Download or read book The Role of Transportation in the Resettlement Project of Pejibaye Costa Rica written by Harry E. Wing and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Costa Rican Ecosystems written by Maarten Kappelle and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2016-04-15 with total page 798 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1502, Christopher Columbus named Costa Rica, and while gold and silver never materialized to justify the moniker of rich coast in purely economic terms, scientists and ecotravelers alike have long appreciated its incredible wealth. Wealth in Costa Rica is best measured by its biodiversityhome to a dizzying number of plants and animals, many endemic, it s a country that has long encouraged and welcomed researchers from the world over, and is exemplary in the creation and commitment to indigenous conservation and management programs. Costa Rica is considered to have the best preserved natural resources in Latin America. Approximately nine percent (about 1,000,000 acres) of Costa Rica has been protected in 15 national parks, and a comparable amount of land is protected as wildlife refuges, forest reserves or Indian reservations. This long-awaited synthesis of Costa Rican ecosystems is an authoritative presentation of the paleoecology, biogeography, structure, conservation, and sustainable use of Costa Rica s ecosystems. It systematically covers the entire range of Costa Rica s natural and managed, terrestrial, freshwater and marine ecosystems, including its island systems (Cocos Islands), the Atlantic and Pacific oceans and shores (coasts, coral reefs, mangrove forests), its lowlands (dry, season and wet forests), its highlands (the northern volcanoes and southern Talamanca s), and its estuaries, rivers, lakes, swamps and bogs. The volume s integrated, comprehensive format will be welcomed by tropical and temperate biologists alike, by biogeographers, plant and animal ecologists, marine biologists, conservation biologists, foresters, policy-makers and all scientists, natural history specialists and all with an interest in Costa Rica s ecosystems."
Download or read book Amazonia Agriculture and Land Use Research written by Susanna B. Hecht and published by CIAT. This book was released on 1982 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Amazonia Without Myths written by Commission on Development and Environment for Amazonia and published by The Minerva Group, Inc.. This book was released on 2001-12 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report, prepared by the Commission on Development and Environment for Amazonia at the initiative of the Amazon Cooperation Treaty and supported by the Inter-American Development Bank and the United Nations Development Programme, is based on the concept of an Amazonia that exists above and beyond the world of fantasy and myth: an Amazonia of flesh and blood, of human toil, of human history, of human faces and hopes, and future human beings. It is an analysis based not only on the experiences and technologies of today"s world but also, and with greater emphasis, on the wisdom accumulated for centuries by Amazonia itself: standing Amazonia. The Amazon region has the largest area of tropical forest on the planet, and concern for its environmental deterioration extends well beyond the borders of the eight countries that form a part of it. With support from the IDB and UNDP, the Commission on Development and Environment for Amazonia prepared this report that provides data on the region's natural resources, population, health and infrastructure.
Download or read book Biodiversity and Agricultural Intensification written by Jitendra Srivastava and published by Washington, DC : The World Bank. This book was released on 1996 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Agriculture as friende and foe of biodiversity; Harmonizing biodiversity conservation and agricultural development; Plicy considerations along the interface between biodiversity and agriculture; Effects of land-use systems on the use and conservation of biodiversity; Effects of agricultural development on biodiversity: lessons from iowa; Livestock production systms and the management of domestic animal biodiversity; Biodiversity and the world bank's agricultural portfolio; Toward a strategy for mainstreaming biodiversity in agricultural development.
Download or read book Index FAO UNDP SF Projects Reports and Documents written by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Documentation Center and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book FAO UNDP SF Projects Reports and Documents Index written by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Documentation Center and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Classification of Agroforestry Systems written by P. K. R. Nair and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Business Models for Sustainability written by Peter E. Wells and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2013-10-01 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Business Models for Sustainability breaks new ground by combining three important insights. First, achieving sustainability requires socio-technical transitions that entail new technologies, production processes, lifestyles, and consumption patterns. Second, firms play crucial roles in mediating between sustainable production and consumption. Third, radical innovations require organizational innovations and new business models. Peter Wells successfully combines these big picture ideas with rich in-depth case studies drawing on years of accumulated expertise. Highly recommended. Frank W. Geels, University of Manchester, UK and Chairman of the Sustainability Transitions Research Network With increasing awareness that innovative technology alone is insufficient to make sustainable lifestyles a reality, this book brings into sharp focus the need to create radical new business models. This insightful book provides a theoretically grounded but also realistic account of how the design of business models can be a critical component in the overall transition to sustainability, and one that transcends the usual focus on innovative technology. Weaving together key principles and components for business sustainability, the book highlights five very different pathways to the future for sectors ranging from microbreweries and printing through to clothing, mobility and plastics. Business has only just started the first few tentative steps towards a very different approach to creating and sustaining value, but this book concludes that enormous opportunities will emerge alongside new ways of creating and capturing value. Academics and postgraduate students in the fields of sustainable business, business organisations and industrial ecology will find this book brings a greater understanding of business strategy and structure to the discipline. While traditionally referenced and structured, this academic book is accessibly written with key principles that may also appeal to the consultant community.
