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“vikram seebaluck”

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  • Bioenergy for Sustainable Development and International Competitiveness

    The Role of Sugar Cane in Africa

    Edited by Francis X. Johnson, Vikram Seebaluck ...
    Growing concerns about the impacts of climate change and dependence on fossil fuels have intensified interest in bioenergy from sugar cane and other crops, highlighting important links between energy, environment and development goals. Sub-Saharan Africa is characterized by severe poverty; the possibility to exploit a renewable energy resource offers valuable avenues for sustainable development ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

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  • Tackling Climate Change through Livestock: A Global Assessment of Emissions and Mitigation Opportunities

    by FAOoftheUN ...
    As renewed international efforts are needed to curb greenhouse gas emissions, the livestock sector can contribute its part. An important emitter of greenhouse gas, it also has the potential to significantly reduce its emissions. This report provides a unique global assessment of the magnitude, the sources and pathways of emissions from different livestock production systems and supply chains. ... Read more

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  • Status of the World's Soil Resources. Technical Summary

    by FAOoftheUN ...
    This document presents a summary of the first Status of the World's Soil Resources report, the goal of which is to make clear the essential connections between human well-being and the soil. The report provides a benchmark against which our collective progress to conserve this essential resource can be measured. The report synthesizes the work of some 200 soil scientists from 60 countries. It ... Read more

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  • Titans of Industrial Agriculture

    How a Few Giant Corporations Came to Dominate the Farm Sector and Why It Matters

    by Jennifer Clapp ...
    Series series One Planet
    How a small handful of giant transnational corporations has come to dominate the farm inputs sector, why it matters, and what can be done about it.Every year, hundreds of billions of dollars’ worth of farm machinery, fertilizer, seeds, and pesticides are sold to farmers around the world. Although agricultural inputs are a huge sector of the global economy, the lion’s share of that market is ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

  • World Livestock: Transforming the Livestock Sector through the Sustainable Development Goals

    by FAOoftheUN ...
    The publication is intended to serve as a reference framework for Member States as they move forward to realize livestock's potentially major contribution to the Agenda 2030.For decades, the livestock debate has focused on how to increase production in a sustainable manner. However, the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development has shifted the emphasis from fostering sustainable production per se ... Read more

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  • Bioenergy Crops for Ecosystem Health and Sustainability

    by Alex Baumber ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Bioenergy
    The growing of crops for bioenergy has been subject to much recent criticism, as taking away land which could be used for food production or biodiversity conservation. This book challenges some commonly-held ideas about biofuels, bioenergy and energy cropping, particularly that energy crops pose an inherent threat to ecosystems, which must be mitigated.The book recognises that certain energy crops ... Read more

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  • Sustainable Land Management: Challenges, Opportunities, And Trade-Offs

    by World Bank ...
    Land is the integrating component of all livelihoods depending on farm, forest, rangeland, or water (rivers, lakes, coastal marine) habitats. Due to varying political, social, and economic factors, the heavy use of natural resources to supply a rapidly growing global population and economy has resulted in the unintended mismanagement and degradation of land and ecosystems. Sustainable Land ... Read more

    $11.59 USD

  • Forest Products in the Global Bioeconomy: Enabling Substitution by Wood-Based Products and Contributing to the Sustainable Development Goals

    by FAOoftheUN ...
    This report addresses the role of forest products in replacing fossil-based and GHG-intensive products. The overarching objective is to provide recommendations to strengthen the contribution of substitution by forest products to sustainable development. To that end, this report firstly provides an overview of the understanding of the bioeconomy and the role of forest products across the world. ... Read more

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  • Biofuels and Sustainability

    Holistic Perspectives for Policy-making

    Edited by Kazuhiko Takeuchi, Hideaki Shiroyama, Osamu Saito, Masahiro Matsuura ...
    Series series Science for Sustainable Societies
    This open access book presents a comprehensive analysis of biofuel use strategies from an interdisciplinary perspective using sustainability science. This interdisciplinary perspective (social science-natural science) means that the strategies and policy options proposed will have significant impacts on the economy and society alike. Biofuels are expected to contribute to reducing greenhouse gas ... Read more

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  • Sustainability Unpacked

    Food, Energy and Water for Resilient Environments and Societies

    by Kristiina Vogt, Toral Patel-Weynand, Maura Shelton, Daniel J Vogt, Cal Mukumoto, Asep. S. Suntana, Patricia A. Roads, John Gordon ...
    Food, water and energy form some of the basic elements of sustainability considerations. This ground-breaking book examines and decodes these elements, exploring how a range of countries make decisions regarding their energy and bio-resource consumption and procurement. The authors consider how these choices impact not only the societies and environments of those countries, but the world in ... Read more

    $77.99 USD

  • Climate Neutral and Resilient Farming Systems

    Practical Solutions for Climate Mitigation and Adaptation

    Edited by Udaya Sekhar Nagothu ...
    Series series Earthscan Food and Agriculture
    This book presents evidence-based research on climate-neutral and resilient farming systems and further provides innovative and practical solutions for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and mitigating the impact of climate change.Intensive farming systems are a significant source of greenhouse gas emissions, thereby contributing to global warming and the acceleration of climate change. As paddy ... Read more

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  • Unsustainable World

    Are We Losing the Battle to Save Our Planet?

    by Peter N. Nemetz ...
    Using a cross-disciplinary, science- and economics-based approach, this book provides a sobering and comprehensive assessment of the multifaceted barriers to achieving sustainability at a global level.Organized into three parts, the book defines sustainability in part I and sets the context of the historical and current difficulties facing the world today. In parts II and III, it outlines the ... Read more

    $52.99 USD