ecological processes and ecosystem services in the wet tropics

... in the lowland wet zone Dung beetles were selected because of their well-known indicator potential (described in chapter 4), and the feasibility of sampling over such a large landscape, and their ... examines effects of anthropogenic land use and selective logging by surveying the diversity and community composition of amphibians and butterflies in primary forest and across the chosen land ... Lanka and the Lowland Wet Zone: a biodiversity hotspot Sri Lanka is a small but biologically rich island of 6,570,134 ha located at the southern point of the Indian sub-continent between 5˚ 54' and...

Ngày tải lên: 09/09/2015, 18:49

... Royal Tajuria cippus longinu Not endemic x  x  Lycaenidae Plain Hedgeblue Celestrina lavendularis Not endemic x 0 Lycaenidae Pointed Ciliated blue Anthene lycaenina lycaenina Not endemic x  x  Lycaenidae ... Satyrinae Mottled Immigrant Catopsilia pyranthe minna Not endemic x  x  Nymphalidae: Satyrinae White Four-ring Ypthima ceylonica Not endemic x  x  x  Papilionidae Banded Peacock Papilio crino ... Nymphalidae: Morphinae Southern duffer Discophora lepida ceylonica Not endemic 0 x Nymphalidae: Satyrinae Ceylon Forester Lethe dynsate Endemic x 0 Nymphalidae: Satyrinae Ceylon Palmfly Elymnias singala...

Ngày tải lên: 30/09/2015, 06:37

... contributing to increasing the owner’s capital." Revenue includes: sales and services provision, financial revenues and other income Inside: Revenue from the sale of goods and rendering of services ... Revenue is an indicator reflecting the results of enterprises in general and of theprocess of consuming goods and services in particular, because of the importance ofthis indicator in the business result ... by the insider that are stored on the working papers and otheraudit evidence that the inquirer has collected The final stage of the audit processthe financial statements are the work of making...

Ngày tải lên: 05/08/2020, 06:22

... questions, the main objectives of the present thesis are to: (1) understand available forest ecosystem services and their (market, tangible) value that benefits local people in Tri Ton and Tinh Bien ... Agro-forestry integrated farming systems (i.e forest trees - fruit crops) in the hilly sub-ecosystem and cassava production in the upland sub-ecosystem gave relatively higher profit that other framing ... context setting, (3) focus group discussions by 04 groups for identification of available ecosystem services and beneficiaries, and (4) interviewed 223 households for ecosystem services and their economic...

Ngày tải lên: 02/06/2021, 19:41

... se and provide a welcome variation in the otherwise forested landscape Understanding and connecting supply and demand Ecosystem services can be a gateway to expand and deepen our understanding ... high-intensity farmer, identity was strongly linked to the pride in producing and selling crops grown on their land High-intensity farmer (1): ‘‘To be able to sow in the spring, and amble in the ... Production landscapes and management Supply of and demand for several ecosystem services in high-intensity and low-intensity farming systems (Fig.2) differed, especially on the demand side The high-intensity...

Ngày tải lên: 02/11/2022, 08:49

... vật) và phi sinh vật Sinh vậtgồm có sinh vật sản xuất, sinh vật tiêu thụ và sinh vật phân huỷ Phi sinh vậtgồm có ánh sáng, nhiệt độ, nước, đất, đá, xác động thực vật và môi trường màsinh vật sống ... đối vớisinhkế hộ ởĐBSCL.Sinhkế và mốiquan hệ vớidịch vụ hệsinh tháiSinh kế bao gồm khả năng, tài sản (bao gồm cả nguồn lực vật chất và xãhội) và hoạt động cần thiết cho cuộc sống Kết quả sinh kế ... về sinh kếcưdân trong ấp.Thôngtin về cácấp đạidiện được mô tảởBảng 3.3.Bảng3.3:Thôngtin vềcácấp đạidiệnbốn xãnghiêncứuTT Xã Ấp Số hộ HộKhmerThông tin thu thập chủ yếu là xác định đặc điểm sinh...

