Reviews various approaches and techniques used in a number of sub-Saharan African countries to collect and analyze data on large-scale ecological changes with particular reference to remote sensing and monitoring techniques in resource inventory; suggests ways to build more effective data bases.
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 1984
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Library ResourceLegislationMay, 1984Australia
This Act, consisting of 99 sections divided into twelve Parts, establishes the local government and community justice groups for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Communities. It applies to indigenous local government areas of laws relating to public places in Queensland.
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Reunión de Trabajo sobre Agricultura y Mercados de Alimentos
Reports & ResearchSeptember, 1984Dominican RepublicAnaliza el campesinado y la economia dominicana; la tenencia y uso de la tierra; el mercado de alimentos; y los procesos de urbanizacion y marginalidad.
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksJanuary, 1985India, Southern Asia
During the past two decades there has been increasing concern that the development strategies of the 1950s and 1960s would neither eliminate nor even greatly reduce poverty even as the pervasive nature of that poverty became more widely recognized. This increase in concern conincided with the drama of the major biological breakthroughs in food production associated with the "green revolution." A debate began on whether there was a causal relation between the technology of the green revolution and the incidence of rural poverty.
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Library ResourceConference Papers & ReportsDecember, 1984Central America, South America
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Library ResourceJanuary, 1984Algeria
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Library ResourceConference Papers & ReportsMarch, 1984Ethiopia
It soon became apparent that soil degradation in the Ethiopian Highlands may be posing a threat not only in terms of the physical loss of soils, but also in terms of deteriorating, soil chemical fertility. This study has therefore emphasized both the physical and chemical deterioration of soils due to degradation.
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Library ResourceJanuary, 1984Argentina
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Library ResourceJanuary, 1985Aruba
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 1984Kenya, Africa, Eastern Africa
Analyzes the output of the Maasai pastoral system by examining three group ranches in the Kajiado District in Kenya, first in terms of output per animal, household cash and subsistence income from livestock for large-and small-scale producers, and second in terms of output per unit of pastoral land.
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