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  • International Regulation of Underwater Sound

    Establishing Rules and Standards to Address Ocean Noise Pollution

    by Elena McCarthy ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    Concern over the effects of noise on marine life, particularly marine mammals, has emerged as a topic of considerable interest to both professionals and laypersons alike. The controversy has been fueled by a series of international events that suggest a relationship between man-made sound and marine mammal behavior, resulting in mass strandings and death. International Regulation of Underwater ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

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  • Adapting Agriculture to Climate Change

    Preparing Australian Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries for the Future

    Edited by Chris Stokes, Mark Howden ...
    Adapting Agriculture to Climate Change is a fundamental resource for primary industry professionals, land managers, policy makers, researchers and students involved in preparing Australia’s primary industries for the challenges and opportunities of climate change. More than 30 authors have contributed to this book, which moves beyond describing the causes and consequences of climate change to ... Read more

    $38.89 USD

  • Transforming Water Management in South Africa

    Designing and Implementing a New Policy Framework

    Edited by Barbara Schreiner, Rashid M. Hassan ...
    Series Book 2 - Global Issues in Water Policy
    One of the early set of reforms that South Africa embarked on after emerging from apartheid was in the water sector, following a remarkable, consultative process. The policy and legal reforms were comprehensive and covered almost all aspects of water management including revolutionary changes in defining and allocating rights to water, radical reforms in water management and supply institutions, ... Read more

    $143.09 USD

  • Life Cycle Design

    A Manual for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises

    Edited by Siegfried Behrendt, Christine Jasch, Maria C. Peneda, Hans van Weenen ...
    Small and medium-sized enterprises can serve as promising cradles for challenging ideas and pioneering initiatives. That is exactly what is required in order to make progress towards sustainable levels and patterns of production and consumption. Of all the continents of the world, Europe is most likely to lead the way towards a more sustainable relation with the environment. Having been the cradle ... Read more

    $80.09 USD

  • Knowledge and Rural Development

    Dialogue at the heart of innovation

    by Danièle Clavel ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    Successive food, economic and environmental crises have prompted the world Agricultural Research for Development (ARD) bodies to spring into action. Faced with the clear failure of public development aid to reduce inequalities and hunger, especially in Africa, wide consensus has been achieved from the World Bank to the G8 via the UN, the European Union and the African Union these past five years ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Cropping Pattern Modification to Overcome Abiotic Stresses

    Water, Salinity and Climate

    by Mostafa Morsy, Samiha A. H. Ouda, Abd El-Hafeez Zohry ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book provides state-of-the art analysis, never done before in Egypt, on agro-climatic zones level. This study deals with how the national cropping pattern can be modified to overcome abiotic stresses, such as water scarcity, induced salinity and climate change to reduce their negative effects on food production. To this end, different cropping patterns are suggested.This study can be a ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Life Cycle Assessment in the Agri-food Sector

    Case Studies, Methodological Issues and Best Practices

    Edited by Pietro A. Renzulli, Bruno Notarnicola, Luigia Petti, Roberta Salomone, Alessandro K. Cerutti, Rocco Roma ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    The book presents an overview of the International practices and state-of-the-art of LCA studies in the agri-food sector, both in terms of adopted methodologies and application to particular products; the final purpose is to characterise and put order within the methodological issues connected to some important agri-food products (wine, olive oil, cereals and derived products, meat and fruit) and ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • The Influence of Sewage Sludge Application on Physical and Biological Properties of Soils

    Proceedings of a Seminar organized jointly by the Commission of the European Communities, Directorate-General for Science, Research and Development and the Bayerische Landesanstalt für Bodenkultur und Pflanzenbau, Munich, Federal Republic of Germany,

    Edited by G. Catroux, P. L'Hermite, E. Suess ...
    The agricultural value of sewage sludges is well known and a lot of published data has demonstrated the positive effects of sludge appli­ cations on plant growth and yield. These effects are probably due mainly to the nitrogen and phosphorus content of sewage sludges. But, as sludges are more organic than mineral, we can expect an effect of the organic matter added to the soil on soil fertility. ... Read more

    $89.99 USD

  • Emerging Technologies for Promoting Food Security

    Overcoming the World Food Crisis

    Edited by Chandra Madramootoo ...
    Series series Woodhead Publishing Series in Food Science, Technology and Nutrition
    Emerging Technologies for Promoting Food Security: Overcoming the World Food Crisis discusses rising energy prices, increased biofuel use, water scarcity, and the rising world population, all factors that directly affect worldwide food security. The book examines the range of approaches to promoting global food security, including novel and existing agricultural and husbandry techniques for safe ... Read more

    $211.49 USD

  • Biotechnology for Environmental Protection in the Pulp and Paper Industry

    by P. Bajpai, R. Kondo ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    Pulp and paper production has increased globally and will continue to increase in the near future. Approximately 155 million tons of wood pulp is produced worldwide and about 260 million is projected for the year 2010. To be able to cope with increasing demand, an increase in productivity and improved environmental performance is needed as the industry is also under constant pressure to reduce and ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • The Economic and Environmental Impacts of Agbiotech

    A Global Perspective

    Edited by Nicholas Kalaitzandonakes ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    After almost fifteen years in the laboratory and in the test plots, bioengineered crops arrived to the market in the mid-1990s. Adoption was rapid and wide spread. In 1996, less than 4 million acres in six countries were planted with bioengineered crops. By 2001, worldwide adoption had expanded to more than 115 million acres. Important questions quickly followed. What were the factors driving the ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Rainwater-Smart Agriculture in Arid and Semi-Arid Areas

    Fostering the Use of Rainwater for Food Security, Poverty Alleviation, Landscape Restoration and Climate Resilience

    Edited by Walter Leal Filho, Josep de Trincheria Gomez ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book introduces state-of-the-art approaches, methods and research, focusing on smart management of rainwater. In addition, it provides an overview of projects from across the world, illustrating how rainwater-smart management has been implemented in drylands. Focusing on the scientific perspective it demonstrates how rural dryland agriculture can be improved. It also documents the wealth of ... Read more

    $143.09 USD