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  • The Dialectical Agroecologist

    de John Vandermeer, Ivette Perfecto ...
    This book examines contradictions within the fields of food studies and agroecology, from the differences between traditional and scientific knowledge, to habitat fragmentation and connection, monocultures versus diverse farming systems, pest regulation, and the rural/urban dialectic. Building and expanding on the work of Richard Levins and Richard Lewontin, who used the dialectical method in the ... Leer más

    $114.99 USD

  • Nature's Matrix

    Linking Agriculture, Biodiversity Conservation and Food Sovereignty

    de Ivette Perfecto, John Vandermeer, Angus Wright ...
    When first published in 2009, Nature’s Matrix set out a radical new approach to the conservation of biodiversity. This new edition pushes the frontier of the biodiversity/agriculture debate further, making an even stronger case for the need to transform agriculture and support small- and medium-scale agroecology and food sovereignty.In the first edition, the authors set out a radical new approach ... Leer más

    $62.99 USD

  • Ecological Complexity and Agroecology

    de John Vandermeer, Ivette Perfecto ...
    This text reflects the immense current growth in interest in agroecology and changing approaches to it. While it is acknowledged that the science of ecology should be the basis of agroecological planning, many analysts have out-of-date ideas about contemporary ecology. Ecology has come a long way since the old days of "the balance of nature" and other romantic notions of how ecological systems ... Leer más

    $84.99 USD

  • Biodiversity and Human Health

    de Jensa Bell, Bhaswati Bhattacharya, Michael Boyd, Mary Campbell, Eric Chivian, Paul Cox, Gordon Cragg, Andrew P. Dobson, Kate Duffy-Mazan, Robert Engelman, Paul Epstein, Alexandra Fairfield, John Grupenhoff, Dan Janzen, Catherine Laughlin, Tom Mays, Robert McCaleb, Katy Moran, David Newman, Charles Peters, Walter Reid, John Vandermeer, Anthony Artuso, Byron Bailey ...
    The implications of biodiversity loss for the global environment have been widely discussed, but only recently has attention been paid to its direct and serious effects on human health. Biodiversity loss affects the spread of human diseases, causes a loss of medical models, diminishes the supplies of raw materials for drug discovery and biotechnology, and threatens food production and water ... Leer más

    $49.99 USD

  • Coffee Agroecology

    A New Approach to Understanding Agricultural Biodiversity, Ecosystem Services and Sustainable Development

    de Ivette Perfecto, John Vandermeer ...
    Based on principles of the conservation and optimization of biodiversity and of equity and sustainability, this book focuses on the ecology of the coffee agroecosystem as a model for a sustainable agricultural ecosystem. It draws on the authors' own research conducted over the last twenty years as well as incorporating the vast literature that has been generated on coffee agroecosystems from ... Leer más

    $80.99 USD

  • Climate-smart production of coffee

    Improving social and environmental sustainability

    de Dr Juan Carlos Arias-Suarez, Dr Claudia Patricia Flórez-Ramos, Dr João Alberto P. Brando, Dr Luis Fernando Aristizábal-Aristizábal, Dr S. Daivasikamani, Dr A. P. Ranjini, Dr Zachary Hajian-Forooshani, Prof John Vandermeer, Dr Julie Flood, Dr Regina Carneiro, Dr Carlos H. J. Brando, Dr Marcilene F. A. dos Santos, Dr Cesar J. Fanton, Dr Renan B. Queiroz, Dr Laércio Zambolim, Prof Cláudio Pagotto Ronchi, Dr Gabriele Regio, Prof H. A. Jürgen Pohlan, Dr Marc J. J. Janssens, Dr Dennis José Salazar Centeno, Dr Juan Carlos Torrico-Albino, Mr Ruud Bronkhorst, Dr Álvaro Gaitán-Bustamante ...
    Series Libro 111 - Burleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Science
    Unique focus on achieving more resilient, ‘climate-smart’ coffee cultivationDistinctive agroecological approach based on improving cultivation through optimising ecosystem servicesComprehensive coverage of the value chain in coffee cultivation, from breeding to pest management and post-harvest practices ... Leer más

    $175.99 USD

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    Sustaining and enhancing a key ecosystem service

    Edición de Barbara Gemmill-Herren ...
    It is only recently that the immense economic value of pollination to agriculture has been appreciated. At the same time, the alarming collapse in populations of bees and other pollinators has highlighted the urgency of addressing this issue. This book focuses on the specific measures and practices that the emerging science of pollination ecology is identifying to conserve and promote animal ... Leer más

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  • Blessed Unrest

    How the Largest Social Movement in History Is Restoring Grace, Justice, and Beauty to the World

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  • Anthropocene

    A Very Short Introduction

    de Erle C. Ellis ...
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    The proposal that the impact of humanity on the planet has left a distinct footprint, even on the scale of geological time, has recently gained much ground. Global climate change, shifting global cycles of the weather, widespread pollution, radioactive fallout, plastic accumulation, species invasions, the mass extinction of species - these are just some of the many indicators that we will leave a ... Leer más

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  • Scientific Review of the Impact of Climate Change on Plant Pests: A Global Challenge to Prevent and Mitigate Plant-Pest Risks in Agriculture, Forestry and Ecosystems

    de FAOoftheUN ...
    Climate change represents an unprecedented challenge to the world's biosphere and to the global community. It also represents a unique challenge for plant health. Human activities and increased market globalization, coupled with rising temperatures, has led to a situation that is favourable to pest movement and establishment. This scientific review assesses the potential effects of climate change ... Leer más

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  • Anthropocene or Capitalocene?

    Nature, History, and the Crisis of Capitalism

    Edición de Jason W. Moore ...
    Series series Kairos
    The Earth has reached a tipping point. Runaway climate change, the sixth great extinction of planetary life, the acidification of the oceans—all point toward an era of unprecedented turbulence in humanity’s relationship within the web of life. But just what is that relationship, and how do we make sense of this extraordinary transition?Anthropocene or Capitalocene? offers answers to these ... Leer más

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  • Geomorphic Analysis of River Systems

    An Approach to Reading the Landscape

    de Kirstie A. Fryirs, Gary J. Brierley ...
    Filling a niche in the geomorphology teaching market, this introductory book is built around a 12 week course in fluvial geomorphology.‘Reading the landscape’ entails making sense of what a riverscape looks like, how it works, how it has evolved over time, and how alterations to one part of a catchment may have secondary consequences elsewhere, over different timeframes. These place-based field ... Leer más

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