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BookletSustainable Agriculture for Biodiversity – Biodiversity for Sustainable Agriculture
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2018This brochure presents FAO’s work on mainstreaming biodiversity as a cross-cutting theme in the agriculture, fisheries and forestry sectors. It provides examples of on-the-ground activities and highlights relevant international mechanisms. It shows how biodiversity and ecosystems benefit people in countless ways by providing food, clean water, shelter and raw materials for our basic needs. Agriculture is a major user of biodiversity but also has the potential to contribute to the protection of biodiversity. Occupying more than one-third of land in most countries of the world, if managed sustainably, agriculture can contribute to important ecosystem functions. These include maintenance of water quality, erosion control, biological pest control and pollination. Our ability to benefit from ecosystem services in the future will depend critically on how we understand, value and manage them today, both within and outside agricultural production systems. To achieve this objective, the different sectors need to work together. -
BookletThe contributions of livestock species and breeds to ecosystem services
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2016Also available in:
No results found.Human beings benefit in countless ways from ecosystems. Ecosystems provide food, clean water, shelter and raw materials for our basic needs. Their internal processes regulate our environment and sustain future production. While landscapes – the visible manifestations of ecosystems – inspire our cultures and provide a home for wildlife and people alike, building blocks such as genes and chemical compounds provide us with tools for innovation and science. Together, these benefits are known as ecos ystem services. Directly or indirectly, they underpin every aspect of our societies. The brochure has the headers: The roles of livestock species and breeds, Provisioning services, Regulating services, Supporting and habitat services, Livestock’s cultural services and Understanding, valuing and incentivizing ecosystem services. Each chapter has sections on: Challenges, Did you know, and Useful actions. The brochure contains boxes and country examples. -
Book (stand-alone)Mainstreaming Ecosystem Services and Biodiversity into Agricultural Production and Management in East Africa 2016
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No results found.This Technical Guidance Document addresses the need for mainstreaming biodiversity and ecosystem services into agriculture, at the national level. More specifically, it is aimed to assist countries in developing and implementing their National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plans (NBSA Ps), to consider ecosystem services – and opportunities for their management – in agricultural production systems. Through an EU -funded project on “Capacity-building related to multilateral agreements (MEA s) i n AC P countries (Phase 2)”, this document focuses on the East Africa region, and provides concrete examples and cases primarily from Kenya. The intention is that this document provides practical guidance to countries for building institutional capacity for synergistic implementation of MEA s, and identifying opportunities for managing biodiversity and ecosystem services to reduce the use of chemical inputs. It considers issues at the technical, institutional and policy levels. This publication is a result of technical papers prepared by experts on specific topics related to biodiversity and ecosystem services in agriculture but also on social and cross-cutting dimensions such as indigenous and traditional knowledge.
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