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Agosto, 2007
Nueva Zelandia
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Library ResourceDocumentos de conferencias e informesAgosto, 2005Nueva Zelandia
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Library ResourceArtículos de revistas y librosDiciembre, 2009China, España, India, Brasil, Nueva Zelandia
Data from the 1990-1994 period presented in the "Brazil's Initial National Communication" document indicated that the country is one of the top world greenhouse gas (GHG) emitters. A large majority of Brazil's GHG emissions come from deforestation mainly of the Amazon biome for agriculture and livestock land uses. This unique inventory is now out of date.
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Library ResourceDocumentos de conferencias e informesDiciembre, 2010Australia
With the impending introduction of an Australian Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme, farmers andlandholders in rural Australia have increased opportunities to participate in the market. This includes theadoption of land-use change to sequester additional carbon in exchange for carbon credits and theproduction of a renewable energy source (biofuels). However, these land-use changes compete withexisting farm enterprises and may contain significant transaction costs.
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Library ResourceDocumentos de conferencias e informesDiciembre, 2011Nueva Zelandia
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Library ResourceArtículos de revistas y librosDiciembre, 2009China, España, India, Brasil, Nueva Zelandia
Data from the 1990-1994 period presented in the "Brazil's Initial National Communication" document indicated that the country is one of the top world greenhouse gas (GHG) emitters. A large majority of Brazil's GHG emissions come from deforestation mainly of the Amazon biome for agriculture and livestock land uses. This unique inventory is now out of date.
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Library ResourceArtículos de revistas y librosDiciembre, 2006India, Australia, Kenya, África, África oriental
The need to increase water productivity is a growing global concern as the World Commission on Water has estimated that demand for water will increase by c. 50% over the next 30 years and approximately half of the world's population will experience conditions of severe water stress by 2025. Three-quarters of African countries are expected to experience unstable water supplies, whereby small decreases in rainfall induce much larger reductions in streamflow.
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Library ResourceDocumentos de política y resúmenesAgosto, 1999Australia
Considerable public funding is provided for research and development intended to improve the management and use of shared natural resources, such as water. In Australia the Land and Water Research and Development Corporation (LWRRDC) and Environment Australia are significant providers of such funds. These providers tend to judge the value of R & D projects supported by them on the basis of whether or not significant technology transfer and adoption takes place. Researchers involved in these projects and expected to be the prime movers of such transfer.
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Library ResourceDocumentos de conferencias e informesAgosto, 2009Nueva Zelandia
The effectiveness of biosecurity measures at national borders is influenced by thebehaviour and levels of involvement of travellers. Involvement is the importance orrelevance of an object or situation to an individual. Involvement helps regulate theway in which people receive and process information and thus influences the extentof information searching for decision making, and information processing andpersuasion. In this study, we drew on the concept of involvement to investigate theresponse of individuals to New Zealand biosecurity requirements.
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Library ResourceArtículos de revistas y librosDiciembre, 1999Australia
A consequence of the European colonization of Australia has been a significant ioss of biodiversity: one in four mammal species is either extinct or threatened. In contrast, only one species of bird has been lost from the Australian continent and there is less concern for the survival of the Australian avifauna than for mammals. This is despite the fact that nearly one in five bird species is listed as threatened or of âspecial concernâ.
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