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Conference Proceeding

Cronshaw 1984 Monitoring Sigatoka Tolerance Fungicides Windward Islands TropPestManag 30-3 225-229

...production for its dissemination. L < ~ ) ? T ~ { " iy N [ P Fi 2. Lower surface view of banana leaf showing conidiophores of M. fijiensis (st. conid. Cercospora fijiensis) emerging ! hrough a stomatal pore. HS = healthy stoma; CS = conidial scar on the conidiophore where a conidium was attached. have been used in a simple laboratory test to monitor for For the past...

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Biotechna-Graesser Biocoil Microalgae Technology and Markets Company Profile

} 22y I w 7:chnology for the Next Millenium Y;hnology for a Healthier World The Company Biotechna-Graesser Ltd is a publicly-held technology company. The Biotechnology division's area of emphass is the production of micro algae and photosynthetic organisms for emerging global markets. The company’s special capa- bility is its proprietary technology for industrial-scale micro algae culture th...

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Document 64145716

...CAFITRADEV " & X 25th June, 1986 Dr. Edward Towle, Island Resources Foundation, Py l WBox %33 , Red Hook Centre, St. Thomas, Virgin Islands. JUL ¢ 1986 ¢ i Dear Dr. Towle, Attached please find a copy of i 4 the Draft Aquaculture Plan for Trinidad and Tobago. seem. to recall that we made minor changes and re-submitted it. some four In . retrospect years later b § have certain reservati...

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VanSant Tode 1988 Management Information System Hillside Agriculture Project Jamaica IRF

...notion of specified submission dates unworkable for the time being. appear to be reviewed and considered for approval against Subproject proposals certain criteria, but more often on their own merits as they are submitted. The reality of development planning is such that it often is difficult to make because of an absence of viable alternatives or appropriate optimal choices 12 information a...

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IDRC AFNS Crop Animal Production Systems Program Overview

...be achieved in most commodities. Since then, however, few other such widespread and dramatic increases in productivity have actually been achieved, in spite of the many efforts of national and international agricultural research institu- tions. The reasons for the success with wheat and rice and com- parative failure with most other species has been studied and it became evident that the new wh...

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1981 IMA Aquaculture Industry Trinidad Tobago Proceedings

...= KEYNOTE ADDRESS —Dr. E. Patrick Alleyne First of all, permit me to express my thanks to the Institute of Marine Affairs’ Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Ronald Linsky, and to the organisers for inviting me to give the opening address this morning. | also wish to take this opportunity to extend a warm welcome to the delegates and observers from overseas, especially those of you who are with us...

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Paterson Philip Maynard 1986 Guide Improved Pastures Drier Eastern Caribbean CARDI

...and are very compatible with legumes. They can be used successfully for either grazing or cutting and will grow well under light shade from trees or bushes,, but are very susceptible to short-term flooding or water-logging. They are persistent only in well-drained soils which receive at least 800 mm (32 ins) of rainfall per year. The more leafy of the local types are almost as good in terms of...

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1973 NSRC NAS Workshop Aquatic Weed Management Guyana Report

...liberal amounts of calcium are included in their diets, and water hyacinth contains considerable amounts of calcium which should make up for any losses caused by oxalates. Steers fed diets containing water hyacinth and Hydrilla products tolerated the three potential toxicants without apparent effect upon performance. Traces of pesticides have been found in most samples of Florida’...

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ECA 1993 Appraisal Monitoring Evaluation Biotechnology Agricultural Development Africa

...to be aware of its side effects and to be prepared to test the suitability of products and strategies on animals and production systems that exist in the arid developing countries. 44 In addition to research on genetic improvement and growth/physiological regulation, a major research and development activity is underway in animal veterinary medicine. 10/ Reviewed by Babiuk and P...

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VanSant Toder 1988 Management Information System Hillside Agriculture Project Jamaica

...notion of specified submission dates unworkable for the time being. Subproject proposals appear to be reviewed and considered for approval against certain criteria, but more often on their own merits as they are submitted. The reality of development planning is such that it often is difficult to make choices because of an absence of viable alternatives or appropriate optimal 12 information a...

