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Category : Botany
Languages : en
Pages : 16
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Vegetation Survey of Yap, Federated States of Micronesia
Author: Vegetation Survey of Yap, Federated States of Micronesia
Author: Vegetation Survey of Kosrae, Federated States of Micronesia
Author: Timber Resources of Kosrae, Pohnpei, Truk, and Yap, Federated States of Micronesia
Author: Vegetation of Asuncion
Author: Marjorie C. FalanruwPublisher:
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Category : Botany
Languages : en
Pages : 36
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General Technical Report PSW.
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Category : Forests and forestry
Languages : en
Pages : 304
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Shifting Cultivation and Environmental Change
Author: Malcolm F. CairnsPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317750195
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 1057
Book Description
Shifting cultivation is one of the oldest forms of subsistence agriculture and is still practised by millions of poor people in the tropics. Typically it involves clearing land (often forest) for the growing of crops for a few years, and then moving on to new sites, leaving the earlier ground fallow to regain its soil fertility. This book brings together the best of science and farmer experimentation, vividly illustrating the enormous diversity of shifting cultivation systems as well as the power of human ingenuity. Some critics have tended to disparage shifting cultivation (sometimes called 'swidden cultivation' or 'slash-and-burn agriculture') as unsustainable due to its supposed role in deforestation and land degradation. However, the book shows that such indigenous practices, as they have evolved over time, can be highly adaptive to land and ecology. In contrast, 'scientific' agricultural solutions imposed from outside can be far more damaging to the environment and local communities. The book focuses on successful agricultural strategies of upland farmers, particularly in south and south-east Asia, and presents over 50 contributions by scholars from around the world and from various disciplines, including agricultural economics, ecology and anthropology. It is a sequel to the much praised "Voices from the Forest: Integrating Indigenous Knowledge into Sustainable Upland Farming" (RFF Press, 2007), but all chapters are completely new and there is a greater emphasis on the contemporary challenges of climate change and biodiversity conservation.
Extinction and Biogeography of Tropical Pacific Birds
Author: David W. SteadmanPublisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226771423
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 609
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Monthly Catalogue, United States Public Documents
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 1300
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Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 1320
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