Ngày tải lên: 06/05/2023, 18:34

... home Internet and telephone banking services in place of postal counter services in Finland and other countries invite further scrutiny Although Internet usage in Finland is 43 per cent, the highest ... to the eventual elimination of postal savings and other postal services For example, the Finnish Postal Savings Bank (PSP) was founded in 1887 The PSP first invested in State bonds and in the ... savings for the people The introduction of savings accounts at post of-fices followed the rise of the savings bank movement in Scotland and thrift movements elsewhere in the begin-ning of the...

Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 09:20

... appropriation, including the resulting direct and indirect biodiversity gain(s) or loss(es)   2.2.4 Accounting for ecosystem services and their benefits to business The previous sub-section underlines ... farming choices and practices, and their associated expenses; including those linked to the purchase, use and management of farming inputs and those due to the management of the temporal and ... between their activities and biodiversity and ecosystem services (BES) After synthesizing the conceptual foundations of EMA (2.1) and providing a general framework of interactions between business and...

Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 22:20

... in reducing the final moisture differential which can influence head rice yield during milling - Air reversal also decreased the drying time - The drying temperature in the dryer was stable and ... to highlight the project objectives and also to obtain input from the extension workers on grain losses in relation to harvesting, drying and milling practices in Mekong Delta 4 Introduction ... following sub-activities: i Demonstrations to the farmers and provincial pilot cooperatives on the benefit of mechanical drying against sun drying and the economic value of the correct harvesting...

Ngày tải lên: 21/06/2014, 06:20

... characterise the driers in order to determine the optimum drying conditions These driers and the results obtained from the drying experiments were used for demonstration purposes in the farmers’ training ... about their experiences in rice cracking and get aware of their current activities in relation to post-harvest handling of rice and farmers’ training One NLU staff member undertook training at the ... harvesting and drying demonstrations and results obtained in the previous research were presented during these sessions Dr Vinh Truong, Mr Tran van Khanh, and Mr Nguyen Thanh Nghi were the training...

Ngày tải lên: 21/06/2014, 06:20

... KERNEL CRACKING AND ITS CONTROL IN THE FIELD AND DURING POST-HARVEST PROCESSES IN THE MEKONG DELTA OF VIETNAM Figure 1: Opening by Dr. Truong Vinh, CARD 026/VIE05 project coordinator ... Minh city CARD Project 026/VIE05 Report on training program in Feb-2007 At Kien Giang Province Projet: INVESTIGATION OF RICE KERNEL CRACKING AND ITS CONTROL IN THE FIELD AND ... 8:10: Declaration the reason of training program – Introduction the delegates, participants 8:10 – 8:15: Introduction the content of the training program (Dr Vinh Truong) 8:15 – 8:20:...

Ngày tải lên: 21/06/2014, 06:20

... AND ITS CONTROL IN THE FIELD AND DURING POST-HARVEST PROCESSES IN THE MEKONG DELTA OF VIETNAM Figure 1: Opening by Dr Truong Vinh, CARD 026/VIE05 project coordinator Trang 2Training program 22-23/09/2007 ... Report on training program on 29-30 Sept-2007 At Can Tho Province (Vinh Thanh & Thot Not Districts) Project: INVESTIGATION OF RICE KERNEL CRACKING AND ITS CONTROL IN THE FIELD AND DURING POST-HARVEST ... 2: Full of the participants in the Meeting hall at the training lesson on 22/09/2007 Figure 3: Harvesting time lesson, by Truong Vinh, Nong Lam Univiversity Trang 5 Figure 4: Harvesting method...

