Decision support systems for sustainable development

DraftRelated to DAP 87-4249 under which IDRC supported the WCED to acquire and duplicate original papers, submissions, tapes and transcripts, became the depository of all original archival materials and received the right to microfiche the collection for broader disseminatio

A Maastrichtian Ostracode assemblage (Lameta formation) from Jabalpur Cantonment, Madhya Pradesh

We report the occurrence of a rich assemblage of ostracodes from the classic localities of Lameta Formation (Maastrichtian) at Chui Hill and at Bara Simla Hills, Jabalpur. The assemblage, comprising several thousand specimens, mostly represented by internal moulds, was recovered by using bulk washing and screening techniques

Fossil seeds from the Lameta Formation (Late Cretaceous), Jabalpur, India

Fossil seeds are reported here from the classic Bara Simla Hill section of the Lameta Formation at Jabalpur. They are associated with a freshwater ostracod, charophyte and dinosaur assemblage that suggests a Maastrichtian age. The Lameta beds locally underlying the Deccan basalts have been shown to be pedogenically modified alluvial plain deposits containing one of the most extensive dinosaur nesting sites in the world. The Lamera seeds are preserved as three dimensional carbonate casts and are distinguishable into three distinct morphotypes

A New Abelisaurid (Dinosauria, Theropoda) from the Lameta Formation (Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) of India

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Eco-agri-food systems: today's realities and tomorrow's challenges

Provides an overview of the diversity of agriculture and food systems, each with different contributions to global food security, impacts on the natural resource base and ways of working through food system supply chains. We describe “eco-agri-food systems” and further identify their many manifestations through a review of typologies. We identify challenges ahead with existing systems due to prevailing economic and political pressures resulting in patterns of invisible flows and impacts across global food systems. We describe pathways to ensure sustainability by securing the benefits from working with, rather than against, natural systems and ecosystem processes and the challenges for farmers, communities and societies to reorient food value chains and build resilience in eco-agri-food systemsFil: Pengue, Walter Alberto. Universidad Nacional de General Sarmiento; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires; ArgentinaFil: Gemmill Herren, Barbara. World Agroforestry Centre; KeniaFil: Balázs, Bálint. Environmental Social Science Research Group; HungríaFil: Ortega, Enrique. Universidade Estadual de Campinas; BrasilFil: Acevedo, Francisca. National Commission for the Knowledge and Use of Biodiversity,; MéxicoFil: Diaz, Daniel N,. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria; ArgentinaFil: Díaz de Astarloa, Diego. Universidad Nacional de General Sarmiento; ArgentinaFil: Fernandez, Rosa. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria; ArgentinaFil: Garibaldi, Lucas Alejandro. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Patagonia Norte. Instituto de Investigaciones En Recursos Naturales, Agroecología y Desarrollo Rural. - Universidad Nacional de Rio Negro. Instituto de Investigaciones En Recursos Naturales, Agroecología y Desarrollo Rural; ArgentinaFil: Giampietro, Mario. Universidad de Barcelona; EspañaFil: Goldberg, Andrea. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria; ArgentinaFil: Khosla, Ashok. Development Alternatives; IndiaFil: Westhoek, Henk. PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency. Water, Agriculture and Food; Países Bajo

Expectations of the World Summit on Sustainable Development

Ashok Khosla, in his review of ‘The Road from Rio to Johannesburg’, explores why promises have not been kept and the underlying agenda of the international dialogue. He suggests that the issues of consumption and lifestyle of the rich are key to a meaningful outcome in Johannesburg. Development (2002) 45, 6–11. doi:10.1057/palgrave.development.1110370

Comparative morphotaxonomical affinities, palaeoecological implications and cladistic analyses of ornithoid eggshells (oofamily Laevisoolithidae) from the Late Cretaceous intertrappean beds of Anjar, District Kachchh, Gujarat, India

We re-evaluate fragmentary eggshells of avian affinities (ratite morphotype) from the Late Cretaceous Intertrappean beds of Anjar (District Kachchh, Gujarat), India in view of additional material and cladistic analysis. Previously, Anjar eggshells were encompassed in the oofamily Subtiliolithidae; however, now the oofamily Subtiliolithidae has been re-examined as a junior synonym of the oofamily Laevisoolithidae. External surface ofthe eggshells is smooth to rugose, with unevenly distributed, sub-rounded tubercles; average eggshell thickness (467?491 μm) characterised by two layers: (1) a well-differentiated mammillary layer (196.1 μm), comprisingconical, crystalline aggregates with petaloid wedges, and (2) a continuous spongy layer (274.58 μm, CL:ML, 1.3:1) divulges a squamatic zone. The eggshells have been compared with three oofamilies (Elongatoolithidae,Prismatoolithidae and Laevisoolithidae) and their palaeoecological implications have been discussed in detail.Shell microstructure is comparable with oofamily Laevisoolithidae, an ootaxon usually related with enantiornithidbirds. Cladistic analysis performed on the eggshells are consistent with the avian kinships recognised based onmacro, micro and ultrastructural features.Fil: Khosla, Ashu. Panjab University; IndiaFil: Fernández, Mariela S.. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Patagonia Norte. Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente. Universidad Nacional del Comahue. Centro Regional Universidad Bariloche. Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente; ArgentinaFil: Salgado, Leonardo. Universidad Nacional de Río Negro. Sede Alto Valle. Instituto de Investigaciones en Paleobiología y Geología; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; ArgentinaFil: Sahni, Ashok. Panjab University; Indi