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E.g. Brooks, Thomas M.
E.g. Brooks, Thomas M.
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IUCN publications : 1948-1992. A catalogue of publications produced by IUCN or in collaboration with other organizations
Can wildlife pay for itself?
Deserts : the encroaching wilderness
   

This book aims to present the state of the world's deserts, their peoples and their wildlife and also provides a basis for action. It reveals the beauty of desert landscapes and their ecology, and the cultures of the desert peoples. It examines the impact of the changes in global climate and the effects of recent catastrophes. The extensive atlas section of the book maps the world's deserts region by region, charting their growth, agricultural development at their margins, the locations of resources, and pattern of human settlement.
World soil erosion and conservation
Crocodiles : proceedings of the 11th Working Meeting of the Crocodile Specialist Group of the Species Survival Commission of the IUCN - The World Conservation Union convened at Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, 2 to 7 August 1992 : volume 1
The wilderness companion
Evaluation of the special grant for environment and development : Final report
The green cathedral
    De Onis, Juan

In The Green Cathedral, Juan de Onis offers a set of proposals for the economic and ecological survival of this vital region, arguing that it is not possible to save the trees of Amazonia without also saving its people. A former foreign correspondent for the New York Times who has known Amazonia since the early sixties, de Onis undertook an intensive two year study of the region in 1988, travelling over 36,000 kilometers by land, water and air to interview the homesteaders, garimpeiros, cattle ranchers, bureaucrats, peasant organizers, Indians, and activists who together will decide the future of the vast forests. Avoiding the doomsday tone of many experts, de Onis not only draws a vivid portrait of the greenest part of the earth and the rawness of life on the frontier, but also argues that Amazonia is not yet ecologically ruined nor economically crippled. Indeed, he uncovers heartening evidence that the peoples and governments of Amazonia are learning from the past, finding ways of preserving and profiting from their environment. 
Skrb za Zemljo : strategija za življenje po načelu trajnosti : povzetek
The forest resources of the former European USSR
    Nilsson, Sten | Sallnäs, Ola | Hugosson, Mårten | Shvidenko, Anatoly

The objectives of this book are: to gain an impartial view of potential developments of the forest resources in the European USSR; to build alternative and consistent scenarios of the future developments; to illustrate the effects of forest decline from air pollutants; to identify meaningful policy options concerning the forest resources of the European USSR; and to support future policy decisions concerning the forest resources of the European USSR. 
Caring for the earth : a strategy for sustainable living (Japanese version)
Cuidem la Terra : una estratègia per de viure de manera sostenible : resum
Földünkért... : az élet fenntartásának stratégiája
Cuidem la Terra : una estratègia per de viure de manera sostenible
Asian perceptions of nature
Análisis de las propuestas de enmienda a los Apéndices de CITES : sometarget_ido a la consideración de la Octava Reunión de la Conferencia de las Partes
Analyses des propositions d'amendement aux Annexes de la CITES : soumises à la Huitème session de la Conférence des Parties
Analyses of proposals to amend the CITES appendices : submitted to the Eighth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties
Le secteur forestier : document de politique générale de la Banque mondiale
   

In the past decade, there has been a profound increase in the world's understanding of and concern about the forest sector of the developing world. A wide range of analyses and policy research has shed light on the determinants of the effective demand for land and wood (the cause of deforestation), the importance of tenure arrangements, and the links between government policies and the forest sector. The use of government policies to influence behavior in the sector is a principal theme of this paper which is organized as follows. First it describes the two most important challenges in the sector -- excessive deforestation and inadequate afforestation and reforestation -- and highlights the extent and the causes of the problems. It then discusses policies and programs directed toward overcoming the underlying causes of these problems. Finally, it discusses the role of the World Bank in supporting governments' efforts to implement these policies and programs.
El sector forestal : documento de política del Banco Mundial
   

In the past decade, there has been a profound increase in the world's understanding of and concern about the forest sector of the developing world. A wide range of analyses and policy research has shed light on the determinants of the effective demand for land and wood (the cause of deforestation), the importance of tenure arrangements, and the links between government policies and the forest sector. The use of government policies to influence behavior in the sector is a principal theme of this paper which is organized as follows. First it describes the two most important challenges in the sector -- excessive deforestation and inadequate afforestation and reforestation -- and highlights the extent and the causes of the problems. It then discusses policies and programs directed toward overcoming the underlying causes of these problems. Finally, it discusses the role of the World Bank in supporting governments' efforts to implement these policies and programs.
Population growth, poverty, and environmental stress
    Cruz, Maria Concepcion | Meyer, Carrie A. | Repetto, Robert C. | Woodward, Richard

Studies in Costa Rica and the Philippines analyze the underlying mechanisms that have led to resource degradation: land tenure policies, population growth, and narrow economic policies advanced during the debt crisis. In both countries migration patterns are also involved in the interaction between economic crisis, demographic change, legal institutions, and ecological problems. The linkages are multiple and complex. Both countries have seen a rapidly growing population migrating out of cities to easily degraded forest slopes due to poverty. Land management and tenure policies mitigate the effect of migration on the environment, but policy change is needed very badly in both countries.
La conservation des plantes sauvages apparentées aux plantes cultivées
Conservaçao dos parentes silvestres das plantas cultivadas
Conserving the wild relatives of crops
Papers of the IBPGR workshop on coconut genetic resources held at Cipanas, Indonesia
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