When anthropologists interviewed Honduran and Nepali smallholders in the mid-1990s,
they were told that “Insects are a terrible mistake in God's creation” and “There's nothing that …

BACKGROUND Preventive management of locust plagues works in some cases but still fails
frequently. The role of funding institution awareness was suggested as a potential facilitating …

Water use demand has increased steadily in Canterbury, New Zealand, over the last 20
years resulting in insufficient water availability. Prevailing irrigation management strategies …

Invasive plant species are a global problem causing damaging ecologic and economic
impacts valued in billions annually and requiring agencies and local governments to …

The success of intervention projects in ecological systems depends not only on the quality of
a management strategy, but also how that strategy plays out among decision makers. Impact …

Material flows in manufacturing are the movements of materials through a defined route in a
plant for producing a final product. Material flow control (MFC) oversees the movements of …