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Successful management of agricultural landscapes depends on the
recognition of the relationships between the processes and the
structures that maintain the system. The rapidly growing science of
Landscape Ecology quantifies the ways these ecosystems interact and
establishes a link between the activities in one region and
repercussions in another. Although science continuously yields new
environmentally friendly agricultural technology, the sustainable
development of a system will ultimately depend on a farmer's
ability to understand and utilize these advances. The results
presented in this book highlight the options for controlling
threats and present guidelines for the implementation of
environmentally friendly landscape management. Written by eminent
scientists in landscape ecology research, Landscape Ecology in
Agroecosystems Management provides a systematic evaluation of the
basic ecological functions of the agricultural landscape. It
presents a new approach to managing heat balance parameters and
evaluates the effectiveness of models for assessing land use
changes in rural areas. It also discusses the methods of evaluating
matter cycling in agricultural landscapes with emphasis on the
process leading to the diffuse pollution problems in ground and
surface waters. It reports studies that show how semi-natural
habitats maintained in the agricultural landscape constitute
important refuge for many plants and animals and thereby enhances
biological diversity in farmlands. Finally, it provides guidelines
for management of agricultural landscapes for sustainable
development of the countryside. The integration of agriculture and
the natural ecosystem in the landscape has recently become a "hot"
topic. The review of the achievements in landscape ecology
presented in this book clearly demonstrates that landscape ecology
is just passing through the threshold between the recognition of
various basic processes to being able to manage these processes to
achieve
Successful management of agricultural landscapes depends on the recognition of the relationships between the processes and the structures that maintain the system. The rapidly growing science of Landscape Ecology quantifies the ways these ecosystems interact and establishes a link between the activities in one region and repercussions in another. Although science continuously yields new environmentally friendly agricultural technology, the sustainable development of a system will ultimately depend on a farmer's ability to understand and utilize these advances. The results presented in this book highlight the options for controlling threats and present guidelines for the implementation of environmentally friendly landscape management.
Written by eminent scientists in landscape ecology research, Landscape Ecology in Agroecosystems Management provides a systematic evaluation of the basic ecological functions of the agricultural landscape. It presents a new approach to managing heat balance parameters and evaluates the effectiveness of models for assessing land use changes in rural areas. It also discusses the methods of evaluating matter cycling in agricultural landscapes with emphasis on the process leading to the diffuse pollution problems in ground and surface waters. It reports studies that show how semi-natural habitats maintained in the agricultural landscape constitute important refuge for many plants and animals and thereby enhances biological diversity in farmlands. Finally, it provides guidelines for management of agricultural landscapes for sustainable development of the countryside.
The integration of agriculture and the natural ecosystem in the landscape has recently become a "hot" topic. The review of the achievements in landscape ecology presented in this book clearly demonstrates that landscape ecology is just passing through the threshold between the recognition of various basic processes to being able to manage these processes to achieve desired goals. This transformation will result not only from the development of knowledge, but also by the change in nature protection paradigms. Whether you are researching, designing, or managing agroecosystems, Landscape Ecology in Agroecosystems Management is a "must have" book.
This book contains some of the papers which were presented at the
NATO Science, Environmental Security, Advanced Research Workshop on
"Implementing Ecological Integrity: Restoring Regional and Global
Environmental and Human Health" held in Budapest from June 26 to
July 1, 1999. All papers presented are summarized in the
Introduction and, in some cases, shorter versions are published. A
mUltidisciplinary core of American and Western European
participants had met over the preceeding years to discuss the
concept of ecological integrity. The term "ecological integrity" is
found in environmental policy documents but, generally, is not
defined. It competes with other recent terms, or environmental
narratives, such as "ecosystem health" and "sustainable
development" and also with older ones such as "conservation."
Therefore, it is deemed important not only to sort out the
definitions of these concepts but also to find out whether their
practical implications differ. Moreover, it was interesting to find
out whether participants from Central and Eastern European
Countries (CEEC) and, more generally, from NATO partner countries
would be, first, responsive to this concept and, second, would hold
different views of it. This explains the broad, albeit not always
consistent, range oftopics which are covered in this book. The core
group learned that CEEC and other NATO partners participants were
responsive to the concept but that they were less exclusive of
human influence.
This book contains some of the papers which were presented at the
NATO Science, Environmental Security, Advanced Research Workshop on
"Implementing Ecological Integrity: Restoring Regional and Global
Environmental and Human Health" held in Budapest from June 26 to
July 1, 1999. All papers presented are summarized in the
Introduction and, in some cases, shorter versions are published. A
mUltidisciplinary core of American and Western European
participants had met over the preceeding years to discuss the
concept of ecological integrity. The term "ecological integrity" is
found in environmental policy documents but, generally, is not
defined. It competes with other recent terms, or environmental
narratives, such as "ecosystem health" and "sustainable
development" and also with older ones such as "conservation."
Therefore, it is deemed important not only to sort out the
definitions of these concepts but also to find out whether their
practical implications differ. Moreover, it was interesting to find
out whether participants from Central and Eastern European
Countries (CEEC) and, more generally, from NATO partner countries
would be, first, responsive to this concept and, second, would hold
different views of it. This explains the broad, albeit not always
consistent, range oftopics which are covered in this book. The core
group learned that CEEC and other NATO partners participants were
responsive to the concept but that they were less exclusive of
human influence.
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Conserving Land, Protecting Water (Hardcover)
Deborah Bossio; Contributions by Frits Penning De Vries; Edited by Kim Geheb; Contributions by Line Gordon, Antonio Trabucco, …
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The degradation of land and water resources resulting primarily
from agricultural activities has had enormous impact on human
society. In order to alleviate this problem, an advanced
understanding of the state of our resources and the process of
degradation is needed. "Conserving Land, Protecting Water" includes
an overview of existing literature focusing on global patterns of
land and water degradation and discussions of new insights drawn
from successful case studies on reversing soil and water
degradation and their impact on food and environmental security.
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