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Presented at the Spring 2013 Center for Collaborative Conservation (https://collaborativeconservation.org/) Seminar and Discussion Series, "Collaborative Conservation in Practice: Innovations in Communities around the World", February 12, 2013, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado. This series focused on the work that the CCC's Collaborative Conservation Fellows have been doing across the Western U.S. and around the world. ; David Knight is a Center for Collaborative Conservation Fellow and a 2nd year Ph.D. student in the Department of Human Dimensions of Natural Resources at Colorado State University. Before beginning his graduate studies, he taught Science and Spanish for nine years as a public school teacher in both Indiana and Colorado. With a M.A. in Education, David is interested in exploring how experiential learning programs for educators might support policy communication and coastal management efforts. Having traveled extensively on a meager teacher's salary through the years, he is also interested in better understanding how host communities choose to pursue tourism as a livelihood strategy, and how perceived livelihood outcomes such as poverty alleviation might influence these decisions. ; Optimizing citizen engagement for coastal policy implementation is an ongoing, ubiquitous challenge for governments around the world. This presentation will describe a recent project in which an experiential learning program for educators was piloted as a coastal policy communication tool in the southern part of Cebu Province, Philippines. The process of program design and implementation allowed over thirty educators to collaborate with local policy makers and fish wardens while learning about salient coastal policy issues in their community. Project outcomes suggest that experiential learning programs for educators could drastically improve the policy communication efforts of local-level governments, leading to an increased awareness of and engagement in community-based coastal resource management among citizens.

Something greater than ourselves -- Christian materialism -- Watchmaking -- Wisdom and benevolence -- Genesis and geology -- High-church science -- God working His purpose out? -- Lay sermons -- Knowledge and faith -- Handling chance -- Clergy and clerisy -- Mastering nature -- Meaning and purpose?

Modern chemistry, so alarming, so necessary, so ubiquitous, became a mature science in nineteenth-century Europe. As it developed, often from a lowly position in medicine or in industry, so chemists established themselves as professional men; but differently in different countries. In 1820 chemistry was an autonomous science of great prestige but chemists had no corporate identity. It was 1840 before national chemical societies were first formed; and many countries lagged fifty years behind. Chemists are the largest of scientific groups; and in this 1998 book we observe the social history of chemistry in fifteen countries, ranging from the British Isles to Lithuania and Greece. There are regularities and similarities; and by describing how national chemical professions emerged under particular economic and social circumstances, the book contributes significantly to European history of science.

2015 Spring. ; Includes bibliographical references. ; In the late 90s, growing emphasis on the eradication of global poverty led to a newfound focus on tourism as a tool for international development and poverty alleviation. During this time, Pro-Poor Tourism (PPT) emerged as an approach aimed at 'tilting the tourism cake' and unlocking opportunities for the poor. Since its inception, PPT has sought to find more effective ways to measure the effects of tourism on the poor, to better understand the link between structure, agency, and tourism-based poverty alleviation, and to highlight issues of power that may influence how poor people become involved in or benefit from tourism. This dissertation addresses these trends in the PPT literature by seeking to understand and describe local perceptions of tourism-based poverty alleviation among four communities of Peru's Valle Sagrado (Sacred Valley). It focuses particularly on interactions between tourism associations in each community and Intrepid Travel, an international tour operator based in Melbourne, Australia. The research was conducted between June and December of 2013 and employed an ethnographic methodology known as Rapid Qualitative Inquiry (RQI) to gain insiders' perspectives on tourism-based poverty alleviation. Sources of data included semi-structured interviews (N = 93), field notes, participant observation, and documents and reports from the associations, Intrepid Travel, and various government institutions. Study findings are presented in the form of three dissertation articles linking local perceptions of tourism and poverty to processes of empowerment, institutional change, and national discourses of development. Findings in the first article highlight expressions of power as domination through tourism both within and over communities, alluding to interactions that contributed to the disempowerment of some local people. The article also notes processes of empowerment for tourism association members in terms of enhanced agency, collectivity, and self-awareness. In the second article, the interplay between structure and agency is explored by presenting strategies for institutional change among association members. Findings suggest that tourism-based poverty alleviation is an opportunity-dependent and opportunity-generating process, influenced by both the institutional context and the specific strategies of reflexive actors to improve individual or collective functioning. Finally, article three compares national-level discourses of development in Peru to local perceptions of poverty and tourism practice outside Cuzco. Findings suggest that a great deal of overlap exists between local perceptions and income first, needs first, and rights first approaches to development. This overlap is observed through specific references to poverty as a lack of money, work, education, or control over tourism in the Cuzco region. The findings presented here reinforce previous appeals for both industry and government leaders to more effectively incorporate emic (local) perceptions and strategies into tourism policies effecting indigenous communities. Findings may hold broader practical and theoretical significance for Pro-Poor Tourism (PPT) practice and research, as well. In particular, linking local perceptions and strategies for change to the frameworks presented may support efforts to understand the complex process by which `opportunities' are unlocked for local people - drawing attention to the agency and calculation of reflexive actors, to the selective influence of institutional configurations, and to the essentiality of indigenous voices and rights in pursuing tourism-based development at all levels of the socio-political spectrum.

A basic requirement of statehood is a territorial base. The secession of a regionally focused minority within an existing state will necessarily require territorial separation. But to what territory is a seceding people entitled for a new state? This is not an easy question to answer, for until territorial secession occurs, the territory in question is part of the existing state. A case study of Canada & Quebec is presented, with reference to the historical growth of the Canadian & the Quebec provincial territorial limits, to claims by Quebecois separatists & the federal counterperspective, & to proposals for territorial restructuring if Quebecois ever want to negotiate secession from Canada. 5 Figures. Adapted from the source document.