Integrating Agriculture, Conservation and Ecotourism: Societal Influences
Issues In Agroecology approaches this complex panorama of interrelated topics by presenting authoritative, comprehensive, and analytical reviews by leading scientists in all areas of agroecology worldwide. Authors for each review are invited and represent
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Issues in Agroecology – Present Status and Future Prospectus Volume 2 Series Editors W. Bruce Campbell and Silvia López Ortíz
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W. Bruce Campbell • Silvia López Ortíz Editors
Integrating Agriculture, Conservation and Ecotourism: Societal Influences
Editors W. Bruce Campbell Colegio de Postgraduados Campus Veracruz Veracruz, Mexico
Silvia López Ortíz Range Ecology and Management Colegio de Postgraduados Campus Veracruz Veracruz, Mexico
ISSN 2211-2405 ISSN 2211-2413 (electronic) ISBN 978-94-007-4484-4 ISBN 978-94-007-4485-1 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-94-007-4485-1 Springer Dordrecht Heidelberg New York London Library of Congress Control Number: 2012940848 © Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2012 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. Exempted from this legal reservation are brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis or material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the Copyright Law of the Publisher’s location, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Permissions for use may be obtained through RightsLink at the Copyright Clearance Center. Violations are liable to prosecution under the respective Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. While the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication, neither the authors nor the editors nor the publisher can accept any legal responsibility for any errors or omissions that may be made. The publisher makes no warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Foreword
Managing for sustainability is a necessary adaptive strategy Agriculture is a human practice that provides for human needs (e.g., Pretty 2008). Early forms of agriculture were rooted under natural conditions, and date back over 10,000 years (Rowley-Conwy 2009; Pringle 1998); practices which provided for the needs of the small human populations/settlements in existence at the time. Natural ecosystem services (e.g., pollination, regeneration of soil fe
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