We argue that spontaneous forest regeneration can not be understood as an ecological process alone; it is also embedded in an institutional context and critically dependent on functioning local social institutions mitigating drivers of deforestation and alternative land use [cf. 43].
"Academic institutions are economic drivers," said Frank C. Wuest, president of Forest City's Science and Technology Group, which undertook a similar project in Cambridge, Mass., where space for science and technology companies was developed next to M.I.T. "The jobs are following the brain power".
UK higher education institutions have strong drivers to reduce operational carbon emissions through building redevelopment.
Our study emphasizes the large capacity of a semi-arid system to spontaneously regenerate, triggered by decreased pressures, but where existing social institutions mitigate other drivers of deforestation and alternative land-use.
FIOCRUZ, with the support of IANPHI (International Association of National Public Health Institutes) and the CPLP (the Lusophone commonwealth), also backs the Guinean and Mozambican Institutes of Public Health and affiliated training institutions, seen as key drivers of human capital, leadership and system development in the health sector.
We apply the concept of organizational climate to higher education institutions and examine the drivers of students' perceptions of the entrepreneurial climate in their university.
Finally, a number of thorny risks can only be tackled by influencing drivers and institutions which push risks upward.
We explore where and at what scale legislation emerges and examine which institutions gain prominence as drivers of policy change.
Development partners can play an important role in supporting restructuring of key institutions to act as drivers for change.
Financial institutions were the main driver, but retail investors were also out in force, looking to gold to diversify their investments and protect their wealth.
