Written by leading international authorities from Australia, Europe, Japan, New Zealand and the USA, this book will be of interest to agronomists, horticulturist, crop production specialist, environmental physiologists and those concerned with global environmental issues. The Agricultural Outlook provides a medium term assessment of future trends and prospects in the major agricultural commodity markets of the OECD countries. The sixth edition analyses the major forces that will shape agricultural markets for the main temperate zone products up to the year 2005. This book provides the reader with information on market trends and commodity projections, shows how these are influenced by government policies and highlights potential pitfalls and uncertainties that may influence the Outlook. Tables provide detailed commodity projections to 2005 for production, trade, stocks and prices in OECD countries.
Ecosystems are communities of interacting organisms and the physical environment in which they live.
All these ecosystems produce a wide variety of goods and services, some of which have not been recognised or valued, but all of which sustain human life. Although only 25 pages, this synthesis of a full report due out in September, is a highly readable publication, packed with graphically and colourfully presented information. It would provide a most useful resource for any senior school, college or library. The report was produced in collaboration with UNDP, UNEP and The World Bank. Although public awareness of environmental issues has increased dramatically over the past decade, for the most part these issues have remained outside the mainstream of financial analysis and valuation that form the basis upon which investment decisions and corporate strategy are formulated.