Author: Marko NieminenPublisher: Nordic Council of Ministers
ISBN: 9789291209859
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 92
Book Description
International Moth Monitoring Scheme
Author: Marko NieminenPublisher: Nordic Council of Ministers
ISBN: 9789291209859
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 92
Book Description
Entomologica Fennica
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Entomology
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
The journal will publish principally Finnish entomological investigations on ecology, faunistics, behavior and systematics of insects and other terrestrial arthropods.
Climate Change
Author: Juan A. BlancoPublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 9533074191
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 538
Book Description
This book offers an interdisciplinary view of the biophysical issues related to climate change. Climate change is a phenomenon by which the long-term averages of weather events (i.e. temperature, precipitation, wind speed, etc.) that define the climate of a region are not constant but change over time. There have been a series of past periods of climatic change, registered in historical or paleoecological records. In the first section of this book, a series of state-of-the-art research projects explore the biophysical causes for climate change and the techniques currently being used and developed for its detection in several regions of the world. The second section of the book explores the effects that have been reported already on the flora and fauna in different ecosystems around the globe. Among them, the ecosystems and landscapes in arctic and alpine regions are expected to be among the most affected by the change in climate, as they will suffer the more intense changes. The final section of this book explores in detail those issues.
Nature Monitoring Scheme
Author: Stella FromPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biodiversity
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
Nature Monitoring Scheme
Habitat Quality Indicators and Indices Based on Invertebrate Communities
Author: Publisher: Nordic Council of Ministers
ISBN: 9789289305662
Category : Habitat (Ecology)
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
Tree Defects
Author: Alex L. ShigoAgriculture Fact Book
Author: Monthly Catalogue, United States Public Documents
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 876
Book Description
Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 1194
Book Description
Report on monitoring schemes and data collection on biodiversity for food and agriculture in Eastern Europe and Central Asia
Author: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United NationsPublisher: Food & Agriculture Org.
ISBN: 9251350167
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
Biodiversity protection encompasses key aspects directly related to the sustainability of our food systems: BFA provides a diverse and heterogenous biological basis for diverse and resilient production systems, for the pollination of cultures, for increased diversity of food, and is strongly linked to local and indigenous knowledge on local crops and breeds acknowledged as cultural heritage. This study examines the existence of data collection, monitoring systems, and conservation initiatives as well as legislation and policies related to biodiversity for food and agriculture in the three following regions: (1) Central Asia, (2) the South Caucasus countries, Turkey, Belarus and Ukraine and (3) the Western Balkan countries and the Republic of Moldova. From this study, it appears that none of the three studied regions currently have any solid monitoring schemes for agricultural biodiversity, nor do they have a strong legal framework for protecting farmers’ rights to seeds that would allow them, amongst other things, to maintain biodiversity. Conservation actions, policies, and legislation generally concern wild biodiversity conservation (through habitat protection) and crop genetic resources conservation but rarely address biodiversity for food and agriculture or wild biodiversity loss caused by food systems. The three regional reports conducted in the framework of this study reported a general lack of capacities and a particularly low level of involvement of farmers and other food producers in monitoring, data collection, and conservation activities. The combination of these two major observations leads us to the conclusion that the governance of BFA should be transformed to put food producers at the centre of biodiversity monitoring and conservation, in dialogue with scientists and institutional actors. Their specific expertise must be acknowledged and valued in the efforts of preserving the biodiversity that they cultivate and sustain. Beyond this needed shift in the governance of monitoring activities, we highlight the necessity of a regional articulation of monitoring efforts and a specific focus on local threatened varieties and breeds (beyond habitat conservation), while very comprehensively considering BFA and wild biodiversity impacted by food systems. Regarding biodiversity protection, we recommend – in addition to farmer-centered data collection and monitoring system implementation – addressing the root causes of biodiversity loss, adopting a systematic approach in legislations, policies, and actions while supporting agroecology, and fulfilling international instruments that guarantee the rights of producers to grow and raise local varieties and breeds.