Agriculture & farming
Social Ecological Diversity and Traditional Food Systems
by Ranjay Kumar Singh, Nancy J. Turner, Victoria Reyes-Garcia & Jules Pretty
Description
This book draws on world-wide experiences and valuable lessons to highlight community-ecosystem interactions and the role of traditional knowledge in sustaining biocultural resources through community-based adaptations.
The book targets different audiences including researchers working on human-environment interactions and climate adaptation practices, biodiversity conservators, non-government organizations and policy makers involved in revitalizing traditional foods and community-based conservation and adaptation in diverse ecosystems.
This volume is also a source book for educators advocating for and collaborating with indigenous and local peoples to promote location-specific adaptations to overcome the impacts of multiple biotic and abiotic stresses.
The book targets different audiences including researchers working on human-environment interactions and climate adaptation practices, biodiversity conservators, non-government organizations and policy makers involved in revitalizing traditional foods and community-based conservation and adaptation in diverse ecosystems.
This volume is also a source book for educators advocating for and collaborating with indigenous and local peoples to promote location-specific adaptations to overcome the impacts of multiple biotic and abiotic stresses.
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Author Biography
Ranjay Kumar Singh, Central Soil Salinity Research Institute, Karnal, Haryana, India Nancy J. Turner, School of Environmental Studies, University of Victoria, Victoria, B.C., Canada Victoria Reyes-Garcia, ICREA and Institut de Ciencia i Technologia Ambientals, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain Jules Pretty, Essex Sustainability Institute and Department of Biological Sciences, University of Essex, Colchester, UK
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- Publisher NIPA
- Publication Date August 2015
- Orginal LanguageEnglish
- ISBN/Identifier 9789383305360
- Publication Country or regionIndia
- FormatHardback
- Primary Price 222.51 USD
- Pages320
- ReadershipProfessional and Scholarly
- Publish StatusPublished
- Original Language TitleEnglish
- Original Language AuthorsEnglish
- Edition1st
- Copyright Year2014
- Dimensions6 X 9 inches
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