Revolutionary Sudan : Hasan al-Turabi and the Islamist State, 1989-2000 / / Robert O. Collins, J. Millard Burr

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910450502003321
• Autore: Collins Robert O.
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Leiden; ; Boston : , : BRILL, , 2003
• ISBN: 1-280-46768-1; 9786610467686; 1-4237-1243-9; 90-474-0245-6
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (317 p.)
• Collana: Social, Economic and Political Studies of the Middle East and Asia ; ; 90
• Disciplina: 962.404
• Soggetti: Islam and politics - Sudan; Islam and politics; Islam and state - Sudan; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Preliminary Material / J. Millard Burr and Robert O. Collins -- Map / J. Millard Burr and Robert O. Collins -- Acronyms / J. Millard Burr and Robert O. Collins -- Preface / J. Millard Burr and Robert O. Collins -- Chapter One The Islamist Revolution / J. Millard Burr and Robert O. Collins -- Chapter Two Foreign Policy Initiatives / J. Millard Burr and Robert O. Collins -- Chapter Three The Return of Hasan al-Turabi / J. Millard Burr and Robert O. Collins -- Chapter Four The NIF Takes Charge / J. Millard Burr and Robert O. Collins -- Chapter Five The United States and the NIF / J. Millard Burr and Robert O. Collins -- Chapter Six State Sponsored Terrorism / J. Millard Burr and Robert O. Collins -- Chapter Seven The French Connection / J. Millard Burr and Robert O. Collins -- Chapter Eight The Islamic Conference, the Middle East, Europe, and Africa / J. Millard Burr and Robert O. Collins -- Chapter Nine The Plot to Assassinate President Mubarak and the Sudan / J. Millard Burr and Robert O. Collins -- Chapter Ten Searching for Friends, Surrounded by Enemies / J. Millard Burr and Robert O. Collins -- Chapter Eleven Arakis, Oil, and China / J. Millard Burr and Robert O. ; Collins -- Chapter Twelve The End of an Islamist Experiment / J. Millard Burr and Robert O. Collins -- Bibliography / J. Millard Burr and Robert O. Collins -- Index / J. Millard Burr and Robert O. Collins.
• Sommario/riassunto: This book investigates the objectives, activities, and a decade of success and failure by Islamist military officers and civilians to create the first Islamic government in Africa after the coup d'etat by Brigadier Omar Hasan Ahmad al-Bashir. It describes and analyzes the role played by Hasan al-Turabi in the Sudan, the world, and the revolutionary government from its relative isolation on the frontiers of Islam and the margins of the Arab World. It follows the activities of this ideological and activist leader of the revolution who used his influence as a charismatic Muslim scholar to precipitate an Islamic revolution until his downfall and expulsion from government in 2000 by those whom he had hoped to mold to his Islamist ideologies.

Climate change impacts on plant biomass growth / / Mohammad Ali

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910437951303321
• Autore: Ali Mohammad
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, : Springer, 2013
• ISBN: 1-283-63441-4; 9786613946867; 94-007-5370-5
• Edizione: [1st ed. 2013.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (117 p.)
• Disciplina: 632.1
• Soggetti: Plant biomass; Growth (Plants); Climatic changes
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents -- I. Introduction -- 2. Climate Change: What is in the Name -- 3. The Greenhouse Effect -- 4. Effects of Climate Change on Vegetation -- 5: Role of Vegetation in Reducing CO2 -- 6: The Carbon Balance in the Managed Forest -- 7. Short and Long Term Resolution -- ; 8. Environmental Regulations on Activities Associated with Enhanced Co2 Concentrations -- 9. Perspective of Climate Change in Bangladesh -- 10. Conclusions.
• Sommario/riassunto: Plant biomass plays a crucial role in environment and life. Except for its absorption of solar energy, the earth is a closed system; green biomass is the only part that captures, converts and allocates solar energy to other components and consumers of the ecosystem. Humans occupy almost all positions in the consumer chain, deriving food, fiber, fuel and fodder directly from green biomass and indirectly through other primary and secondary consumers of green plants. Hence, the performance of green biomass is important for smooth functioning of all components of the earth system and for the manner of human existence. This book defines climate change and describes the greenhouse effect, and goes on to discuss how increased levels of CO2 affect plant life. The author shows how vegetation can play a role in capturing carbon, discussing forest management in short- and long-term resolution of elevated CO2 levels. The description is enhanced by a chapter offering Professor Ali’s perspective on problems related to climate change in Bangladesh. Environmental changes are cumulative, multifarious, irreversible and borderless; and are likely to cause changes in site, climatic factors, nature and impact of diseases. The effects are more uncertain because different plants will react differently, and because soil conditions will change little over the same time span. Differential growth could change the competitive relationships of species, with resulting effects on community structure and abundance. The changes could be so abrupt and extremity laden that modern civilization cannot be sustained without international co-operation. No single nation has either the political mandate or economic power to combat climate change alone; the effort to combat change must be made global. Small and poor countries like Bangladesh, though having little influence on global climate change, would be most harmed; therefore, they should seek co-operation from the international community in joining in the campaign. This book offers a methodical explanation of our biomass-driven ecosystem, the undeniable uncertainties posed by the response of vegetation to changes in environmental conditions and the fact that humans everywhere have an interest, even an obligation, to cooperate in a global campaign to combat climate change.