this research was carried out to investigate the role of natural resources cooperatives in ecotourism development. this was an analysis-descriptive study conducted through survey method. statically population of study was 123 members of the directors of these cooperatives. a structured questionnaire was designed and distributed among the cooperative directors. census technique was applied in th...

according to resource curse theory, not only the revenues from selling natural resources do not result in economic growth, but also have some unpleasant effects on economy. this study shows that natural resources cannot be considered curse by itself , but it is the management of revenues which is important. the foreign reserves fund was established to control the effects of oil price volatiliti...

Reclamation of Arid LandsIt is our pleasure to inform you that Springer International Publisher (2017) has published a book entitled "Reclamation of Arid Lands" in English.This book is the result of joint collaboration between the University of Tehran, University of Kashan and Research Institute of Forests and Rangelands, whose authors are as follows:Mohammad Jafari: Professor, Faculty of Natur...

Human beings have accumulated rich experience with natural resources over time, but such knowledge can be strongly infl uenced by several factors, such as age, sex and occupation. This study focuses on the infl uence of these factors on knowledge of medicinal plants in a rural community in northeastern Brazil. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews with 102 people, with the numb...

Old elites can block changes, but not all do. Why is it that stronger elites may allow more changes than weaker elites? Why do economies with larger stocks of natural resources not grow faster than economies poorer in natural resources? We argue that old elites hold some power to extract rents from the economy. Whereas old sectors (i.e. agriculture or extraction of natural resources) are not af...

Today, environmental crisis and loss of natural resources are the principle causes of the creation of environmental management systems. The optimal management of natural resources requires the assessment and classification of ecological and environmental potentials. Using this method, the abilities and restrictions of resources can be recognized, and their future trends can be predicted. Nebka ...

There is an almost universal feeling that it would be unfair if a rich country went into a poor country , took out some of its natural resources, made a marketable product and earned vast revenues from it unless the poor country were given something back. It is intuitively straightforward that a nation, company or person should not make money on somebody else's resources without paying for them...

This paper develops a one-sector endogenous growth model in which renewable natural resources are postulated as both a factor of production and as a measure of environmental quality. We show that sustained economic growth and a non-deteriorating environment can coexist along the economy’s balanced growth path. Moreover, the output growth rate is positively related to the steady-state level of n...