Quantifying the conservation value of Sacred Natural Sites

The sacred commons: Conflicts and solutions of resource management in sacred natural sites

Quantifying the conservation value of seascape connectivity: a global synthesis

Australian Rivers Institute – Coast and Estuaries, and School of Environment, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Qld 4222, Australia, School of Science and Engineering, University of the Sunshine Coast, Maroochydore, Qld 4558, Australia, Biogeography Branch, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Silver Spring, MD 20910, USA, Marine Institute, Plymouth University, Plymouth PL4 8AA, UK, ...

Sacred Sites and the Dynamics of Identity

Local histories have long examined both the ties that bind communities together and the developments that make them distinct. As is evident in the term itself, "local" history takes as the most fundamental of these ties the connection of a group of people to a particular location. It is curious, therefore, that writers of local history have often taken this geographic connection for granted. Th...

conditional copula-garch methods for value at risk of portfolio: the case of tehran stock exchange market

ارزش در معرض ریسک یکی از مهمترین معیارهای اندازه گیری ریسک در بنگاه های اقتصادی می باشد. برآورد دقیق ارزش در معرض ریسک موضوع بسیارمهمی می باشد و انحراف از آن می تواند موجب ورشکستگی و یا عدم تخصیص بهینه منابع یک بنگاه گردد. هدف اصلی این مطالعه بررسی کارایی روش copula-garch شرطی در برآورد ارزش در معرض ریسک پرتفویی متشکل از دو سهام می باشد و ارزش در معرض ریسک بدست آمده با روشهای سنتی برآورد ارزش د...

Cross-Cultural Communication: Communities and Conservation Case Study: Conservation of Sacred Monkeys in Igboland, Nigeria

Local belief systems such as indigenous religions and social taboos have been credited with helping to conserve animal and plant species and particular sites worldwide. Certain species and sites are protected because they are considered sacred. Although the meaning of sacred varies across cultures, religions, and languages, in general sacred entities are distinguished from the everyday world an...