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The View From Bald Hill
University of California Press 2000; US$ 15.95In 1540 Francisco Vasquez de Coronado introduced the first domestic livestock to the American Southwest. Over the subsequent four centuries, cattle, horses, and sheep have created a massive ecological experiment on these arid grasslands, changing them in ways we can never know with certainty. more...
Handbook of Market Creation for Biodiversity
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 2004; US$ 53.00The loss of biodiversity affects us in many ways. For some of us, its loss is felt in the same way that we regret the destruction of a great work of art -- it may not affect us directly, but the indirect impact is strong. For others, its loss is felt in changes in lifestyles and livelihoods -- the measurable costs are high. more...
Guidelines for establishing farm forestry accountancy networks
BRILL 2001; US$ 95.00The main aim of these guidelines is to provide assistance for developing a generally applicable monitoring system for the assessment of the socio-economic performance of farm forestry enterprises. These were prepared to help to improve the base line of harmonisation for national and international development of farm forestry accounting and in particular... more...
Biotic Stress and Yield Loss
CRC Press 2000; US$ 149.95This work utilizes a physiologically-based approach to provide a common basis for considering and discussing biotic stress. It emphasizes the understandings of yield loss in the major pest science disciplines of etomology, weed science and pathology, and covers yeild loss to insect herbivores. more...
Research for Development in the Dry Arab Region
International Development Research Centre 2006; US$ 18.00Can dryland communities cope with the global changes sweeping the world today? Is their predicament limited to their difficulty of building livelihoods on precarious natural resources? Can development research and external interventions offer any sustainable and fruitful partnerships to this end? This book relates the story of a relationship between... more...
Les semences du monde
International Development Research Centre 2003; US$ 15.00Il faut aborder la recherche et le développement agricole sous un angle nouveau pour conserver la diversité, améliorer les cultures et assurer à l?humanité une production alimentaire de qualité. Le présent ouvrage porte sur ce genre d?approche : la phytosélection participative. Passant en revue dix années de recherches sur l?agrobiodiversité financées... more...
Protegiendo la biodiversidad
International Development Research Centre 2001; US$ 20.00Protegiendo la Biodiversidad enfoca uno de los aspectos más fundamentales de esta temática tan importante: la falta de leyes nacionales que regulan el acceso y compensan por el uso de los recursos genéticos locales. Este libro es el primero que compara dichas leyes y políticas a través de una variedad de países tanto en el mundo industrializado como... more...
Semillas generosas
International Development Research Centre 2003; US$ 15.00La agricultura actual es como una gran pirámide invertida. A nivel mundial, se apoya sobre una base estrecha y precaria. Hoy usamos menos de 3 % de las 250.000 variedades de plantas disponibles para la agricultura. El sistema de investigación agrícola de arriba hacia abajo, en el cual los agricultores son vistos como simples receptores de la investigación... more...
Toward Unity among Environmentalists
Oxford University Press 1994; US$ 84.99The focus of this treatise is the distinction between objectives and values in developing environmental policies. The author argues that environmentalism is a coalition of many groups working toward common objectives, but unlike other social movements, it does not have shared moral principles. more...
Insect-fungal Associations
Oxford University Press 2005; US$ 74.99There is a significant interest in using fungi as biocontrol agents for insect pests in agricultural systems, and also in the basic biology of insect-fungal associations from the perspective of parasitism, symbiosis, and infection. This book covers important topics in this field. more...









