Search results | Land Portal

Search results

Showing items 1 through 9 of 195.
  1. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 1996

    Brachiaria species have become important components of sown pastures in the humid lowlands of tropical America. This ecosystem occupies about 50 of Brazil; 60 of the area encompassed by Bolivia, Peru, and Ecuador; 14 of Mexico; and significant areas in other countries of the region. The cultivars most Comment* evaluated across sites are R decumbens cv. Basilisk, R brizantha cv. Marandu, R humidicola cv. Humidícola, and R dictyoneura cv. Llanero.

  2. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 1996
    Indonesia

    There have been several major research efforts on the rate and causes of Indonesia's deforestation in recent years and much associated literature, but there is still no consensus in the research community on these issues. This paper reviews the areas of uncertainty and confusion, and proposes questions that must be answered to get a better grasp of the subject. Among the key questions are: (1) How are we to define "forest", "deforestation" and "agency” in the context of Indonesia?

  3. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 1996
    Africa, Middle Africa, Western Africa

    A UNEP-sponsored project, implemented by CIFOR focused on the West African humid forests of Ghana and Nigeria. Liberia, Sierra Leone and Cameroon also were included in the study. The general objective of the project was to integrate all available information on humid forest formations in this region in order to promote initiatives to foster the adoption of sustainable forest management principles. The report is organised into nine chapters.

Land Library Search

Through our robust search engine, you can search for any item of the over 64,800 highly curated resources in the Land Library. 

If you would like to find an overview of what is possible, feel free to peruse the Search Guide


Share this page