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Journal Articles & Books
December 2011
France
South Africa
Denmark
Italy
Australia
Ireland
United Kingdom
New Zealand
Europe
Asia
Northern America
Africa
South America
Southern Africa

We used the process-oriented niche model CLIMEX to estimate the potential global distribution of serrated tussock under projected future climates. Serrated tussock is a drought-tolerant, wind- and human-dispersed grass of South American origin that has invaded pastures in Australia, Europe, New Zealand, and South Africa.

Journal Articles & Books
December 2011
Ireland

It is challenging to perform spatial geochemical modelling due to the spatial heterogeneity features of geochemical variables. Meanwhile, high quality geochemical maps are needed for better environmental management. Soil organic C (SOC) distribution maps are required for improvements in soil management and for the estimation of C stocks at regional scales.

Journal Articles & Books
December 2011
France
Nigeria
Kenya
Zambia
Israel
Indonesia
Australia
Ireland
Ghana
Congo
Senegal
Malawi
Niger
Cameroon
Rwanda
South Africa
Lesotho
Hungary
Italy
United Kingdom
Gabon
Africa

This issue examines the ¿Economic and social significance of forests for Africa¿s sustainable development¿. It addresses efforts of African nations to sustainably manage their forests. Authors share cases and experiences highlighting attempts made by forest and natural resource managers to develop innovative partnerships with new stakeholders outside the traditional forest sector.

Policy Papers & Briefs
July 2011
Slovenia
France
Estonia
Slovakia
Belgium
Spain
Luxembourg
Sweden
Germany
Denmark
Bulgaria
Latvia
Greece
Malta
Finland
Cyprus
Lithuania
Hungary
Austria
Italy
Portugal
Poland
Netherlands
Ireland
Romania
Czech Republic

Great share of rented land in total utilised area as well as a significant variability of land rent and market prices of land causes a need of research that would assess which factors influence the land rent as well as the price of land and how significant such factor are in each state. The average land rent is significantly lower in new EU member states than in the EU 15 members.

Conference Papers & Reports
May 2011
Ireland

Discrete choice experiment data aimed at eliciting the demand for recreationalwalking trails on farmland in Ireland is used to explore whether some respondentsreach their choices solely on the basis of the alternative’s label. To investigatethis type of processing strategy, the paper exploits a discrete mixtures approachwhich encompasses random parameters for the attributes.

Reports & Research
December 2010
Austria
Belgium
Bulgaria
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Germany
Denmark
Spain
Estonia
Finland
France
Greece
Croatia
Hungary
Ireland
Italy
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Latvia
Malta
Netherlands
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Slovakia
Slovenia
Sweden
Africa

This report examines the role of European Union (EU) member States, both collectively and individually, in the current reported wave of foreign land investment in Africa that has led to the current use of the term ‘land grabbing’.It discusses whether this role is consistent with the EU’s commitment to advance agriculture in Africa in order to help achieve the Millennium Development G

Journal Articles & Books
December 2010
Ireland

The spatial variation of extractable (Morgan's) soil phosphorus (P), potassium (K), magnesium (Mg), pH and lime requirement (LR) in a permanent dairy farm in southeastern Ireland, was investigated using conventional statistics, geostatistics and a geographical information system (GIS) to produce nutrient maps and to provide information for site-specific fertilizer application.

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