Land management

In this publication, a group of contributors look back at changes in the environment and land use over the centuries before trying to forcast where current events and trends are taking us. Their main purpose is to examine and consider what actions might be taken to ameliorate unwelcome trends and promote beneficial ones. The end product is an "Agenda for Action" recommending the kinds of policies and practices that would be likely to enhance the environmental qualities most valued by society."

Although anthropologists and cultural geographers have explored "place" in various senses, little cross-cultural examination of "kinds of places", or ecotopes, has been presented from an ethno-ecological perspective. In this volume, indigenous and local understandings of landscape are investigated to better understand how human communities relate to their terrestrial and aquatic resources.

Compartir un territorio no equivale a percibirlo de la misma manera. Por eso hay muchas formas de interpretar la realidad territorial, muchas aproximaciones sectoriales distintas. Este libro trata de mostrar la complejidad sistémica del territorio, por encima de reduccionismos o iteraciones. Expertos de muy diverso origen profesional reflexionan sobre conceptos emergentes que permiten ver sistémicamente, y sobre todo concebir holísticamente, un nuevo espacio para unos nuevos tiempos.

Esta publicación tiene por objetivo describir las herramientas jurídicas del ordenamiento argentino que podrían aplicarse a la conservación de la naturaleza en tierras de propiedad privada. Con esa finalidad, se describen algunos mecanismos jurídicos contemplados en la legislación nacional, tales como la servidumbre, el usufructo o el fideicomiso, y las posibles ventajas e inconvenientes que su aplicación podría generar a quien decidiera utilizarlas.

The term agrobiodiversity refers to genetic variability in plants, animals and micro-organisms of economic value. In the past, several thousand plants were used for purposes of food, feed, fibre, fuelwood, fertilizer and medicine. As agriculture advanced, the human food secruity systems began to depend not only on fewer and fewer plant species, but also on a small number of varieties. Such genetic vulnerability to pests and diseases as well as to soil and climatic stresses. At the same time, the habitats rich in biodiversity like forests were getting destroyed.

One of the world's greatest treasures is its land. To protect that land for the future, a group of dedicated environmental entrepreneurs is pioneering a new set of tools for land conservation deals. Drawing on his vast experience in both business and land conservation at The Nature Conservancy, William Ginn offers a practical guide to the latest innovations and a road map to the most effective way to implement the ideas.