Managing Biosecurity Across Borders

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Falk, Ian (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Wallace, Ruth (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Ndoen, Marthen L. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2011.
• Θέματα: Life sciences.; Science.; Agriculture.; Ecosystems.; Environmental management.; Development economics.; Life Sciences.; Environmental Management.; Science, general.; Development Economics.

This book works towards a strategy for managing plant biosecurity in complex contexts. Managing the risks that pests and diseases pose to plants of all kinds is a highly complex issue, made more so in an era where climate change is facing us on a daily basis. Borders between nations, regions and cul...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Frontispiece: Map of region
• Information: Profile of Eastern Indonesia
• Acknowledgements
• Foreword
• 1. Managing Plant Biosecurity across Borders
• 2. Policy and Legal Framework for Managing Biosecurity
• 3. Adoption of Local Knowledge in Regional Biosecurity Development: Papua Case Study
• 4. Crossing the Community – Government Border: The Case of Citrus Biosecurity Management in West Timor, Indonesia
• 5. Using a Community Approach to Foster Effective Biosecurity Practices Across Social Borders
• 6. Social Partnerships in Learning: Engaging Local, Regional and National Partners in Plant Biosecurity Management
• 7. Bridging Cross-Cultural Knowledge through a Bilingual Biosecurity Glossary
• 8. Knowledge Transfer through Bilingual Publications on Food Security and Biosecurity
• 9. Gender Issues in the Community Management of Biosecurity Eastern Indonesia
• 10. Accessing Local Knowledge to Achieve Economic and Social Sustainability. 11. Engaging Biosecurity Workforces through Mobile Learning and Technologies in Community Management of Biosecurity Research
• 12. A Strategy for Managing Biosecurity across Borders
• Glossary.