Sowing the Seeds for Sustainability: Agriculture, Biodiversity, Economics and Society : Proceedings of the Eighth Interactive Session Held at the Second IUCN World Conservation Congress, Amman, Jordan, 7 October 2000Rachel Wiseman, Liz Hopkins IUCN, 2001 - 133 pages Agriculture is one of the most important influences on biological diversity. Conventional agriculture has heavily contributed to reducing the diversity of ecosystems, species and genes, but it has also created new diversity. The eighth Interactive Session of the 2nd World Conservation Congress dealt with a broad spectrum of agricultural issues from around the world and examined the linkages between biodiversity, economy and society. This publication represents the opinions and issues raised by those participating in the Session, and it contains both the papers prepared by presenters and contributions from those unable to attend. |
Contents
Acknowledgements | 3 |
development programmes by Walter Lusigi | 22 |
Pasture Farming Strategy for Ecologically Sustainable Agriculture and Reconstruction of | 36 |
Farming in Wetlands | 51 |
Agroecosystem by Channa Bambaradeniya and J P Edirisinghe | 64 |
Farming in Temperate Zones | 67 |
Additional Contributions | 80 |
by Peter L Nowicki | 99 |
given by Zangliang Chen | 114 |
by Frank Schmiedchen and Harmut Meyer | 127 |
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