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Agriculture in Crisis
People, Commodities and Natural Resources in Indonesia, 1996-2000
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2001
This book reviews the impact of the monetary, ecological and political crisis on Indonesia's agricultural sector based on farmer incomes and strategies. In 1998, millions of export-oriented tree crop farmers saw their incomes grow considerably, while food crop farmers, facing adverse economic and...
Marine Renewable Energies
Prospective Foresight Study for 2030
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2009
The ocean is a huge reservoir of renewable energy sources, such as wind, currents, tides, waves, marine biomass, thermal energy, osmotic power, and so on. Like other maritime nations in Europe, France enjoys significant potential to develop these energy sources, especially overseas. In March 2007,...
Beyond Tropical Deforestation
From Tropical Deforestation to Forest Cover Dynamics and Forest Development
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2004
Does the diagnosis of irreversible destruction of both forests and their biodiversity actually mask a wide range of patterns? Based on the results of natural and social scientists, this book attempts to answer fundamental questions such as: what is deforestation and how do we mesure it? What changes...
Hazards of Pesticides to Bees
Avignon (France), September 07-09, 1999
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2001
This collection of papers presents the advances of the ICP-BR* Working Group on Bee Protection on the methods to assess the toxicity of pesticides to bees. These forums between industry, European administrative regulatory authorities and academic research represent the first step in the evolution...
by Gustave Gintzburger, K.N. Toderich, B.K. Mardonov
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2003
This abundantly illustrated book presents a panorama of the biodiversity, climatology and flora of the arid zones of Uzbekistan and describes around 150 dominant range species, with their ecology, utilization and range rehabilitation techniques. It should contribute to a better understanding of these...
by Robert Barbault, Martine Atramentowicz
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2011
Invasions of introduced species cause varying degrees of harm on the ecosystems in question and it is up to society to deal with the consequences. How can we prevent biological invasions? How can we assess the risk they represent? What can be done to control current invasions? Aware of this problem,...
Les usages sociaux de la science
Pour une sociologie clinique du champ scientifique
Language: French
Release Date: January 3, 2019
Les "champs scientifiques" sont, selon Pierre Bourdieu, le lieu de l'affrontement nécessaire entre deux formes de pouvoir correspondant à deux espèces de "capital scientifique" : un capital que l'on peut qualifier de social, et un capital spécifique qui repose presque exclusivement...
Energies renouvelables marines
Etude prospective à l'horizon 2030
Language: French
Release Date: February 12, 2009
L'océan est un immense réservoir d'énergies renouvelables : vents, courants, marées, vagues, biomasse marine, énergie thermique, pression osmotique... Comme d'autres nations maritimes en Europe, la France dispose d'un potentiel important de développement de ces énergies, notamment outre-mer.Le...
by Alan Kirk, Dominique Bordat
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2004
Plutella xylostella (DBM) is a key pest of crucifers resistant to many insecticides and some crystalendotoxins. Biological control based IPM and classical biocontrol have had varied success. How can it be improved? This book presents key papers and the proceedings of an international symposium held...
by Laurence Bérard, Marie Cegarra, Marcel Djama
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2006
The knowledge of nature held by autochthonous and local communities has been the subject of international talks, notably on biodiversity, but has primarily been studied from an autochthonous angle. French experience of conserving and promoting local know-how, which is the subject of this book, is...
Surveillance, Maintenance and Diagnosis of Flood Protection Dikes
A Practical Handbook for Owners and Operators
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2007
This technical guide is intended for personnel within services or structures involved in managing dikes that protect against floods in the case of a rise in river levels. It is intended for an audience of technicians and it aims to popularise: the functioning principles concerning a system of dikes,...
by Jean-Pierre Jouany
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 1991
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 1991
This book brings together the data of lastest international research and was conceived as the result of a summer school held at the INRA Centre of Clermont-Ferrand/Theix from 24 September to 4 Octobre 1990. The subject is the rumen as a fermentor and the means by which rumen functioning can be optimized for the maximum benefit ot the ruminant.
by Vincent Lebot, Annie Walter
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2007
This lavishly illustrated guide covers the cultivated and wild edible plant species of Vanuatu. Over 200 species grown for their tubers or roots, woody species and creepers that provide fruits or seeds, and herbaceous species, from sugarcane to mint, are quoted or described in short sheets of essential...
Cow up a Tree
Knowing and Learning for Change in Agriculture. Case Studies from Industrialised Countries
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2000
Western societies are calling for speedy change in agriculture and the agrifood industries to incorporate new quality criteria into the goods they produce. To promote these changes what scientists must develop are not universally implementable technical solutions, but self-diagnosis methods to be...