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This book presents a comprehensive overview and analysis of
mangrove ecological processes, structure, and function at the
local, biogeographic, and global scales and how these properties
interact to provide key ecosystem services to society. The analysis
is based on an international collaborative effort that focuses on
regions and countries holding the largest mangrove resources and
encompasses the major biogeographic and socio-economic settings of
mangrove distribution. Given the economic and ecological importance
of mangrove wetlands at the global scale, the chapters aim to
integrate ecological and socio-economic perspectives on mangrove
function and management using a system-level hierarchical analysis
framework. The book explores the nexus between mangrove ecology and
the capacity for ecosystem services, with an emphasis on
thresholds, multiple stressors, and local conditions that determine
this capacity. The interdisciplinary approach and illustrative
study cases included in the book will provide valuable resources in
data, information, and knowledge about the current status of one of
the most productive coastal ecosystem in the world.
Modern agriculture and food systems, including organic agriculture,
are undergoing a technological and structural modernization and are
faced with a growing globalization. Organic agriculture (OA) can be
seen as pioneering efforts to create sustainable development based
on other principles than mainstream agriculture. There are however
large differences between the challenges connected to, on one hand,
modern farming and consumption in high-income countries and, on the
other, smallholder farmers and resource poor consumers in
low-income countries. The point of departure is the increasing
globalization and the production and trade of food and fodder and
how this influences the role of OA. This book provides an overview
of the potential role and challenges of organic agriculture in this
global perspective, as seen from different perspectives such as
sustainability, food security and fair trade.
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