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Author | : Ivette Perfecto |
Publisher | : Earthscan |
Total Pages | : 257 |
Release | : 2009 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 1849770131 |
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Landscapes are frequently seen as fragments of natural habitat surrounded by a 'sea' of agriculture. But recent ecological theory shows that the nature of these fragments is not nearly as important for conservation as is the nature of the matrix of agriculture that surrounds them. Local extinctions from conservation fragments are inevitable and must be balanced by migrations if massive extinction is to be avoided. High migration rates only occur in what the authors refer to as 'high quality' matrices, which are created by alternative agroecological techniques, as opposed to the industrial monocultural model of agriculture. The authors argue that the only way to promote such high quality matrices is to work with rural social movements. Their ideas are at odds with the major trends of some of the large conservation organizations that emphasize targeted land purchases of protected areas. They argue that recent advances in ecological research make such a general approach anachronistic and call, rather, for solidarity with the small farmers around the world who are currently struggling to attain food sovereignty.Nature's Matrix proposes a radically new approach to the conservation of biodiversity based on recent advances in the science of ecology plus political realities, particularly in the world's tropical regions.
Author | : Ivette Perfecto |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 258 |
Release | : 2009-09-18 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 113657414X |
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Landscapes are frequently seen as fragments of natural habitat surrounded by a 'sea' of agriculture. But recent ecological theory shows that the nature of these fragments is not nearly as important for conservation as is the nature of the matrix of agriculture that surrounds them. Local extinctions from conservation fragments are inevitable and must be balanced by migrations if massive extinction is to be avoided. High migration rates only occur in what the authors refer to as 'high quality' matrices, which are created by alternative agroecological techniques, as opposed to the industrial monocultural model of agriculture. The authors argue that the only way to promote such high quality matrices is to work with rural social movements. Their ideas are at odds with the major trends of some of the large conservation organizations that emphasize targeted land purchases of protected areas. They argue that recent advances in ecological research make such a general approach anachronistic and call, rather, for solidarity with the small farmers around the world who are currently struggling to attain food sovereignty. Nature's Matrix proposes a radically new approach to the conservation of biodiversity based on recent advances in the science of ecology plus political realities, particularly in the world's tropical regions.
Author | : Ivette Perfecto |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 296 |
Release | : 2019-05-31 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 0429650280 |
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When first published in 2009, Nature’s Matrix set out a radical new approach to the conservation of biodiversity. This new edition pushes the frontier of the biodiversity/agriculture debate further, making an even stronger case for the need to transform agriculture and support small- and medium-scale agroecology and food sovereignty. In the first edition, the authors set out a radical new approach to the conservation of biodiversity. This is based on the concept of a landscape as a matrix of diverse, small-scale agricultural ecosystems, providing opportunities to enhance conservation under the stewardship of local farmers. This contrasts with the alternative view of industrial-scale farms and large protected areas which exclude local people. However, since then the debate around conservation and agriculture has developed significantly and this is reflected in this updated second edition. The text is thoroughly revised, including: a reorganization of chapters with new and timely topics introduced, updates to the discussion of agroecology and food sovereignty, bringing it in line with the current debates, greater coverage of the role of agroecology, in particular agroforestry, as an important component of climate change adaptation and mitigation, highlighting recent studies on the role of intensive agriculture in climate change and loss of biodiversity, and more attention given to the discussion of land sparing versus land sharing. By integrating the ecological aspects of agriculture and conservation biology, with a political and social analysis as well as historical perspective, the book continues to set a progressive agenda and appeals to a wide range of students and professionals.
Author | : Robert Michael Pyle |
Publisher | : Catapult |
Total Pages | : 289 |
Release | : 2020-09-15 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 1640092765 |
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Nature Matrix is a gathering of some of Robert Michael Pyle’s most significant, original, and timely expressions of a life immersed in the natural world, in all its splendor, power, and peril Nature Matrix: New and Selected Essays contains sixteen pieces that encompass the philosophy, ethic, and aesthetic of Robert Michael Pyle. The essays range from Pyle’s experience as a young national park ranger in the Sierra Nevada to the streets of Manhattan; from the suburban jungle to the tangles of the written word; and from the phenomenon of Bigfoot to that of the Big Year—a personal exercise in extreme birding and butterflying. They include deep profiles of John Jacob Astor I and Vladimir Nabokov, as well as excursions into wild places with teachers, children, and writers. The nature of real wilderness in modern times comes under Pyle’s lens, as does reconsideration of his trademark concept, “the extinction of experience”—maybe the greatest threat of alienation from the living world that we face today. Nature Matrix shows a way back toward possible integration with the world, as it plumbs the range and depth of experience in one lucky life lived in close connection to the physical earth and its denizens. This collection brings together the thoughts and hopes of one of our most widely read and respected natural philosophers as he seeks to summarize a life devoted to conservation.
Author | : Sir Norman Lockyer |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 984 |
Release | : 1920 |
Genre | : Electronic journals |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : John Martin Russell |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 588 |
Release | : 1898 |
Genre | : Bible |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Nature |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 310 |
Release | : 1871 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : |
Download Nature's Gifts Made Serviceable by Art and Industry for Mankind's Daily Use, Etc Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Author | : Alfred North Whitehead |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 220 |
Release | : 1919 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : |
Download An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Natural Knowledge Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Author | : American Museum of Natural History |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 442 |
Release | : 1911 |
Genre | : Anthropology |
ISBN | : |
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Comprises articles on geology, paleontology, mammalogy, ornithology, entomology, and anthropology.
Author | : American Museum of Natural History. Dept. of Vertebrate Palaeontology |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 748 |
Release | : 1915 |
Genre | : Paleontology |
ISBN | : |
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