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Community participation for forest sustainability and use of forest resources for community development is considered a vital way in all societies. This study was conducted to assess the public views toward sustainable forest management in the area of Gilgit–Baltistan, Pakistan, through collecting data from 255 respondents. Views about forest management techniques at different levels were discussed. Three main areas of focus to manage forest resources were: strategic-level management, local-level management, and communication-level management. To provide confidence and to measure factors affecting sustainable forest management, this study applied the structural equation modeling approach and built a model that explained and identified the critical factors affecting sustainable forest management. A quantitative approach via Smart Partial Least Squares version 3.2.8 was used for analysis. The findings of the study show that the R2 value of the model was 0.653, which means that the three exogenous latent constructs collectively explained 65.3% of the variance in sustainable forest management. In this study, the goodness of fit of the model was 0.431, which is considered valid for further analysis. Among the three proposed levels for forest management, the strategic-level-management factor was found the most important of the three variables. This study concluded that for better and sustainable forest management, policies should flow from the strategic level to the local and also focus on communication-level management because all these factors appear to be significant in measuring sustainable forest management. Community engagement and awareness are also found to be an important way for forest resource management.
Sajjad Ali; Dake Wang; Talib Hussain; Xiaocong Lu; Mohammad Nurunnabi. Forest Resource Management: An Empirical Study in Northern Pakistan. Sustainability 2021, 13, 8752 .
AMA StyleSajjad Ali, Dake Wang, Talib Hussain, Xiaocong Lu, Mohammad Nurunnabi. Forest Resource Management: An Empirical Study in Northern Pakistan. Sustainability. 2021; 13 (16):8752.
Chicago/Turabian StyleSajjad Ali; Dake Wang; Talib Hussain; Xiaocong Lu; Mohammad Nurunnabi. 2021. "Forest Resource Management: An Empirical Study in Northern Pakistan." Sustainability 13, no. 16: 8752.
COVID-19 has destabilized the global economy, disrupted the lives of billions of people globally, and caused the workforce to suffer. Furthermore, the spread of this disease has caused most nations to impose strict lockdown regulations and shutdown most industries. This study aimed to highlight the key issues of energy project performance alongside construction activities that were halted during the COVID-19 outbreak to follow social distancing, lockdown, and public safety parameters. A questionnaire survey was administered to accomplish the purpose of this study. The responses of 42 energy project professionals and experts were evaluated using the analytical hierarchy process (AHP) for group decision-making. AHP shows that the biggest influences on project performance during COVID-19 pandemic were government measures and personal factors. The findings provide insight to support energy project planning and management during and after the pandemic, including prioritization of labor force health and safety.
Shahid Hussain; Wang Xuetong; Talib Hussain; Asif Hussain Khoja; Muhammad Zaeem Zia. Assessing the impact of COVID-19 and safety parameters on energy project performance with an analytical hierarchy process. Utilities Policy 2021, 70, 101210 .
AMA StyleShahid Hussain, Wang Xuetong, Talib Hussain, Asif Hussain Khoja, Muhammad Zaeem Zia. Assessing the impact of COVID-19 and safety parameters on energy project performance with an analytical hierarchy process. Utilities Policy. 2021; 70 ():101210.
Chicago/Turabian StyleShahid Hussain; Wang Xuetong; Talib Hussain; Asif Hussain Khoja; Muhammad Zaeem Zia. 2021. "Assessing the impact of COVID-19 and safety parameters on energy project performance with an analytical hierarchy process." Utilities Policy 70, no. : 101210.
Cleaner production is a universally defined policy ascertained by of the United Nations for countries worldwide. Multinational companies diligently emphasize the cleaner production strategy while setting their organizational goals. Keeping in view the importance of cleaner production in the world; this study investigates the vision and mission statements of selective multinational companies working in the BRICS countries. Top five multinational companies from each BRICS country; listed in the stock exchanges were taken and their vision and mission statements were analyzed via content analysis methods. The results of the study indicated that the Russian multinational companies were found to be most focused on the cleaner production strategies in their vision and mission statements. Moreover, the results reveal that the South African companies gave the least attention to the cleaner production as compared to other BRICS countries. This study opened the door for future studies and suggested the researchers to investigate more ineptly while focusing more countries and to expand the topic to know the universal implementation of cleaner production policies.
Talib Hussain; Dake Wang; Sajjad Ali. Competition among BRICS Companies for Cleaner Production Strategies. Journal of Business Strategies 2020, 12, 109 -124.
AMA StyleTalib Hussain, Dake Wang, Sajjad Ali. Competition among BRICS Companies for Cleaner Production Strategies. Journal of Business Strategies. 2020; 12 (2):109-124.
Chicago/Turabian StyleTalib Hussain; Dake Wang; Sajjad Ali. 2020. "Competition among BRICS Companies for Cleaner Production Strategies." Journal of Business Strategies 12, no. 2: 109-124.