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Publisher : IICA
Page : 6 pages
File Size : 36,22 MB
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Publisher : IICA
Page : 6 pages
File Size : 36,22 MB
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Author : Environmental Design Research Association. Conference
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 357 pages
File Size : 36,1 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 0939922347
Author : Commission for Environmental Cooperation (Montréal, Québec). Secretariat
Publisher :
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 34,92 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Agriculture
ISBN :
The North American Mosaic has four overarching features. First, it is, to the extent feasible, based on comparable information on the status and trends of major indicators of the state of the environment in Canada,Mexico, and the United States. Second, the report confirms that these three countries together make up an incredibly complex, dynamic, and interconnected ecosystem in which humans play a dominant and decisive role. Third, the report raises important and sometimes disquieting questions concerning the sustainability of some current trends. Finally, the report is a reminder that our economic, social, and physical well-being are utterly dependent on the life-sustaining services provided by nature. This report emphasizes the importance of developing mutually compatible economic, social, and environmental goals and policies across the three-country region.
Author : International Foundation for Development Alternatives
Publisher :
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 10,56 MB
Release : 1991
Category : Developing countries
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Page : 140 pages
File Size : 14,51 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Science
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Author : Thomas T. Veblen
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 42,8 MB
Release : 2015-12-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 019803184X
The Physical Geography of South America, the eighth volume in the Oxford Regional Environments series, presents an enduring statement on the physical and biogeographic conditions of this remarkable continent and their relationships to human activity. It fills a void in recent environmental literature by assembling a team of specialists from within and beyond South America in order to provide an integrated, cross-disciplinary body of knowledge about this mostly tropical continent, together with its high mountains and temperate southern cone. The authors systematically cover the main components of the South American environment - tectonism, climate, glaciation, natural landscape changes, rivers, vegetation, animals, and soils. The book then presents more specific treatments of regions with special attributes from the tropical forests of the Amazon basin to the Atacama Desert and Patagonian steppe, and from the Atlantic, Caribbean, and Pacific coasts to the high Andes. Additionally, the continents environments are given a human face by evaluating the roles played by people over time, from pre-European and European colonial impacts to the effects of modern agriculture and urbanization, and from interactions with El Niño events to prognoses for the future environments of the continent.
Author : Brazil. Tribunal de Contas da União
Publisher :
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 17,5 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Finance, Public
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Publisher : Bib. Orton IICA / CATIE
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 22,36 MB
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Author : Ge Sun
Publisher : MDPI
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 35,79 MB
Release : 2020-05-13
Category : Science
ISBN : 3039288237
Forests cover 30% of the Earth’s land area, or nearly four billion hectares. Enhancing the benefits and ecosystem services of forests has been increasingly recognized as an essential part of nature-based solutions for solving many emerging global environmental problems today. A core science supporting forest management is understanding the interactions of forests, water, and people. These interactions have become increasingly complex under climate change and its associated impacts, such as the increases in the intensity and frequency of drought and floods, increasing population and deforestation, and a rise in global demands for multiple ecosystem services including clean water supply and carbon sequestration. Forest watershed managers have recognized that water management is an essential component of forest management. Global environmental change is posing more challenges for managing forests and water toward sustainable development. New science on forest and water is critically needed across the globe. The International Forests and Water Conference 2018, Valdivia, Chile (http://forestsandwater2018.cl/), a joint effort of the 5th IUFRO International Conference on Forests and Water in a Changing Environment and the Second Latin American Conference on Forests and Water provided a unique forum to examine forest and water issues in Latin America under a global context. This book represents a collection of some of the peer-reviewed papers presented at the conference that were published in a Special Issue of Forests.
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Page : 292 pages
File Size : 48,67 MB
Release : 1993
Category : Bolivia
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