These proceedings contain papers presented at the 'Wildland Fire in the Appalachians: Discussions Among Managers and Scientists', held in Roanoke, Virginia, USA, on 8-10 October 2013. The objective of the conference was for fire managers and researchers to learn from each other so they could better ...

This article presents lessons from the rich adoption literature for the nascent research on adaptation. Individuals' adoption choices are affected by profit and risk considerations and by credit and biophysical constraints. New technologies spread gradually, reflecting heterogeneity among potential ...

The economics of climate change and the various measures that should be implemented to reduce future damages are highly tied to the use of cost-benefit analysis. Traditional approaches ignore the fact that environmental amenities do not experience the same growth rate as do most of the sectors in...

The availability and quality of plantain (Musa spp.) planting material is one of the main constraints for the intensification of this crop. Farmers often use suckers infested with pest and diseases as their only source of planting material. In three provinces of Cameroon, three projects promoted...

The Caribbean region is considered to be at risk for avian influenza (AI) because of predominance of the backyard poultry system, important commercial poultry production, migratory birds and disparities in the surveillance systems. The Caribbean animal health network (CaribVET) has developed tools...

Bythotrephes longimanus is an invertebrate predator that has invaded the North American Great Lakes and a number of inland lakes, where it preys on crustacean zooplankton. We examined the effect of Bythotrephes on two measures of ecosystem function during a four-month observational study of...

Washington State is facing an invasion of non-native, highly competitive noxious weeds. For example, in the mid-1980's, approximately 60,000 acres of Ferry County were mapped by Washington State University (WSU) as noxious weed infested, with more than 400,000 acres of rangeland threatened in the...

These proceedings contain the abstracts of papers presented at the 2007 Western Society of Weed Science Annual Meeting, as well as the summaries of research discussion sessions, which are classified under the following headings: poster sessions (61); weeds of rangelands and forests (19),...

These proceedings contain 13 papers presented at a workshop of agricultural and forestry experts from across the Asia-Pacific region. These papers focus primarily on the need to develop a regional programme to investigate the coconut leaf beetle (Brontispa longissima) problem so the status of...

The IPM CRSP develops and implements approaches to IPM that help raise the standard of living and improve the environment in countries around the world. The IPM CRSP model is based on participatory IPM, networking, capacity/institution building, research and technology development and technology...