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Virtual water - Tackling the threat to our planet's most precious resource
Virtual water describes how water is used in unimaginable quantities to grow, process, package and transport all that we consume. Weaving many strands of cause and effect with humour and compassion, Tony Allen draws lessons from the past and suggests steps to the future.
Date published: May 2012
Climate change mitigation and agriculture
This timely and comprehensive book reviews the state of agricultural climate change mitigation globally, with a focus on identifying the feasibility, opportunities and challenges for achieving mitigation among smallholder farmers.
Date published: April 2012
Green China - Chinese insights on environment and development
Green China brings together China's leading thinkers on sustainable development. Densely packed with information, opinion and discussion this book is a valuable and timely resource.
Date published: April 2012
Vital signs 2012: The trends that are shaping our future
From carbon markets to organic farming, Vital signs 2012 documents 24 trends in the environment, energy, transportation, food and agriculture, population and the global economy.
Date published: April 2012
UNEP year book 2012: Emerging issues in our global environment
How soil carbon and its multiple benefits can be retained for future generations is one of the focuses of this annual report from the United National Environment Programme, which examines emerging environmental issues while providing an overview of the latest environmental trends.
Date published: March 2012
Towards priority actions for market development for African farmers
From dairy cooperatives, text messaging and grain storage to improved credit, transport and trade initiatives, this book presents a number of what it calls 'high-payoff, low-cost' solutions to Africa's underdeveloped agricultural markets and chronic food insecurity.
Date published: March 2012
Seasonality, rural livelihoods and development
Seasonal patterns in poverty, hunger and disease in rural tropical areas have been recognised for decades but seasonality continues to be neglected in development policy. Seasonality, rural livelihoods and development is the first systematic study of seasonality for over 20 years which aims to revive policy interest in seasonality as a source of food insecurity and rural poverty.
Date published: March 2012
The viral storm - the dawn of a new pandemic age
The viral storm is the author's attempt to answer three questions: How do pandemics start? Why are we now plagued with so many pandemics? What can we do to prevent pandemics in the future?
Date published: March 2012
Food, globalization and sustainability
The title sums up one of the major global challenges to be met in the next two to three decades: how to feed a world growing in both numbers and appetite - and how to do so without further damaging the production base for the future.
Date published: March 2012
Forests and gender begins by exploring some of the main themes currently concerning forests and gender on the ground and in policy discussions on climate change and REDD+, before moving on to look at case studies which demonstrate the results of increased awareness and integration of gender issues within forestry work.
Date published: February 2012
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