Natural Resources category: 648 books
Nature Conservation
Cost Effective Biological Surveys and Data Analysis
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 1990
The proceedings of a Cost Effective Biological Surveys and Data Analysis workshop held at the old Quarantine Station, North Head, Sydney, in March 1988, under the auspices of the Council of Nature Conservation Ministers (CONCOM) and the Australian Environment Council (AEC).
Irrigation Management Transfer
Strategies and Best Practices
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2008
Over the years, various factors like increased competition for water, fiscal constraints faced by the government in continued subsidies for irrigation management, the demonstrated improvement in water use equity and efficiency when managed by the users, have led to the devolution of irrigation management...
by Gabriel Arcos-Espinosa, Dora González-Turrubiates, Esperanza Martínez-Cano
Language: Spanish
Release Date: October 28, 2017
Language: Spanish
Release Date: October 28, 2017
El agua es el elemento primordial para el desarrollo de todos los sectores de la economa de un pas y ms an, es imprescindible para la supervivencia y el bienestar de los seres humanos del planeta.
Este libro denominado El recurso hdrico en Tamaulipas: La cuenca del Ro Guayalejo Tames rene y evala...
Crucial Agricultural Policy
Analysis of Key Threats to Food Security
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2016
Following recent price spikes, food policy will continue to be of crucial concern to developing countries for the foreseeable future. Governments are trying to manage their food issues, but would need critical economic policy analysis to do so appropriately. The aim of this invaluable book is to present...
Pricing Irrigation Water
Principles and Cases from Developing Countries
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2010
As globalization links economies, the value of a country's irrigation water becomes increasingly sensitive to competitive forces in world markets. Water policy at the national and regional levels will need to accommodate these forces or water is likely to become undervalued. The inefficient use of...
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Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 1988
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 1988
It is important for the reader to understand clearly the objectives of these papers. They are not an attempt to provide accurate predictions of what is going to happen in Australia over the next few decades. Rather they represent sensitivity studies, designed to illustrate to what extent we as a nation...
Prospects for Alternative Energy Development in the U.S. West
Tilting at Windmills?
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2017
This book poses the question of whether identifiable individual-level attributes (e.g., values, interests, knowledge, demographic characteristics) lead to support for or opposition to the development and implementation of alternative energy technologies. In recent years, attempts to site alternative...
Endangered Forested Wetlands of Sundaland
Ecology, Connectivity, Conservation
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2017
This book informs readers on the ecology, ecosystem services, and management of Sundaland wetland ecosystems, discussing the concepts and tools necessary to conserve these imperiled habitats. Sundaland is a biogeographically defined area of South East Asia characterised by an exceptional concentration...
Skin Food
Skin & Hair Care Recipes From Nature
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2018
When it comes to our skin, nature knows how to soothe, smooth, hydrate, refresh, tone and feed us. It probably won't come as any surprise that rose is not only soothing to the skin, but in traditional Chinese medicine it is soothing to our whole being. Seaweeds are packed with antioxidants that are...
Greenergized
A Business Fable on Clean Energy
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2017
Renewable energy versus fossil fuels: the debate rages on, worldwide. At stake is nothing less than the protection of our planet from the ravages of climate change. But the costs involved in making the switch to clean energy are daunting. How do we pay for solar and wind energy? Do we scrap all our...
Public Lands Politics
Interest Group Influence on the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2013
First Published in 2011. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
by Blythe Ayne
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2018
Life Flows on the River of Love is an ebook of poster-like graphics and inspirational words by award-winning author and artist, Blythe Ayne, sharing her gratitude, joy, and love of living.
These poster images are reminders of how much joy and appreciation we can pour into our days with just a moment's pause, drinking in all the wonders and insights that fill every breath we take.
Ecology and Revolution
Global Crisis and the Political Challenge
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2012
Ecology and Revolution: Global Crisis and the Political Challenge is an in-depth exploration and analysis of the global ecological crisis (going far beyond the issue of global warming) in the larger context of historical conditions and political options shaped by the failure (and incapacity) of the existing political system to adequately confront the crisis.