Food Production and Nature Conservation : Conflicts and Solutions - Iain J. Gordon

Food Production and Nature Conservation

Conflicts and Solutions

By: Iain J. Gordon (Editor), Herbert H.T. Prins (Editor), Geoff R. Squire (Editor)

Paperback | 29 November 2016

At a Glance

Paperback


$138.13

Aims to ship in 7 to 10 business days

Feeding the world's growing human population is increasingly challenging, especially as more people adopt a western diet and lifestyle. Doing so without causing damage to nature poses an even greater challenge. This book argues that in order to create a sustainable food supply whilst conserving nature, agriculture and nature must be reconnected and approached together.

The authors demonstrate that while the links between nature and food production have, to some extent, already been recognized, until now the focus has been to protect one from the impacts of the other. Instead, it is argued that nature and agriculture can, and should, work together and ultimately benefit from one another. Chapters describe efforts to protect nature through globally connected protected area systems and illustrate how farming methods are being shaped to protect nature within agricultural systems. The authors also point to many ways in which nature benefits agriculture through the ecosystem services it provides.

Overall, the book shows that nature conservation and food production must be considered as equally important components of future solutions to meet the global demand for food in a manner that is sustainable for both the human population and the planet as a whole.

Industry Reviews

"This multi-author work aims to look across disciplines at the way food production, which for the most part in this book means farming, can be "reconnected to nature"... Many of the indidual chapters of this book are interestinig, informative and at times thought-provoking." - John Hopkins in The Bulletin of the British Ecological Society (March 2018).

More in Applied Ecology

Walden : Macmillan Collector's Library - Henry David Thoreau
The Botanic Garden : The world's greatest botanical sanctuaries - Ambra Edwards
Silk : A History in Three Metamorphoses - Aarathi Prasad

RRP $37.99

$33.90

11%
OFF
Australian Jewel Beetles : An Introduction to the Buprestidae - Geoff Williams
Saving Time : Discovering a Life Beyond the Clock - Jenny Odell
Regeneration : Ending the Climate Crisis in One Generation - Paul Hawken
The Crash of Rhinos - Ray Dearlove

$33.25

Getting to Know the Birds in Your Neighbourhood : A Field Guide - Darryl Jones
Intertwined : From Insects to Icebergs - Michael Gross

RRP $72.99

$54.25

26%
OFF
Ecofeminism : Women, Culture, Nature - Karen J. Warren

RRP $61.75

$58.75

Salad Bar Beef - Joel Salatin

RRP $66.50

$63.25

The Green Archipelago : Forestry in Pre-Industrial Japan - Conrad Totman
Affective Ecocriticism : Emotion, Embodiment, Environment - Kyle Bladow
The Global Casino 6ed : An Introduction to Environmental Issues - Nick Middleton