13 research outputs found
Alcohol Screening and Brief Intervention as Standard Practice in Indian Country
Alcohol use and the resulting problems associated with high-risk drinking in the American Indian/Native Alaskan (AI/NA) population are well-documented, as alcohol misuse has taken an incredible toll on many AI/NA communities. Presently, both overall health issues and alcohol use occur disproportionately within this population. This article provides an updated overview of the impact of alcohol use in the United States and within AI/NA communities specifically. It also provides recommendations for an alcohol-related screening and brief intervention instrument that social workers can begin using in their practice and can be utilized within the AI/NA community
Forest fragmentation: causes, ecological impacts and implications for landscape management
In order to enable the development of appropriate landscape management
plans, the causes and impacts of fragmentation should be fully
understood. A new definition, incorporating the key aspects cited in
landscape ecological literature since the 1980s, is proposed in order to
shed light on the matter of fragmentation. By means of two case studies
in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Oriental Province) and
in North Benin, the key role of anthropogenic activities in landscape
fragmentation is evidenced; the spatial dispersion of forest vegetation is
linked to population density and land use change. The potential impact
of fragmentation on biodiversity is shown by an analysis of forest diversity
in Ivory Coast (Tanda region), and by a study of edge effects on two
rodent species in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Kisangani).
The chapter is concluded by an study on how planned corridors, assuming
a spatial regrouping of existing teak plantations, could contribute to
the conservation and management of remaining natural forest patches in
the Atlantic Department in Benin