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1341) Science, technology, and innovation: capacity building for sustainable growth and poverty reduction
Publisher
World Bank
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
1343) Building green: Disc 1
Publisher
WGBH Boston Video
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Pioneering with an eco-friendly twist, discover how easy, cost-effective and healthy it can be to go green, and dispels myths about environmentally-conscious lifestyles. Follow the step-by-step construction of Kevin's green dream home in Santa Barbara, with practical advice and expert guidance on a range of topics like straw bale construction, breathable paints and blue jean insulation. The final result is a Zen modernist house that is not only earthquake...
1344) Hard choices, soft law: voluntary standards in global trade, environment, and social governance
Publisher
Routledge
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"Brazil has become one of today's major producers and net exporters of grains. This was achieved by converting barren land into one of the most productive agricultural regions in the world. Since the mid-1970s, the tropical savanna, known as Cerrado, has been transformed into one of the world's largest grain-growing areas. The transformation of Cerrado is one of the crucial factors that enabled Brazil's impressive poverty reduction both through generating...
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Investigates the development and demise of the fuel-efficient, environment-friendly electric car. Examines the Bush administration's role in the car's being peremptory pulled from production, the influence of the automobile industry and oil interests, and implications for the future of sustainable energy in the United States.
Series
Routledge frontiers of political economy volume 57
Publisher
Routledge
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
1356) Journey to planet Earth
Publisher
Screenscope
Pub. Date
c1999-c2007
Language
English
Description
This series illustrates the desperate need for a balance between the needs of people and the environment to ensure a healthy, productive society. Three main themes are intertwined, dwindling farmland due to urban development, a shortage of water for the residents of huge cities, and the pollution of and human intervention in waterways. This second series looks at environmental issues in a new way, without regard for national, political or cultural...
Publisher
Routledge
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
"The book aims at describing to a broad audience 50 years of research of Charles Darwin Foundation as part of the worldwide efforts in conservation science. A model case is presented showing how interdisciplinary work across a broad range of scientific disciplines (evolution science, taxonomy, botany, terrestrial and marine ecology, ecological restoration, fisheries science, oceanography, social and economic science) has contributed to the conservation...