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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2013)
Why do NGOs and companies form a relationship and how, if at all do they implement it in order to create value? These are central questions that are addressed in this paper, and the answers are sought by taking a closer ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2013)
In the modern era cattle ranching in Nicaragua has become a principle economic activity for a number of reasons, with the result that as much as 30% of the country´s forested lands have been converted to pasture for grazing. ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2015)
This paper investigates the spaces for participation that have been created by readiness preparations launched in connection with the international initiative “Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation” ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2013)
This thesis is based on a case study of a planned wind power park in Vindafjord municipality in western Norway. It seeks to understand how the stakeholders involved in the plan talk about the proposed wind power park, ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2019)
As we grapple with our relationships with nature in search of sustainable solutions in our precarious age, religion has entered the sphere of environmentalism. Offering religious ideas as a key to sustainability, some have ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2013)
Large scale land acquisition for commercial agriculture is a fast-evolving type of investment in many developing countries. However, such investments entail negative impacts particularly on the local communities, who see ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2007)
This study adopts an interdisciplinary approach to provide an account of why Buea is still backward in terms of socio-economic development. It examines the role of Local Governments (LGs) in rural development in supposedly ...
(Master thesis / Hovedoppgave, 2001)
(Master thesis / Hovedoppgave, 2002)
Can high levels of poverty be a competitive advantage for a country in the world economy? Or, put differently, can low labour costs provide a sustainable basis for a small country’s export
strategy? In this study poverty ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2011)
The thesis herein examines some of the vital links between international humanitarian law and sustainable development. Although environments of war are seemingly paradoxical, the fact remains that the natural environment ...