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  • Livelihoods and land use change in highland Ethiopia

    Creator:
    Guillozet, Kathleen
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    This dissertation investigates livelihood and land use change dynamics in a community at the farm-forest periphery in highland Ethiopia. I use interviews and livelihood assessment data to compare the strategies used by members of different wealth groups to negotiate and maintain access to forest resources, and integrate socioeconomic, bio-physical and...
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    approved: ________________________________________________________________ John C. Bliss

  • Land tenure change under recent conservation policies in China : a case study in Sichuan province, P.R. China

    Creator:
    Du, Ke
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    State-owned forestland in P.R. China has long been an important source of natural resources for communities. The Chinese government has undertaken several conservation initiatives with the intent to restore degraded landscapes and conserve biodiversity, while simultaneously improving the quality of life for rural people. Using Yaze Village, Pingwu County, Sichuan...
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    Conservation Policies in China: A Case Study in Sichuan Province, P.R. China Abstract approved: John C

  • Conflict and cooperation at the public-private interface : a case study of fire management in eastern Oregon

    Creator:
    Bergmann, Stefan Andrew
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    Cooperation across ownership boundaries is critical to most conservation efforts in mixed ownership landscapes. Where owner objectives vary widely, as at public-private landownership boundaries, cooperation can be especially challenging. This research explores the opportunities and challenges for cooperative fire management among public and private forest managers in the John Day...
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    .-, Signature redacted for privacy. Abstract Approved: 0 John C. Bliss Cooperation across ownership

  • Land ownership and forest cover in the Oregon Coast Range : spatial pattern and social ground-truthing

    Creator:
    Stanfield, Brooks J.
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    We use qualitative and quantitative methods to explore social and spatial relationships between land ownership and forest cover in the Oregon Coast Range. Using a Geographic Information System (GIS) and regression analysis, we tested for spatial relationships between the structure of land ownership and forest cover across 66 watersheds in...
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    . Abstract Approved._· ________________________ _ John C. Bliss We use qualitative and quantitative

  • Challenges to stakeholder participation in coastal resource management : Allen, Northern Samar, Philippines

    Creator:
    Ulrich, Donald R.
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    Collaborative management of subsistence fisheries in the Philippines requires policies that devolve authority to the local level. This involves creating mechanisms to hold managers accountable for creating opportunities for active participation by fisher folk communities. The Philippines has created a comprehensive national framework for the co-management of coastal resources at...
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    : ______________________________________________________ John C. Bliss Collaborative management of subsistence fisheries in the Philippines requires

  • Private forests, public policy : oak conservation on family forests in Oregon’s Willamette Valley

    Creator:
    Fischer, Alexandra Paige
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    In the United States, many of the thorniest natural resource conflicts occur on private lands. This is especially true in the Willamette Valley of Western Oregon where the hallmark habitat type, Oregon white oak woodland and savanna, is imperiled. Almost exclusively found on private land, Oregon white oak is threatened...
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    : _____________________________________________________________________ Dr. John C. Bliss In the United States, many of the thorniest natural resource conflicts

  • Forest industry restructuring and emerging forest tenures in Deschutes and Klamath Counties, Oregon

    Creator:
    Kelly, Erin Clover
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    Since the 1980s, industrial forest restructuring has resulted in the divestment of industrial timberlands across the U.S. Emerging tenures have benefited from the divestment, including conservation-based tenures that manage for multiple objectives such as restoration, recreation access, and forest and habitat contiguity. Deschutes and Klamath Counties, Oregon, have three proposed...
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    . Abstract approved: _____________________________________________________________________ John C

  • Restructuring of land and community in the remote rural west : the case of Wallowa County, Oregon

    Creator:
    Abrams, Jesse
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    Since at least the 1970s, rural areas in the western United States, as elsewhere across the country and world, have been subject to social, economic, and political forces that have resulted in novel demographic and land tenure trends when compared to previous decades. Collectively, these processes of restructuring have created...
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    : ___________________________________________________________________ John C. Bliss Since at least the 1970s, rural areas in the western United States, as

  • The "great hope" : bioenergy in eastern Oregon and its implications for dry forest restoration

    Creator:
    Nuss, Meagan Louise
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    Oregon has been moving forward with biomass energy development. Large-scale biomass power and cogeneration (producing heat and electricity) have been the focus of the last twenty-five years, while small-scale thermal bioenergy installations (producing heat) have dramatically increased during the last decade. In eastern Oregon, bioenergy is closely linked to restoration...
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    : ______________________________________________________ John C. Bliss Oregon has been moving forward with biomass energy development. Large-scale

  • Banks, Gardens and Bees: Enhancing Community Resilience in West Africa

    Creator:
    Polasky, Sophia
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    International development programs are often implemented with the goal of building community resilience, but without a clear articulation of how this goal will be met, or any consideration of if or why the effort was successful after it has concluded. This thesis considers three different activities implemented by the U....
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    approved: ______________________________________________________ John C. Bliss