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Total Pages : 446 pages
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Download or read book Desertification Control Bulletin written by and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Carol A. Singer
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Total Pages : 58 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (2 download)
Download or read book Desertification written by Carol A. Singer and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : T.S. Chouhan
Publisher : Scientific Publishers
ISBN 13 : 938804309X
Total Pages : 583 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (88 download)
Download or read book Combating Desertification Land Degradation and Climate Change: Management of Dry Lands written by T.S. Chouhan and published by Scientific Publishers. This book was released on 2018-06-01 with total page 583 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although much is known about the processes and effects of desertification, land degradation and climate change, little is understood about the links between them. Less still is known about how these processes are likely to interact in different social-ecological systems around the world, or how societies might be able to adapt to this twin challenge. This book identifies key vulnerabilities to the combined effects of climate change and land degradation around the world. It identifies triple-win adaptations that can tackle both climate change and land degradation, whilst supporting biodiversity and ecosystem services. Desertification, Land Degradation and Climate Change : Assessment, Mitigation and Remediation research results in sustainable land management, land degradation status and mitigation in the world. It includes background chapters with continental and international perspectives dealing with desertification, land degradation and climate change studies. The book assembles various topics of interest for a large audience. They include carbon sequestration and stocks, modern techniques to trace the trends of land degradation, traditional and modern approaches of resource-base conservation, soil fertility management, reforestation, rangeland rehabilitation, land use planning, GIS techniques in desertification risk cartography, participatory ecosystem management, policy analyses and possible plans for action. Various climatic domains in Africa, Asia, Europe and the Americas are covered. The book will be of interest to a variety of environmental scientists, agronomists, national and international policy makers and a number of organizations dealing with sustainable management of natural resources.
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Total Pages : 662 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (129 download)
Download or read book Forum for Applied Research and Public Policy written by and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 662 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : David S. G. Thomas
Publisher : *Belhaven Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Desertification written by David S. G. Thomas and published by *Belhaven Press. This book was released on 1994-05-31 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This controversial book argues that the reality of the expanding desert is not so much an objective scientific fact as a political, social and observational construct. Examines the origin of the desertification myth, how it spawned multimillion dollar research initiatives and became a leading environmental issue. Uses new research findings to demonstrate that this highly vaunted problem is extremely smaller and less locally significant than previously accepted. Includes a wealth of illustrations from global examples.
Author : Pierre Marc Johnson
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351932470
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (519 download)
Download or read book Governing Global Desertification written by Pierre Marc Johnson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-12-05 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Desertification affects 70 per cent of the world's arable lands in more than 100 countries. Inextricably linked to poverty, it is estimated that the livelihood of 250 million people are directly affected while another billion living in rural drylands are threatened by this phenomenon. This volume examines the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) signed in 1994. It studies the links between land degradation and poverty, the role of civil society and good governance in implementing the UNCCD and the various approaches to fighting desertification. Furthermore, it assesses the National Action Programmes, development planning and new avenues for strengthening implementation. Synthesizing the main strengths and weaknesses of the UNCCD as a tool for environmental and developmental governance, this informative volume highlights the main challenges facing the UNCCD in the future.
Author : Klaus Goebel
Publisher : World Scientific
ISBN 13 : 9814544701
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (145 download)
Download or read book Nuclear Submarine Decontamination - Proceedings Of The International Seminar On Nuclear War And Planetary Emergencies - 22nd Session written by Klaus Goebel and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 1998-07-08 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Umbilical cord blood, previously discarded, has emerged as a new source of stem cells for hematologic reconstitution, bone marrow failures and other hematologic deficiencies. It has become increasingly clear that umbilical cord tissue contains unique stem cells of great potential for regenerative medicine. Importantly, umbilical cord blood is abundant, can be banked and transported with ease, and thus has an indisputable potential for future regenerative therapies. Driven by a massive interest for regenerative medicine and ethically acceptable stem cell sources, the scientific literature on umbilical cord stem cells has exploded.This book provides a consolidated overview of basic, translational as well as clinical research in academic institutions and industry, on hematopoietic and mesenchymal stem cells contained within umbilical cord tissue, as well as other more recently discovered stem and precursor cells of not yet fully elucidated potential. Although not discussed here, umbilical cord cells have been successfully reprogrammed into pluripotent stem cells (iPS), opening the door for a vast array of applications with this abundant human material likely catapulting cord-derived stem cells to the forefront of cell-based regenerative medicine.Suitable as a primer and reference book for medical fellows and researchers, this book can also be used by students (undergraduate and graduate) as a starting point into the vast literature on stem cells and their potential.
Author : Michael B.K. Darkoh
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351756656
Total Pages : 456 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (517 download)
Download or read book Human Impact on Environment and Sustainable Development in Africa written by Michael B.K. Darkoh and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-12-20 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title was first published in 2003. Based on a blend of knowledge and perspectives from a variety of disciplines this volume examines the human-environment interaction in Africa, with a focus on the economic, social and political processes that generate environmental change and problems in this region. Currently there are controversies over and challenges to such concepts and issues as environment-human relationships, ecological resilience, decertification, sustainable development, globalization and North-South dialogue. This book draws upon past and present research findings to discuss these issues. It features: an examination of the characteristics, processes and patterns of environmental crises; an analysis of the principal issues and challenges facing policy makers and implementers; and the promotion of awareness of theoretical, empirical and comparative research. The volume not only seeks to answer some of the old questions, but also open up new ones for further discussion.
