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  • Routledge Handbook of Agricultural Biodiversity

    Series series Routledge Environment and Sustainability Handbooks
    The world relies on very few crop and animal species for agriculture and to supply its food needs. In recent decades, there has been increased appreciation of the risk this implies for food security and quality, especially in times of environmental change. As a result, agricultural biodiversity has moved to the top of research and policy agendas.This Handbook presents a comprehensive overview of ... Leer más

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    From Ecosystem Services to Spread of Disease

    de Scope ...
    Series series SCOPE Series
    Biodiversity Change and Human Health brings together leading experts from the natural science and social science realms as well as the medical community to explore the explicit linkages between human-driven alterations of biodiversity and documented impacts of those changes on human health. The book utilizes multidisciplinary approaches to explore and address the complex interplay between natural ... Leer más

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  • One Billion Hungry

    Can We Feed the World?

    de Gordon Conway ...
    Hunger is a daily reality for a billion people. More than six decades after the technological discoveries that led to the Green Revolution aimed at ending world hunger, regular food shortages, malnutrition, and poverty still plague vast swaths of the world. And with increasing food prices, climate change, resource inequality, and an ever-increasing global population, the future holds further ... Leer más

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  • The State of the World’s Forest Genetic Resources

    de FAOoftheUN ...
    The State of the World's Forest Genetic Resources addresses the conservation, management and sustainable use of forest tree and other woody plant genetic resources of actual and potential value for human well-being in the broad range of management systems. This report complements two other FAO flagship publications in the field of forestry, the annual State of the World's Forests and the periodic ... Leer más

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  • Rangeland Systems

    Processes, Management and Challenges

    Edición de David D. Briske ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book is open access under a CC BY-NC 2.5 license.This book provides an unprecedented synthesis of the current status of scientific and management knowledge regarding global rangelands and the major challenges that confront them. It has been organized around three major themes. The first summarizes the conceptual advances that have occurred in the rangeland profession. The second addresses the ... Leer más

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  • Organic Agriculture

    A Global Perspective

    With global revenue surpassing twenty-five billion dollars annually, organic agriculture is a highly visible and rapidly growing component of agricultural production. In Organic Agriculture: A Global Perspective, Paul Kristiansen, Acram Taji, and John Reganold, and their international group of contributors scientifically review key aspects of organic agriculture. At the intersection of research, ... Leer más

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  • Agri-Culture

    Reconnecting People, Land and Nature

    'Refreshingly fluent narrative, brimming full of stories and metaphors'Tim O'Riordan, University of East Anglia, UK'A great balance between storytelling and analysis which points to the critical need for gaining control over resources'Jacqueline Ashby, CIAT, Colombia'Full of supporting evidence and clear arguments'Norman Uphoff, Cornell University, US'A wonderful book, put together with such ... Leer más

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  • Mushrooms in Forests and Woodlands

    Resource Management, Values and Local Livelihoods

    Series series People and Plants International Conservation
    Many mushrooms - or the 'fruits of fungi' - are extremely valuable, wild-gathered products which are utilised for both their medicinal properties and as food. In many of the world's tropical and temperate forests, they are the primary source of income for the people who live there.These forests range from temperate woodlands and small forests to high altitude forests in the Himalaya and tropical ... Leer más

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  • Routledge Handbook of Ecosystem Services

    Series series Routledge Environment and Sustainability Handbooks
    The idea that nature provides services to people is one of the most powerful concepts to have emerged over the last two decades. It is shaping our understanding of the role that biodiverse ecosystems play in the environment and their benefits for humankind. As a result, there is a growing interest in operational and methodological issues surrounding ecosystem services amongst environmental ... Leer más

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    Since the 1960s, the world's population has more than doubled and agricultural production per person has increased by a third. Yet this growth in production has masked enormous hidden costs arising from widespread pesticide use - massive ecological damage and high incidences of farmer poisoning and chronic health effects.Whereas once the risks involved with pesticide use were judged to be ... Leer más

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  • Race to Save the Tropics

    Ecology And Economics For A Sustainable Future

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  • Ecological Sustainability for Non-timber Forest Products

    Dynamics and Case Studies of Harvesting

    Series series People and Plants International Conservation
    There is growing knowledge about and appreciation of the importance of Non-timber Forest Products (NTFPs) to rural livelihoods in developing countries, and to a lesser extent, developed countries. However, there is also an assumption on the part of policy-makers that any harvesting of wild animal or plant products from the forests and other natural and modified ecosystems must be detrimental to ... Leer más

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