Community Biodiversity Management : Promoting resilience and the conservation of plant genetic resources.

Community Biodiversity Management : Promoting resilience and the conservation of plant genetic resources.

The conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity are issues that have been high on the policy agenda since the first Earth Summit in Rio in 1992. As part of efforts to implement in situ conservation, a methodology referred to as community biodiversity management (CBM) has been developed by those...

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Main Author: De Boef, Walter Simon
Other Authors: Subedi, Abishkar, Peroni, Nivaldo, Thijssen, Marja, O'Keeffe, Elizabeth
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2013.
Series:Issues in agricultural biodiversity.
Subjects:
Biodiversity conservation > Citizen participation.
Sustainable agriculture > Citizen participation.
Plant genetics.
Biodiversity conservation > Citizen participation
Plant genetics
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Summary:The conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity are issues that have been high on the policy agenda since the first Earth Summit in Rio in 1992. As part of efforts to implement in situ conservation, a methodology referred to as community biodiversity management (CBM) has been developed by those engaged in this arena. CBM contributes to the empowerment of farming communities to manage their biological resources and make informed decisions on the conservation and use of agrobiodiversity. This book is the first to set out a clear overview of CBM as a methodology for m.
Item Description:Part IV: Agrobiodiversity, livelihoods and markets.
Physical Description:1 online resource (457 pages).
ISBN:9781136474873
1136474870
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.

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