Agriculture

This report explores the nature of agriculture-wetland interactions through the application of the drivers, pressures, state changes, impacts and responses (DPSIR) framework to 90 cases drawn from around the world. The report also discusses the role of wetlands in attaining the Millenium Development Goals, especially poverty reduction.

This publication is the proceedings for a satellite event on Biodiversity and the Ecosystem Approach in Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, held on the occasion of the Ninth Regular Session of the Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, in FAO, Rome, 12-13 October 2002. An informal presentation of the Satellite Event’s discussions and results was given on 16 October 2002. About 100 participants attended the day and a half event.

Leading companies in the primary natural resource sectors are setting more targeted and measureable enviornmental goals, which in regards to biodiversity-related risks, are increasingly framed as "No Net Loss" (NNL) or "Net Positive Impact" (NPI) goals. To date however, much of the experience in implementing approaches with explicit NPI goals for biodiversity has been in the extractives and infrastructure sectors.

Leading companies in the primary natural resource sectors are setting more targeted and measureable enviornmental goals, which in regards to biodiversity-related risks, are increasingly framed as "No Net Loss" (NNL) or "Net Positive Impact" (NPI) goals. To date however, much of the experience in implementing approaches with explicit NPI goals for biodiversity has been in the extractives and infrastructure sectors.

In response to the United Nations General Assembly resolution 2398 (XXIII), steps were taken by the Kenya Government early in 1971 to participate in the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment in 1972. In April 1971, a Working Committee on the Human Environment in Kenya was set up under the chairmanship of the Permanent Secretary for Natural Resources.

Water protection, food production, and ecosystem health are worldwide issues, and understanding the links between water, food production and ecosystems is important to the health of all three. This book shows how sustainable ecosystems are essential for water management and food production. It covers food security, the challenges and management of agroecosystems, and how to increase water productivity in agriculture.

Agrobiodiversity, which includes the diversity of plants, animals, fish, trees and microbes that are used directly or indirectly for food and agriculture, is the foundation of sustainable agricultural development. But demand has grown for new knowledge and skills to address the multifunctionality of sustainable agriculture and the interconnectedness of biodiversity, ecosystem functioning and human health.

This classic bestseller is a comprehensive guide to the roots of mass poverty, the social strains and political instability that turn one developing country after another into disaster areas or dangerous flashpoints. Harrison examines climate and colonialism, land hunger, population growth, malnutrition, disease and illiteracy, and these realities are brought home through dramatic first-hand accounts.