Where the Land is Greener
Title | Where the Land is Greener PDF eBook |
Author | World Overview of Conservation Approaches and Technologies |
Publisher | Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Co-operation |
Pages | 380 |
Release | 2007 |
Genre | Nature |
ISBN |
This publication examines soil and water conservation technologies and approaches from a global perspective, using case studies from over 20 countries around the world. It addresses key environmental concerns such as desertification, poverty, water scarcity and conflicts. Various land use categories are covered (cropland, forest and grazing land) and technologies described include: conservation agriculture, manuring and composting including vermiculture, vegitative strips, agroforestry, water harvesting, gully rehabilitation, terraces and grazing land management. Co-published by the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Co-operation (CTA), FAO, UNEP and the Centre for Development and Environment (CDE) on behalf of the World Overview of Conservation Approaches and Technologies (WOCAT), this publication sets new standards for the systematic documentation, evaluation and dissemination of knowledge on sustainable land management.
This Green and Pleasant Land
Title | This Green and Pleasant Land PDF eBook |
Author | Ayisha Malik |
Publisher | Bonnier Zaffre Ltd. |
Pages | 323 |
Release | 2019-06-13 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1785767534 |
SHORTLISTED FOR THE DIVERSE BOOK AWARDS 'Tender, challenging and as warm as it was razor-sharp' Beth O'Leary 'If you've read Joanna Cannon I think you'll love this' Simon Savidge 'A sublimely witty and touching story' Jonathan Coe The standout new novel by acclaimed author Ayisha Malik - perfect for fans of David Nicholls and Candice Carty-Williams. In the sleepy village of Babel's End, trouble is brewing. Bilal Hasham is having a mid-life crisis. His mother has just died, and he finds peace lying in a grave he's dug in the garden. His elderly Auntie Rukhsana has come to live with him, and forged an unlikely friendship with village busybody, Shelley Hawking. His wife Mariam is distant and distracted, and his stepson Haaris is spending more time with his real father. Bilal's mother's dying wish was to build a mosque in Babel's End, but when Shelley gets wind of this scheme, she unleashes the forces of hell. Will Bilal's mosque project bring his family and his beloved village together again, or drive them apart? Warm, wise and laugh-out-loud funny, This Green and Pleasant Land is a life-affirming look at love, faith and the meaning of home.
Green Unpleasant Land
Title | Green Unpleasant Land PDF eBook |
Author | Corinne Fowler |
Publisher | Peepal Tree Press |
Pages | 324 |
Release | 2021-06 |
Genre | Country life in literature |
ISBN | 9781845234829 |
Green Unpleasant Land explores the countryside's repressed colonial past and demonstrates its importance as a source of ideas about Englishness. The book presents historical evidence to show that rural England was a place of conflict and global expansion. It also examines four centuries of literary response to explore how race, class and gender have both created and deconstructed England's pastoral mythologies. In particular, the book argues that Black and British Asian writers have challenged narrow, nostalgic views of rural England but also expressed attachment to English landscapes and the natural world.
Towards greener urbanization: Resource environmental effects and sustainable land use
Title | Towards greener urbanization: Resource environmental effects and sustainable land use PDF eBook |
Author | Guanghui Jiang |
Publisher | Frontiers Media SA |
Pages | 231 |
Release | 2023-04-11 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 2832520480 |
The Land of Green Ginger
Title | The Land of Green Ginger PDF eBook |
Author | Noel Langley |
Publisher | Faber & Faber |
Pages | 205 |
Release | 2015-02-03 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 0571321364 |
When Prince Abu Ali, son of Aladdin, is born his destiny has already been foretold: he is the one who has been chosen to break the spell of the mysterious Land of Green Ginger. His quest brings him into contact with flying carpets, button-nosed tortoises, magic phoenix birds - and two very villainous princes.
The Land of Green Plums
Title | The Land of Green Plums PDF eBook |
Author | Herta Müller |
Publisher | Macmillan |
Pages | 273 |
Release | 2010-11-23 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0312429940 |
The lives of a group of Romanian students under Communism, with its poverty, regimentation and depressing greyness. Life gets no better after graduation, so much so that several commit suicide.
Land Grab
Title | Land Grab PDF eBook |
Author | Keri Vacanti Brondo |
Publisher | University of Arizona Press |
Pages | 248 |
Release | 2013-06-06 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 0816530211 |
This is a rich ethnographic account of the relationship between identity politics, neoliberal development policy, and rights to resource management in native communities on the north coast of Honduras. It also answers the question: can “freedom” be achieved under the structures of neoliberalism?