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Conservation Developments in South African Forestry
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Forestry Journal • Authors: R. McC. Pott --- ,The historical development of environmental conservational activities within the South African Forestry Industry is followed, and the changing emphasis from the conservation of the remaining indigenous forests (pre-1900) to water conservation, to natural assets and unplanted areas is highlighted. The... -
Religion, authority and their interplay in the shaping of antiretroviraltreatment in western Uganda
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: AlexanderMJ Leusenkamp --- , The NetherlandsThe article explores how religious actors have increasingly shaped the nature of antiretroviral treatment (ART) services in Kabarole district, western Uganda. As have the regular health services, Christian donors, non-governmental organisations (NGOs), and churches in the district have also stepped... -
Achievements and lessons learned from the Benguela Environment, Fisheries, Interaction and Training (BENEFIT) research programme
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: I Hampton N SweijdThis paper considers the scientific achievements of the Benguela Environment, Fisheries, Interaction and Training (BENEFIT) Programme as reflected in 29 internally evaluated BENEFIT research projects carried out between 1998 and 2007 when the programme ended, and draws a number of... -
Innovation, the informal economy and development: The case of Zambia
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Ephraim Daka --- Innovation and Knowledge Economy, Finland Hannes Toivanen --- Innovation and Industrial Renewal, FinlandNational systems of innovation have been serving as the conceptual framework and vehicle to address poverty and national competitiveness in developing countries. Zambia has been building its NSI since 1964, but the existing system suffers from serious shortcomings related to... -
Exploring procedural justice and police legitimacy in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Johan Prinsloo --- Department of Criminology, South AfricaPerceptions of legitimacy are at the foundation of public mandates underlying criminal justice institutions, their legal authority, and public cooperation. This study explored perceptions of South African policing by members of a historically disadvantaged community, in terms of the procedural... -
Evaluating the efficacy of a school-based Finnish Gutsy Go programme in enhancing adolescents’ positive mental health, experience of social inclusion, and social competence
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Child & Adolescent Mental Health • Authors: Hanna Ahrnberg --- , Finland Kaija Appelqvist-Schmidlechner --- , Finland Pekka Mustonen --- , Finland Sari Fröjd --- Tampere University, Finland Katja Aktan-Collan --- , FinlandBackground: The Finnish Gutsy Go programme is a positive youth development intervention designed to enhance adolescents’ psychosocial well-being by enabling eighth-grade students to develop and execute good deeds within the community. -
Role of subregional cooperation towards environmental conservation
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Robita Lee Robinson --- Universiti Malaya, Malaysia Angathevar Baskaran --- Universiti Malaya, Malaysia Sonia Kumari Selvarajan --- Universiti Malaya, MalaysiaThis study examines the role of subregional cooperation in advancing environmental conservation within the ASEAN framework, focusing specifically on the Indonesia-Malaysia-Thailand Growth Triangle (IMT-GT) and its institutional body, the Centre for IMT-GT Subregional Cooperation (CIMT). Through qualitative analysis based on...