Search Results - "Nature"

Biodiversity: An essential natural resource for improving diets and nutrition by Fanzo, Jessica

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By-laws for natural resource management: Insights from Africa by CGIAR Program on Collective Action and Property Rights

“…Africa's rural populations depend heavily on natural resources, which have been continuously deteriorating due to rapid population growth, increasing market pressures, high rates of poverty, and inappropriate natural resource management (NRM) policies of governments. …”
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Insuring countries against natural disasters: Pool rules by Clarke, Daniel J., Hill, Ruth Vargas

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Identification of mechanisms of natural resistance to African trypanosomiasis in cattle by Naessens, Jan, Teale, A.J., Sileghem, M.R.

“…Natural resistance to African trypanosomiasis in certain Bos taurus cattle in West Africa, called trypanotolerance, may hold solutions for control of this economically crippling disease. …”
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Population pressure, land tenure and natural resource management by Otsuka, Keijiro

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Major natural resource management concerns in South Asia by Gill, Gerard J.

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Understanding property rights in land and natural resource management by Mwangi, Esther, Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S.

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The strength and pattern of natural selection on gene expression in rice by Groen, Simon C., Ćalić, Irina, Joly-Lopez, Zoé, Platts, Adrian E., Choi, Jae Young, Natividad, Mignon, Dorph, Katherine, Mauck, William M., Bracken, Bernadette, Cabral, Carlo Leo U., Kumar, Arvind, Torres, Rolando O., Satija, Rahul, Vergara, Georgina, Henry, Amelia, Franks, Steven J., Purugganan, Michael D.

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Natural vegetation strips (NVS) and Gmelina cropping systems by Mamicpic, M.A.E., Tinsley, R.L., Magcale-Macandog, D.

“…The trees are commonly planted in portions of farms as block planting, along farm boundaries, or established along contour strips. Both natural vegetation strips (NVS) and tree cropping systems are examined here from biophysical and economic perspectives. …”
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Situating Zimbabwe's natural resource governance systems in history by Mandondo, A.

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Soybean technology and the loss of natural vegetation in Brazil and Bolivia by Kaimowitz, D., Smith, J.

“…Large areas of forest and other natural vegetation were cleared as a result.…”
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Forests and people: safeguarding the natural heritage in Brazilian Amazon by García Fernandez, C., Shanley, P.

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Democratic decentralisation through a natural resource lens by Ribot, J.C., Larson, A.M.

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Revisiting 'community' in community-based natural resource management by Kumar, C.

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Intrahousehold differences in natural resource management in Peru and Brazil by Campbell, C., Chicchon, A., Schmink, M., Piland, R.

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Natural plant extracts for the in vitro culture of mucuna pruriens by Jorge, M.A.B., Hanson, Jean, Gebremariam, G., Proud, J.

“…This seems to be a promising alternative to traditional tissue culture media as well as a viable option to grow not only Mucuna, but other crops in vitro. It is a natural and easy method to apply, particularly in developing countries where budgets and access to modern technologies can be limited.…”
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Agriculture, natural resource management, and “development” beyond the biophysical by German, L., Verma, R., Ramisch, Joshua J.

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Natural Resources Management in Ghana: The role of the Decentralised Government by Gumah, Agolko Isaac

“…If care is not taken the environment will lose all these gifts of nature. However, most Ghanaians livelihoods are linked to these natural resources. …”
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Potential of natural technologies for decentralised wastewater management in India. by Starkl, M., Amerasinghe, Priyanie H., Essl, L., Jampani, M., Kumar, D., Asolekar, Shyam R.

“…Conventional treatment plants have many challenges, therefore, natural treatment systems (NTSs) are viewed as a cost-effective alternative, which are more suitable in the Indian context. …”
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Social-ecological indicators of resilience in agrarian and natural landscapes by Oudenhoven, F.J.W. van, Mijatović, Dunja, Eyzaguirre, Pablo B.

“…A variety of mechanisms by which indigenous and rural communities help anchor biodiversity and contribute to social‐ecological resilience were identified.This paper challenges the rationale behind exclusionary approaches to nature conservation. Indicators are developed to facilitate a shift towards the widespread adoption of “human‐centered” conservation practices, in which nature conservation benefits from the inclusion and empowerment of human communities instead of their exclusion and marginalization.…”
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