What factors motivate developing countries to prevent deforestation, which can cause serious environmental damage, such as flooding? Do democratic states take action more effectively than authoritarian states?
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Library ResourceJanuary, 2002China, Thailand, Oceania, Eastern Asia, Southern Asia
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 2001China, Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, Asia
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchDecember, 2001Vietnam, China, Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand, Asia
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchDecember, 2001Vietnam, China, Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchDecember, 2001China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Philippines, Portugal, United States of America, Eastern Africa
More irrigated land is devoted to rice than to any other crop. A method to save water in irrigated rice cultivation is the intermittent drying of the rice fields, known as alternate wet/dry irrigation (AWDI). This report reviews previous studies in AWDI, with a focus on mosquito vector control, water saving, and rice yields. Examples are provided from a number of countries.
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchDecember, 2001France, Israel, Germany, Denmark, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Australia, China, Republic of Korea, Thailand, Nepal, Japan, Singapore, Malaysia, Italy, Netherlands, India, Mexico, Asia
A quarterly news bulletin dedicated to the exchange of information relating to wildlife and national resources management for the Asia-Pacific region.
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchDecember, 2001Indonesia, Australia, Suriname, India, Guinea, Guyana, China
Meeting symbol/code: COFO 2001 6
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 2001France, Philippines, Singapore, Vietnam, Japan, China, Italy, India, Sri Lanka, Thailand
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchDecember, 2001Egypt, Nigeria, United States of America, Singapore, Vietnam, Somalia, France, China, Eritrea, Botswana, Haiti, Guinea, Malawi, Niger, Ethiopia
This publication is a set of practical guidelines and norms for field project engineers for the design and building of small hydraulic structures using earth and gabions. This publication would be useful in designing small earth dams with a gabion spillway, intake weirs for gravity irrigation schemes, groynes, river bed training works and for protection against hydraulic erosion.
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchDecember, 2001Bangladesh, Papua New Guinea, China, Indonesia, Australia, Iran, Guinea, Pakistan, Thailand, Nepal, Laos, Philippines, Malaysia, Myanmar, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, India, Vietnam, Norway, Asia
A quarterly news bulletin dedicated to the exchange of information relating to wildlife and national resources management for the Asia-Pacific region.
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