This book presents various aspects of agroforestry research and development, as well as the latest trends in degraded landscape management. Over the last four decades, agroforestry research (particularly on degraded landscapes) has evolved into an essential problem-solving scien…
Holzeinschlag, Ölpalmplantagen und Bergbau haben in den letzten dreißig Jahren den Tieflandregenwald Ost-Kalimantans auf wenige Schutzgebiete reduziert. Neben einer einmaligen biologischen Artenvielfalt gingen damit auch unzählige Waldgärten indigener Gemeinschaften unwiederbrin…
"This volume, Climate Change and Agroforestry System: Adaptation and Mitigation Strategies, addresses the burning issues of the impact of climate change, the alteration of environmental quality, and subsequent mitigation and adaptation strategies through various agroecosystem pr…
"This book, Agroforestry and Climate Change: Issues and Challenges, addresses the diverse issues of climate change and how agroforestry systems can be effectively utilized to minimize these impacts and enhance sustainability. The volume begins by describing the recent understand…
Land frontiers in the Brazilian Amazon continue to be dominated by the expansion of cattle ranching and large-scale deforestation events. Theory on smallholder agriculture argues that the agroecological intensification of land use—which would counteract land extensive speculatio…
An ethnobotanical case study and market availability analysis of moringa (Moringa oleifera Lam.) was conducted in Senegal from June 28 to August 31, 2011. In light of the alarmingly high rates of anemia in Senegal, moringa leaf samples were collected in all 14 regions of the cou…
Monitoring forest cover changes and carbon content at regional and global level by using remote sensing has advanced significantly for closed humid tropical forests, and several methods have been developed. On the other hand monitoring of cover and carbon for semi-arid savannas …
Damar agroforest is an agroforest system in which damar trees (Shorea javanica) are planted as a main species. A study on damar agroforests was conducted in Pesisir areas (Krui), West Lampung, Indonesia, to determine the changes of tree species composition over time, the relatio…
Agroforestry parklands are agroforestry systems where trees are mixed with crops on the same unit of land. These tree-crop associations can have a positive, a negative or no effect on the soil or on the growth and yield of the plants. Foliar biomass production of the tree, Cordy…
Des traitements par la scarification mecanique et chimique, le trempage dans l'eau et leurs combinaisons appliques aux semences de palmier doum (Hyphaene thebaica Mart.) frai chement recoltees des ecozones du Nord, du Centre et du Sud de la vallee du fleuve Niger, le meilleur ta…
Oil palm (Elaeis guineensis) is a uniquely valuable palm as source of low-cost vegetable oil. However, the success and method of its expansion (monoculture plantation) especially in biodiversity-rich Indonesia and Malaysia have made it one of the most controversial crops of the …
Agroforestry seeks to balance protection of forest resources, the exploitation of the ecosystem services that trees can contribute to agriculture and the role of agroforestry in diversifying the range of agricultural products and markets. This volume reviews the latest research …
Agroforestry seeks to balance protection of forest resources, the exploitation of the ecosystem services that trees can contribute to agriculture and the role of agroforestry in diversifying the range of agricultural products and markets. This volume reviews the latest research …
"This volume, Climate Change and Agroforestry System: Adaptation and Mitigation Strategies, addresses the burning issues of the impact of climate change, the alteration of environmental quality, and subsequent mitigation and adaptation strategies through various agroecosystem pr…
Climate change and agroforestry systems