Edible Medicinal And Non Medicinal Plants

Edible Medicinal And Non Medicinal Plants
Author: Lim T. K.
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 917
Release: 2012-02-09
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9400725345

This book continues as volume 3 of a multi-compendium on Edible Medicinal and Non-Medicinal Plants. It covers edible fruits/seeds used fresh or processed, as vegetables, spices, stimulants, edible oils and beverages. It encompasses species from the following families: Ginkgoaceae, Gnetaceae, Juglandaceae, Lauraceae, Lecythidaceae, Magnoliaceae, Malpighiaceae, Malvaceae, Marantaceae, Meliaceae, Moraceae, Moringaceae, Muntigiaceae, Musaceae, Myristicaceae and Myrtaceae. This work will be of significant interest to scientists, researchers, medical practitioners, pharmacologists, ethnobotanists, horticulturists, food nutritionists, agriculturists, botanists, conservationists, lecturers, students and the general public. Topics covered include: taxonomy; common/English and vernacular names; origin and distribution; agroecology; edible plant parts and uses; botany; nutritive and pharmacological properties, medicinal uses and research findings; nonedible uses; and selected references.

Rainforest Ecosystems of East Kalimantan

Rainforest Ecosystems of East Kalimantan
Author: Edi Guhardja
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 339
Release: 2012-12-06
Genre: Science
ISBN: 4431679111

Since the late 1960s the Indonesian state of East Kalimantan has witnessed a marked increase in the impact of human activities chiefly commercial logging and agricultural exploitation. Located on the island of Borneo, East Kalimantan also was subjected to prolonged droughts and extensive wildfires in 1982-83 and 1997-98 that were linked to the El Nino-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) phenomenon. The changes in the rainforest ecosystem in East Kalimantan during this 15-year cycle of severe ENSO events are the subject of this book. With an eye toward development of rehabilitation techniques for sustainable forest management, the authors examine possible interactive effects of drought, fire, and human impacts on the flora and fauna of the area.

Annual Report

Annual Report
Author: Tropenbos Foundation
Publisher:
Total Pages: 394
Release: 1991
Genre: Conservation of natural resources
ISBN:

The World List of Threatened Trees

The World List of Threatened Trees
Author:
Publisher: Bright Sparks
Total Pages: 668
Release: 1998
Genre: Endangered plants
ISBN:

Tree species are ecologically, culturally and economically valuable components of biodiversity and their conservation is essential to the well-being of people in all countries of the world. With increasing general pressures on ecosystems and selective pressures on species, it has become apparent that many tree species are threatened with extinction. The world list of threatened trees presents the results of the first survey of the conservation status of tree species worldwide.