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Agroforestry, the future of global land use / P. K. Ramachandran Nair, Dennis Garrity, editors.

Contributor(s): Nair, P. K. R [editor of compilation.] | Garrity, Dennis P [editor of compilation.].
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: Advances in agroforestry: v.9.Publisher: U.S.A School of forest resources and conservation c2012Description: xxi, 541 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9789400746756 (alk. paper); 940074675X (alk. paper).Subject(s): Agroforestry
Contents:
Introduction -- Agroforestry, Climate Change and Habitat Protection / Wangari Maathai -- Agroforestry for an Evergreen Revolution / M. S. Swaminathan -- Environmental Resilience and Agroforestry / Richard Leakey -- Climate Change and Agroforestry / Rajendra K. Pachauri -- Agroforestry and the Transition to the Future / Achim Steiner -- Agroforestry and the Future of Global Land Use / Dennis Garrity.
Global Perspectives -- Climate Change Mitigation: A Low-Hanging Fruit of Agroforestry / P. K. R. Nair -- Segregate or Integrate for Multifunctionality and Sustained Change Through Rubber-Based Agroforestry in Indonesia and China / Meine van Noordwijk, Hesti Lestari Tata, Jianchu Xu, Sonya Dewi and Peter A. Minang -- Integrating Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Through Agroforestry and Ecosystem Conservation / Johanna Matocha, Götz Schroth, Terry Hills and Dave Hole -- High-Carbon-Stock Rural-Development Pathways in Asia and Africa: Improved Land Management for Climate Change Mitigation / Peter A. Minang, Meine van Noordwijk and Brent M. Swallow -- Tree Domestication in Agroforestry: Progress in the Second Decade (2003-2012) / Roger R. B. Leakey, John C. Weber, Tony Page, Jonathan P. Cornelius and Festus K. Akinnifesi, et al. -- Policy Support for Large-Scale Adoption of Agroforestry Practices: Experience from Africa and Asia / Oluyede C. Ajayi and Frank Place -- Multifunctional Agriculture and Opportunities for Agroforestry: Implications of IAASTD / Roger R. B. Leakey.
Regional Perspectives -- The Future of Temperate Agroforestry in the United States / Shibu Jose, Michael A. Gold and Harold E. Garrett -- Agroforestry Research and Development in Canada: The Way Forward / Naresh V. Thevathasan, Andrew M. Gordon, Robert Bradley, Alain Cogliastro and Percy Folkard, et al. -- Past, Present and Future of Agroforestry Systems in Europe / M. R. Mosquera-Losada, G. Moreno, A. Pardini, J. H. McAdam and V. Papanastasis, et al. -- Agroforestry for Mine-Land Reclamation in Germany: Capitalizing on Carbon Sequestration and Bioenergy Production / Ansgar Quinkenstein, Dirk Freese, Christian Böhm, Penka Tsonkova and Reinhard F. Hüttl -- The Satoyama Landscape of Japan: The Future of an Indigenous Agricultural System in an Industrialized Society / Kaoru Ichikawa and Gregory G. Toth -- South Asian Agroforestry: Traditions, Transformations, and Prospects / B. Mohan Kumar, Anil Kumar Singh and S. K. Dhyani -- Agroforestry in the Amazon Region: A Pathway for Balancing Conservation and Development / Roberto Porro, Robert P. Miller, Marcos R. Tito, Jason A. Donovan and Jorge L. Vivan, et al. -- Mainstreaming Agroforestry in Latin America / Eduardo Somarriba, John Beer, Julio Alegre-Orihuela, Hernán J. Andrade and Rolando Cerda, et al. -- Land Health Surveillance: Mapping Soil Carbon in Kenyan Rangelands / Tor-Gunnar Vågen, Finn A. Davey and Keith D. Shepherd -- Gender and Agroforestry in Africa: Who Benefits? The African Perspective / Evelyne Kiptot and Steven Franzel -- Incentive Mechanisms for Smallholder Agroforestry: Opportunities and Challenges in the Philippines / Delia C. Catacutan, Rodel D. Lasco and Caroline D. Piñon.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part 1. Introduction -- Agroforestry, Climate Change and Habitat Protection / Wangari Maathai -- Agroforestry for an Evergreen Revolution / M. S. Swaminathan -- Environmental Resilience and Agroforestry / Richard Leakey -- Climate Change and Agroforestry / Rajendra K. Pachauri -- Agroforestry and the Transition to the Future / Achim Steiner -- Agroforestry and the Future of Global Land Use / Dennis Garrity.

