Contributions of biogeotextiles to sustainable development and soil conservation in developing countries: The BORASSUS Project

WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 106, Issue , 2007, Pages 123-141

  Fullen, M A ^a   Booth, C A ^a   Sarsby, R W ^a   Davies, K ^a   Kugan, R ^a   Bhattacharyya, R ^a   Subedi, M ^a   Luckhurst, D A ^a   Poesen, J ^b   Smets, T ^b   Kertesz, A ^c   Toth, A ^c   Szalai, Z ^c   Jakab, G ^c   Kozma, K ^c   Jankauskas, B ^d   Jankauskiene, G ^d   Bhmann, C ^e   Paterson, G ^e   Mulibana, E ^e   Nell, J P ^e   Van Der Merwe, G M E ^e   Guerra, A J T ^f   Mendona, J K S ^f   Guerra, T T ^f   Sathler, R ^f   Bezerra, J F R ^f   Peres, S M ^f   Yi, Z ^g   Yongmei, L ^g   Li, T ^g   Panomtarachichigul, M ^h   Peukrai, S ^h   Thu, D C ⁱ   Cuong, T H ⁱ   Toan, T T ⁱ   Jonsyn Ellis, F ^j   Jallow, S ^j   Cole, A ^j   Mulholland, B ^k   Dearlove, M ^k   Corkill, C ^l   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c Research Centre for Astronomy and Earth Sciences of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences   (Hungary)

^d Kaltinenai Research Station of the LIA   (Lithuania)

^e AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^f FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^g YUNNAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^h CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

ⁱ VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Viet Nam)

^j UNIVERSITY OF THE GAMBIA   (Gambia)

^k Duchy Agricultural College   (United Kingdom)

^l UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

more..

Author keywords

Bioengineering technology; Socio economic development; Soil and water conservation

Indexed keywords

BIOENGINEERING; DEVELOPING WORLD; PROJECT ASSESSMENT; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL EROSION; STAKEHOLDER; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 38849100323     PISSN: 17433541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2495/ECO070131     Document Type: Article

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