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Monitoring Tropical Forests : A Review with Special Reference to Africa - MARC Report Number 5
(1977)
This report reviews the available published literature on monitoring techniques and procedures relevant to certain features of tropical forests. Discussion focuses on the range, applicability and shortcomings of techniques ...
The Ecological Management of Arid and Semi-Arid Rangelands in Africa and the Near and Middle East (EMASAR): Formulation of an International Cooperative Programme - Report of an International Conference held in Rome
(1975)
In May 1974 an expert consultation was held in Rome, sponsored jointly by FAO and UNEP, to advise on the formulation of an international programme on the ecological management of arid and semi-arid rangelands in Africa and ...
Detection and Control of Forest fires for the Protection of the Human Environment: Proposals for a Global Programme
(1975)
This report describes the adverse effects of forest fires on the human environment; identifies three areas of the world which are highly susceptible to fires (Mediterranean, Central American, and African Savanna regions); ...
Can Desert Encroachment Be Stopped? A Study with Emphasis on Africa - Ecological Bulletins No. 24
(1976)
This volume in the series Ecological Bulletins deals with the ecological and social problems of desert encroachment. It puts man and his activities into an ecological con- text and outlines the causes of desert encroachment ...
Ecological Management of Arid and, Semi-Arid Rangelands in Africa and the near Middle East (EMASAR - Phase II) Volume IV: Indigenous Arid and Semi-Arid Forage Plants of North Africa, the Near and Middle East - Technical Data
(1978)
The study is the first phase of a programme for the selection, testing, seed exchange and eventually improvement through a breeding programme of forage plants - the programme has two objectives to improve the yield and ...
The Ecological Management of Arid and Semi-Arid Rangelands in Africa and the Near and Middle East (EMASAR - Phase II) - Volume V: Grassland Education and Training
(1978)
This report, made following a visit to Kenya, Botswana and Swaziland in January 1977, has been prepared with a view to developing the regional and sub-regional strategy on information, education and training requested under ...
Tropical Forest Ecosystems: A State-of-Knowledge Report - Natural Resources Research XIV
(1978)
The joint action of Unesco and UNEP in preparing this state-of-knowledge Report on tropical forest ecosystems can be seen as a natural outcome of the desire to provide better guidance to research that is vital for the ...