DEFORESTATION AND REFORESTATION IN NAMIBIA: THE GLOBAL CONSEQUENCES OF LOCAL CONTRADICTIONS CHAPTER 1 firearms and iron technology shaped local southern African environments in nonlinear and unexpected ways. Some invasive germs caused deadly virgin soil epidemics in…
Read MoreTHE IMPACT OF CASH CROPPING, FARM TECHNOLOGIES, AND DEFORESTATION IN NIGERIA Introduction The awareness of the many services provided by tropical forest (Costanza et al. 1997) and the rapid increase in tropical deforestation has put…
Read MoreBIOFUELS BOOM SPURS DEFORESTATION: EFFORTS TO SLOW CLIMATE CHANGE BY USING BIOFUELS AND PLANTING MILLIONS OF TREES FOR CARBON CREDITS HAVE IRONICALLY BROUGHT MAJOR NEW CAUSES OF DEFORESTATION, REPORTS STEPHEN LEAHY INTRODUCTION 21/03/07, BROOKLIN, CANADA,…
Read MoreThe Forestry Crisis as a Crisis of the Rule of Law The abstract global ideas of sustainable development and of the rule of law meet in the forests of the tropics, where the absence of…
Read MoreURBAN GROWTH, FARM EXPORTS DRIVE TROPICAL DEFORESTATION INTRODUCTION A big but so far unspecified chunk of the cash will go on programmes to prevent loss of tropical forests, which is a major source of greenhouse…
Read MoreECONOMIC GROWTH VERSUS THE ENVIRONMENT: THE POLITICS OF WEALTH, HEALTH AND AIR POLLUTION INTRODUCTION This book was written out of a sense of dismay at witnessing one of the most destructive contradictions of our times, that…
Read MoreNo Deep Breathing: Air pollution impedes lung development INTRODUCTION Spending one’s childhood in a community with polluted air stalls lung development roughly as much as does having a mother who smokes, according to a study…
Read MoreMaternal Exposure To Air Pollution And Birth Outcomes BACKGROUND: The knowledge about air pollution effects on birth weight, prematurity, and small for gestational age (SGA) in low-exposure areas is insufficient.Maternal Exposure OBJECTIVES: The aim of this…
Read MoreEffect Of Early Life Exposure To Air Pollution On Development Of Childhood Asthma BACKGROUND: There is increasing recognition of the importance of early environmental exposures in the development of childhood asthma. Outdoor air pollution is a…
Read MorePROPERTY TAX ASSESSMENT ON RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES IN IMO STATE INTRODUCTION Member American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association. … Effects of Noise Pollution on Human Health and Residential Property values; … Eze, M. U. et al (2013) Assessmentof Maintenance Management…
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