K. R. Islam, Ray R. Weil
Chandra Giri, Bruce W. Pengra, Zhiliang Zhu, Ashbindu Singh et al.
Chandra Giri, Zhiliang Zhu, Larry L. Tieszen, Ajay Singh et al.
Abstract Aim We aimed to estimate the present extent of tsunami‐affected mangrove forests and determine the rates and causes of deforestation from 1975 to 2005. Location Our study region covers the tsunami‐affected coastal areas of Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Burma (Myanmar), Bangladesh, India an...
A.V. Manjunatha, Asif Reza Anik, Stijn Speelman, E.A. Nuppenau
Richard J. Whittington, Karsten Donat, M.F. Weber, D.F. Kelton et al.
Paratuberculosis, a chronic disease affecting ruminant livestock, is caused by Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis (MAP). It has direct and indirect economic costs, impacts animal welfare and arouses public health concerns. In a survey of 48 countries we found paratuberculosis to be very com...
Oriana Bandiera, Robin Burgess, Narayan Das, Selim Gulesci et al.
Abstract We study how women's choices over labor activities in village economies correlate with poverty and whether enabling the poorest women to take on the activities of their richer counterparts can set them on a sustainable trajectory out of poverty. To do this we conduct a large-scale randomize...
Jacek P. Siry, Frederick W. Cubbage, Miyan Rukunuddin Ahmed
Kamrul Islam, Mohammed Jashimuddin, Biswajit Nath, Tapan Kumar Nath
The degraded Chunati wildlife sanctuary (CWS) has undergone various land use changes since 1980s. In this study, land use changes of CWS were assessed from 2005 to 2015 by using Landsat TM and Landsat 8 OLI/TIRS images. The ArcGIS v10.1 and ERDAS Imagine v14 were used to process satellite imageries ...
B. L. Turner, Stephen B. Brush
Part 1. Introduction. Turner, Brush, Purpose, Classification, and Organization. Brush, Turner, Nature of Farming Systems and Views of Their Change. Part 2. Paleotechnic and Consumption-Oriented Systems. Beckerman, Amazonia Swidden. Ewell, Merrill-Sands, The Milpa and Its Alternatives in the Maya Pea...
Ilyass Alami Merrouni, Loubna Kharchoufa, Noureddine Bencheikh, Mostafa Elachouri
Background: Northeastern Morocco is characterized by a wide range of plants. However, the list of medicinal herbs used in this area has not been identified completely. This work aims to give an exhaustive compendium of medicinal plants used by people in this region. We then compare the plants listed...
Richard T. Corlett
Tropical East Asia is home to over 1 billion people and faces massive human impacts from its rising population and rapid economic growth. It has already lost more than half of its forest cover and has the highest rates of deforestation and logging in the tropics. Hunting and the trade in wildlife pr...
Md Sayed Iftekhar, M. Rafiqul Islam
Md Mizanur Rahman, Md. Nabiul Islam Khan, Anwarul Hoque, Imran Ahmed
Murali Krishna Gumma, Prasad S. Thenkabail, A. Maunahan, Md Saidul Islam et al.
Rice is the most consumed staple food in the world and a key crop for food security. Much of the world’s rice is produced and consumed in Asia where cropping intensity is often greater than 100% (more than one crop per year), yet this intensity is not sufficiently represented in many land use produc...
Md. Shams Uddin, Erik De Ruyter van Steveninck, Mishka Stuip, Mohammad Aminur Rahman Shah