1. The Executive Secretary is please to circulate herewith, for the information of participants in the ninth meeting of the Conference of the Parties, an information a document entitled “A contribution to the international initiative for the conservation and sustainable use of pollinators: rapid assessment of pollinators’ status” submitted by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United ...

This paper discusses the medicinal herb industry in relation to conservation of medicinal plants, including an overview of sustainable wildcrafting and sustainable forest agriculture. Goldenseal (Hydrastis canadensis) and Black Cohosh (Cimicifuga racemosa) are given as examples of wild herbs of economic importance which may be readily cultivated. Includes guidelines and techniques for forest fa...

Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de La Pampa, 6300 Santa Rosa, La Pampa, Argentina (DV, LCB, JLH, MM) Northern Global Change Program, United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service, 11 Campus Boulevard., Suite 200, Newtown Square, PA 19703, USA (KLC) Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Room 110 Newins-Ziegler Hall, University of Florida, Gaines...

Jack A. Morgan is plant physiologist and Feike Dijkstra is post-doc research ecologist at the Rangeland Resources Research Unit, Ronald F. Follett is research leader and soil scientist and Stephen Del Grosso is a soil scientist and ecologist at the Soil Plant Nutrient Research Unit, USDA Agricultural Research Service Northern Plains Area, Fort Collins, Colorado. Leon Hartwell Allen Jr. is soil ...

This paper presents an analysis on the capabilities of an algorithm for design adaptation of wireless sensor networks towards energy conservation. The application concerns environmental monitoring in a cultivation field that realizes the concepts of precision agriculture. The sensor system is enhanced with solar rechargeable batteries and the algorithm’s performance on that enhanced approach is...

The adoption of conservation tillage technology since the 1970s has been one of the most remarkable changes in the production of crops on the Canadian Prairies. The decision whether to adopt conservation tillage technology or not requires the producer to go through a thorough decision making process. In Canada there has been little economic research on the question of what farm, regional, and e...

Tropical montane habitats, grasslands, in particular, merit urgent conservation attention owing to the disproportionate levels of endemic biodiversity they harbour, the ecosystem services they provide, and the fact that they are among the most threatened habitats globally. The Shola Sky Islands in the Western Ghats host a matrix of native forest-grassland matrix that has been planted over the l...

Conflict between wildlife and people can erode local support for conservation. Wildlife-based benefits are intended to offset costs and encourage tolerance or stewardship, but where the linkage between benefits and wildlife is not understood, benefits may be ineffective at bolstering conservation. In Laikipia, Kenya, wildlife and areas devoted to wildlife are on the increase, but most residents...