Agroforestry and Biodiversity Conservation in Tropical Landscapes - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1559633573 ISBN 13: 9781559633574

Publisher: Island Press, 2004

Synopsis

Agroforestry -- the practice of integrating trees and other large woody perennials on farms and throughout the agricultural landscape -- is increasingly recognized as a useful and promising strategy that diversifies production for greater social, economic, and environmental benefits. Agroforestry and Biodiversity Conservation in Tropical Landscapes brings together 46 scientists and practitioners from 13 countries with decades of field experience in tropical regions to explore how agroforestry practices can help promote biodiversity conservation in human-dominated landscapes, to synthesize the current state of knowledge in the field, and to identify areas where further research is needed.
Agroforestry and Biodiversity Conservation in Tropical Landscapes is the first comprehensive synthesis of the role of agroforestry systems in conserving biodiversity in tropical landscapes, and contains in-depth review chapters of most agroforestry systems, with examples from many different countries. It is a valuable source of information for scientists, researchers, professors, and students in the fields of conservation biology, resource management, tropical ecology, rural development, agroforestry, and agroecology.

About this title

About the Author:

Götz Schroth is with the Center for International Forestry Research in Brazil.

Gustavo A.B. Da Fonseca is with Conservation International, USA.

Celia Harvey is professor at the Centro Agronomico de Investigacion y Ensenanza in Costa Rica.

Claude Gascon is with Conservation International, USA.

Heraldo L. Vasconcelos is professor at the Federal University of Uberlândia in Manaus, Brazil.

Anne-Marie N. Izac is at the Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (CIRAD) in France.

About this edition

• Publisher: Island Press
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 1559633573
• ISBN 13: 9781559633574
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 575
• Editor: Schroth Götz, Da Fonseca Gustavo A. B., Harvey Celia A., Gascon Claude, Vasconcelos Heraldo L., Izac Anne-Marie N.