Download or read book World Agriculture written by Jelle Bruinsma and published by Earthscan. This book was released on 2003 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Download or read book The Gezira Irrigation Scheme in Sudan written by Hervé L. Plusquellec and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report is part of a series of case studies on the performance of irrigation systems in different countries. These studies focus on the extent to which the design of the irrigation system fosters effective water management and provides equitable, reliable, timely water distribution to farms (by analyzing water efficiencies, the effectiveness of maintenance, and cost recovery). The report recommends the design of the physical infrastructure, and states the impact on the management of these systems. Because of the comparative nature of this study, this report on the Gezira scheme in Sudan makes only passing references to some specific but critical aspects of this project, such as the capacity of the system to adapt to changing socio-economic conditions.
Download or read book Nutrition Lipids Health and Disease written by Augustine S. H. Ong and published by The American Oil Chemists Society. This book was released on 1995 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Antioxidant activities of phenolic compounds in solutions membranes, and lipoprotein. Nutrition and biochemistry of the lipophilic antioxidants vitamin E and Carotenoids. Biokinetics of human plasma vitamin E concentrations. Free-radical regulatory and immunomodulatory effects of bio-normalizer. Effect of dietary factors on the metabolism of essential fatty acids-focusing on the components of spices. Studies on green tea polyphenols antiocidadtive and protctive effects on biomembranes. Phenolic antioxidant components of evening primrose. Tocotrienols and cholesterol metabolism. Tocotrienols-A dose-dependent inhibitor for HMG CoA reductase. The cholesterol-and tumor suppressive actions of palm oil isoprenoids. Anti-cancer properties of tocotrienols from palm oil. the ubiquinones of palm oil. Effects of soybean oil supplement im palm oil dieta on weight gain and tissue lipids of rats. Effects of pal oil as a dietary supplement on Eel culture.Role of n-3 fatty acids in cultured cardiomyocyte. Enhancement of PG12 formation by eicosapentaenoic acid in rat vascular smooth muscle cells. Inhibition of DNA-biosynthesis by B-Carotene in the P-388 lymphocytic leukemia cell. the relation between serum lipids and lipoprotein levels. Uses of lipophore system for lipoprotein electrophresis of human lipemic plasma. Effect of low-fat and low-protein diets on cholesterol metabolism in the aortas, livers, and small intestine of male albino rats. Effects of a decrease in linoleic acid intake on indices of cardiovascular risk and lipid perocidation. Conjugated diene fatty acids in human and animal tissues. Deficiency of n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids in the retina brains, and liver of chow-fed ghinea pigs. Fat-modified eggs. Palm oil comsumption effects on urinary excretions of phytoestrogens and estrogenic steroids. Calories, fat and cancer. Antioxidants in the prevention of oral cancer. Role of antioxidants in healing gastric ulcers. role of different types of dietary fat in experimetal alcoholic liver disease. use of natural antioxidants as a prophylactic for neurological disordes. Dietary implications for parasitc and viral infectious disease. Vitamin C metabolism in malaria. Nutrition in populations.
Download or read book Ethiopia written by Siegfried Pausewang and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Biodiversity and Agriculture written by Jitendra Srivastava and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 1996-01-01 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Agriculture's vital role in biodiversity conservation and management. Definition of biodiversity. Biodiversity's links to agriculture. Biodiversity and agriculture: on a collision course?. Rationale for the World Bank's involvement in biodiversity management. Biodiversity in the Bank's agricultural and environmental portfolios. Towards a strategy for biodiversity conservation in harmony with agricultural development.
Download or read book D D User s Manual written by J. B. Raintree and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Basic principles and procedures; Case study example of the D & D learning process; D & D in action.
