Soil Agrodiversity – an Aspect of Farmers’ Management of Biological Diversity

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  • Michael Stocking
چکیده

Biological diversity in areas of land use (called ‘agrodiversity’ in the People, Land Management and Environmental Change – PLEC project) is not simply a function of the diversity of species and varieties of biota. Naturally, it does concern standard ecological biodiversity aspects (often termed ‘agro-biodiversity’ or ‘agricultural biodiversity’). Usually it is used to tell the tale of how modern agricultural systems are tending to reduce biodiversity to the detriment of habitats, landscapes, ecosystem functions and the goals of the Convention on Biological Diversity. However, agrodiversity also contains a ‘good news’ story that many small-holder farmers worldwide have been managing their land use to the better conservation of biological diversity, to the improvement of their biophysical environment and to the benefit of their livelihoods.

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تاریخ انتشار 2002