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Defining agricultural sustainability in the Marys River region of Oregon

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Stanton, Michael

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This ethnographic study explores the social aspects of agricultural land-use in the Marys River region. The study seeks to understand how farmers define sustainability and how their views on agricultural issues help to define a sense of place and identity in the Marys River region, within the context of the...

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bioregionalism to develop a theoretical model of regional political ecology for an integrated and
Understanding environmentalism in six Asian countries : an analysis of the world values survey

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Choi, Eugene

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This dissertation focuses on a central question for six countries in Asia: what factors affect environmentalism? Numerous studies have proposed mixed theoretical explanations for the relationship between diverse values and beliefs regarding environmentalism. Although these diverse studies propose theories for the fast-growing and multifaceted environmentalism in Asia, here it is...

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_____________________________________________________________________ Director of the Environmental Sciences Graduate Program
Conservation volunteer tourism at a reserve in Ecuador : effects of perceptions, discourse, and motivations on human-environment relations

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Grimm, Kerry E.

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The number of people traveling to other countries to volunteer for conservation or humanitarian projects has increased dramatically in the past three decades. Despite substantial interest in volunteer tourism, few researchers have examined: (a) the role of promotional material (e.g., brochures, internet websites) in motivating volunteers; (b) factors that attract...

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Environmental Sciences Program Dean of the Graduate School I understand that my
Development and decommissioning of small dams : analysis of impact and context

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Kibler, Kelly Maren

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Management of small dams may have profound implications for the health and integrity of small rivers and freshwater diversity. Global indicators suggest future growth in the small hydropower sector, particularly in developing countries. As a renewable energy source, it is often presumed that small hydropower entails fewer and less severe...

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Engineering Director of the Water Resources Graduate Program Dean of the Graduate
The Challenges and Opportunities of a Proactive Endangered Species Act : A Case Study of the Greater Sage Grouse

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Taylor, Casey Lynn

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The Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA) is considered by many to be among the most powerful and most contentious environmental laws in the United States. Persistent challenges to the Act’s implementation make reaching conservation goals problematic. Most notably, the very nature of the law—providing protections for species already at...

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candidate for ESA protection in the western United States. Using the sage grouse as a focal case study
Improving Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Surveillance: Focusing on Enhancing Surveillance Methods and Evaluation

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Yang, Liu

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Work-related hazards and exposures affect human health and well-being. Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) surveillance is fundamental to the public health approach. OSH surveillance provides important data on the occurrence and magnitude of the problem and risk/protective factors. A wide variety of OSH surveillance programs and systems have been established...

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made it possible to successfully navigate the doctoral program and complete my dissertation research
Examining Nepal’s Community Forestry to Understand Opportunities and Barriers to Successful Collective Action

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Pant, Suman

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Nepal’s community forestry has been internationally recognized as an example of successful case of collective action. However, many scholars argue that although it has been successful in protecting forests from degradation, it has not been able to create an inclusive platform for political decision-making process. Using historical analysis, comparative case...

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examines the opportunities and barriers to a successful implementation of community forestry program in
Demystifying the Sensationalism of Human Trafficking: an Anthropological Study on the Systemic Exploitation of Migrant Labor in Tuscany, Italy

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Marconi, Veronica

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In the last twenty years, human trafficking has gained attention in government agendas and media coverage, while anti-trafficking projects have burgeoned worldwide. Anti-trafficking efforts, however, have almost exclusively addressed the issue of sex trafficking with a focus on rescuing women, while overlooking other types of exploitation. This is noteworthy, given...

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Research Integrity, Human Research Protection Program and Institutional Review Board at Oregon State
Societal Responses to Using Genetic Engineering for Mitigating Chestnut Blight and Restoring American Chestnut Trees

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Petit, Joshua D.

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Forests face health threats from pests and diseases (e.g., mountain pine beetle, emerald ash borer, chestnut blight [CB], Swiss needle cast), and other issues such as climate change. Interventions such as genetic engineering (GE) have shown promise for mitigating some of these threats. CB, for example, has impacted most American...

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demographics including age, sex (male, female), income, education, and race (see Frewer et al., 2013 for a
Is dam development a mechanism for human security? Scale and perception of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam on the Blue Nile River in Ethiopia and the Xayaburi Dam on the Mekong River in Laos

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Veilleux, Jennifer Corinne

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Human security is a framework related to the stability and sustainability of political, environmental, economical, and socio-cultural areas of concern. Water resources around the world are under increased pressure from increased development, growing populations, pollution, and global climate change. Large-scale dam development while still popular for political and economic development...

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