Biodiversity and the Ecosystem Approach in Agriculture Forestry and Fisheries

Type

Book

Authors

United Nations

ISBN 10

9251049173

ISBN 13

9789251049174

Tags

Economic Policy & Development, Engineering, Agronomy, Economic Policy, Agriculture, Public Policy

Description

This document contains the proceedings of a meeting of the Food and Agricultural Organization’s Inter-Departmental Working Group on Biological Diversity for Food and Agriculture, held in October 2002, in Rome. The meeting aimed to improve awareness of the importance of biological diversity and to support the ecosystem approach to all types of production systems. Presentations and discussions covered grasslands in South Africa, mahogany forests in Mexico, rice ecology in Asia and organic agriculture systems around the world. - from Amzon

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