Part 2. Global Perspectives -- Climate Change Mitigation: A Low-Hanging Fruit of Agroforestry / P. K. R. Nair -- Segregate or Integrate for Multifunctionality and Sustained Change Through Rubber-Based Agroforestry in Indonesia and China / Meine van Noordwijk, Hesti Lestari Tata, Jianchu Xu, Sonya Dewi and Peter A. Minang -- Integrating Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Through Agroforestry and Ecosystem Conservation / Johanna Matocha, Götz Schroth, Terry Hills and Dave Hole -- High-Carbon-Stock Rural-Development Pathways in Asia and Africa: Improved Land Management for Climate Change Mitigation / Peter A. Minang, Meine van Noordwijk and Brent M. Swallow -- Tree Domestication in Agroforestry: Progress in the Second Decade (2003-2012) / Roger R. B. Leakey, John C. Weber, Tony Page, Jonathan P. Cornelius and Festus K. Akinnifesi, et al. -- Policy Support for Large-Scale Adoption of Agroforestry Practices: Experience from Africa and Asia / Oluyede C. Ajayi and Frank Place -- Multifunctional Agriculture and Opportunities for Agroforestry: Implications of IAASTD / Roger R. B. Leakey.

Part 3. Regional Perspectives -- The Future of Temperate Agroforestry in the United States / Shibu Jose, Michael A. Gold and Harold E. Garrett -- Agroforestry Research and Development in Canada: The Way Forward / Naresh V. Thevathasan, Andrew M. Gordon, Robert Bradley, Alain Cogliastro and Percy Folkard, et al. -- Past, Present and Future of Agroforestry Systems in Europe / M. R. Mosquera-Losada, G. Moreno, A. Pardini, J. H. McAdam and V. Papanastasis, et al. -- Agroforestry for Mine-Land Reclamation in Germany: Capitalizing on Carbon Sequestration and Bioenergy Production / Ansgar Quinkenstein, Dirk Freese, Christian Böhm, Penka Tsonkova and Reinhard F. Hüttl -- The Satoyama Landscape of Japan: The Future of an Indigenous Agricultural System in an Industrialized Society / Kaoru Ichikawa and Gregory G. Toth -- South Asian Agroforestry: Traditions, Transformations, and Prospects / B. Mohan Kumar, Anil Kumar Singh and S. K. Dhyani -- Agroforestry in the Amazon Region: A Pathway for Balancing Conservation and Development / Roberto Porro, Robert P. Miller, Marcos R. Tito, Jason A. Donovan and Jorge L. Vivan, et al. -- Mainstreaming Agroforestry in Latin America / Eduardo Somarriba, John Beer, Julio Alegre-Orihuela, Hernán J. Andrade and Rolando Cerda, et al. -- Land Health Surveillance: Mapping Soil Carbon in Kenyan Rangelands / Tor-Gunnar Vågen, Finn A. Davey and Keith D. Shepherd -- Gender and Agroforestry in Africa: Who Benefits? The African Perspective / Evelyne Kiptot and Steven Franzel -- Incentive Mechanisms for Smallholder Agroforestry: Opportunities and Challenges in the Philippines / Delia C. Catacutan, Rodel D. Lasco and Caroline D. Piñon.

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