Fruit Trees And Useful Plants In Amazonian Life

Author : Patricia Shanley
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO)
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Botany, Economic
ISBN : 9251070075

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Fruit Trees and Useful Plants in Amazonian Life by Patricia Shanley Pdf

This publication is a testament to the enormous potential that integrating traditional and scientific knowledge can have for both local communities and academic and development professionals alike. It also serves as a reminder to the scientific community that science should be shared with local people and not confined to journals and closed circles of technical experts. From Brazil nuts and Cat's claw to Copaiba and Titica, this book shares a wealth of information on a wide range of plant species that only close collaboration between local peoples and researchers could possibly breed.

Author : Eric Toensmeier
Publisher : Chelsea Green Publishing
Page : 497 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781603585712

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The Carbon Farming Solution by Eric Toensmeier Pdf

"Agriculture is rightly blamed as a major culprit of our climate crisis. But in this groundbreaking new book, Eric Toensmeier argues that agriculture--specifically, the subset of practices known as "carbon farming"--can, and should be, a linchpin of a global climate solutions platform"--

Author : Bhuwon Sthapit,Hugo Lamers,Ramanatha Rao,Arwen Bailey
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2016-05-12
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781317636229

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Tropical Fruit Tree Diversity by Bhuwon Sthapit,Hugo Lamers,Ramanatha Rao,Arwen Bailey Pdf

Farmers have developed a range of agricultural practices to sustainably use and maintain a wide diversity of crop species in many parts of the world. This book documents good practices innovated by farmers and collects key reviews on good practices from global experts, not only from the case study countries but also from Brazil, China and other parts of Asia and Latin America. A good practice for diversity is defined as a system, organization or process that, over time and space, maintains, enhances and creates crop genetic diversity, and ensures its availability to and from farmers and other users. Drawing on experiences from a UNEP-GEF project on "Conservation and Sustainable Use of Wild and Cultivated Tropical Fruit Tree Diversity for Promoting Livelihoods, Food Security and Ecosystem Services", with case studies from India, Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand, the authors show how methods for identifying good practices are still evolving and challenges in scaling-up remain. They identify key principles effective as a strategy for mainstreaming good practice into development efforts. Few books draw principles and lessons learned from good practices. This book fills this gap by combining good practices from the research project on tropical fruit trees with chapters from external experts to broaden its scope and relevance.

Author : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2021-04-08
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789251341612

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FAO Publications Series 2021 by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Pdf

FAO’s major publications series are presented together in a user-friendly catalogue. The catalogue features all of the most active series, both new and long-standing, and is divided into areas of work, including agriculture, forestry, fisheries, trade and investment, among others. Each series entry includes technical specifications, language versions, most recent titles, relevant ISSNs, and QR codes linking to online resources in the FAO Document Repository.

Author : Malcolm F. Cairns
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 1057 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2015-01-09
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781317750192

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Shifting Cultivation and Environmental Change by Malcolm F. Cairns Pdf

Shifting cultivation is one of the oldest forms of subsistence agriculture and is still practised by millions of poor people in the tropics. Typically it involves clearing land (often forest) for the growing of crops for a few years, and then moving on to new sites, leaving the earlier ground fallow to regain its soil fertility. This book brings together the best of science and farmer experimentation, vividly illustrating the enormous diversity of shifting cultivation systems as well as the power of human ingenuity. Some critics have tended to disparage shifting cultivation (sometimes called 'swidden cultivation' or 'slash-and-burn agriculture') as unsustainable due to its supposed role in deforestation and land degradation. However, the book shows that such indigenous practices, as they have evolved over time, can be highly adaptive to land and ecology. In contrast, 'scientific' agricultural solutions imposed from outside can be far more damaging to the environment and local communities. The book focuses on successful agricultural strategies of upland farmers, particularly in south and south-east Asia, and presents over 50 contributions by scholars from around the world and from various disciplines, including agricultural economics, ecology and anthropology. It is a sequel to the much praised "Voices from the Forest: Integrating Indigenous Knowledge into Sustainable Upland Farming" (RFF Press, 2007), but all chapters are completely new and there is a greater emphasis on the contemporary challenges of climate change and biodiversity conservation.

