This book integrates the latest global developments in forestry science and practice and their relevance for the sustainable management of tropical forests. The influence of social dimensions on the development of silvicultural concepts is another spotlight. Ecology and silvicultural options form all tropical continents, and forest formations fr...

A modern illustrated retelling of Swift's classic, of which Will Self says "Hunter S. Thompson...

Climate change is changing the context of spatial planning and shaping its priorities. It has...

This book provides a comprehensive, global synthesis of current knowledge on the potential and challenges associated with the multiple roles, use, management and marketing of non-timber forest products (NTFPs). There has been considerable research and policy effort surrounding NTFPs over the last two and half decades. The book explores the evolu...

Social Issues in China: Gender, Ethnicity, Labor, and the Environment Zhidong Hao and...

This book brings together information on road planning, location, design, construction and maintenance to support environmentally acceptable operations in tropical forests. It highlights the challenges of road operations in the tropics, includes techniques that have been shown to be successful, and discusses newer technologies. Numerical example...

This book brings together information on harvest methods, system productivity, and methods for conducting safe, efficient, and environmentally acceptable operations in tropical forests. It highlights the challenges of harvest operations in the tropics, includes techniques that have been shown to be successful, and discusses newer technologies. N...

Tyler Hamilton, campeón olímpico y compañero de Lance Armstrong en el US Postal, y Daniel Coyle, prestigioso periodista del New York Times, presentan una extraordinaria investigación que revela toda la verdad sobre el dopaje en el ciclismo. Una crónica que nos conduce, por primera vez, al interior de una realidad perversa que ha permanecido ocul...

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A quest to the Mountain of Life to save what remained by humanity from the machines that were bent on destroying them. Excerpt Mouse stirred the stew in the small iron pot. There wasnt much of it. She sniffed and said: "You could have stolen a bigger joint. Well go hungry before the next town." "Uh huh,"Ciaran grunted lazily. Anger began to...