Communication Support for Sustainable Natural Resource Management

Participatory Indicator Development for Sustainable Natural Resource Management

There have been few attempts to develop, test or apply sustainability indicators for natural resource management at a farm-level, and even fewer have fully consulted land users from the initiation of this process. While environmental sustainability indicators need to be accurate and reliable, land users also need them to be rapid, cost-effective and easy to use, in addition to being linked to m...

Investment Methods in Sustainable Water Resource Management Using SAW Method

Artificial Intelligence and Decision Support in Natural Resource Management

Making good decisions for natural resource management has become increasingly difficult. Forest managers have too much information, too many decisions to make, and too little time to do any of it. In addition, the objectives are changing and the diversity of needs that must be met is growing. Computer decision aids can help sort and process information and expand our ability to make good decisi...

Systems Thinking for Sustainable Resource Management in Environmental Management Education

The sustainability challenge includes a need for new resources. Therefore it is important to show added resource values in sustainability assessments. At the university in Dalarna we use this view, and problem based learning on industrial projects, in environmental management courses. The experiences from those courses, and modelling at Chalmers, indicate how systems thinking can foster a conce...

Promoting Natural Resource Management with an Emphasis on Good Governance

Background and Objectives: Good governance has received a lot of attention regarding the better management of natural resources, because of its efforts to improve the ability of the natural resource management system. In other words, good governance can affect the socio-economic components of the region and ultimately the improvement of natural habitats. In this regard, evaluating good governan...