Social-Ecological Restoration in Paddy-Dominated Landscapes
With a focus on environmentally friendly rice farming, this unique book integrates both ecosystem and human dimensions of ecological restoration to provide strategies to promote sustainable agriculture and rural development. Paddy fields have multiple fun
- PDF / 10,716,129 Bytes
- 311 Pages / 439.42 x 683.15 pts Page_size
- 48 Downloads / 194 Views
Nisikawa Usio · Tadashi Miyashita Editors
Social-Ecological Restoration in Paddy-Dominated Landscapes
Ecological Research Monographs
Series Editor: Yoh Iwasa
More information about this series at http://www.springer.com/series/8852
Nisikawa Usio • Tadashi Miyashita Editors
Social-Ecological Restoration in PaddyDominated Landscapes
Editors Nisikawa Usio Center for Toki and Ecological Restoration (CTER) Niigata University Sado, Japan Institute of Nature and Environmental Technology (K-INET) Kanazawa University Kanazawa, Japan
Tadashi Miyashita Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences The University of Tokyo Tokyo, Japan
ISSN 2191-0707 ISSN 2191-0715 (electronic) Ecological Research Monographs ISBN 978-4-431-55329-8 ISBN 978-4-431-55330-4 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-4-431-55330-4 Library of Congress Control Number: 2014958758 Springer Tokyo Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London © Springer Japan 2014 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. 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. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. Front cover: A farmer endeavoring to remove agricultural pest insects using a basket in an organic rice paddy field in Sado Island, Japan (photo by Nisikawa Usio). Back cover: Left: A near-threatened Rana porosa porosa (Tokyo daruma pond frog) found in a rice paddy field adjacent to an earthen irrigation ditch in Saitama Prefecture, Japan (photo by Aiko Furuya). Center: Nipponia nippon (toki) resting on a tree branch in Sado Island, Japan (photo by Hiromu Nakatsu). Right: An endangered Rotala pusilla (mizumatsuba) growing in a rice paddy field in Tochigi Prefecture, Japan (photo by Aiko Furuya). Printed on acid-free paper Springer Japan KK is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Preface
Anthropogenic activities have led to dramatic loss of biodiversity and ecosystem services worldwide. Among various management practices undertaken to mitigate detrimental impacts on biodiversity and ecosystem services, land sparing and land sharing are two major land management approaches discussed in conservati
Data Loading...
