandings and evaluations of forests and forestry in order to examine conflict associated with forestry issues. Differences in local residents' views of wildland fires and...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Creator:: Cheng, Antony S.
Abstract:: A qualitative research approach composed of three strategies was employed to systematically examine the politics of natural resource collaboration. First, using the Oregon Plan for Salmon and Watersheds as a case study, the behavioral assumptions of natural resource policy instruments enabling collaboration were uncovered and analyzed. Three key assumptions emerge:...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Creator:: Ota, Ikuo
Abstract:: Japan is the biggest importer of tropical logs in the world, and most of them are from Southeast Asia. It is also a major offerer of Official Development Assistance (ODA) to this area. The purpose of this thesis is to analyze the relationship between Japanese bilateral ODA to three Southeast...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

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