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Climate change and the forest sector. Possible national and subnational legislation
By: Kennetg L. Rosenbaum, Dieter Schoene, Ali Mekouar Climate change presents the world with a daunting problem. Emerging science suggests that humans may be about to cause a major change in world climates. The economic and ecological stakes are high. In an ideal world, mature science would guide policy and legal reform. In the real world, it is not always possible to have the luxury of certainity and the confort of strictly rational decisions based on scientific insight. Responding to the challenge will require pioneering efforts in science, politics, pollution control, forests management and law. This publication examines the deveolpment of international law on climate change and discusses issues that national and subnational legislative bodies may have to coinsiddr regarding climate change mitigation and forests.
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Conservation and management of shared fish stocks, (The): legal and economic aspects
By: Gordon Munro, Annick Van Houtte, Rolf William The effective management of shared fish stocks stands as one of the great challenges towards achieving long-term sustainable fisheries. These resources account for as much as one-third of world marine capture fishery harvests. This paper explores the legal and economic aspects of the management of each of the several different categories of shared stocks, namely transboundary, highly migratory, straddling and discrete high seas stocks. The economics of the issue point to the conclusion that, with few exceptions, effective cooperation between and among states is a fundamental prerequisite for sustainable resource management.
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Ecosystem effects of fishing in the Mediterranean: an analysis of the major threats of fishing gear and practices to biodiversity and marine habitats
By: Sergi Tudela Most of the major impacts of fishing on the ecosystems recorded around the world occur in the Mediterranean. This variety of interactions is due to four main interrelated factors: the wide range of fishing gear and practices; very intensive fishing; a high diversity of exploited habitats, ranging from shallow water to the deep-sea and oceanic domain; and high biological diversity.
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Global aquaculture outlook in the next decades: an analysis of national aquaculture production forecasts to 2030
By: Cécile Brugère, Neil Ridler Aquaculture production is expected to play a crucial role in forthcoming decades in compensating for stagnant capture fisheries and in meeting increased demand for aquatic products. This report is designed to ascertain the compatibility of national aquaculture production forecasts with the global prevision of the sector's growth to 2020 and beyond.
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Historical trends of tuna catches in the world
By: Makoto Peter Miyake, Naozumi Miyabe, Hideki Nakano This paper reviews historical trends of the catches of the major commercial species (albacore, bigeye, bluefin, skipjack and yellowfin) of tunas. The total world catch of these species has increased during the last 50 years (from 0.4 to 3.9 million tonnes), but the pattern of increase has varied among species, oceans and fishing gears. The causes of those variations are analysed in this paper. In the world catch, the Pacific Ocean has been predominant throughout. In recent years catches from the Indian Ocean have exceeded those from the Atlantic.
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Report of the Expert Consultation on the Role of Small-scale Fisheries in Poverty Alleviation and Food Security. Rome, 5-8 July 2004
FAO Fisheries Report No. 749 The Expert Consultation was convened in order to elaborate guidelines on the policies and actions needed to increase the contribution of small-scale fisheries to poverty alleviation and food security. The Consultation noted that there is little reference to poverty alleviation and insufficient coverage of small-scale fisheries in the Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries, and recommended the development of a new Article on "Small-scale Fisheries and Poverty Alleviation".
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Report of the Technical Consultation to Review Progress and Promote the Full Implementation of the International Plan of Action to Prevent, Deter and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing and the International Plan of Action for the Management of Fishing Capacity. Rome, 24-29 June 2004.
FAO Fisheries Report No. 753 The Technical Consultation made major recommendations on how to strengthen international cooperation on managing fishing capacity and combating IUU fishing. It also asked FAO to undertake a series of actions to facilitate effective and full implementation of these two IPOAs. Noting in particular and ongoing build-up of capacity in tuna fisheries in the western and central Pacific Ocean, the Technical Consultation suggested that governments in the region should lend priority attention to addressing the situation, including halting introductions of additional large-scale fishing vessels
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Report of the Workshop and Exchange of Views on Fiscal Reforms for Fisheries - to Promote Growth, Poverty Eradication and Sustainable Management. Rome, 13-15 October 2003
FAO Fisheries Report No. 732 A key goal of this worshop was to discuss the best use of fiscal methods to achieve both sisheries policy objectives, and broader economic, socail and envoronmental objectives. The report presents a synthesis of the workshop.
