Medicinal plants are commonly used in treating and preventing specific ailments and diseases and are considered to play a beneficial role in health care. Despite their importance, medicinal plants are seldom handled within an organized, regulated sector; most are still exploited with little or...

Both indigenous knowledge and scientific research are needed to meet the challenge of intensifying agriculture in an environment-friendly manner and understanding how the landscape mosaic of cultural habitats could contribute to conservation of biodiversity.

This paper, with special emphasis on the industrial pelagic fishery of northern Chile-southern Peru, tests the hypothesis that appropriate joint management of transboundary fish stocks not only can help avoid overexploitation of the resources but also can increase rents and benefits.

This report has been prepared as a technology selection guide for the use of power system planners and engineers to facilitate the selection of cost-effective, environmentally friendly technologies for coal-based power generation in countries grappling with impending power and capital shortages...

The realization of the agricultural potential of the Humid and Sub-humid Zones of West and Central Africa, in addition to appropriate economic policies and infrastructure, requires an adequate rate of technology generation and transfer to enhance the productivity and the sustainability of the...

The Government of Thailand within a five-year period (1991-95) introduced a series of initiatives that resulted in the elimination of leaded gasoline and reduction of ambient lead by a factor of 10. This report describes the strategies the government employed: educating about the dangers of...

Tropical forests contain an incredible diversity of fruit, nuts, oil seeds, latexes, resins, gums, spices, and medicinal plants of great potential economic value. This report summarizes the current state of knowledge on the ecology of these non-timber resources and outlines a series of...