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Wilken 1985 Role of Traditional Agriculture in Preserving Biological Diversity

...or that landraces, characterize traditional agriculture (Hanks 1972: 16 ff). Thus, traditional farmers with their knowledge, technology, and strategies, emerge as a potent force for preserv-— ing and creating biological diversity. o Definition of Traditional Agriculture The general c and — < = ny = serve to differentiate mmn . ~ Traditional farms are small, usually containing less than five...

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Thomson 1987 GreenGold BananasDependency EasternCaribbean LAB

...Price, cannot help but remove WINBAN representatives from the reality of the farmers’ situation in the Caribbean. Indeed, a recent inquiry at the WINBAN office in London revealed that they neither receive nor keep such basic cost data as is available in the Annual Reports of the islands’ growers’ associations. In this context, the concern for corporate margins and consumer interest are likely t...

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Caribbean Technical Cooperation Network Artisanal Fisheries Aquaculture Network News January 1990 FAO

...Shrimp Culture. The conference is being organised by INFFISH, in collaboration with the Fishery Development Authority of Malaysia, fram 11-14 June 1990. Over the four-day period, experts will address to technical and econamic aspects of brackish water shrimp farming. For more information, please contact INFFISH - AQUATECH'90, P.O. Box 10889, 50728 Kuala Lurpur, Malaysia. IIT. NEW PROJECTS e...

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Siemers 1988 Energy Consumption Bakery Sector StVincent Grenadines

...spans from 4 to 20 n2 almost as a square. The bigger ovens are comparable to the diesel- fired brick ovens. The construction principle for the dome is the forming of an arch, which is then a self-supporting brick structure. Besides bricks, cement, rocks, gravel and sand only a few simple metal parts are needed for construction of a new oven. TABLE 7: Location and Type of Wood Oven...

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1980 CICP USAID Pest Pesticide Management Caribbean Seminar Summary

...as soon as possible for the establishment and operation of such courses. (iii) The training of medical personnel (doctors, nurses and paramedics) should include adequate instruction in the identification and treatment of pesticide poisoning. (iv) Refresher courses in both pest and pesticide management for agricultural extension officers and for medical personnel are needed as a matter of urge...

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1978 Rosado Murphy Literature Survey Molasses Purification UPR Mayaguez RPP-16

...Treatment of 30 g. molasses with 45 ml of 25% tartaric acid and 15 ml H_O resulted in removal of 96% of K and 72% of 2 Ca. Clarification by liming-double carbonatation-single sulfitation process resulted in removal of 36.34% K and 27.50% Ca Details of experiments were included. 16 Extraction of sugar and potassium salts contained in molasses Gaspar y Arnal, Tedfilo; Anales soc. espafi. fis....

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George Morris 1984 Sorrel Production Marketing US Virgin Islands ExtensionBulletin5 CVI

...During this test, the Jelly mixture should be removed from the heat. 12 L sy . C 13 L) St n »YOX \ in Islands sU SELECTED REFERENCES Ganpat, R.. 1973. Sorrel Production. Ministry of Agriculture, Lands and Fisheries, Trinidad and Tobago. Morton, J.F.. 1974. Renewed Interest in Roselle (Hibiscus sabdariffa L.), The Long-forgotten “Florida Cranberry”. Proceedings of the Florida S...

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ICLARM AnnualReport1998 Partnerships FishFarming Aquaculture ResearchHighlights

...practiced for centuries in plant and animal production, result in enhanced production efficiency? If an improved fish breed was developed, how could this be successfully taken to and adopted by the target beneficiaries? How could appropriate fish breeding programs be developed in the target countries themselves? And all this in line with sustainability, social equity and protection of biodivers...

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ATP Final Narrative Report StVincent CIDA Limbird 1991

...The workshops include presentations by guest speakers on themes such as marketing, farm management, and crop test plot results. The workshops are a good occasion for model farmers and field workers from all of St.Vincent's regions to interact with each other and with steering committee members. This interaction provides an opportunity to share experiences and information. There w...

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1991 Limbird Agronomy Training Program StVincent FinalReport CIDA

...The workshops include presentations by guest speakers on themes such as marketing, farm management, and crop test plot results. The workshops are a good occasion for model farmers and field workers from all of St.Vincent's regions to interact with each other and with steering committee members. This interaction provides an opportunity to share experiences and information. % Ther...

