This book provides a basic guideline for ecologic organic gardening in tropical and subtropical climate BE ONE STEP AHEAD OF THE OTHERS with an author who knows what he is talking about. Dr. Pfaff unveils the basic secrets of successful horticulture and agriculture in tropical and subtropical climate. As the title hints at it you will find in this booklet about THE BASICS OF ECOLOGIC ORGANIC GARDENING IN THE TROPICS the information you need to successfully run a small self-sufficient garden or to manage a profitable ecologic organic agricultural operation. After the lecture you will have a lot of new essential information, insights and ideas that you won't find in this concentrated way in any other script. This booklet may be the foundation of your personal success story. Just a personal tip from the author: Keep a diary to note all your observations and if something doesn't work out the way you tried it, change the strategy and compare the results. There is always a way to improve. Don't worry if sometimes things don't work out as planned. There are so many factors involved and you can control only the basic ones. But if you are open to observe the nature and learn continuously and if you use healthy seeds and saplings and cling to the basic rules mentioned in this brochure your work will be crowned with success. By learning this way you find your best strategy to have positive results. Once you are there, never change a winning strategy you developed!

Environmentally Sustainable Development Studies and Monographs Series No. 19. Five years have passed since the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, better known as the Rio Earth Summit. Almost all the countries of the world attended the conference and committed themselves to the policies and programs laid out in Agenda 21, the action plan of the summit. The World Bank and other international agencies have sought to be active partners in implementing the agenda. This report is part of the Bank's current efforts to review the progress made over the past five years and to make plans for improved effectiveness for the future. The paper is divided into two parts. Part I looks at the broad picture, assessing some of the large challenges for the future and outlining thematic principles. Part II provides concise reviews of the majority of the chapters of Agenda 21 and relates them to the standpoint of Bank activities.