Neo-colonialism and greed: Africans’ views on trophy hunting in social media

Existing studies on the trophy hunting controversy in recent years have largely represented the anti-hunting views of the Western public, while overlooking the opinions of African people. This study taps into Africans’ social media narratives to illuminate the racially, politically, and historically charged context in which trophy hunting occurs in Africa. Data were collected from the Facebook pages of three major social media players with a predominantly African followership, namely, BBC News Africa, News24.com, and NewsDay-Zimbabwe. The dominant pattern was resentment towards what was viewed as the neo-colonial character of trophy hunting, in the way it privileges Western elites in accessing Africa’s wildlife resources. However, the West’s passionate criticism of violence against animals was viewed by participants as overblown, and as evidence of their (Westerners') higher regard for animals than for African people. Interestingly, trophy hunting was not objectionable from an animal rights perspective, but as a consequence of its complex historical and postcolonial associations. In addition, criticism was directed at African politicians who were perceived as allowing wildlife exploitation to satisfy their own greed. In this instance, far from tourism being a facilitator of intercultural understanding and peace, it appears to reproduce images and wounds of a colonial past.     

Local opinions on trophy hunting in Kyrgyzstan

As traditional international trophy hunting destinations are becoming less accessible due to hunting restrictions and regulations, new destinations are entering the scene, such as the Republic of Kyrgyzstan, located in Central Asia. Kyrgyzstan has grown to be one of the top destinations for international trophy hunting of argali Ovis ammon and ibex Capra sibirica, both of which are in danger of extinction. Empirically, the article draws on a case study from the largest region in Kyrgyzstan, At-Bashy, and 395 questionnaires with local inhabitants from 5 villages, and 1 interview with an international trophy hunting tour operator. In this article, the impacts of trophy hunting as a tourism practice in a rural context is discussed in terms of its sustainability and through the opinions of the local inhabitants. In sum, the negative impacts of trophy hunting in At-Bashy seem to overrule the positive ones, and in its current form it is not sustainable. The local inhabitants report about a decrease in argali and ibex during the last years; they receive basically no economic benefits from hunting tourism; and not surprisingly, 70% of the population rejects the further development of the industry in its current shape.     

Cost savings from trajectory deviations in the European air space

Air transport deregulation has lead to an increase of air traffic, together with a reduction of air fares. Air fare reduction has narrowed operational margins of airlines, bringing financial and employment instability. This has brought airlines to pay increasing attention to flying costs reduction. Two important components of flying costs airlines can try to cut modifying the planned flight are en route charges and operational costs. We rely on Demand Data Repository (DDR2) data to calculate deviations from planned flight trajectories to analyse the extent to what airlines try to cut operational costs making shorter flights than planned if possible, and cut en route charges providing a planned flight with lower en route charges than the planned flight. Our findings show that there is no generalised strategy among airlines to reduce en-route charges asking for deviations of the planned route. On the other hand, airlines are achieving savings of operational costs regularly. Higher savings per nautical mile are obtained in night flights, with longer planned distance and operated by low cost carriers.     

基于两阶段法的多车型卷烟配送路径优化研究

在烟草商业企业中,物流是其重要的环节,是连接客户与烟草企业间的纽带,其卷烟配送线路设计的合理与否直接影响到卷烟的配送效率和配送成本,就如何合理的规划线路成为卷烟配送的关键问题。文章以Q烟草公司为例,运用先分组后路线的两阶段法对问题进行求解,先利用K-means聚类算法对区域进行划分,再考虑工作量均衡的条件下引入遗传算法对区域进一步调整,最后利用混合遗传算法对各配送区域进行线路优化,通过实例从线路数、车辆数、空载率、配送里程及总成本等指标上可以看出两阶段法的配送效果更优。     

殷墟甲骨刻辞与商代旅游史的建构

前贤研究商代旅游,所据的史料大抵不出传世文献的范围,然传世文献中商代旅游史料甚为了了,所以,前贤修撰的中国旅游史中的殷商部分总是语焉不详.其实,要研究上古旅游,应该把收集史料的重点放在地下,研究商代旅游,应该以地下出土的甲骨刻辞为中心.据笔者调查,殷墟甲骨刻辞有旅游刻辞七千余片,完全可以借此修撰一部商代旅游专史.     

提升我国服务业发展水平的跨位思考

提升我国服务业发展水平,分析我国服务业的发展现状。服务业的产值与吸收就业能力呈现明显增长趋势,但同国际发达国家服务业的发展情况相比,差距明显。研究表明,我国服务业具有向资本密集型、知识密集型现代服务业发展的趋势,并逐渐在经济活动中取得主导地位。     

论"旅游目的地"与"旅游过境地"

旅游地的空间竞争与合作是当前学术界颇为关注的一个热点问题.处在同一旅游线路①上的不同旅游地之间产业和产品的空间竞争与合作是区域旅游竞争与合作的典型代表,较少有学者进行研究.本文在回顾以往研究成果的基础上,分析了旅游目的地与旅游过境地在竞争与合作中旅游产业定位和空间布局等重大问题对两地在旅游开发、投资等方面的影响.     

中国企业对外直接投资的区位选择和路径安排

随着中国综合国力增强和国内企业参与国际经济分工的深化,目前中国企业具有对外直接投资的基本条件和现实需要,近年来关于中国企业如何实施“走出去”战略已成为学术界和企业界共同关注的热点问题之一。文章综合发达国家和发展中国家的对外直接投资理论,结合我国企业的具体实际,对我国企业在实施“走出去”战略过程中的东道国区位选择和路径安排进行研究。     

纳米氧化锌制备技术与工业生产

介绍了国内外纳米氧化锌制备技术的研究进展.通过对国内外制备技术和生产现状的比较,提出以尿素为沉淀剂,以硝酸锌为含锌原料,采用均匀沉淀法制备纳米ZnO的工艺路线,研究了相关的工艺过程及反应条件、反应产物的过滤洗涤和纳米ZnO的煅烧,对存在的问题和今后的研究方向进行了讨论.     

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