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guano

the white nitrogenous dried excrement, high in uric acid content, that is produced by birds and reptiles. Guano is a valuable fertilizer and has been extensively harvested from guano bird (cormorant) colonies in South America.

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The subject of this contract is the professional provision of investor supervision services for works related to the protection of the summer position of bats consisting in the construction of the guano platform in the oo monastery complex.

Investor Supervision For Works Related To The Construction Of A Wooden Platform For Guano In The Oo Monastery Complex. Cistercians In Szczyrzyc

However, some items, such as tagua (a nut from a South American palm used to make buttons) and guano (bird droppings used as fertilizer), were eclipsed by postwar technology but are making a comeback because of their sustainability potential.

Strange Harvests

Juana Maria Coha Gonzales en el Boletin de la Compania Administradora del Guano. Al Sr.

In Memoriam Doctora Juana Maria Coha Gonzales (1926-2017)

The reason certain experts tell us our money is not real is because the paper currency is not convertible or exchangeable by the government into a hard asset like gold, seashells, or bat guano. They say that this fiat money is created out of thin air because it is not 'backed' by a hard asset.

How 'real money' works

!Que enorme bola de guano! es como tres veces mayor a las que haces normalmente

LA FAMILIA PULGON

Bond eventually killed no by suffocating him in seabird and bat excrement, also known as guano.

HORSE PLAY Just for the fun of it

African penguins used to nest by burrowing into a thick layer of guano, or bird poop.

Picky Penguins: Biologists engineer artificial nests to protect rare African birds

Iniciando con la literatura sobre la teoria de la deuda soberana que ha existido hasta la actualidad, Vizcarra analiza el contexto de la deuda latinoamericana del siglo XIX; es decir, la etapa previa al boom guanero, para luego analizar la insercion del Peru en los mercados de capitales internacionales durante el auge del guano. Posteriormente, cuando sucede el fin de las reservas de guano, se detalla como el pago de la deuda externa peruana se vio interrumpida por la Guerra del Pacifico (1879-1883).

Deuda y compromisos creibles en America Latina: el endeudamiento externo peruano entre la independencia y la posguerra con Chile

Environmental Issues and Food Security in Guano, Ecuador

Cuestiones Ambientales y Seguridad Alimentaria en el Canton Guano, Ecuador

The light has the glisten of guano, I've heard, in caves,

Conditional Compassion

Later, I discovered cosmic inspiration in seagull guano right at my feet.

Artist Statement

While a book about dung may not be everybody's cup of tea, this represents a treasure trove of unusual biological detail that's packed with various details about droppings, from a dung identification guide that covers guano, frass, and scat to discussions of dung feeders, dung communities, and conflicts among dung harvesters.