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Both government and international donor agencies now promote the use of tourism to alleviate poverty. The Botswana government has embraced tourism as a meaningful and sustainable economic activity and diversification opportunity, which now ranks second after mining in its contribution to the country's gross domestic product. The study reported in this paper investigates perceptions of stakeholders on the opportunities that would be created for the poor by opening up Botswana's forest reserves for ecotourism. Data was collected through mixed methods involving in-depth interviews with government departments, traditional leaders, quasi-government organisations and the Hospitality and Tourism Association of Botswana. Focus group discussions were also held with village development committees, Chobe Enclave Conservation Trust (CECT) and Kasane, Lesoma and Pandematenga Trust (KALEPA) members, and a consultative national workshop of stakeholders was also held. The findings indicate that opening up forest reserves for ecotourism has the potential to alleviate poverty among the disadvantaged groups living adjacent to forest reserves through direct (employment, small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)), secondary (linkages/partnerships) and dynamic effects (sustainable livelihoods). The study concludes by cautioning that whilst pro-poor tourism may yield short- and medium-term benefits, in keeping with sustainability objectives, participants in the programme need to be mindful of forestry encroachment and come up with strategies to ensure the sustainability of the Botswana forest reserves.

Mestrado em Línguas, Literaturas e Culturas ; A Europa encontra-se a atravessar um período marcado por uma crise política, económica e social. Esta crise tem repercussões a vários níveis, mas este trabalho analisará, essencialmente, o impacto da crise sobre a questão da identidade europeia. De facto, desde há bastante tempo se discute a problemática da identidade ou identidades da União Europeia e há diferentes perspetivas sobre esta temática. Ao longo desta dissertação abordam-se diferentes pontos de vista de vários teóricos da Europa sobre a questão da identidade. Para além disso, na parte prática desta dissertação analisam-se as representações que cidadãos de diferentes países europeus têm em relação à Europa e em relação a si próprios. Por último, é objetivo desta dissertação avaliar o impacto da crise sobre a perceção dos europeus em relação à Europa e à identidade Europeia. ; Europe is currently facing a period deeply marked by a political, economic and social crisis. This crisis has repercussions at different levels, but this study will essentially address the impact of the crisis upon the question of European identity. In fact, the problematic of identity or identities in the European Union has been an issue for a while now and there are different perspectives on the matter. In this dissertation we will look at different views of several authors about the issue of identity. Moreover, following the field research carried out in the course of the study, we will analyze the representations that citizens from different European countries have regarding Europe and regarding themselves. Lastly, we will assess the impact of the current crisis upon the perception of Europeans about Europe and European identity.

Dieser Band bietet eine interdisziplinäre Untersuchung von Parabeln, Fabeln und Gleichnissen aus einer Reihe griechisch-römischer, jüdischer und christlicher Quellen in der Antike. Die Autoren und Autorinnen beleuchten sowohl die fließenden Grenzen zwischen diesen Gattungen als auch ihre unterschiedlichen literarischen Adaptionen.

"Technological progress and globalization have generated indisputable benefits, but also relevant costs, such as growing economic inequality, economic fluctuations and financial instability. Mainstream economics has usually considered these costs as temporary, evenly distributed and more than compensated by the gains of the phases of economic expansion. In this book, which focuses mainly (though not only) on the labor market, the authors contend that the major costs of the intensified process of creative destruction, through which economic change proceeded, have been ignored and the benefits overrated, thus incorrectly estimating the net impact of economic growth on subjective wellbeing. The book argues that the positive consequences of economic change and globalization do not compensate for the negatives, because psychological losses are felt more strongly than gains (due to loss aversion) and the costs are unequally distributed (those on low incomes disproportionately suffer more). The result is an overall reduction in well-being and therefore appropriate policies are necessary to allow more people to enjoy the benefits of technological progress without suffering the costs. The authors develop a comprehensive framework in which the socio-psychological context and educational level of a community determine the most suitable policies both for the short and for the long run. The book makes an invaluable contribution to the literature on economic growth and development, labor economics, the economics of well-being, and applications of behavioral economics. The readers that may be interested in this book are economists and other social scientists, but also general readers, since the analysis is maintained simple and accessible. University teachers can use the book for courses on economic growth and development, on labor economics, on economics of human capital, on economics of well-being, and on applications of behavioral economics"--

El presente trabajo describe la experiencia de educación ambiental, feminista y popular desarrollada con las trabajadoras de la Cooperativa Panambi (Buenos Aires, Argentina) y los espacios de diálogo y construcción de conocimiento generados en el proceso, con una metodología que sumó a las herramientas de la teoría feminista los aportes de la mirada interseccional así como del paradigma de la decolonialidad, constituyendo prácticas que pueden ser enmarcadas dentro del ecofeminismo de carácter constructivista vinculado a la promoción de la salud socioambiental.