Africa’s living rivers: Managing for sustainability

Africa’s human population is growing rapidly and is set to account for 40 percent of global numbers by 2100. Further development of its inland waters, to enhance water and energy security, is inevitable. Will it follow the development pathway of industrialized countries, often destructive of ecosystems, biodiversity, and riverdependent social structures, or can it chart a new way into the future based on global lessons of equity and sustainability? This essay tracks the global and African growth of the benefits and costs of water resource developments, explores the reasons for the costs, and offers insights on new scientific thinking that can help guide Africa to a more sustainable future

Environmental flow assessments are not realizing their potential as an aid to basin planning

Multiple planned dams in developing countries, mostly for hydropower, are threatening some of the world’s great river systems. Concern over their social and environmental impacts has led to hydropower being excluded from the sustainability term ‘green energy.’ Better planning, design and operation of hydropower dams could guide where to build and not to build, and how to mitigate some of their negative impacts. Impact assessments presently done for dams include Cumulative Impact Assessments (CIAs) or similar at the basin level, and Environmental Impact Assessments at the project level. These typically do not detail how the river ecosystem could change and the implications for its dependent social structures. A comprehensive Environmental Flows (EFlows) Assessment does provide this information but is almost always not linked to the other impact assessments. When done at all, it is often rudimentary; rarely basin-wide; and almost always done after major development decisions have already been made. A more effective approach for any basin targeted for hydropower or other large damdevelopment would be to formally and automatically embed the requirement for a basin-wide, detailed EFlows Assessment into a CIA. This should be done at the earliest stage of planning, before dam sites are selected and allocated to developers. The EFlows method adopted matters, as it dictates the scope and flexibility of a study. Rapid one-size-fits-all methods do not provide the detail that governments and other stakeholders need to understand the possible future of their river basins, negotiate and make informed decisions

Strategic Analysis for a Selected Company

Import 06/11/2014Tématem mé diplomové práce je „strategická analýza vybraného podniku“. Pro analýzu jsem vybrala společnost ČEZ, a. s. Cílem diplomové práce je na základě vybraných analýz provést strategickou analýzu a připravit pro ni doporučení pro další období. V teoretické části jsem popsala jednotlivé metody strategické analýzy. V této části je také představen podnik, který byl hodnocen. V praktické části jsem využila poznatků z teoretické části a aplikovala metody na podnik. Informace byly čerpány z interních výkazů podniku a od veřejných institucí. V závěru jsem shrnula všechny dosažené výsledky a předložila doporučení pro další období.The theme of my thesis is "strategic analysis of selected company". I have chosen company ČEZ, a.s. for the analysis. The aim of this thesis is to create strategic analysis based on selected strategic analysis methods and to prepare recommendations for the future period based on this strategic analysis. The theoretical part describes individual methods of strategic analysis. This section also introduces the company which is being evaluated. The practical part uses knowledge from theoretical part and applies the methods to analyse the company. The information about company was drawn from internal company statements and from public institutions. The Conclusion summarizes all results and makes recommendations for the future period.115 - Katedra managementudobř

Alcohol-related behaviours, beliefs, and knowledge regarding cancer risk related to alcohol in the New South Wales LGBTQ+ community

Sexuality and gender diverse (LGBTQ+) people are a priority for cancer control due to differing experience of risk factors for cancer and participation in cancer screening services compared to cisgender and heterosexual people. Alcohol use among LGBTQ+ people is typically higher compared to the general population, but awareness of alcohol-related cancer risk in the LGBTQ+ community is unclear and other alcohol-related behaviours/beliefs (e.g., perceived health risks) have also been under-researched in this community. This technical report details a study conducted in collaboration with ACON and Cancer Institute NSW to examine a range of alcohol-related behaviours and beliefs among LGBTQ+ adults in NSW, including alcohol use patterns, perceived health risks of alcohol use, awareness of alcohol-related cancer risk, and alcohol-related help-seeking behaviours