Sabkha Ecosystems - Volume IV: Cash Crop Halophyte and Biodiversity Conservation (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2014)

Sustainable development is the key for the survival in 21st century. The natural resources are finite and cannot be used with impunity because we are the custodian of these resources and have responsibility to pass these to the next generation. This monumental task requires several major commitments and most important of them is to arrest population explosion which has already reached seven billion. Natural resources like air to breath, food to eat, and water to drink, and fossil fuel to maintain this life style are being overexploited. Unrestrained consuming culture will accelerate undesired situation. This situation will have more dire consequences in resource limited ecosystems like dry lands. Given the severe scarcity of water, ever increasing population and soil salinization out of the box solutions for the provision of food and clean energy is required to spare meager fresh water resources for conventional agriculture. This volume contains a number of articles dealing with halophyte ecology, bio-geography, ecophysiology, hyper-saline soils, biofuels, biosaline agriculture, biosaline landscaping, climate change mitigation, and biodiversity. It also contains the communication of innovative ideas, such as the research into floating mangroves, seagrass terraces, as well as a World Halophyte Garden containing all known salt-tolerant plant species. It is hoped that the information provided will not only advance vegetation science, but that it will truly generate more interdisciplinarity, networking, awareness, and inspire farmers, and agricultural and landscaping stakeholders to seriously engage in halophyte cash crop production in coastal hyper-saline areas.

General

Imprint:	Springer
Country of origin:	Netherlands
Series:	Tasks for Vegetation Science, 47
Release date:	October 2016
First published:	2014
Editors:	M. Ajmal Khan • Benno Böer • Münir Öztürk • Thabit Zahran Al Abdessalaam • Miguel Clüsener-Godt • Bilquees Gul
Dimensions:	254 x 178 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	339
Edition:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2014
ISBN-13:	978-9402406405
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > General Books > Earth & environment > The environment > General Books > Professional & Technical > Energy technology & engineering > General Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Life sciences: general issues > General Promotions
LSN:	9402406409
Barcode:	9789402406405

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