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Pollnac 1981 Sociocultural Aspects Small-Scale Fisheries IRF

...closer to their home. The "other" category includes " " idosyncratic responses such as "character of buyer, landing facilities, and "responsibility. 4.5 The salient hhuc responses were crosstabulated with area of residence. The expectation that urban fishermen would be more likely than rural to select buyers on the basis o price was supported by the data (44 percent and 23 percent respectively...

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Arnold1978 1977 Underwater Site Test Excavations Padre Island TAC Pub5

...Kim G. Pinkerton, Dive Master and Assistant Archeologist Ed Aiken Margaret Leshikar Beth Goodwin Carol Olsen Carr Collins III Homer Shirley John Larsen Dennis Boyd Susan Wright Tom Taylor Bill Crow Bill Wiley Renee Hickey The invaluable assistance of Dale Vandermolen, our consultant on seamanship and modern maritime logistics, is greatfully acknowledged. Conservation of the artifacts recovered...

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Arnold1977 SiteTestExcavations MagnetometerSurvey PadreIsland TexasAntiquitiesCommittee IJNA 6-1 21-36

...simple method was developed of plot- ting the relative location of the centre of each hole as its excavation was begun. A planned and efficient pattern of excavations was therefore 25 NAUTICAL ARCHAEOLOGY, 6.1 possible. The angles obtained for each hole were also used to calculate UTM coordinates for the centre and enable a more accurate plot- ting on the site plan along with ar...

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Berkes 1985 Fishermen and Tragedy of the Commons Community Fishery Management

...then take community-level self- regulation into consideration. Basically, the task is to find out the limitations of the commons paradigm as a model for resource management. To do this, the plan in this paper is to (a) test the assump- tions ol the commons paradigm against mpirical case- studies, (b) find out the conditions under which the tragedy does indeed occur, and () explore...

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Conference Proceeding

Barton Crock 1991 Flaked Stone Industries Early Saladoid Trants Montserrat IAAC14

...Trants site contributes to a better understanding of prehistoric technology and social interaction during the Saladoid period in the Lesser Antilles. INTRODUCTION The Trants site (MS-G1) is located on the windward coast of Montserrat, a small volcanic island located in the northern portion of the Lesser Antilles. Archaeological testing at the Trants site was initiated in 1979 by David Watters...

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Adams 1985 Fisheries FishMarkets StVincent SingaporeJTG v6n1

...in St. Vincent that deserves mention is hunting cetaceans with gun- fired harpoons from the bow decks of ‘whalers’. This activity which is based at Barrouallie on the west coast results in the capture of porpoise, ‘blackfish’ or short-finned pilot whale (Globicephala macro- rhyncha), killer whale (Orcincus orca) and sperm whale (Physeter catadon) on a yearly basis (Adams, 1973 : 42-50). In 1979...

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Figueredo 1975 Saladoid Settlement Patterns StEustatius IRF

...were excavated as Level E. Tevel D turned out to be the conch-shell midden that we were hoping to intercept: 4 whole conchshells (Strombus is with apical perforations and 5 other large fragments were found, along with 45 aboriginal sherds. No historic sherds at 2 all were found. Level E yielded only one conch-shell fragment and 10 aboriginal sherds; it also yielded one historic sherd which may...

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Wilson 1989 Prehistoric Settlement Pattern Nevis West Indies

...beds that formerly would have supplied water. Hichmans® Shell Heap is sit- uated on top of a 3-m sea cliff, right next to the water. Behind it is a long gradient slope that formerly was used for sugar cultivation. Nisbetts is at the landward edge of a 100-m wide beach, now used for cocoanut cultivation on Nisbett Plantation. It is about 1 km from fields under cultivation, and 250 m cast of a sa...

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Wilson 1989 Prehistoric Settlement Pattern Nevis West Indies

...beds that formerly would have supplied water. Hichmans® Shell Heap is sit- uated on top of a 3-m sea cliff, right next to the water. Behind it is a long gradient slope that formerly was used for sugar cultivation. Nisbetts is at the landward edge of a 100-m wide beach, now used for cocoanut cultivation on Nisbett Plantation. It is about 1 km from fields under cultivation, and 250 m east of a sa...

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SHA Newsletter Vol21 No1 March1988

...survey techniques will include visual inspection of the island, soil core sampling, and limited shovel still quoted from the Isles of Shoals as late as 1822. To date, archaeological reconnaissance surveys test pit excavations. Participants can enroll in this and limited testing of certain sites have concentrated project through Boston University's Center for on the earliest feature...

