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OverviewThe United Nations University project on People, Land Management and Environmental Change (PLEC) has used the traditional skills of smallholder farmers - for cultivating their crops, managing the soil, water and vegetation and maintaining their livelihoods in difficult circumstances - to produce this book. Arguably, these farmers have conserved and even created more biological diversity and more economically important species than all protected areas combined. The book draws on the experience of demonstration sites that are the farmers' own enterprises, combining superior production along with enhancement of biological diversity. It is based on work in 12 countries with more than 200 collaborating scientists and about 2500 collaborating farmers, showing how its authors perceive and quantitatively analyse agrodiversity, and how they work together with farmers. This book will be of interest to all concerned with sustainable development, global change issues and participatory approaches to conservation with rural people. Published in collaboration with the United Nations University. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Harold Brookfield , etc. , Christine Padoch , Helen ParsonsPublisher: Practical Action Publishing Imprint: Practical Action Publishing Dimensions: Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.510kg ISBN: 9781853394935ISBN 10: 1853394939 Pages: 304 Publication Date: 15 December 2002 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock  The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationProf. Harold Brookfield has been Principal Scientific Coordinator of PLEC from 1992 to 2002, and is a Visiting Fellow in at the Department of Anthropology, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies (RSPAS), Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200. Australia. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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