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Genes from the Wild

Using Wild Genetic Resources for Food and Raw Materials

By: Robert Prescott-Allen,Christine Prescott-Allen

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Genes from the Wild

Using Wild Genetic Resources for Food and Raw Materials

By: Robert Prescott-Allen,Christine Prescott-Allen

Tomatoes could not be grown commercially without the help of their wild relatives. A single wild species of rice has helped double rice production in Asia. Wild silk-worms are enabling India to expand its silk industry. A wild carp with resistance to cold has been used to extend Soviet carp production further into the north. Wild genetic resources - the heritable characteristics of wild plants and animals - are used increasingly to improve domesticated crops and livestock and as new sources of food and of raw materials. But habitat destruction, over-exploitation and competition from introduced species is destroying many gene pools even before they have been identified. Genes from the Wild describes the growing contribution of wild genetic resources to the production of food and raw materials, describes their characteristics, explains the benefits and problems of using them and outlines the ways in which they are threatened and the measures being taken to conserve them. Originally published in 1988

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113406134X

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Strategies for National Sustainable Development

A handbook for their planning and implementation

By: Jeremy Carew-Reid,Robert Prescott-Allen,Stephen Bass,Barry Dalal-Clayton

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Strategies for National Sustainable Development

A handbook for their planning and implementation

By: Jeremy Carew-Reid,Robert Prescott-Allen,Stephen Bass,Barry Dalal-Clayton

The IUCN Strategies for Sustainable Development Handbook Series This handbook is one in a series being produced by IUCN and its partners to assist countries and communities implement Agenda 21, the action programme of the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development. The series will include handbooks on national strategies for sustainable development, local strategies, assessing progress towards sustainability, biodiversity action plans, .involving indigenous peoples, and on integrating population and resource use planning; and regular companion volumes of case studies addressing the key issues of concern to strategy implementation. Many international agreements and action plans now call for countries to undertake national strategies. These strategies seek to involve communities in united approaches to sustainable development. Some are sectoral, such as tropical forest strategies, others are thematic, covering topics such as biodiversity, education or climate change. Still others, such as national conservation strategies and national environment action plans, are evolving to become more comprehensive processes, drawing together economic, social and environmental development actions. This handbook is for people involved in strategies. It draws on experiences in different regions of the world to present options and examples of the role of strategies in sustainable development. Originally published in 1995

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1134042868

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Future Directions for Heterodox Economics

By: John T. Harvey,Robert F. Garnett

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Future Directions for Heterodox Economics

By: John T. Harvey,Robert F. Garnett

A comprehensive survey of the current state--and future direction--of heterodox economic thought

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University of Michigan Press

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047203247X

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9780472032471

Crop Adaptation to Climate Change

By: Shyam Singh Yadav,Robert J. Redden,Jerry L. Hatfield,Hermann Lotze-Campen,Anthony E. Hall

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Crop Adaptation to Climate Change

By: Shyam Singh Yadav,Robert J. Redden,Jerry L. Hatfield,Hermann Lotze-Campen,Anthony E. Hall

A major task of our time is to ensure adequate food supplies for the world's current population (now nearing 7 billion) in a sustainable way while protecting the vital functions and biological diversity of the global environment. The task of providing for a growing population is likely to be even more difficult in view of actual and potential changes in climatic conditions due to global warming, and as the population continues to grow. Current projections suggest that the world's temperatures will rise 1.8-4.0 by 2100 and population may reach 8 billion by the year 2025 and some 9 billion by mid-century, after which it may stabilize. This book addresses these critical issues by presenting the science needed not only to understand climate change effects on crops but also to adapt current agricultural systems, particularly in regard to genetics, to the changing conditions. Crop Adaptation to Climate Change covers a spectrum of issues related to both crops and climatic conditions. The first two sections provide a foundation on the factors involved in climate stress, assessing current climate change by region and covering crop physiological responses to these changes. The third and final section contains chapters focused on specific crops and the current research to improve their genetic adaptation to climate change. Written by an international team of authors, Crop Adaptation to Climate Change is a timely look at the potentially serious consequences of climate change for our global food supply, and is an essential resource for academics, researchers and professionals in the fields of crop science, agronomy, plant physiology and molecular biology; crop consultants and breeders; as well as climate and food scientists.

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John Wiley & Sons

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0470960906

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9780470960905

Hunting Wildlife in the Tropics and Subtropics

By: Julia E. Fa,Stephan M. Funk,Robert Nasi

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Hunting Wildlife in the Tropics and Subtropics

By: Julia E. Fa,Stephan M. Funk,Robert Nasi

Provides a comprehensive review of all topics related to the use and overuse of wildlife for their meat.

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Cambridge University Press

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1107117577

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Practical Applications of Plant Molecular Biology

By: Robert J. Henry

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Practical Applications of Plant Molecular Biology

By: Robert J. Henry

Practical Applications of Plant Molecular Biology is an important new title which covers the major techniques and how they are applied to a range of vitally important areas. Divided broadly into four sections, this book covers key subjects including the identification of plants and plant pathogens using molecular techniques, the estimation of genetic variation in plants, the use of molecular markers in plant improvement and the use of plant transformation techniques for the improvement of quality and the introduction of resistance. Also included is a comprehensive listing and description of the most frequently used techniques and a set of appendices covering useful topics of reference for the reader. All undergraduates studying plant sciences, molecular biology, biotechnology and agricultural sciences would benefit from having access to this title as would those studying for upper-level Masters courses concentrating on the disciplines covered. This book also provides an invaluable source of reference for professionals in agriculture, plant breeding, crop protection and improvement, biotechnology and molecular biology.

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Nelson Thornes

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0412732203

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9780412732201

Genes from the Wild

Using Wild Genetic Resources for Food and Raw Materials

By: Robert Prescott-Allen,Christine Prescott-Allen

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Using Wild Genetic Resources for Food and Raw Materials

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Genes from the Wild

Genes from the Wild

Strategies for National Sustainable Development

Strategies for National Sustainable Development

Future Directions for Heterodox Economics

Future Directions for Heterodox Economics

Crop Adaptation to Climate Change

Crop Adaptation to Climate Change

Hunting Wildlife in the Tropics and Subtropics

Hunting Wildlife in the Tropics and Subtropics

Practical Applications of Plant Molecular Biology

Practical Applications of Plant Molecular Biology

Genes from the Wild

Genes from the Wild

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