Rainwater Harvesting Agriculture: An Integrated System for Water Management on Rainfed Land in China’s Semiarid Areas
Fengrui Li; Seth Cook; Gordon T. Geballe; William R. Burch Jr

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Environmental Impact of Small-scale and Artisanal Gold Mining in Southern Ecuador Implications for the Setting of Environmental Standards and for the Management of Small-scale Mining Operations
N. Hakan Tarras-Wahlberg; Adriana Flachier; Goran Fredriksson Stuart Lane; Bo Lundberg; Olof Sangfors

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Soil Sustainability in Renewable Biomass Plantings
Linda Mann Virginia Tolbert

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Environmental Contamination in the Central Part of the Kola Peninsula: History, Documentation, and Perception
Mikhail V. Kozlov Valery Barcan

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The Indigenous Bamboo Forests of Ethiopia: An Overview
Kassahun Embaye

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The Taita Hills Forest Remnants: A Disappearing World Heritage
Lucie RogoInternational Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology ; P. O. Box 30772; Nairobi; Kenya. E-mail: lrogo@icipe.orgNicholas OgugeDepartment of Zoology; KenyattaUniversity; PO Box 43844; Nairobi;Kenya.

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World Water Vision: Balancing Thoughts after The Hague
Dajun ShenChina Institute of Water Resources andHydropower Research;20 Chegongzhuang Xilu;Beijing 100044;ChinaE-mail: shendj@maiLiwhr.comOlli VarisHelsinki University of Technology;PO Box 5300;FIN-02015Espoo;FinlandE-mail: olli.varis@hut.fi

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Ingestion of Nitrate from Well Water by Village People in Indonesia
Geoffrey D. SmithDivision of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; Faculty of Science; The Australian National University; Canberra; A.C. T 0200; Australia E-mail: geoffrey.smith@anu.edu.au Robbert WetselaarDivision of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; Faculty of Science; The Australian National University; Canberra; A.C.T0200; AustraliaJames J. FoxDepartment of Anthropology; Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies; The Australian National University; Canberra; A.C.T0200; Australia Deny HidayatiIndonesian Institute of Sciences; Centre for Population and Manpower Studies; Gedung mdyagraha LIPIU 10; Jl. Gatot Subroto 10; Jakarta 12190; IndonesiaHerry YogaswaraIndonesian Institute of Sciences; Centrefor Population and Manpower Studies;Gedung Mdyagraha LIPI Lt. 10; JLGatot Subroto 10; Jakarta 12190;Indonesia

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Conservation and Preservation through Community Participation in Two Indian Projects: A Policy Perspective
Sachchidanand JhaDepartment of BiologyUniversity of Massachusetts; Boston100 Morrissey Blvd.Boston; MA 02125-3393USAE-mail: sjha21@yahoo.com

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The Anaga Park: An Access to the Root of Tenerife Island, Canary Archipelago, Spain
Jose Antonio Rodriguez-Losada Departamento de Edafologlay Geologia Facultad de Biologia Universidad de La Laguna 38206 La Laguna; Tenerife Canary Islands; SpainJesus Martinez-FriasDepartamento de GeologiaMuseo Nacional de Ciencias Natarales;CSIC c/o Jose Gutierrez Abascal; 228006 Madrid; SpainE-mail: martinezfrias@mnen;csic.es

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Is Northern China Winning the Battle against Desertification? Satellite Remote Sensing as a Tool to Study Biomass Trends on the Ordos Plateau in Semiarid China
Micael C. Runnstrom

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Fluxes of Methane and Carbon Dioside on Peat-mining Areas in Sweden
Ingvar Sundh; Mats Nilsson; Catharina Mikkela; Gunnar Granberg; Bo H. Svensson

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Carbon Flux and Patterns of Land-Use/Land-Cover Change in the Selva Lacandona, Mexico
Ben H.J. De Jong; Susana Ochoa-Gaona; Miguel Angel Castillo-Santiago; Neptali Ramirez-Marcial; Michael A.Cairns

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The Economic Value of Controlling an Invasive Shrub
Erika Zavaleta

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