00937nam 2200361 450 991015770380332120230808201134.03-7345-8338-1(CKB)3710000001002414(MiAaPQ)EBC4776785(EXLCZ)99371000000100241420170213h20162016 uy 1gerurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierSchächterland /von Rob H. KoberHamburg, [Germany] :tredition,2016.©20161 online resource (107 pages)3-7345-8325-X Time travelFictionTime travel813.0876208Kober Rob H.1264051MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910157703803321Schächterland2963343UNINA04326nam 22007095 450 991101568180332120250703130241.03-031-87147-210.1007/978-3-031-87147-4(MiAaPQ)EBC32196001(Au-PeEL)EBL32196001(CKB)39578311000041(DE-He213)978-3-031-87147-4(OCoLC)1528357734(EXLCZ)993957831100004120250703d2025 u| 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierDrones in the African Battlespaces /edited by Wayne Stephen Coetzee, Dries Putter1st ed. 2025.Cham :Springer Nature Switzerland :Imprint: Springer,2025.1 online resource (225 pages)Southern Space Studies,2523-37263-031-87146-4 Warfare Reimagined: How Drones Are Shaping The African Battlespaces -- Towards A General Theory Of Unmanned Systems: A Critical Review Of Drone Typology -- Ruling The Skies: The Geopolitics Of Drone Proliferation In Africa -- Lethal Yet Limited: Evaluating Male Drones In Sub-Saharan Africa’s Conflict Zones -- France’s Involvement In Drone Warfare In Mali -- Exploring The Securitisation Of Drones In The South African MilitaryAn Eye Above The Water’s Surface - Drones In The African Maritime Domain -- Unmanned Aerial Systems And Violent Non-State Actors In Africa: Proliferation, Adaptation And Use -- Researching Drones In African Battlespaces - Broader Implications And Policy Recommendations.This book, a collaborative endeavour by experts from various disciplines, meticulously investigates the increasing reliance on drones in conflicts across Africa, delving into their geopolitical, tactical, and ethical ramifications. By emphasising African perspectives, it examines the distinct dynamics of the region, highlighting the interactions between state actors, non-state actors, and external powers. The contributions explore the proliferation of armed and unarmed drones and their deployment by violent non-state actors alongside the rise of indigenous drone manufacturing. Topics include counterterrorism, sovereignty, and regional stability. The analysis is enriched with in-depth case studies, offering a nuanced understanding of the tactical, operational, and strategic implications of drones in African battlespaces. The book underscores the potential of drones to address Africa's unique security challenges, such as irregular warfare and porous borders, while also raising ethical concerns related to surveillance, civilian casualties, and dual-use technologies. Drones in the African battlespaces provide a timely, comprehensive examination of how unmanned systems are reshaping warfare and security across the continent, inviting policymakers, researchers, and practitioners to critically engage with the implications of this technological shift for Africa’s future.Southern Space Studies,2523-3726Politics and warOuter spaceExplorationAstronauticsLaw of the seaInternational lawAeronauticsLaw and legislationAerospace engineeringMilitary and Defence StudiesSpace Exploration and AstronauticsLaw of the Sea, Air and Outer SpaceAerospace Technology and AstronauticsPolitics and war.Outer spaceExploration.Astronautics.Law of the sea.International law.AeronauticsLaw and legislation.Aerospace engineering.Military and Defence Studies.Space Exploration and Astronautics.Law of the Sea, Air and Outer Space.Aerospace Technology and Astronautics.355Coetzee Wayne Stephen1833727Putter Dries1833728MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9911015681803321Drones in the African Battlespaces4408692UNINA04678nam 22004933 450 991098588990332120250313080342.097827592393682759239365(CKB)36832447400041(MiAaPQ)EBC31954091(Au-PeEL)EBL31954091(OCoLC)1498267092(NjHacI)9936832447400041(EXLCZ)993683244740004120250313d2024 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierFrom Jungle Rubber to Rubber Agroforestry Systems History of Rubber Agroforestry Practices in the World1st ed.Versailles :Quae,2024.©2025.1 online resource (331 pages)Hors CollectionIntro -- Table of contents -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Rubber in the world -- The concept of agroforestry and agroforestry systems. -- Chapter 1. Definition and history of RAS -- Rubber in Southeast Asia from 1900 to 2023 -- The development of clonal rubber-based agroforestry plantations: a new challenge -- Chapter 2. Rationale for RAS and impact of agroforestry systems -- The need for improved rubber agroforestry systems (RAS) -- Main results of RAS -- Farmers in West Kalimantan and RAS -- Diversification of perennial crops to offset market uncertainties in West Kalimantan -- RAS case studies in southern Thailand -- Rubber versus other alternatives: what role for RAS? -- Changes in RAS patterns in West Kalimantan from 1994 to 2019 -- Chapter 3. RAS in the rubber world: current agroforestry practices in various countries -- Origin and development of RAS -- The key impact of shade -- The situation in South and South East Asia -- The situation in Africa -- The situation in South and Central America -- Double-spacing systems: an alternative system for full-sun species associated with rubber -- Timber species -- Conclusion -- Chapter 4. Expectations of RAS, impacts and contribution to current's main challenges in 2024 -- Agroforest cropping systems provide miscellaneous goods and services -- Impact on soils -- Adaptation to climate change -- Environmental concerns and externalities -- Interest of certification -- Rubber and oil palm -- Conclusion -- Conclusion and perspectives for the future -- Markets trigger agroforestry: the importance of understanding how income is generated in agroforestry -- Rubber production and sustainability -- A new political environment that accounts for environmental concerns -- Some innovative systems for the future -- The final word -- Bibliography -- Various sources of information.Photo gallery -- List of abbreviations -- Appendices -- List of authors.Rubber Agroforestry Systems (RAS) have been developed by local farmers in Southeast Asia initially through the development of jungle rubber. Jungle rubber is a very practical and easy way to develop at very low cost non clonal rubber plantations with forest regrowth, being then the main smallholding rubber cropping system until the 1950s. Later on, for political reasons, clonal plantations with better productivity were developed though national planting programs in Malaysia, Thailand and Indonesia. Today, most of the jungle rubber has disappeared or is not anymore tapped, replaced by monoclonal plantation. However, in some countries, some local farmers continue to adopt or develop agroforestry practices, basically associating rubber with various number and types of plants and trees in both immature and mature period, in order to increase global productivity at plot level and diversify sources of incomes to increase farms' resilience. In this book, we explain what has been the historical and societal conditions for RAS to develop in countries like Thailand and Indonesia and why there is a future for RAS in the current world with global economic uncertainty. The objective is to provide evidence of RAS interest and constraints in order to develop such systems in other countries. The book integrates various sources from the editor and associated researchers and students, written since 1994 and updated in 2024.Hors CollectionAgroforestryRubberAgroforestry.Rubber.678.2Penot Éric0MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910985889903321From Jungle Rubber to Rubber Agroforestry Systems4327214UNINA