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Sabkha Ecosystems - Volume IV: Cash Crop Halophyte and Biodiversity Conservation (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2014)
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Sabkha Ecosystems - Volume IV: Cash Crop Halophyte and Biodiversity Conservation (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2014)
Series: Tasks for Vegetation Science, 47
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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.
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