The Zambales model for a national dairy industry.
IN 1994 the Dairy Development Foundation (DDF), an NGO advocacy for individual dairy farmers was founded, first as a poverty reduction mechanism to increase the income of individual rice and coconut farmers, and secondly to improve national health standards by providing the nations children access to fresh milk. Today,...

The Zambales model for a national dairy industry.
IN 1994 the Dairy Development Foundation (DDF), an NGO advocacy for individual dairy farmers was founded, first as a poverty reduction mechanism to increase the income of individual rice and coconut farmers, and secondly to improve national health standards by providing the nations children access to fresh milk. Today,...

The ghosts of Leadville.
It is a bone-freezing October night. Judge Neil Reynolds stands on the corner of Harrison Avenue and Sixth Street in Leadville, Colorado, describing another night, long ago in 1880, when a phantom figure was glimpsed firing a pistol at unknown enemies before vanishing into thin air. "According to the...

Mine Water Hydrogeology and Geochemistry.
Mine Water Hydrogeology and Geochemistry Edited by P.L. Younger and N.S. Robins Geological Society, London, Special Publication 198 Geological Society Publishing House Unit 7 Brassmill Enterprise Centre Brassmill Lane, Bath, Somerset BA1 3IN, UK ISBN 1-86239-113-0. October 2002 Hardback. 408 pages List price 85.00 [pounds sterling]/US$142.00 Also...

Might a green phoenix rise from red ashes? Is sustainable development for Ukraine and other post-communist nations possible after the previous regime's singleminded focus on industrial expansion was accomplished through the ruthless exploitation of natural resources>?
Is sustainable development for Ukraine and other post-communist nations possible after the previous regime's singleminded focus on industrial expansion was accomplished through the ruthless exploitation of natural resources? THE METHANE EXPLOSION that blasted through the Gaegova coal mine added seven names to the list of nearly 4,000...

An Evergreen Island. (Film Video).
directed by Fabio Cavadini and Mandy King This independently produced documentary about the South Pacific island of Bougainville tells a rare but hugely encouraging story. For all those who believe that it is impossible to live without the products of transnationals, this film will serve as a...

Making waves.
RETRIBUTION, retaliation and revenge -- understandable feelings from those who have been made to stand in mute witness to the rape of their daughters, mothers and sisters. But after nine years of such war crimes in Bougainville, throughout its fierce independence struggle from Papua New Guinea, determined women like...

Les dynamiques agricoles dans les espaces periurbains : Le cas de la peripherie nord de l'agglomeration de Lens.
The gens agglomeration (319,000 inhabitants) lies at the heart of the former mining basin in northern France. The last mines were closed in the north of France in December, 1990. The agricultural dynamic and the relationships between agriculture and the city in this peri-urban context are assessed through a...

Sierra summer: you can still find room to roam in the Sierra Nevada less traveled.
* Can any geography be more essential to California than the Sierra Nevada? This 400-mile chain of granite peaks and shimmering waters--the nation's longest mountain range outside of Alaska--shapes the Golden State's weather, supplies its water, and defines its history. It is also California's great summer time backyard--most people...

Gagged: proposed mining activity by BHP Billiton, backed by the Australian government, threatens both West Papua's environment and Indonesia's fragile democracy.
Abdul Teng is in his element. Mr Teng is from the North Malukus and is the head of Gambir Village, the only settlement on Gag Island, a diminutive and isolated 56-square-kilometre coral atoll located 150km north-west of Sorong, in the Raja Ampat archipelago, the world's most diverse marine environment....