Climate Change and World Food Security (Nato ASI Subseries I:, #37) (NATO ASI, v. 37)
In the last half decade since sustainable development became a serious objective, what have we achieved? Are livelihoods more secure? Are nations wealthier and more resilient? Is environmental quality being restored or maintained? These are essential questions of development. Their answers are many, varied between communities and regions, even between individuals. Two years ago, in the aftermath of the Earth Summit and ratification of the Framework Convention on Climate Change, but before the fi...
Use of Ozone as an Alternative to Chlorine for Treatment of Soft Wheat Flours.
by Sasivimon Chittrakorn
Forest biodiversity is crucial to the ecological, economic, and social well-being of earth’s civilisations. Unfortunately, however, forest biodiversity is threatened to a serious degree in nearly all countries. Therefore, many countries have agreed to be parties to international agreements focused on maintaining, restoring, and monitoring biodiversity; further, these countries have agreed to report to international bodies on forest biodiversity status and trends. NFIs are the primary source of l...
Production & Management of Fruit Crops in Arid/Drylands
by Nana Dhumal Deshmukh
Tigers of the World, Second Edition explores tiger biology, ecology, conservation, management, and the science and technology that make this possible. In 1988, when the first edition was published, tiger conservation was still in its infancy, and two decades later there has been a revolution not only in what is known, but how information about tigers is obtained and disseminated. In the fast changing world of conservation, there is a great need to summarize the vast and current state-of-the-art,...
Interaction Between Agriculture and Nature Conservation in the Czech and Slovak Republics (Environmental research)
by M. Kundrata, etc., J. Low, and J. Ungerman
Introduction to Forest and Shade Tree Insects
by Pedro Barbosa and Michael R. Wagner
'A vivid guide to Scotland's rural past.' -- Dundee Courier. From stone age farmers to modern-day mechanization; crofting, wartime farming, industry, tourism and environmentalism are all discussed in this invaluable book.
Soil Science
The food that nourishes us, the water that we drink and the air that we breathe all depend on soils and their life-sustaining properties. Soil Science provides an understanding of the practical application of biology, chemistry, physics and earth science principles to integrated land use and environmental protection. It deals with soil as a natural resource on the surface of the earth including soil formation, classification and mapping; physical, chemical, biological, and fertility properties o...
Es una introduccion breve, pero completa, del increible mundo de la microbiologia del suelo. La vida microscopica del suelo esta presente practicamente en todo lo que respecta a nuestra vida cotidiana: desde el agua que bebemos, los alimentos que ingerimos, al aire que respiramos. El presente libro pretende transmitir al lector los fundamentos basicos de los organismos que habitan en el suelo, de modo que pueda apreciar lo que aportan estas formas de vida y de que manera intervienen en nuestro e...
Planning Organization and Teaching Agricultural Mechanics
by Forrest W Bear
The Comparative Value of Different Test Organisms in the Microbiological Assay of B Vitamins; 319
The Duck District of Saskatchewan, Northwest Territories of Canada [microform]
The Story of the Sesqui-Centennial Celebration of Pittsburgh, July 4, September 27 to October 3, and November 25, 1908
by Sidney A King