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Record Nr.

UNINA9910457963403321

Titolo

Russia after the global economic crisis [[electronic resource] /] / Anders Åslund, Sergei Guriev, and Andrew Kuchins, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : Peterson Institute for International Economics and Center for Strategic and International Studies, c2010

ISBN

0-88132-514-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (305 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

ÅslundAnders <1952->

GurievS. M

KuchinsAndrew

Disciplina

330.947

Soggetti

Financial crises - Russia (Federation)

Corruption - Russia (Federation)

Electronic books.

Russia (Federation) Economic conditions 21st century

Russia (Federation) Economic policy 21st century

Russia (Federation) Foreign economic relations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Foreword""; ""Map""; ""Introduction""; ""The Arguments""; ""The Russia Balance Sheet""; ""Ch 1: Challenges Facing the Russian Economy after the Crisis  ""; ""Before the Crisis""; ""The Crisis""; ""Russia After the Crisis: The Challenges""; ""Strategic Priorities for Russia""; ""What Next?""; ""Ch 2: Russian Politics in a Time of Economic Turmoil ""; ""Economic Crisis and Recovery""; ""Consequences of Economics for Politics""; ""Presidential Popularity and Political Constraints""; ""Politics in the Financial Crisis""; ""Conclusion""

""Ch 3: Federalism in Russia  """"Principles of Federalism""; ""Yeltsin's Decentralization in the 1990's""; ""Reforming State-Corroding Federalism: Lessons from Other Developing Countries ""; ""Putin's Centralization: Follow Mexico or China?""; ""Conclusion""; ""Ch 4: Corruption and Rule of Law ""; ""Context""; ""The Putin Report Card: Corruption""; ""Legal Institutions""; ""The Power of Friends in High



Places""; ""Caveats and Observations""; ""President Medvedev's Turn""; ""Implications ""; ""Ch 5: Role of High-Technology Industries ""

""Russia's Heritage in High-Technology Industries"" ""Current Role of High-Technology Industries""; ""Future Role of High-Technology Industries""; ""Conclusion""; ""Ch 6: Climate Change and Role of  Energy Efficiency ""; ""Russia and Climate Change""; ""Russia's Role in International Climate Policy""; ""Climate Policy at Home""; ""Politics of Climate Change Policy""; ""Energy Efficiency and the Economic Benefits of an Affirmative Climate Policy ""; ""An Opportunity for US-Russia Engagement""; ""Ch 7: Gazprom: Challenged Giant in Need of Reform  ""; ""Gazprom's Traditional Strategy""

""Challenges Hit Gazprom"" ""Gazprom's Response to the Crisis""; ""An Alternative Russian Gas Policy""; ""Ch 8: Military Reform against Heavy Odds ""; ""Origins and Design of the Military Reform""; ""The Thinking behind the Military Reform""; ""A Team of Reluctant and Accidental Reformers""; ""Reform of the Army Is Radical but not Radical Enough""; ""The Overexploited Navy and the Undertrained Air Force""; ""Financial Matters and the Dysfunctional Military-Industrial Complex ""; ""Conclusion: Profound Change but Limited Success""

""Ch 9: Russian Foreign Policy: Modernization or Marginalization? """"Still Searching for a Global Role""; ""Project CIS on Life Support""; ""Russia's Great Power Pretensions Need a Reality Check""; ""Sketching Russias Way Forward""; ""Ch 10: Foreign Economic Policy at a Crossroads  ""; ""Gains from WTO Accession to Russia""; ""Russia's Commitments to Foreign Exporters and Investors""; ""Are WTO Accession Demands on Russia Excessive?""; ""Remaining Issues in WTO Accession""; ""Acceding as a Customs Union: What Does It Mean for Russiaâ€?s Trade Policy?""; ""The Jackson-Vanik Amendment""

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910697459003321

Autore

Charnley Susan

Titolo

Traditional and local ecological knowledge about forest biodiversity in the Pacific Northwest [[electronic resource] /] / Susan Charnley, A. Paige Fischer, and Eric T. Jones

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Portland, OR : , : U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, , [2008]

Descrizione fisica

52 pages : digital, PDF file

Collana

General technical report PNW ; ; GTR-751

Altri autori (Persone)

FischerA. Paige (Alexandra Paige)

JonesEric T. <1965->

Soggetti

Traditional ecological knowledge - Northwest, Pacific

Forest biodiversity - Northwest, Pacific

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from title screen (viewed on July 22, 2008).

"April 2008."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 39-52).

Sommario/riassunto

This paper synthesizes the existing literature about traditional and local ecological knowledge relating to biodiversity in Pacific Northwest forests in order to assess what is needed to apply this knowledge to forest biodiversity conservation efforts. We address four topics: (1) views and values people have relating to biodiversity, (2) the resource use and management practices of local forest users and their effects on biodiversity, (3) methods and models for integrating traditional and local ecological knowledge into biodiversity conservation on public and private lands, and (4) challenges to applying traditional and local ecological knowledge for biodiversity conservation. We focus on the ecological knowledge of three groups who inhabit the region: American Indians, family forest owners, and commercial nontimber forest product (NTFP) harvesters. Integrating traditional and local ecological knowledge into forest biodiversity conservation is most likely to be successful if the knowledge holders are directly engaged with forest managers and western scientists in on-the-ground projects in which interaction and knowledge sharing occur. Three things important to the



success of such efforts are understanding the communication styles of knowledge holders, establishing a foundation of trust to work from, and identifying mutual benefits from knowledge sharing that create an incentive to collaborate for biodiversity conservation. Although several promising models exist for how to integrate traditional and local ecological knowledge into forest management, a number of social, economic, and policy constraints have prevented this knowledge from flourishing and being applied. These constraints should be addressed alongside any strategy for knowledge integration.