Fragile Lives in Fragile Ecosystems

Fragile Lives in Fragile Ecosystems

Author: International Rice Research Institute

Publisher: Int. Rice Res. Inst.

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 991

ISBN-13: 9712200736

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Fragile lives in fragile ecosystems: Feeding the world's poor from neglected rice ecosystems was the theme of the 1995 International Rice Research Conference. During the February meeting, participants assessed progress in rice research and identified new research approaches for reducing constraints and improving productivity and sustainability of less favored and fragile rice producing areas - these are the upland, rainfed lowland, and flood-prone ecosystems.


Imperiled Reef

Imperiled Reef

Author: Sandy Sheehy

Publisher: University of Florida Press

Published: 2021-10-05

Total Pages: 272

ISBN-13: 9781683402497

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This book brings alive the richly diverse world of an underwater paradise, the second largest coral structure on the planet: the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef.


Fragile Web

Fragile Web

Author: Jonathan W. Silvertown

Publisher:

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 196

ISBN-13:

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Jonathan Silvertown is professor of ecology at the Open University, Milton Keynes, and the author of An Orchard Invisible and Demons in Eden and editor of 99% Ape, all published by the University of Chicago Press. --Book Jacket.


States of Fragility 2020

States of Fragility 2020

Author: OECD

Publisher: OECD Publishing

Published: 2020-09-17

Total Pages: 100

ISBN-13: 9264985166

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States of Fragility 2020 sets a policy agenda for fragility at a critical turning point: the final countdown on Agenda 2030 is at hand, and the pandemic has reversed hard-fought gains. This report examines fragility as a story in two parts: the global state of fragility that existed before COVID-19, and the dramatic impact the pandemic is having on that landscape.


Fragile Species

Fragile Species

Author: Lewis Thomas

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 1996-11

Total Pages: 212

ISBN-13: 0684843021

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The author's insights about a variety of natural phenomena contribute to our understanding of some of the great medical puzzles of the era. -- Back cover.


Oceans

Oceans

Author: Dorrik A. V. Stow

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2017

Total Pages: 217

ISBN-13: 0199655073

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Our oceans are hugely important, as a source of food and mineral wealth, as an environment for a vast variety of wildlife, for the role they play in climate regulation, and as part of the biogeochemical cycles of carbon, nitrogen, and other elements critical to life. Dorrik Stow explores what we know about how oceans originate and are maintained.


Economics for a Fragile Planet

Economics for a Fragile Planet

Author: Edward Barbier

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2022-03-31

Total Pages: 355

ISBN-13: 110883082X

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As global environmental challenges mount, this book offers a policy blueprint for building a safer, sustainable and more inclusive world.