Valuing a Natura 2000 network site to inform land use options using a discrete choice experiment: An illustration from the Basque Country

One of the main problems that public institutions face in the management of protected areas, such as the European Natura 2000 network, is determining how to design and implement sustainable management plans that account for the wide range of marketed and non-marketed benefits they provide to society. This paper presents an application of a stated preference valuation approach aimed at evaluating the social preferences of the population of the Basque Country, Spain, for the key attributes of a regional Natura 2000 network site. According to our results, individuals’ willingness-to-pay (WTP) is higher for attributes associated with non-use values (native tree species and biodiversity conservation) than for attributes associated with use values (agricultural development and commercial forestry). The paper concludes that management policies related to Natura 2000 network sites should account for both for the importance of non-use values and the heterogeneity of the population's preferences in order to minimize potential land use conflicts.

Towards a participatory integrated assessment approach for planning and managing Natura 2000 network sites

Managing protected areas implies dealing with complex social-ecological systems where multiple dimensions (social, institutional, economic and ecological) interact over time for the delivery of ecosystem services. Uni-dimensional and top-down management approaches have been unable to capture this complexity. Instead, new integrated approaches that acknowledge the diversity of social actors in the decision making process are required. In this paper we put forward a novel participatory assessment approach which integrates multiple methodologies to reflect different value articulating institutions in the case of a Natura 2000 network site in the Basque Country. It integrates within a social multi-criteria evaluation framework, both the economic values of ecosystem services through a choice experiment model and ecological values by means of a spatial bio-geographic assessment. By capturing confronting social and institutional conflicts in protected areas the participatory integrated assessment approach presented here can help decision makers for better planning and managing Natura 2000 sites.

Evaluating governance and participatory processes in Natura 2000: lessons learned and guidance for future prospects

In recent years, participatory approaches have been incorporated in decision-making processes as a way to strengthen the bonds between diverse areas of knowledge and social actors in natural resources management and environmental governance. Despite the favourable context, this paradigm shift is still in an early stage within the development of the Natura 2000 in the European Union, the largest network of protected areas in the world. To enhance the full scope of participatory approaches in this context, this article: (i) briefly reviews the role of participatory approaches in environmental governance, (ii) develops a common framework to evaluate such participatory processes in protected area management, (iii) applies this framework to a real case study, and (iv) based on the lessons learned, provides guidance to improve the future governance of Natura 2000 sites.

Metalak eta metaloideak itsasadarretan: kutsadura jarraitzeko erreminta analitikoen

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Deba barreneko euskarazko komunikazio sistema : tokian tokiko aldizkariaren kazetaritza-genero eta gaien analisia 2000-2004 bitartean

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Gipuzkoako Surf Federazioaren 2015-2018 lau urtekorako plangintza estrategikoa

Gipuzkoako Surf Federazioari helburuak zehaztu eta bideak markatzen lagunduko dion lau urtekorako plan estrategikoa da.

Langraitzko eskola kirolean berdintasunean oinarrituriko proposamen bat 2014-2015 kurtsorako

Lan hau eskola kiroleko egitasmo bat da eta proposamen berritzailea kirol jokoen ezaugarri eta egitura oinarri harturik egiten da.

I edo adikzio baten anatomia

[EN] This paper is devoted to i, the Basque dative case marker. In part I, the paper aims at presenting a general approach the locus of syntactic variation within Universal Grammar (sections 1.1 to 1.3). After an excursus on the use of minorized languages in science (1.4), a discussion on parameters is provided. In (1.5), the notion of macroparameter from the 80’s is critically discussed mainly but not along the lines of Newmeyer (2005). The last section (1.6)supports to focus on microparameters, along the lines of Kayne (2000, 2005), as the right way to properly understand and explain variation. Part II provides an analysis of the main properties of Basque datives (sections 2.1 and 2.2). Sections 2.3 and 2.4 are devoted to the nature of Basque inflectional morpheme (k)i, interpreted asan applicative morpheme which ‘applies’ dative object arguments to the structure. Finally, microcomparative analyses on Basque Differential Object Marking and Dative Displacement are presented in sections (2.6) and (2.7) respectively.

Auditores de cuentas ante una formación más exigente y de mayor alcance

Las últimas Resoluciones del ICAC que regulan los requisitos de los programas de formación teórica exigidos para el acceso al ROAC, han generado incertidumbre entre aquéllos que habiéndolos cursado o habiendo sido dispensados de la primera fase del examen por alguna de las dos convocatorias anteriores, ahora se les exige conocimientos adicionales a cursar y examinar en próximas convocatorias del ROAC. Los escándalos financieros y los fraudes continuos (comenzaron con Enron-2000) no ayudan ni facilitan a la recuperación de la credibilidad y confianza que debe proporcionar la Auditoría de Cuentas. Por ello las Autoridades europeas exigen mayor formación y más controles que salvaguarden la calidad auditora. Asimismo, las Universidades han sufrido grandes reformas en las titulaciones y planes de estudio (adaptarse a los vectores de Bolonia) que han supuesto modificaciones de los programas formativos homologados por el ICAC. En este trabajo pretendemos analizar los requisitos que los futuros auditores deberán cumplir en relación a la formación teórica ante las nuevas exigencias del ICAC.

An Alternative View of the US Price-Dividend Ratio Dynamics

As a necessary condition for the validity of the present value model, the price-dividend ratio must be stationary. However, significant market episodes seem to provide evidence of prices significantly drifting apart from dividends while other episodes show prices anchoring back to dividends. This paper investigates the stationarity of this ratio in the context of a Markov- switching model à la Hamilton (1989) where an asymmetric speed of adjustment towards a unique attractor is introduced. A three-regime model displays the best regime identification and reveals that the first part of the 90’s boom (1985-1995) and the post-war period are characterized by a stationary state featuring a slow reverting process to a relatively high attractor. Interestingly, the latter part of the 90’s boom (1996-2000), characterized by a growing price-dividend ratio, is entirely attributed to a stationary regime featuring a highly reverting process to the attractor. Finally, the post-Lehman Brothers episode of the subprime crisis can be classified into a temporary nonstationary regime.

Patrón del comportamiento alimentario en escolares

[ES] En la edad escolar se adquieren los hábitos alimentarios que se seguirán, probablemente, durante gran parte de la vida. Objetivos: Conocer y valorar cualitativa y cuantitativamente la dieta semanal de un grupo de escolares y observar las diferencias de ingesta en los días escolares y los del fin de semana. El consumo en raciones de alimentos es más adecuado en los niños con normopeso y en los días escolares. Es precisa una educación nutricional de los niños y su entorno.

Valoración nutricional en pacientes quirúrgicos

[ES] Numerosos estudios han demostrado que muchos de los pacientes que ingresan en Cirugía presentan signos de malnutrición. En el presente trabajo se estudió re t rospectivamente la valoración nutricional de 116 pacientes. Los resultados muestran que sólo en el 29,3% de los enfermos se determinaron parámetros antropométricos, en el 19% parámetros bioquímicos y en el 25% parámetros inmunológicos de interés nutricional. Cabe destacar que, como también indican otros autores, la valoración nutricional no constituye todavía un procedimiento habitual en la práctica clínica.

Warsaw Conference: “Small steps forward while awaiting major decisions at the 2015 Paris Conference”

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La Cumbre de Varsovia: “Pequeños avances en espera de decisiones de envergadura en la Cumbre de Paris 2015”

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