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Document f24bed83

...in most cases is a thin coat of lime mortar or wash. This can be tinted to match the color of the wall and, in fact, can barely be detected when properly applied. Lime washes, being similar in composition to limestone walls, also allow any moisture to evaporate. The new outer skin keeps water out, absorbing many impurities at the same time. Periodic cleaning and re- washing will help keep the...

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Berleant-Schiller 1981 Small-Scale Fishing Caribbean Barbuda HumanOrganization

...in terms of breeding, safe catch- ing quantities, size limits, etc. nothing is known about one of Barbuda’s prime resources’’ (British Development Division in the Caribbean 1971:22). Even this cautious statement begs the question, for it seems to imply that fish are a ‘prime’’ resource in some other way than by their local dietary and economic importance. The report admits that intensified ree...

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Berleant-Schiller 1981 Traditional and Commercial Fisheries Barbuda Caribbean Political Development

...tightly and load it full of fish into the dinghy, which is developn 15 10 enefit a lo 0] 20 1t o @ again towed home behind the sailboat must_foster Ct f resources and facilities already Seine fishing in the flashes follows the same principle. It is present and apply only that technology that suits local condi good after a high tide strands the fish in the shallow flashes, { tions, social and cu...

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Preliminary Report Puerto Rican Petroglyphs SaltoArriba Icacos Caonillas SurfacePrinting Stylistic Development

...they took-off fron the east coast been published about the archacology of of Venezuel about the time of Christ and en- Puerto Rico, as yet no independent systematic tered the West Indies by way of Trinidad and the Lesser Antilles, bringing with them pottery study has been devoted to the petroglyphs of 1 and agriculture but none of the ceremonial that island. These rock carvings are found on riv...

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Kay 1975 Survey Antillean Sculptured Stone

...to prove cultural affinity. It is repetitive similarities and differences in certain designs that permit studies of their distributions and associations which may, in turn, illustrate certain cul- tural processes. The status and employment of artifacts is reflected in their quality of materials, workmanship, decorative motifs and so forth. Further, when associated with a specific group, they ma...

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AdvisoryCouncil TreatmentOfArcheologicalProperties Handbook 1980

...the Interior. It is designed to be consistent with the standards and approaches set forth by the Department in 36 CFR Part 66. Agencies are urged to fully acquaint themselves with 36 CFR Part 66 as well as with this Handbook when considering archeological data recovery operations. Interpretation and Application This Handbook will not be interpreted inflexibly by the Council. For example, shou...

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Historic and Scientific Displays in Naval Ships and Stations US Navy 1970

...students of a particular period

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Back 1981 Hydromythology Ethnohydrology New World WRR IRF

...Viracocha meant the approach of Spring. He was regarded as a kindly sent the people underground and told them to emerge from spirit and was given offerings at the celebration of the sea- certain caves, lakes, and hills in the different districts that they sonal festivals. Many Indians were aware of the similarity be- were to later occupy and to make settlements [Rowe, 1960, p. tween lightning a...

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Sea History No39 NMHS Spring1986 Nautical Archaeology Mary Rose Key West Coriolanus

...on using the ‘‘correct’ pronunciation of nautical terms with bosun for boatswain, focsle for forecastle, with winard and looward for windward and leeward. The English have their pride in pronouncing proper names such as Coburn for Cockburn, Salzbury for Salisbury, and even Tems for Thames. The other day I lost my place in the Oxford Dictionary of Modern English Usage, 2nd edition, and stumbled...

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Conference Proceeding

Arnold1979 UnderwaterCulturalResourceManagement ComputerizedShipwreckReferenceFile Proc11thUnderwaterArchaeologyConf

...29) (FISSING) I SRT ERR TRTINS SU o 10 20 30 4“0 50 FREQUENCY MEAN 1872.907 STD ERR 2.597 MEDIAN 1866.618 M (DE 1867.000 STD DEV 37.985 VARTANCE 1442.864 MEAN 1872.907 STD ERR 2.597 MEDIAN 1866.618 M (DE 1867.000 STD DEV 37.985 VARTANCE 1442.864 KLRTOSIS 1.139 SKEWNESS 1.023 RANGE M INIUM 1766.000 202.030 MAXIMUM 1968 .009 VALID CASFS 214 MISSING CASES 29 SPSS SAMPLE RUNS FOR SHI...

