Environmental Services of Agroforestry Systems

Yale University, Florencia Montagnini

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CRC Press Inc
22 March 2006

Conservation of the environment; Deforestation; Global warming; Forestry & silviculture: practice & techniques

Get cutting-edge agroforestry research and data

Deforestation and the rampant use of fossil fuels are major contributors to increases in atmospheric carbon dioxide and are enormous influences on global warming. Agroforestry systems and tree plantations can help mitigate the resulting climate change and degradation of biodiversity and accelerating climate change. Environmental Services of Agroforestry Systems addresses these global concerns with an essential collection of presentations on biodiversity and climate change from the First World Congress in Agroforestry (Orlando, Florida, 2004). Respected experts discuss the latest research and data on how agroforestry systems can help solve environmental problems through carbon sequestration and biodiversity conservation.

Years ago, agroforestry's environmental benefits were mainly seen as being soil amelioration, erosion control, microclimate control, and the alleviation of the effects of drought in semiarid areas. Environmental Services of Agroforestry Systems goes beyond the regional considerations of years past to focus on the challenges of today's most pressing global environmental concerns. The contributors describe the latest research and concepts in agroforestry systems, reforestation efforts, soils, vegetation, and agriculture while reviewing their economic aspects. Incentives for reforestation and agroforestry are explored in detail. Each chapter is carefully referenced and includes tables to clarify ideas and data.

Environmental Services of Agroforestry Systems addresses:

advantages of mixed-species plantations

tropical pasture and silvo-pastoral systems

tropical forest ecosystem management

research on the economic feasibility of various land-use systems

socio-economic considerations of coffee-growing ecosystems

agroforestry systems in Costa Rica

Environmental Services of Agroforestry Systems is essential reading for researchers and scientists, as well as professionals in agroforestry, forestry, soils, global change, climate change, and environmental studies, educators, and graduate and undergraduate students.

By: Yale University, Florencia Montagnini
Imprint: CRC Press Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 15mm
Weight: 408g
ISBN: 9781560221302
ISBN 10: 1560221305
Pages: 148
Publication Date: 22 March 2006
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational , A / AS level , Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Yale University, Florencia Montagnini