Search Results - "environmental protection"

Does aquaculture add resilience to the global food system? by Troell, M., Naylor, R.L., Metian, M., Beveridge, Malcolm C.M., Tyedmers, P.H., Folke, C., Arrow, K.J., Barrett, S., Crepin, A.S., Ehrlich, P.R., Gren, A., Kautsky, N., Levin, S.A., Nyborg, K., Osterblom, H., Polasky, S., Scheffer, M., Walker, B.H., Xepapadeas, T., Zeeuw, A. de

“…Although the diversification of global food production systems that includes aquaculture offers promise for enhanced resilience, such promise will not be realized if government policies fail to provide adequate incentives for resource efficiency, equity, and environmental protection.…”
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Understanding local forest management institutions and their role in conserving woody species biodiversity: a case study of Alamata Woreda, by Mebrahtu, T.

“…Even though many communities in Tigray have developed their own institutions and methods of environmental management that enjoy great local legitimacy, the interventions by government and numerous projects in the name of development and environmental protection have generally failed to recognize this. …”
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Impact of novel methods and research approaches in plant pathology: Are individual advances sufficient to meet the wider challenges of disease management? by Jeger, Michael, Beresford, Robert, Berlin, Anna, Bock, Clive, Fox, Adrian, Golding, Kaitlin, Newton, Adrian C., Vicent, Antonio, Xu, Xiangming

“…Advances continue to be made by plant pathologists on topics in plant health, environmental protection and food security. Many advances have been made for individual crops, pathogens and diseases that in many cases have led to their successful management. …”
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Hydrolysis and glycosynthase activity studies of laminarinase, Lam16A, wildtype and its catalytic deficient mutants E115G, E115S and E120A from Phanerochaete chrysosporium by Forsberg, Zarah

“…The findings from this project reveals that this enzyme has many interesting capacities that hopefully in the future may be used in the synthesis of interesting oligosaccharides that can be applied in the fields of environmental protection, pre-biotics and medicine.…”
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Environmental certification in a service organization by Eltoum, Sanna

“…The analysis showed that the main drivers at SLU to get the ISO 14001 certification is to create better EMS, meeting legislative requirements, directives from SLU`s headmaster, to be a trustworthy authority, and to be listed in the Environmental Protection Agency ranking list. Moreover, environmental certification consist of many challenges for the study units such as no engagement in the organization, EMS process consists of many detail and needs too much work, difficulty to understand the structure, and have documentation problems. …”
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Community-based environmental education and its participatory process : the case of forest conservation project in Viet Nam by Bui, Chi

“…The literature related to Community-based Environmental Education has been drawn primarily from a chapter in the book titled “New Tools for Environmental Protection: Education, Information, and Voluntary Measures”. …”

Waste management and impact on people's health when cultivating on sites contaminated with heavy metals : Minor field study made in Zomba, Malawi by Orvestedt, Sofie

“…Comparing the results to The Swedish Environmental Protection Agency’s generic guideline values, levels are exceeded for copper, cadmium and lead at the waste water treatment plant, and cadmium at the waste dump. …”

Fågel, fisk och allt däremellan by Djurberg, Agnes, Forsell, Emilia

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Modeling the impacts of agricultural support policies on emissions from agriculture by Laborde Debucquet, David, Mamun, Abdullah, Martin, Will, Piñeiro, Valeria, Vos, Rob

“…That full analysis is being undertaken in subsequent work, which will also take account of land-use change and alternative forms of agricultural policy support to align objectives of food security, farmers’ income security, production efficiency and resilience, and environmental protection.…”
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Veterinary antimicrobial use legislation: A comparative policy analysis of Kenya and Denmark by Mbugua, Simon, Mhone, Amos L., Morang'a Alexina, Gathura, P., Onono, J., Muloi, Dishon M., Moodley, Arshnee

“…The study highlights the importance of continued legislative development in Kenya to enhance AMU governance, particularly in the areas of veterinary oversight, monitoring, and environmental protection. Denmark's experience illustrates the value of integrated legislative approach, which has contributed to measurable reductions in veterinary AMU. …”
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Agrobiodiversity conservation practices and gender consideration in Sinana District, southeastern Ethiopia by Asseffa, W.

“…Agricultural biodiversity have significant role in food security, environmental protection, income generation and cultural values and many conservation activities are performed by women but no recognition is given to them as important contributors. …”
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Regulatory considerations surrounding the deployment of Btexpressing cowpea in Africa: report of the deliberations of an expert panel by Huesing, J.E., Romeis, J., Ellstrand, N.C., Raybould, A., Hellmich, R.L., Wolt, J.D., Ehlers, J.D., Dabiré-Binso, L.C., Fatokun, C.A., Hokanson, K.E., Ishiyaku, M.F., Margam, V.M., Obokoh, N., Mignouna, J.D., Nang’ayo, F., Ouédraogo, J.T., Pasquet, R.S., Pittendrigh, Barry Robert, Schall, B.A., Stein, J., Tamo, Manuele, Murdock, L.L.

“…A first step in this process is an environmental risk assessment to determine the likelihood and magnitude of adverse effects of the Cry1Ab protein on key environmental protection goals in West Africa. Here we describe the results of an expert panel convened in 2009 to develop the problem formulation phase for Bt-cowpea and to address specific issues around gene flow, non-target arthropods, and insect resistance management.…”
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Pesticides in water sources used for human consumption in the semiarid region of Argentina by Mas, Laura Ines, Aparicio, Virginia Carolina, De Geronimo, Eduardo, Costa, José Luis

“…Almost all measured values were below the US Environmental Protection Agency limits, but 73% of the samples exceeded the limit of 0.5 μg L−1 established by the European Union for the sum of molecules although only 7.4% of individual molecules exceeded the limit of 0.1 μg L−1. …”
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Aislamiento, selección y mecanismos de acción de Trichoderma koningiopsis by Cotes, Alba Marina

“…El potencial de Trichoderma spp. como agente de control biológico de fitopatógenos fue reconocido inicialmente en 1930, reportándose en los años subsiguientes el control de muchas especies (Aluko y Hering, 1970; Bliss, 1951; Chet, 1987; Elad y Kapat, 1999; Harman, 2001; Howell, 1982; Lifshitz et al., 1986; Lumsden et al., 1992, Sharon et al., 2001; Wells et al., 1972; Yedidia et al., 1999, 2000; Zhang et al., 1996) y culminando en 2004 con 16 productos registrados ante la ‘United States Environmental Protection Agency’ (EPA) junto con muchos otros registrados en India, Israel, Nueva Zelanda y Suecia (Howel et al., 2003), recomendados tanto para el control de patógenos del suelo y foliares como para la inducción del crecimiento vegetal. …”
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Situación del recurso hídrico subterráneo de la subcuenca del río Aguas Calientes, Nicaragua by Obando Soriano, F.O.

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Undeground water resources situation of the Aguas Calientes river watershed, Nicaragua by Obando Soriano, Fredy O.

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Bevarandet av vitryggig hackspett i Sverige by Eriksson, Johanna

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Cobalt and nickel concentrations in the Uppsala clay deposits by Sadeghi, Ali Reza

“…If the value exceeds the limitation provided by the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA) then a leaching test is required. …”
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Att planera för vilt by Sunesson, Johanna

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Mångbruk på Bäcksjö by Claesson, Christian

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