Vetiver Grass: A Thin Green Line Against Erosion
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For developing nations, soil erosion is among the most chronic environmental and economic burdens. Vast amounts of topsoil are washed or blown away from arable land only to accumulate in rivers, reservoirs, harbors, and estuaries, thereby creating a double disaster: a vital resource disappears from where it is desperately needed and is deposited where it is equally unwanted. Despite much rhetoric and effort, little has been done to overcome...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0309042690
ISBN13:9780309042697
Release Date:February 1993
Publisher:National Academies Press
Length:188 Pages
Weight:0.90 lbs.
Dimensions:0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"
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Green Line for hope
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 24 years ago
I bought Thin Green Line after hearing it rate an excellent on a review over Voice Of America and I wasn't disappointed. To me its a useful work and inspiration in my struggle in Formosa to keep the mountains from being cashed in by speculators, banks, and developers. And, although it focuses on American law and strategy, one can draw useful examples from it no matter where one lives.
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