Paper discusses the effects of demogrpahic change, including migration, on social resilience, and use of the natural resource base. In the communities studied the authors find that emigration is concurrent with, but not driving, unsustainable agriculture.
Reports findings of a study on the impact of tourism and tourism-induced migration to the coastal Goa region and its impact on the local agro-ecosystems. Concludes that it is not necessarily the influx of people but the change in relations between people and ecosystems, changes in land use, that cause environmental change. Absract only available to non-subscribers.
Reports on a study that suggests the population environment relationships in fishing area in Ghana are not simply Mathusian outcome, but rather the result of a complex set of relationships including biophysical changes in ecosystem, market, non-local demands, institutions regulating fishing and migration. Abstract only available to non-subscribers.
'the theme for the Commission on Population and Development at its thirty-fourth session in the year 2001 is 'Population, environment and development'... The report analyses recent information and policy perspectives on population, environment and development.
Discusses how sea tenure in the Solomon Islands responds to demographic and consumption needs. Compares two villages in same region with different tenure systems correpsonding to their population and consumption differences. As of October 2002, abstract only available for non-subscribers.
Paper described situation in Kosrean islands in Micronesia. High population growth is sustained by income from remittances. Remittances allow a fuel shift from mangrove wood to other, thus mitigating the impact of population growth on the mangroves. However, emigration may be fueling an export market for Kosrean crabs.
Summary of findings of three case studies described in the same issue of Ambio (search: Ambio 2002) regarding factors mediating the population and environment linkages. Factors discussed in this paper are common property systems, migration, and the underlying social systems that guide change. Abstract only available to non-subscribers
In this article, the editors of this special issue journal worked together in disentangling the complexity of the Population, Consumption, and Environment (PCE) connections, drawing conclusions about the insights from the case studies.
Paper looks at the determinants of mangrove conversion to fish farming in Thailand over a 20 year period. The authors find that the price of shrimp, minimum wage, distance from market, feed price, population growth, income per capita, and shrimp-farm density are all signicicant determinants of the rising shrimp farming trend.
Paper explores sea cucumber industry on the Galapagos islands. Finds that the key to a rapid increase in sea cucumber harvest is not an increase in the number of fishermen, but a change in technology and access to credit and markets. Includes results of a survey among the local population to determine the population's attitude towards sea cucumber fishing and regulations.