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1993 IISD EarthNegotiationsBulletin Vol8 GlobalConference SustainableDevelopment SIDS PrepCom Report

...severe population stress, sometimes minimal renewable freshwater resources and high degrees of endemism. Some believe that SIDS benefit from important overseas development assistance, however, statistical tools fail to reflect the reality of the situation as their costs are considerably higher due to the lack of economies of scale. Nitin Desai, Under-Secretary-General for Policy Coordination a...

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Shupe Weingart 1980 Emerging Energy Technologies Island Environment Hawaii AnnRevEnergy v5 p293-333 HNEI

...exploration of the impact of various energy conservation and end-use efficiency programs in Hawaii on the commercial market for introducing indigenous energy technologies is now under investigation (8). Although the HIEA has not yet considered in detail the potential role of electric vehicles in Hawaii, it is clear that the State is especially well suited to their use. Temperatures are moderat...

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EARTHMAP Design Study Implementation Plan Global Environment Technology Foundation 1995

...imag- ery analysis) was weak. Many were con- N sidered inadequate for planning national forest programs. Despite poor forest inventories and provided there is adequate ground truthing, vegetative and forest class mapping at scales as large as 1:100,000 (or larger) is possible with Landsat Thematic Mapper (TM) images. USAID and other assistance agencies are helping such states as Panama and Ho...

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Titus 1991 GreenhouseEffect CoastalWetlandPolicy USA SeaLevelRise EnvManagement v15n1 pp39-58

...Maine has found it easier to implement presumed mobility, in part, because the majority of coastal property owners are second-home owners and live in another state. Another group of nonvoters that might be “left with the bill” would be the generations of people who will own coastal prop- erty after the middle of the next century. Although that may seen unfair, these generations are, after all,...

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Roy Connell 1991 Climatic Change Future Atoll States JCR 7-4 1057-1075

...more frequent and intense than at present and, at this time, reef islets slowly increased in size. Island Ecology H believes that the trend reversed during the late Holocene and islands then slowly reduced Atolls are characterized by limited species in size. Regional studies to document island diversity, especially in comparison with high morphology, their size and location on atoll islands, wi...

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Kosrae Pacific Islands Sustainable Development Study Colby 1993

KOSRAE/PACIFIC ISLANDS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT STUDY REPORT July, 1993 This report was funded in part through a cooperative agreement with the Pacific Island Network, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and the University of Hawaii a Grant Extension Service. The views expressed herein are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the participating agencies...

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Tiempo Issue22 1996-12 RenewableEnergy GHG Poland AlJ RegionalClimate Biodiversity Desertification

...0.45 m¥/day, 630-970 kWh/ycar. Energy estimates arc for animals kept in a stable all year and have been reduced by 20 per cent to account for biogas process heat. Wind In sufficiently windy arcas where little conflict exists with human scttiements (noise) or natural life (bird protection arcas), the wind is one of the most environmentally-benign energy sources. The energy in the wind is high...

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TIEMPO Issue3 1991-11 CentralAmerica UNCED GATT Africa WRI China GlobalWarming ThirdWorld

...of 1980s, these banks approved US$5 to 6 diversity at local level. The case for billion each year in energy loans; however, African Alternatives (IFAA) and is smallholder tree-growing communities can less than 1% of it was for improvements in head of its Environment Unit. “The high road towards sustainable development” Mohamed T El-Ashry has recently been appointed to the challenging position...

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Kozloff Shobowale 1994 WRI Rethinking Development Assistance for Renewable Electricity

...Estimated costs range from 4.4 to 8.1 cents per KWh. The potential from stand-alone power plants fed by biomass plantations ranges from 735 TWh a year to 1,400 TWh a year. CHESF's parent company, ELECTROBRAS, has approved the sale of electricity from the demonstration plant (Carpentieri et al,, 1992). While much of the initial equipment will be imported, the project addresses institutional ca-...

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Dower Zimmerman 1992 WRI Right Climate for Carbon Taxes Economic Incentives

...By contrast, regula- tions (such as fuel-use requirements) dictate choices or at least minimum choices that might not other- wise be made in the market.!® Because they do not give producers and consumers much flexibility to adopt alternative control options, regulations rarely help industries identify the most inexpensive reduc- tions. Further, regulations are unlikely to be compre- hensive: i...

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