Integrating Agriculture, Conservation and Ecotourism: Examples from the Field

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Campbell, W. Bruce (Editor), Lopez Ortiz, Silvia (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2011.
• Series: Issues in Agroecology – Present Status and Future Prospectus, 1
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Medical research.; Agriculture.; Ecology.; Environmental management.; Nature conservation.; Sustainable development.; Quality of life.; Life Sciences.; Environmental Management.; Nature Conservation.; Sustainable Development.; Quality of Life Research.

Issues In Agroecology integrates agriculture, ecology, sociology, anthropology, environmental sciences, ethics, economics, rural development, sustainability, policy and education. The series approaches this complex panorama of topics by presenting authoritative, comprehensive, and analytical reviews...

Table of Contents:

• Foreword
• Acknowledgements
• List of Contributors and Biosketches of Editors and Authors
• 1. Agroecology – interpretations, approaches and their links to nature conservation, rural development and ecotourism
• 2. Organic compost and manufactured fertilizers: economics and ecology
• 3. Global perspectives on birds in agricultural landscapes
• 4. A review of ecosystem services, farmer livelihoods, and value chains in shade coffee Agroecosystems
• 5. Ecosystem services from smallholder forestry and agroforestry in the tropics
• 6. Sustainable development of an agricultural region - the case of the Allgäu, Southern Germany.