Author : Dr. Mahesh Gaur
Publisher : New India Publishing Agency
ISBN 13 : 9789381450321
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (53 download)
Download or read book Remote Sensing Applications in Dryland Natural Resource Management written by Dr. Mahesh Gaur and published by New India Publishing Agency. This book was released on 2013-01-01 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Arid and semi-arid areas are now facing a threefold holistic crisis: economic, food, and climate. What has emerged from these crises is the vital importance of inter-linkages among them on the one hand, and the missed opportunities in putting these pieces together on the other. This book has tried to explore these challenges though in-depth discussions of the individual. It is anticipated to inspire a forward looking debate that looks at the lessons from the past and points to actions for the future. Expertise views have been shared scientists and persons of eminence on the national and state level challenges with futuristic remedial approaches.
Author : Donald A. Wilhite
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317854241
Total Pages : 753 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (178 download)
Download or read book Droughts written by Donald A. Wilhite and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-09-17 with total page 753 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drought draws together contributions from over 75 leading international researchers in the field to present the most comprehensive body of research on the physical and social dimensions of drought to date. Including an extensive range of case-studies covering the most drought-prone and most affected countries, the contributors examine new technology, planning methodologies and mitigation actions from recent drought experiences worldwide. Following a discussion of the critical concepts of drought, the work is divided into the following additional parts: · causes and predictability · monitoring and early warning techniques · impacts and assessment methodologies · links between drought and other global issues · conclusions and future challenges
Author : Deryke Belshaw
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 113452854X
Total Pages : 497 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (345 download)
Download or read book Renewing Development in Sub-Saharan Africa written by Deryke Belshaw and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2005-06-29 with total page 497 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Renewing Development in Sub-Saharan Africa reviews the debates and brings together specialist contributions, to provide a clear guide to the major complexities of African development. They lay the foundation for designing a range of individual country-specific policy-sets, in which the strategic components are prioritized according to each country's constraints and opportunities. The emphasis of the book is on the identification of effective strategies that will enable individual countries to most effectively exploit their growth opportunities and to meet poverty-reducing and other key equity objectives.
Author : Paul Compton
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134660499
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (346 download)
Download or read book Environmental Management in Practice: Vol 3 written by Paul Compton and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-01-11 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Volume 3: Managing the Ecosystem focuses on those ecosystems in which human intervention has been or continues to be predominant, specifically within cities and rural areas.
Author : Monique Mainguet
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3642972535
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (429 download)
Download or read book Desertification written by Monique Mainguet and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Controversial, and often discussed with passion and vehemence, desertification is a problem on whose solution the survival of millions of humans is dependent. This book aims at an understanding of what is commonly called "desertification" - a term which has a connotation of irreversibility, spreading and emergence of desert-like landscapes: "land degradation" is proposed to replace it. The purpose is to present what has happened in reality, and what might be done. Illustrative worldwide analyses allow a more realistic evaluation of global land degradation. Each level of technology, excessive or insufficient, creates its own mismanagement. This is reflected in a decrease in soil productivity and eventually land degradation. The benefit to the reader is an awareness of the ecozones which have undergone the most severe land degradation, and a global overview of the phenomena, mechanisms and existing solutions.
Author : Pamela S. Chasek
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000317587
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (3 download)
Download or read book Global Environmental Politics written by Pamela S. Chasek and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-12-30 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Global Environmental Politics has provided an accurate, up-to-date, and unbiased understanding of the world’s most pressing environmental issues for thirty years. The eighth edition continues this practice by covering critical new developments in global environmental politics and policymaking. Updated case studies on key issues such as on climate change, endangered species, ozone depletion, desertification, whaling, hazardous wastes, toxic chemicals, and biodiversity detail the ongoing development of major environmental treaty regimes, and new case studies on mercury and marine biodiversity showcase the challenges of creating new treaties during a period of significant global change. There is also new material on the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals, the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, trade and environment, and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on environmental diplomacy. Updated information about global environmental trends, paradigms, and actors completes this comprehensive introduction to contemporary international environmental politics. Global Environmental Politics is vital reading for students of environmental politics and anyone wishing to understand the current state of the field and to make informed decisions about which policies will best safeguard our environment for the future.
Author : Alan Grainger
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134061900
Total Pages : 389 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (34 download)
Download or read book The Threatening Desert written by Alan Grainger and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-11-05 with total page 389 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lands lost to desert may effectively be lost for ever, so desertification is humanity's most obvious despoliation to the planet. It is certainly one of the most serious environmental problems facing the world today. In this book the author describes what is happening and where. Although the problem is greatest in developing countries, it is by no means confined to them. Australia, Africa, the USA and India are all affected. In the 1970s an international Plan of Action was drawn up to bring the phenomenon under control, but it was never implemented. Now that the situation is more serious than ever before, this book urges new action and describes many of the myriad ways in which it is possible to arrest the progress of desertification. It describes, too, not just the failures, but the considerable successes that have been achieved. Originally published in 1990
Author : Olafur Arnalds
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9401596026
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (15 download)
Download or read book Rangeland Desertification written by Olafur Arnalds and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-03-09 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Desertification has occurred worldwide. The biophysical and socio-economic complexity of this phenomenon has challenged our ability to categorize, inventory, monitor and repair the condition of degraded lands. One of the most important distinctions to be made in relation to land degradation is between cultivated land used for annual crop production and `rangelands'. Grazing by free-roaming livestock is the traditional primary use of the world's rangelands. However, there is growing recognition of the importance of these vast acreages for wildlife habitat, hydrology and ground water recharge, recreation and aesthetics. This text focuses on the desertification of rangelands and explores processes, problems and solutions. Chapters in the first section evaluate interactions between `natural' and human-induced disturbance regimes, thresholds, and non-linear change with respect to vegetation, hydrology, nutrients and erosion. Chapters in the second section examine socio-economic constraints and approaches for preventing and reversing degradation. The book provides a contemporary, process-oriented perspective on rangeland degradation of value to students, policy-makers and professionals alike.
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Total Pages : 722 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)
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