Improved adaptation of food production, particularly in areas where climate variability is large, holds the key to improving food security for human populations.
The development of powerful new techniques and refmements of tech- niques in molecular genetics in recent years, and the surge in interest in biotechnology based on genetic methods, have heralded a new golden age in molecular genetics, and stimulated in diverse disciplines much interest in the technologies themselves and their potential uses in basic and applied biomedical sciences.
In industrialisierten Ländern ist der Einsatz synthetischer Pharmaka für die Diagnose und Therapie von Krankheiten, für das Wohlbefinden der Bevölkerung und für die Fertilitätskontrolle zum festen Bestandteil des Alltags geworden.
The understanding of fundamental principles and phenomena that control the tra- fer of trace elements in soil-plant-human chain can contribute to the protection of the environment and human health.
The European Forest Institute (EFI) has five Research and Development priority ar- eas: forest sustainability, forestry and possible climate change, structural changes in markets for forest products and services, policy analysis, and forest sector informa- tion services and research methodology.
The soil is the medium through which pollutants originating from human activities, both in agriculture and industry, move from the land surfaces to groundwater.
Over the past decade the importance of natural resources for sustainable agricultural development has been increasingly discussed at international forums and conferences.
This monograph results from the 4th International Austrian-Israeli Technion Symposium cum Industrial Forum under the banner of the Austrian Technion Society initiative Technology for Peace - Science for Mankind, which was held in Vienna, 23 - 25 April 200 I, devoted to Preservation of the Quality of our Water Resources.
During 1978-1982 the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) was responsible for a research project on Environmental Quality Control and Management.
This book explains how Food Policy Councils solve critical food systems problems by creating just and resilient ways of producing, harvesting, manufacturing, distributing, and consuming food and managing food waste, using methods that encourage civic engagement and strengthen democratic processes.
Aquaculture is a major food producing sector of the world, delivering nutritious food around the globe and generating substantial entrepreneurship as well as job opportunities.
This book investigates the intricate dynamics of vegetation and soil carbon sink estimation, offering a comprehensive quantitative assessment of how climate and human activities influence carbon sink changes and land degradation.
Aquaculture is a major food producing sector of the world, delivering nutritious food around the globe and generating substantial entrepreneurship as well as job opportunities.
Agricultural history has enjoyed a rebirth in recent years, in part because the agricultural enterprise promotes economic and cultural connections in an era that has become ever more globally focused, but also because of agriculture's potential to lead to conflicts over precious resources.
Incorporating modern farming techniques and biotechnological approaches in the freshwater aquaculture industry helps to address today production challenges.
In a world of increasing atmospheric CO2, there is intensified interest in the ecophysiology of photosynthesis and increasing attention is being given to carbon exchange and storage in natural ecosystems.
Biochar Applications: Advances in Environmental Remediation and Resource Recovery provides a combined approach between environmental science and environmental engineering that involves the improvement of the natural environment, or the remediation, of polluted sites.
Photochemical oxidants are secondary air pollutants formed under the influence of sunlight by complex photochemical reactions in air which contains nitrogen oxides and reactive hydrocarbons as precursors.
The idea for this book arose in 1993, after the Free State of Bavaria through its Bayrisches Staatsministerium rur Landesentwicklung und Umweltfragen (Bavarian Ministry of Regional Development and the Environment) decided to discontinue both the Bavarian project management (PBWU) for forest decline research and the multidisciplinary field research on the Wank Mountain in the Alps near Garmisch.
While ecology is one of the scientific disiplines that most clearly belongs to 'basic research"e;, it also strives to serve as a predictive tool for management.