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Threadfins of the world (family Polynemidae). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of polynemid species known to date
By: Hiroyuki Motomura This is the third number in the new FAO series of worldwide annotated and illustrated catalogues of major groups of organisms that enter marine fisheries. The present volume on the family Polynemidae includes 41 species belonging to 8 genera. There is an introductory section with general remarks on habitat and fisheries of the family, a glossary of technical terms, an illustrated key to each genus and all species, and a detailed account for all species. Species accounts include an illustration of each species, scientific and vernacular names, and information on habitat, biology, fisheries, size, relevant literature and distribution. Following the species accounts are a list of nominal species in the family, a table of species by major marine fishing areas and colour plates. A list of all nominal species and their present allocations is given. The work is fully indexed and there is a comprehensive list of references to pertinent literature.
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FAO Land and Water Digital Media Series No. 13 This CD-ROM contains information on water resources and agricultural water use in Africa. This information is presented by river basin (major basins as well as sub-basins) and by country described in country profiles, tables, geographical data layers, and a database of African dams. |
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Enterobacter sakazakii and other microorganisms in powdered infant formula. Meeting Report
Microbiological Risk Assessment Series No. 6 Consistent with the need to provide safe feeding for all infants, FAO and WHO jointly convened an expert meeting on Enterobacter sakazakii and other microorganisms in powdered infant formula (Geneva, 2 to 5 February 2004). The workshop was organized in response to a specific request to FAO/WHO for scientific advice from the Codex Committee on Food Hygiene to provide input for the revision of the Recommended International Code of Hygienic Practice for Foods for Infants and Children. After reviewing the available scientific information, the expert meeting concluded that intrinsic contamination of powdered infant formula with Enterobacter sakazakii and Salmonella has been a cause of infection and illness in infants, including severe disease which can lead to serious developmental sequelae and death. This report, co-published with WHO, looks at a range of control strategies during both manufacture and subsequent use of powdered infant formula that may be implemented to minimize the risk.
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Hardback; 90 photographs in black and white Agricultural biodiversity is a precious legacy from past generations that we have a moral obligation to pass on, intact, to the next generations so that they can retain all options for dealing with the future. The magnificent photographs of Pablo Balbontín Arenas, reproduced in this book, give a better idea of genetic diversity that the lengthy texts of any encyclopedia. They provide an insight into the life and customs of farmers who foster, maintain and use genetic diversity in traditional agricultural systems, deploying local techniques and knowledge accumulated over many centuries. Pablo has chosen four crops (wheat, rice, maize and potato) that together account for more than 50 percent of human calorie intake from plants, and has traveled to areas where each of these crops has been domesticated and developed over thousands of years, seeking out communities and settlements that are generally difficult to reach and therefore 'uncontaminated', in which to observe and photograph local agricultural traditions. |
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Rapport de l'Atelier et échanges de vues sur les réformes fiscales dans le secteur des pêches - promouvoir la croissance, l'éradication de la pauvreté et la gestion durable. Rome, 13-15 octobre 2003
FAO, Rapport sur les pêches nº 732 L'un des principaux buts de cet atelier était d'identifier la façon d'utiliser au mieux les méthodes fiscales pour réaliser à la fois les objectifs stratégiques de la pêche etdes objectifs économiques, sociaux et envioronnementaux plus généraux. Ce rapport présente une synthèse de l'atlier.
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AGRICULTURA
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Glosario de biotecnología para la agricultura y la alimentación
Por: A.Zaid, H.G. Hughes, E. Porceddu, F. Nicholas |
PESCA
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Manejo sanitario y mantenimiento de la bioseguridad de los laboratorios de postlarvas de camarón blanco (Penaeus vannamei) en América Latina
FAO: Documento técnico de pesca Nº 450 |
OBRAS DE CARÁCTER GENERAL
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REIMPRESIÓN:
Roma, 2003, 124 págs., trilingüe (En/Es/It) |