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Climate change shaped the political agenda during the last decade with three issues as hot topics: commonly making the headlines: carbon budgets, impact and mitigation of climate change. Given the significant role that forests play in the climate system – as sources, sinks, and through carbon trading – this book update the current scientific evidences on the relationships between climate, forest resources and forest management practices around the world. By including the forest scientists’ expertise from around the world, the book presents and updates a depth analysis of the current knowledge, and a series of case studies focused on the biological and the economic impacts of climate change in forest ecosystems in Africa, Asia, Europe and North and South America. The book will form a valuable resource for researchers and advanced students dealing with sustainable forestry, climate change issues and the effects of climate change on natural resource management.
The large-scale application of new silvicultural systems has become a political reality in many parts of the world. This involves a gradual transformation of traditional silvicultural practice towards Continuous Cover Forestry, also known as near-natural forest management, favouring mixed uneven-aged stands, site-adapted tree species and selective harvesting. Selective harvesting systems have a long tradition. Specific CCF-related resource assessment, forecasting and sustainable harvest control techniques have been developed, but details about their use are not widely known. The objective of this volume is to present state-of-the-art research results and techniques relating to CCF management...
The Mediterranean region has more than 25 million hectares of Mediterranean forests and about 50 million hectares of other Mediterranean wooded lands. They make crucial contributions to rural development, poverty alleviation, food security, as well as, the agricultural, water, tourism, and energy sectors. Changes in climate, societies, and lifestyles to create appropriate financial incentives and tools. in the Mediterranean region could have serious negative consequences for forests, with the potential to lead to the loss or diminution of those contributions and to a wide range of economic, social and environmental problems. In the future, Mediterranean forests will support agriculture and h...
Gilb has created more than a literary anthology--this is a mosaic of the cultural and historical stories of Texas Mexican writers, musicians, and artists.
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Carlos llego a este bendecido pais como refugiado cubano; con la esperanza de vivir y criar a su familia dentro de la libertad y el respeto al que todo ser humano tiene derecho. Este libro esta escrito para todo el que lo lea, le sirva de inspiracion el saber que no importa en que situacion nos encontremos, siempre hay una luz al final del tunel; y esa luz tiene su nombre que es: Jesucristo, Dios de todos y para todos, no importa la raza, el color o de donde vienes; lo importante para El no son nuestros pecados, sino nuestro corazon. Amen.
Climate changes, particularly warming trends, have been recorded around the globe. For many countries, these changes in climate have become evident through insect epidemics (e.g., Mountain Pine Beetle epidemic in Western Canada, bark beetle in secondary spruce forests in Central Europe), water shortages and intense forest fires in the Mediterranean countries (e.g., 2005 droughts in Spain), and unusual storm activities (e.g., the 2004 South-East Asia Tsunami). Climate changes are expected to impact vegetation as manifested by changes in vegetation extent, migration of species, tree species composition, growth rates, and mortality. The International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has included ...
Esta novela es una escuela del alma, porque desnuda la realidad humana desde su infancia hasta su vejez. La coloca frente al espejo de su consciencia y se examina por dentro y por fuera sin escrúpulos, ni prejuicios. Cada capítulo desafía al ser humano a observarse con más cuidado y atrevimiento hasta las fibras más internas de su ser. La historia envuelve un sinnúmero de personajes que se entrelazan a través del tiempo, formando un tejido de realidad que toca lo trascendente en medio del inevitable drama humano de cada carácter. La vida que acá se desarrolla, es una común y de naturaleza en principio provincial y campesina en su esencia, pero a través de los eventos que envuelven todas estas vidas entrelazadas entre sí, se llega a una dimensión universal en donde se identifican todos los caminos de vida. Esta novela es una escuela donde la calificación final queda en manos del lector, pues termina exponiendo su propia vida y queda en sus manos su conclusión. Es en verdad una novela fascinante y de extraordinaria picardía literal.