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Eaux de Surface - Bassin Versant de la Chateauguay
Author: Agricultural Adaptation to Climate Change
Author: Christopher R. BryantPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319313924
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
This book deals with one of the major challenges facing human society and its governments, climate change and variability. The principal objective of the book is to explore how agricultural production through the actions primarily of farmers, including peasant farmers, adapt to these changing circumstances, what the limitations of adaptation are, how the process of adaptation varies between different territories (e.g. developed countries versus developing countries), and what are or can be the most effective roles for actors other than the farmers, including different levels of government and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) such as professional associations of farmers and community organizations. The principal argument is threefold: 1) while there are significant differences between territories and countries in terms of the capacity of farmers (and the other actors) to engage in capacity building to be able to adapt effectively to climate change and variability, 2) the critical roles are those played out by the farmers themselves, but that 3) other actors can play an important role in accompanying farmers in their adaptation process, providing relevant and strategic information, counseling them and facilitating networking and meetings when appropriate. This effectively means that without engaging in the local adaptation processes governments can really only play effective roles by working with other actors at the local and regional levels. When it occurs, it can be very effective, but when it does not, farmers are left to their own devices (and even then, many are able to use their own creativity and local knowledge to survive and continue to develop). Essentially therefore, the secondary argument that is followed throughout the book is that adaptation is essentially a social process that requires an understanding of social processes and dynamics in each farming community and territory. It involves an understanding, for instance, of information diffusion processes in the different farming communities and territories, which provides a set of tools to promote and facilitate the adoption process in the context of adaptation to climate change and variability.
Bulletin Canadien de Géophysique
Author: Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering
Author: The United Nations World Water Development Report – N° 3 - 2009 – Water and Climate Change in Quebec
Author: Vescovi, LucPublisher: UNESCO
ISBN: 9231041126
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Languages : en
Pages : 16
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Groundwater Vulnerability and Pollution Risk Assessment
Author: Andrzej J. WitkowskiPublisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1000732304
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 231
Book Description
This volume offers detailed comparisons and validations of different methods of assessing groundwater vulnerability (DRASTIC, GOD, PI, RTt, AVI, SINTACS, COP). It contains new aspects of vulnerability assessment for the evaluation of coastal aquifer vulnerability and aquifer vulnerability to methane gas leakage from shale gas wells. The book also contains the results of studies on intrinsic and specific vulnerability assessment (migration of antibiotics and nitrate, groundwatersurface water interaction), with examples of the different national approaches to groundwater vulnerability mapping in Poland, Ireland, Italy and elsewhere. There are 15 chapters derived from two IAH conferences held in Ustron ́, Poland in 2015 and 2018. The book is valuable for those interested in groundwater vulnerability, in risk assessment, and in environmental issues. It is aimed at land use planners, water managers, the environmental industry, regional and local environmental protection councils and students studying hydrogeology and environmental sciences.
Late Pleistocene Archaeology and Ecology in the Far Northeast
Author: Claude ChapdelainePublisher: Texas A&M University Press
ISBN: 1603448055
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
The Far Northeast, a peninsula incorporating the six New England states, New York east of the Hudson, Quebec south of the St. Lawrence River and Gulf of St. Lawrence, and the Maritime Provinces, provided the setting for a distinct chapter in the peopling of North America. Late Pleistocene Archaeology and Ecology in the Far Northeast focuses on the Clovis pioneers and their eastward migration into this region, inhospitable before 13,500 years ago, especially in its northern latitudes. Bringing together the last decade or so of research on the Paleoindian presence in the area, Claude Chapdelaine and the contributors to this volume discuss, among other topics, the style variations in the fluted points left behind by these migrating peoples, a broader disparity than previously thought. This book offers not only an opportunity to review new data and interpretations in most areas of the Far Northeast, including a first glimpse at the Cliche-Rancourt Site, the only known fluted point site in Quebec, but also permits these new findings to shape revised interpretations of old sites. The accumulation of research findings in the Far Northeast has been steady, and this timely book presents some of the most interesting results, offering fresh perspectives on the prehistory of this important region.
Canadiana
Author: Biodiversity Initiatives
Author: Canada. Environment BureauPublisher: Canadian Government Publishing
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Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 76
Book Description
The purpose of this report is to inventory the involvement of agricultural producers in Canadian projects that address biodiversity initiatives. The inventory was compiled through a literature review and interview with program administrators and staff. Activities affecting ecosystem biodiversity, specific plant and animal species, and genetic resources are profiled, in addition to non-regulatory guidelines intended to assist producers implementing environmentally sustainable agricultural practices. Project descriptions include names of participants and contacts, along with relevant telephone numbers. Descriptions are arranged by categories: ecosystem-based projects (range and hay lands, croplands, land set-asides, wetlands, riparian areas, watersheds, woodlands; projects addressing such species as waterfowl, owls, hawks, deer, and fish; plant, crop, and livestock genetic diversity; and tools/information/awareness projects. Includes glossary and a directory of contact persons.
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