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Category : Grasslands
Languages : en
Pages : 1130
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Proceedings of the International Grassland Conference
Author: Arid Zone Newsletter
Author: Dryland Management: Economic Case Studies
Author: John A. DixonPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134049021
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 389
Book Description
Drylands are a sizeable part of the world's potentially arable land. They vary from the hyper-arid regions of the classic deserts of Africa and Asia to the more common semi-arid and sub-humid areas that support extensive agricultural systems dependent on rainfall or irrigation. Following their successful and innovative work The Economics of Dryland Management the editors have assembled twenty case studies from nine countries in the continents of Africa, Asia, North America and Australia. They help to explore more fully the costs of land degradation and illustrate the economics of reclamation, rehabilitation and prevention. The cases in this book present a rich, varied and readable survey of a wide range of drylands and their resources. Originally published in 19990
Pastoral Vulnerability to Socio-political and Climate Stresses
Author: Asghar TahmasebiPublisher: LIT Verlag Münster
ISBN: 364390357X
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
Based on in-depth field work and living with the nomads for a whole year, Asghar Tahmasebi provides a vivid insight into the Shahsevans' strategy to cope with both political impacts and changing environmental conditions of their traditional way of life.
Economics and Ecology
Author: Edward B. BarbierPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9401115184
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 219
Book Description
In the Summer of 1991, Bob Carling, who was then Life Sciences Editor of Chapman & Hall, approached me over the possibility of producing an edited volume of works on economics and ecology. As we discussed the matter further, what became clear is that there is a growing literature on the' frontiers' of both disciplines that has involved economists 'borrowing' from ecology and ecologists 'borrowing' from economics. We decided that this volume should try to provide a small cross-section of that literature. I was very much interested in editing this volume for several reasons. First, one of my principal interests in economics has been how the economic analysis of natural resource and environmental problems can benefit from the concepts and lessons learned from other disciplines, in particular ecology. I was grateful at having the opportunity to pull together a selection of readings that illustrate how the integration of the two disciplines can lead to fruitful analysis. Second, I was also aware that, as Director of the London Environmental Economics Centre and as a Senior Researcher at the International Institute of Environment and Development, I was fortunate to have worked with or to have known a number of economists and ecologists whose work would be ideal for this volume. I was delighted that so many of my friends and colleagues were as enthusiastic about this project as I, and agreed to participate.
Tax Competition with Involuntary Unemployment
Author: Yophy HuangPublisher:
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Category : Income distribution
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
Baseline and good practices study on water and fodder availability along the livestock trade routes in the Horn of Africa
Author: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United NationsPublisher: Food & Agriculture Org.
ISBN: 9251096368
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 94
Book Description
This study looks at the challenges facing the livestock trade between the Horn of Africa and the Middle East. It addresses capacity building needs for pastoralists, traders and exporters to become more competitive, as well as priority interventions for water infrastructure development/rehabilitation and fodder production.
AAEA Newsletter
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Category : Agricultural economists
Languages : en
Pages : 552
Book Description
Rangeland Degradation and Recovery in China's Pastoral Lands
Author: Victor R. SquiresPublisher: CABI
ISBN: 1845934962
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
This book provides reference material for those responsible for grazing land management in China and its long-term consequences (environmental, social and economic). It responds to the urgent need to collate and review some of the major degradation experienced in China's vast pastoral lands. An outline is presented of the major biological processes and socioeconomic influences that operate in selected pastoral rangelands in China. In this book, the authors had confined their analysis to the impact on the resource from a rangeland user's perspective, but recognized the much wider impacts and urge fellow researchers to take up the challenge of addressing the environmental and social impacts of these major land degradation episodes. The historical case studies described in the book represent a failure to manage for the extreme climate variability that characterizes north and west China's vast arid rangelands.
A Preliminary Assessment of the Economic Impact of Desertification in Namibia
Author: Julian QuanPublisher:
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Category : Agriculture and state
Languages : en
Pages : 168
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