This book focuses on the previously neglected interface between the conservation of plant genetic resources and their utilization. Only through utilization can the potential value of conserved genetic resources be realized. However, as this book shows, much conserved germplasm has to be subjected...
The true sago palm, Metroxylon sagu, has been described as mankind's oldest food plant with the starch contained in the trunk used as a staple food in southeast Asia. This booklet provides an overview of existing knowledge of the genus, with emphasis on genetic resources. Chapters cover the follo...
A general survey of Corchorus L. species was commissioned by the International Jute Organization (IJO) to provide the necessary background data on which future germplasm-collecting expeditions could be based. The survey was required to identify those wild species of potential use in the future ge...
This monograph focuses on the Mediterranean lupin species and one South American species (L. mutabilis). These species have relatively large seeds and some of them have already been domesticated and have become established crops. Constraints to the use of lupin worldwide are considered, as is the...
Cowling, W.A.
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Buirchell, B.J.
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Tapia, M.E.
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Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research
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International Plant Genetic Resources Institute
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[Lupin, Lupinus L.]
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Lupin, Lupinus L.
Local people in South-east Asia are often cited as skilled forest managers. It is barely acknowledged that an essential part of this forest management does not concern natural forests, but forests that have been planted, often after the removal of pre-existing natural forests; forests that are cu...
Michon, G.
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Aulong, S.
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Berenger, E.
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Clement, I.
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Goloubinoff, M.
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Katz, E.
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Sellato, B.
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[Domesticating forests: how farmers manage forest resources]
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Domesticating forests: how farmers manage forest resources
Crop Wild Relatives and Climate Change – gives an overview of the impacts of climate change on growing environments and the challenges that agricultural production faces in coming years and decades. It explores the potential for crop wild relatives to contribute novel genetic resources to the bre...
This book is intended as a resource for researchers working in the Bulungan area, including the Kayan Mentarang National Park and the Bulungan Research Project (BRF), it serves as both a field guide to common plants and animals, and a dictionary of their vernacular terms from 18 different linguis...
In Indonesia, rapid deforestation is affecting local populations’ access to forest, yet little information is available about the impacts of deforestation on highly forest-dependent populations. To better understand these potential impacts, this document reports on economic and cultural uses of t...
Uluk, A.
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Sudana, M.
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Wollenberg, Eva K.
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[Ketergantungan masyarakat Dayak terhadap hutan di sekitar Taman Nasional Kayan Mentarang]
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Ketergantungan masyarakat Dayak terhadap hutan di sekitar Taman Nasional Kayan Mentarang
The Malinau watershed in Northeast Kalimantan is essential for local communities both as a source of food and as a means of transport. The two main rivers sampled in this study Seturan and Rian rivers belong to the Malinau watershed. Seturan water catchment has high fish diversity (containes 47 f...
Rachmatika, I.
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Nasi, Robert
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Sheil, Douglas
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Wan, M.
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[A first look at the fish species of the middle Malinau: taxonomy, ecology, vulnerability and importance]
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A first look at the fish species of the middle Malinau: taxonomy, ecology, vulnerability and importance
Uncaria tomentosa and U. guíanensis have been important in traditional healing in many South American countries. These species contain some sixty active substances which are widely tested for possible medical treatments. U. tomentosa has been traded from Peru until it reached a peak export of 726...
Jong, W. de
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Melnyk, M.
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Lozano, L.A.
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Rosales, M.
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García, M.
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[Una de gato: fate and future of a Peruvian forest resource]
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Una de gato: fate and future of a Peruvian forest resource