Biodiversity: A Reference HandbookCurrent threats to biodiversity, extinction of species, and major changes in human behavior that experts think are needed to conserve existing biodiversity are all addressed. Successful examples of biodiversity conservation provide a hopeful conclusion for the book. Filled with data, anecdotes, and examples, Biodiversity will capture the interest of a variety of readers from students to scientists. |
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Page 38
... farmers to let fields lie fallow to reduce crop sur- pluses , now pays farmers to allow less productive yet ecologically valuable sections of their farms to return to a natural state . The World Conservation Union ( IUCN ) is active ...
... farmers to let fields lie fallow to reduce crop sur- pluses , now pays farmers to allow less productive yet ecologically valuable sections of their farms to return to a natural state . The World Conservation Union ( IUCN ) is active ...
Page 87
... Farmers may care about the quality of a plant stalk for fodder . Or they may have bred drought or pest resistance into a crop over generations . Farmers using commercially bred seeds lose the side benefits of their traditional varieties ...
... Farmers may care about the quality of a plant stalk for fodder . Or they may have bred drought or pest resistance into a crop over generations . Farmers using commercially bred seeds lose the side benefits of their traditional varieties ...
Page 155
... farmers can ensure continuously high productivity of their land , they will not follow the environmentally destructive pattern com- mon throughout the world : inappropriate farming techniques ruin land ; ruined land forces farmers to ...
... farmers can ensure continuously high productivity of their land , they will not follow the environmentally destructive pattern com- mon throughout the world : inappropriate farming techniques ruin land ; ruined land forces farmers to ...
Contents
Chronology | 53 |
Biographical Sketches | 71 |
Statistics Illustrations and Documents | 91 |
Copyright | |
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