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Forests and Food (Hardcover)
Christoph Wildburger, Bhaskar Vira, Stephanie Mansourian
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R1,168
Discovery Miles 11 680
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The importance of restoration continues to grow, and this book
integrates the restoration of forest functions into landscape
conservation plans. The global onservation organization WWF has
made forest landscape restoration a key topic and priority for its
environmental work. Due to the WWFs extensive global reach, and
together with is many partners and counterparts, it has acquired a
significant level of experience on the topic of forest restoration
at large scales. This book represents the collective body of
knowledge and experience of WWF and its many partners - which is
collected here for the first time and which will be invaluable to
all of those working in the field. This guide will serve as a first
stop for practitioners and researchers in any organization or
region and as a key reference on the subject. Along with concise,
practical information for a variety of specific systems and issues,
it gives many suggestions for further research.From the Foreword by
Chief Anyaoku, President, WWF International: Is it a sign of the
times that the Nobel committee chose to award the Nobel Peace prize
to Wangari Maathai for having planted 30 million trees? We believe
so...The 21st Centur
This collection features four peer-reviewed reviews on restoring
degraded forests. The first chapter reviews the restoration of
tropical forests, focusing specifically on forest landscape
restoration (FLR). It addresses the importance of implementing FLR
and provides two detailed case studies to demonstrate this. The
chapter concludes with a discussion on the challenges and
opportunities in taking FLR forwards. The second chapter considers
the importance of exploiting the genetics of tropical tree species
for the restoration of tropical forests. The chapter identifies and
reviews the available methods to measure genetic diversity and
suitability for future plantation establishment, including field
trials and molecular markers. The third chapter provides an
overview of ecosystem services delivered by tropical agroforestry
systems (AFS). The chapter reviews practical approaches for
trade-off analysis between ecosystem services and plant
biodiversity for better design (or redesign), as well as the
sustainable management of AFS. The final chapter discusses how
measuring, monitoring and managing the environmental impact of
plantation operations are key components in sustainable palm oil
production. The chapter examines the operational impacts of oil
palm cultivation on biodiversity, as well as how oil palm
production can be balanced to ensure forest conservation.
Forest landscape restoration (FLR) is a planned process that aims
to regain ecological integrity and enhance human wellbeing in
deforested or degraded landscapes. The aim of this book is to
explore options to better integrate the diverse dimensions -
spatial, disciplinary, sectoral, and scientific - of implementing
FLR. It demonstrates the value of an integrated and
interdisciplinary approach to help implement FLR focusing
specifically on four issues: understanding the drivers of forest
loss and degradation in the context of interdisciplinary responses
for FLR; learning from related integrated approaches; governance
issues related to FLR as an integrated process; and the management,
creation and use of different sources of knowledge in FLR
implementation. The emphasis is on recognising the need to take
human and institutional factors into consideration, as well as the
more obvious biophysical factors. A key aim is to advance and
accelerate the practice of FLR, given its importance, particularly
in a world facing increasing environmental challenges, notably from
climate change. The first section of the book presents the issue
from an analytical and problem-orientated viewpoint, while later
sections focus on solutions. It will interest researchers and
professionals in forestry, ecology, geography, environmental
governance and landscape studies.
Forest landscape restoration (FLR) is a planned process that aims
to regain ecological integrity and enhance human wellbeing in
deforested or degraded landscapes. The aim of this book is to
explore options to better integrate the diverse dimensions -
spatial, disciplinary, sectoral, and scientific - of implementing
FLR. It demonstrates the value of an integrated and
interdisciplinary approach to help implement FLR focusing
specifically on four issues: understanding the drivers of forest
loss and degradation in the context of interdisciplinary responses
for FLR; learning from related integrated approaches; governance
issues related to FLR as an integrated process; and the management,
creation and use of different sources of knowledge in FLR
implementation. The emphasis is on recognising the need to take
human and institutional factors into consideration, as well as the
more obvious biophysical factors. A key aim is to advance and
accelerate the practice of FLR, given its importance, particularly
in a world facing increasing environmental challenges, notably from
climate change. The first section of the book presents the issue
from an analytical and problem-orientated viewpoint, while later
sections focus on solutions. It will interest researchers and
professionals in forestry, ecology, geography, environmental
governance and landscape studies.
This book, published in cooperation with WWF International,
integrates the restoration of forest functions into landscape
conservation plans. The contents represent the collective body of
knowledge and experience of WWF and its many partners - collected
here for the first time. This guide will serve as a first stop for
practitioners and researchers in many organizations and regions,
and as a key reference on the subject.
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Forests and Food (Paperback)
Christoph Wildburger, Bhaskar Vira, Stephanie Mansourian
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R936
Discovery Miles 9 360
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Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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