Ngày tải lên: 21/06/2014, 06:20

... completion of the threshing operation Losses during crop and grain handling: • Handling loss: mature grain lost during lifting, hauling, stacking, pouring, and bagging of crop and grains Incorrect ... straw left behind in the field - The mobility of the machine in the field depends on the weight of machine and the size of field One step harvesting: - The mobility of the machine in the field ... contractor Piling: a hard work The grain germinated 20 hours after harvesting due to wetting in the rain (Spring-Summer) + Harvesting by reaper, field drying, piling, threshing - The machine is...

Ngày tải lên: 21/06/2014, 06:20

... radiation intensity, sunshine hours and frequency of rain During the rainy season, the rice grain can develop cracks during the late maturity stage due to rewetting At the same time, during dry ... annealing, the internal stresses created within the rice kernels during drying cannot be fully relaxed and this also results in kernel fissuring in the post-drying conditions The level of fissuring ... creating cracks in the grains As shown in Table 1, the head rice yield tended to increase with the increase in annealing duration The head rice yield increased by between and 22% after undergoing...

Ngày tải lên: 21/06/2014, 06:20

... inappropriate practices during harvesting, reaping, threshing, sun/mechanical drying, loading/unloading, transporting, milling processing and storage conditions. Milling processing is an important ... of kernels that maintain 75% of their length after milling 3.7 Determination of grain cracking Three... whitening 2, polishing 1, and polishing 2 Head rice yield and percentage of ... level to improve the head rice recovery. The results obtained in this survey were illustrated in leaflets and conveyed to the farmers, millers and mill operators through training and workshops....

Ngày tải lên: 21/06/2014, 06:20

... in two provinces, Cantho and Long An The data were collected during the experimentation involving the effect of harvesting method... drying and mechanical drying on the milling ... excluding the broken rice. The weak and fissured brown rice would normally break during the whitening process. The cracking in the white rice kernels can be developed due to the shear during the ... The survey data from farmers was collected during the winter-spring season for the same varieties. The experimental data for the winter-spring season will be presented in the forthcoming...

Ngày tải lên: 21/06/2014, 06:20

... was continued and updated for harvesting time effect on rice cracking in the field The experiments were undertaken in wet season 2007 and dry season 2008 in Can Tho City and Kien Giang province ... (final moisture differential, grain crack and head rice recovery) and economic aspect (labour requirement, investment and drying cost) The available data will be incorporated into the training ... multi-pass drying methods 7 Demonstrations to the farmers and provincial pilot cooperatives on the benefit of mechanical drying against sun drying and economic value of the correct harvesting time and...

Ngày tải lên: 21/06/2014, 06:20

... drying and field drying was about 8.7% for Winter-Spring crop This number will be higher in wet season due to the fluctuation of weather and rains As shown in Figure 3, there was a decrease in the ... that they did talk about the interesting information received during the training to friends or neighbours who did not participate in the training In addition, farmers also play an active role in ... harvesting, drying and milling methods by both strengthening the knowledge of smallholder farmers and demonstrating the methods of implementation of optimal harvesting, drying and milling practices...

Ngày tải lên: 21/06/2014, 06:20

... B.Sc in civil engineering in 1969 from the Catholic University of Louvain, his M.Sc in civil and geological engineering in 1970 from Princeton University, and his Ph.D in environmental engineering ... 00-048569 Printed in the United States of America 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 Printed on acid-free paper Trang 4I have maintained an on-going and deep interest in the Great Barrier Reef ever since I was involved ... involved in the establishment of the Australian Institute of Marine Science more than 25 years ago This book contains important chapters dealing with different aspects of the functioning of the ecosystem...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 05:21

... within the GBR Plume trajectories are complex and event-driven — the wind and the complex bathymetry with headlands and islands interacting with the prevailing currents to generate patchiness ... turbulence maintaining the sediment in suspension in the tidally inundated forest except for a few minutes near slack high tide As a result the fine sediment from the rivers and the muddy coast ... future of the GBR The book emphasises multi-disciplinary processes, i.e., physics –biology links, as these emerge as the dominant forces shap-ing and controllshap-ing the ecosystem Land-based...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 05:21