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Agroforestry for Ecosystem Services and Environmental Benefits

Jose, Shibu(Edited by)
Part of the Advances in Agroforestry series
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Agroforestry systems are believed to provide a number of ecosystem services; however, until recently evidence in the agroforestry literature supporting these perceived benefits has been lacking.

This volume brings together a series of papers from around the globe to address recent findings on the ecosystem services and environmental benefits provided by agroforestry.

Specifically, this volume examines four major ecosystem services and environmental benefits: (1) carbon sequestration, (2) biodiversity conservation, (3) soil enrichment and (4) air and water quality.

Past and present evidence clearly indicates that agroforestry, as part of a multifunctional working landscape, can be a viable land-use option that, in addition to alleviating poverty, offers a number of ecosystem services and environmental benefits.

This realization should help promote agroforestry and its role as an integral part of a multifunctional working landscape the world over.

The book should be particularly useful to students, professionals, researchers and policy makers involved in natural resource management, agroforestry, biodiversity conservation, and environmental management. Reprinted from Agroforestry Systems, Volume 76, No. 1 (2009)

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Springer
9400730489 / 9789400730489
Paperback / softback
634.99
14/03/2012
Netherlands
264 pages, VI, 264 p.
210 x 279 mm