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Land use intensification : effects on agriculture, biodiversity and ecological processes / editors, David Lindenmayer, Saul Cunningham, Andrew Young

Secondary Author Cunningham, Saul.
Young, Andrew.
Lindenmayer, David. Publication Collingwood, VIC : CSIRO Pub., 2012 Description 1 online resource ISBN 9780643104082
0643104089 Contents note 1. Land use intensification: a challenge for humanity / David Lindenmayer, Saul Cunningham and Andrew Young -- Part A. General themes and principles -- 2. Combining biodiversity conservation with agricultural intensification / Teja Tsharntke [and others] -- 3. Managing biodiversity in agricultural landscapes: perspectives from a research-policy interface / Simon J. Attwood and Emma Burns -- 4. Intensive farming and its role in wildlife conservation: routes to squaring the circle? / Tim G. Benton Abstract There can be little doubt that there are truly colossal challenges associated with providing food, fibre and energy for an expanding world population without further accelerating already rapid rates of biodiversity loss and undermining the ecosystem processes on which we all depend. These challenges are further complicated by rapid changes in climate and its additional direct impacts on agriculture, biodiversity and ecological processes. There are many different viewpoints about the best way Edition in different support Edition in different support Edition in different support Topical name Land use - Environmental aspects
Agricultural landscape management
Conservation of natural resources - Economic aspects
Ecosystem management - Economic aspects
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS - Environmental Economics
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS - Green Business
NATURE - Natural Resources
Agricultural landscape management
Conservation of natural resources - Economic aspects
Ecosystem management - Economic aspects
Land use - Environmental aspects
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1. Land use intensification: a challenge for humanity / David Lindenmayer, Saul Cunningham and Andrew Young -- Part A. General themes and principles -- 2. Combining biodiversity conservation with agricultural intensification / Teja Tsharntke [and others] -- 3. Managing biodiversity in agricultural landscapes: perspectives from a research-policy interface / Simon J. Attwood and Emma Burns -- 4. Intensive farming and its role in wildlife conservation: routes to squaring the circle? / Tim G. Benton

There can be little doubt that there are truly colossal challenges associated with providing food, fibre and energy for an expanding world population without further accelerating already rapid rates of biodiversity loss and undermining the ecosystem processes on which we all depend. These challenges are further complicated by rapid changes in climate and its additional direct impacts on agriculture, biodiversity and ecological processes. There are many different viewpoints about the best way