Protected Landscapes and Agrobiodiversity Values
Title | Protected Landscapes and Agrobiodiversity Values PDF eBook |
Author | Thora Amend |
Publisher | Kasparek Verlag |
Pages | 144 |
Release | 2008 |
Genre | Nature |
ISBN | 3925064486 |
Presents twelve case studies from different parts of the world illustrating the role Protected Landscapes are playing in conserving agrobiodiversity and related knowledge and practices. This title includes a synthesis that focuses on the key lessons to be learned from these case studies
Protected Landscapes and and Agrobiodiversity Values
Title | Protected Landscapes and and Agrobiodiversity Values PDF eBook |
Author | Thora Amend |
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Release | 2008 |
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Protected Landscapes and Cultural and Spiritual Values
Title | Protected Landscapes and Cultural and Spiritual Values PDF eBook |
Author | Josep-Maria Mallarach |
Publisher | Kasparek Verlag |
Pages | 191 |
Release | 2008 |
Genre | Conservation of natural resources |
ISBN | 3925064605 |
Documents, using case studies, the non-material values that are to be found in protected landscapes.
Guidelines for Applying Protected Area Management Categories
Title | Guidelines for Applying Protected Area Management Categories PDF eBook |
Author | Nigel Dudley |
Publisher | IUCN |
Pages | 106 |
Release | 2008 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 2831710863 |
IUCN's Protected Areas Management Categories, which classify protected areas according to their management objectives, are today accepted as the benchmark for defining, recording, and classifying protected areas. They are recognized by international bodies such as the United Nations as well as many national governments. As a result, they are increasingly being incorporated into government legislation. These guidelines provide as much clarity as possible regarding the meaning and application of the Categories. They describe the definition of the Categories and discuss application in particular biomes and management approaches.
Agriculture, Biodiversity and Markets
Title | Agriculture, Biodiversity and Markets PDF eBook |
Author | Stewart Lockie |
Publisher | Earthscan |
Pages | 337 |
Release | 2010 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 1849774374 |
Debate about how best to ensure the preservation of agricultural biodiversity is caught in a counter-productive polemic between proponents and critics of market-based instruments and agricultural modernization. However, it is argued in this book that neither position does justice to the range of strategies that farmers use to manage agrobiodiversity and other livelihood assets as they adapt to changing social, economic, and environmental circumstances.
Protected landscapes and wild biodiversity
Title | Protected landscapes and wild biodiversity PDF eBook |
Author | Nigel Dudley |
Publisher | IUCN |
Pages | 104 |
Release | 2012 |
Genre | Landscape protection |
ISBN | 2831714702 |
Agrobiodiversity and the Law
Title | Agrobiodiversity and the Law PDF eBook |
Author | Juliana Santilli |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 347 |
Release | 2012-03-15 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 1136580026 |
A wide range of crop genetic resources is vital for future food security. Loss of agricultural biodiversity increases the risk of relying on a limited number of staple food crops. However, many laws, such as seed laws, plant varieties protection and access and benefit-sharing laws, have direct impacts on agrobiodiversity, and their effects have been severely underestimated by policy-makers. This is of concern not only to lawyers, but also to agronomists, biologists, and social scientists, all of whom need clear guidance as to the relevance of the law to their work. This book analyzes the impact of the legal system on agrobiodiversity (or agricultural biodiversity) – the diversity of agricultural species, varieties, and ecosystems. Using an interdisciplinary approach, it takes up the emerging concept of agrobiodiversity and its relationship with food security, nutrition, health, environmental sustainability, and climate change. It assesses the impacts on agrobiodiversity of key legal instruments, including seeds laws, the International Convention for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants, plant breeders’ rights, the Convention on Biological Diversity (regarding specifically its impact on agrobiodiversity), and the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. It also reviews the options for the implementation of these instruments at the national level in several countries. It discusses the interfaces between the free software movement, the ‘commons’ movement, and seeds, as well as the legal instruments to protect cultural heritage and their application to safeguard agrobiodiversity-rich systems. Finally, it analyzes the role of protected areas and the possibility of using geographical indications to enhance the value of agrobiodiversity products and processes.