Author : Duncan Macqueen
Publisher : IIED
Page : 123 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Forest products
ISBN : 9781843696827

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Distinguishing Community Forest Products in the Market by Duncan Macqueen Pdf

"This report assesses demand for a mechanism that brings together forest certification and fair trade in the timber market. Timber buyers from 21 countries were surveyed as part of this study - with more detailed value chain analysis in 4 country case studies. The report concludes that there is indeed both demand and practical options to do more for community forest producers. A historic opportunity exists to bring together forest certification and fair trade in the interests both of communities and the forests on which they depend."--Résumé de l'éditeur.

Author : Center for International Forestry Research,Cifor.
Publisher : CIFOR
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2005-01-01
Category : Forest management
ISBN : 9789793361840

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Forests for People and the Environment : CIFOR Annual Report 2004 by Center for International Forestry Research,Cifor. Pdf

Author : Helaine Silverman,William Isbell
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 1172 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2008-04-06
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780387749075

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Handbook of South American Archaeology by Helaine Silverman,William Isbell Pdf

Perhaps the contributions of South American archaeology to the larger field of world archaeology have been inadequately recognized. If so, this is probably because there have been relatively few archaeologists working in South America outside of Peru and recent advances in knowledge in other parts of the continent are only beginning to enter larger archaeological discourse. Many ideas of and about South American archaeology held by scholars from outside the area are going to change irrevocably with the appearance of the present volume. Not only does the Handbook of South American Archaeology (HSAA) provide immense and broad information about ancient South America, the volume also showcases the contributions made by South Americans to social theory. Moreover, one of the merits of this volume is that about half the authors (30) are South Americans, and the bibliographies in their chapters will be especially useful guides to Spanish and Portuguese literature as well as to the latest research. It is inevitable that the HSAA will be compared with the multi-volume Handbook of South American Indians (HSAI), with its detailed descriptions of indigenous peoples of South America, that was organized and edited by Julian Steward. Although there are heroic archaeological essays in the HSAI, by the likes of Junius Bird, Gordon Willey, John Rowe, and John Murra, Steward states frankly in his introduction to Volume Two that “arch- ology is included by way of background” to the ethnographic chapters.

Author : Aparecida das Graças Claret de Souza
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Cooking
ISBN : UCSD:31822035082619

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Fruit trees of the Amazon Region by Aparecida das Graças Claret de Souza Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 82 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Forest products
ISBN : UFL:35051124220874

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Unasylva by Anonim Pdf

Author : B.M. Kumar,P.K.R. Nair
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 379 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2007-04-21
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781402049484

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Tropical Homegardens by B.M. Kumar,P.K.R. Nair Pdf

‘Homegardens’ are integrated tree–crop–animal production systems, often established on small parcels of land surrounding homesteads, and primarily found in tropical environments. This multi-authored volume contains peer-reviewed chapters from the world’s leading researchers and professionals in this topic. It summarizes the current state of knowledge on homegarden systems, with a view to using this knowledge as a basis for improving both homegardens and other similar multistrata agroforestry systems.

Author : James L. Castner,S. Lee Timme,James A. Duke
Publisher : Feline Press (Gainesville, FL)
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : UTEXAS:059173006120043

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A Field Guide to Medicinal and Useful Plants of the Upper Amazon by James L. Castner,S. Lee Timme,James A. Duke Pdf

Author : William M. Denevan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 434 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Agriculture
ISBN : 0199257698

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Cultivated Landscapes of Native Amazonia and the Andes by William M. Denevan Pdf

Cultivated Landscapes of Native Amazonia and the Andes examines Indian agriculture in South America. The focus is on field types and field technologies, including agricultural landforms such as terraces, canals, and drained fields, which have persisted for hundreds of years. What emerges is a picture of mostly successful indigenous farming practices in difficult environments--rain forests, savannahs, swamps, rugged mountains, and deserts.

Author : Center for International Forestry Research
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Forests and forestry
ISBN : MINN:31951P01067930R

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CIFOR News by Center for International Forestry Research Pdf

Author : Thomas T. Veblen,Kenneth R. Young,Antony R. Orme
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2015-12-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 019803184X

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The Physical Geography of South America by Thomas T. Veblen,Kenneth R. Young,Antony R. Orme Pdf

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 Ni?o events to prognoses for the future environments of the continent.