P/$ rate stands at P44.135/$ 1.
WB prices emission bonds LONDON, June 9 (Reuters) -- The World Bank on Monday priced a $ 25 million bond linked to United Nations-approved carbon emission offset credits, the market's first such bond, lead manager Daiwa Securities SMBC Europe said. Payments on the bond are linked to...

An environmental benefit-cost analysis case study of nutrient management in an agricultural watershed.
Abstract: This paper illustrates the importance of valuing environmental goods and services associated with water quality improvements when assessing implementation of on-farm nutrient management plans as required by the Quebec Regulation Respecting Agricultural Operations (RRAO). Based on a case study in the Chaudiere River watershed, two scenarios were considered...

A perspective on ecological considerations in crawfish pond aquaculture.
ABSTRACT The suite of resident, migrant, breeding, and wintering waterbirds depending on this region includes grebes, pelicans, cormorants, anhingas, wading birds, waterfowl, coots, rails, gallinules, shorebirds, gulls, and terns. All taxa now use the artificial freshwater wetland habitat provided by the ag wetlands. These taxa include local, regional, continental...

Distributors, agents, and publishers: Part II the Toronto publishing scene during World War I (1).
The war seems to have uncovered a new Canadian reading public just as much as it has brought new writers to birth, and with the improved machinery of publishing there never was a more appropriate movement [sic] far a new Canadian literature. --J.M. Gibbon "Where is Canadian...

New road, same old path? Guatemala's new highway is one small sign of hope. But will this be a road to peace and prosperity?
The new highway through Alta Verapaz follows the crazy, winding path that the mountains allow it to Coban and other cities of the Guatemalan interior. Journeys that once took days now pass in hours. This modern, two-lane highway is a tangible sign of hope for Guatemala. The...

Half of the world is women: but empowerment--and environmental progress--are lagging.
On the Hindu festival day of Rakti in 2001, more than 100 women and men marched through monsoon rains to the Advani forest. Led by Bachchni Devi, a woman who had organized movements to protect the forest from logging 30 years before, the group now faced a tougher challenge;...

Responding to the coffee crisis: a pilot study of farmers' adaptations in Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras.
Introduction The question of how agricultural systems can or cannot adapt to market fluctuations and economic change is a central focus of academic debate and public policy concern (McMichael 1994; Reilly 1995; Goodman and Watts 1997; Smithers and Smit 1997). Smallholder farmers have been singled out as...

NEWS IN BRIEF; P/$ rate closes at P54.94 to $1.
The peso rate closed higher at P54.94 to the US dollar yesterday at the Philippine Dealing System of the Bankers Association of the Philippines from P55.080 the previous day. The weighted average rate appreciated to P55.049 from P55.060. Total volume amounted to $520.13 million. Rice import volume...

LETTERS IN THE EDITOR'S MAILBAG.
Byline: The Register-Guard Letter was wrong on income tax The Lane County Public Safety Income Tax requires careful reading or one can come away with a misunderstanding and misrepresent the facts as M. James Fox did in his Oct. 14 letter. Fox's reference to loggers,...

P/$ rate closes at P49.82 to $ 1.
The peso rate closed unchanged at P49.82 to the US dollar yesterday at the Philippine Dealing System of the Bankers Association of the Philippines from P49.82 last Friday. The weighted average rate depreciated to P49.805 from P49.797. Total volume amounted to $ 447.5 million. Corporate tax take...