Due to large area disturbed and great deal of energy cost during-its operations, introducing or applying the appropriate timber extracting techniques could significantly reduce the impact of timber extraction operations to forest environment while pursuing the reasonable operation costs. Four environmentally sound timber extraction techniques for small tree harvesting, particularly for thinning...

Developing high-value crop planting industries according to local conditions is an important strategy for targeted poverty alleviation, and it also a momentous solution agricultural structure adjustment. However, previous studies mainly have focused on their spatiotemporal evolution economic benefits instead of environmental impact. An in-depth analysis urgently needed. Taking Linquan County as...

This research examines the transition from hunting and gathering to agriculture and sheds new light on the emergence of farming by focusing on the interplay among environmental conditions, investments in technology and population density. The study contributes to an understanding of the interaction between climatic sequences and technological progress, and analyzes the effect of environmentally...

Collaborative Research T he International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), working with hundreds of partners in developing countries, produces technologies and knowledge that better enable farmers, mainly smallholders, to enhance ecoefficiency in agriculture. This means we help make production more competitive and profitable as well as sustainable and resilient through economically and e...