Tropical Forests of the Guiana Shield

Tropical Forests of the Guiana Shield
Author: D. S. Hammond
Publisher: CABI
Total Pages: 552
Release: 2005
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 9781845930929

The Guiana Shield is an ancient geological formation located in the northern part of South America, covering an area of one million square kilometres. Despite its hostile environment, it is home to many unusual and highly specialized plants and animals, which constitute a rich area of biodiversity. Chapters in this book include hydrology, nutrient cycling, forest phenology, insect-plant interactions, forest microclimate, plant distributions, forest dynamics and conservation and management of flora and fauna. It provides a comprehensive and detailed review of the ecology, biology and natural history of the forests of the area.

Archaeology in Latin America

Archaeology in Latin America
Author: Benjamin Alberti
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 445
Release: 2005-08-16
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1134597835

This pioneering and comprehensive survey is the first overview of current themes in Latin American archaeology written solely by academics native to the region, and it makes their collected expertise available to an English-speaking audience for the first time. The contributors cover the most significant issues in the archaeology of Latin America, such as the domestication of camelids, the emergence of urban society in Mesoamerica, the frontier of the Inca empire, and the relatively little known archaeology of the Amazon basin. This book draws together key areas of research in Latin American archaeological thought into a coherent whole; no other volume on this area has ever dealt with such a diverse range of subjects, and some of the countries examined have never before been the subject of a regional study.

Irrigation in Africa in Figures

Irrigation in Africa in Figures
Author: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.
Total Pages: 352
Release: 1995
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 9789250037271

Land Tenure and Rural Development

Land Tenure and Rural Development
Author: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publisher: FAO
Total Pages: 62
Release: 2002
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

This publication deals with key issues in land tenure, especially as they relate to food insecurity and rural development situations. Land tenure issues are frequently ignored in rural development interventions, with often long-lasting, negative results. This guide is designed to assist technical officers in governments and civil society in understanding why and how land tenure issues should be considered in rural development projects. It analyses important contexts such as environmental degradation, gender discrimination, and conflicts, where land tenure is currently of critical concern.

Big Water

Big Water
Author: Jacob Blanc
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
Total Pages: 345
Release: 2018-04-10
Genre: History
ISBN: 0816537143

"A transnational approach to the history of a key Latin American border region"--Provided by publisher.