Strategies and Tools for a Sustainable Rural Rio de Janeiro [electronic resource] /
Nehren, Udo.editor.
Schlϋter, Sabine.editor.
Raedig, Claudia.editor.
Sattler, Dietmar.editor.
Hissa, Helga.editor.
This book provides an overview of recent developments in land, ecosystem, and water management in Rio de Janeiro. The Brazilian State of Rio de Janeiro is one of South America’s most important cultural and economic centers and at the same time located in one of the world’s most diverse biomes, the Atlantic Forest or Mata Atlântica. Colonial exploitation of natural resources and modern urban and agricultural development has resulted in large scale deforestation and severe degradation of land and water resources. In the past years, efforts have been made to improve the socioeconomic and environmental status of the rural landscapes to secure rural livelihoods, to ensure food and water supply for urban areas, and to contribute to biodiversity conservation and ecological stability. This book provides a portfolio of strategies and tools for land and water management that were developed within the German-Brazilian research project INTECRAL in cooperation with the state program Rio Rural, as well as Brazilian universities and research institutions. It covers a wide spectrum from research to application at the science-policy interface and has a model character for other rural areas in Latin America and beyond. This volume will be a valuable resource for scientists, practitioners, policy makers, and graduate students in the field of environmental management and sustainable rural development.
Chapter 1. Rio de Janeiro: A State in Socio-ecological Transformation -- Chapter 2. Environmental History, Forests and Landscape Uses in Rio de Janeiro State -- Chapter 3. Sustainable Rural Development in Rio de Janeiro State: The RIO RURAL Program -- Chapter 4. The INTECRAL Project -- PART I: Agricultural Management -- Chapter 5. Soil and Water Management for Ecosystem Services Provision in Agricultural Landscapes: The Challenge of Monitoring -- Chapter 6. Spatial Patterns of Farmland Abandonment in Rio de Janeiro State -- Chapter 7. From Design to Implementation: A Participatory Appraisal for Silvopastoral Systems -- Chapter 8. Towards Good Agricultural Practices in Smallholders Dairy Production Systems from an Animal Welfare Perspective -- Chapter 9. Adequate Harvesting Technology for Small and Medium Scale Sugarcane Farmers in Rio de Janeiro: The “Cologne Solution” -- PART II: Ecosystem Management and Biodiversity Conservation -- Chapter 10. Integrating Biodiversity Conservation into Agroecosystem Management: Using Birds to Bring Conservation and Agricultural Production Together -- Chapter 11. Connectivity Conservation Management: Linking Private Protected Areas -- Chapter 12. Applicability of the German Hydromorphological Assessment Approach to Tropical Rivers -- Chapter 13. Use of Native Plant Species for Ecological Restoration and Rehabilitation Measures in Southeast Brazil -- Chapter 14. Use and Conservation of the Threatened Brazilian National Tree Paubrasilia echinata Lam.: A Potential for Rio de Janeiro State? -- PART III: Integrated Water Management -- Chapter 15. Water Security in Rio de Janeiro State -- Chapter 16. Analyzing Hydro-climatic Data to Improve Hydrological Understanding in Rural Rio de Janeiro, Southeast Brazil -- Chapter 17. Ecohydrological Modeling and Scenario Impact Assessment in Rural Rio de Janeiro -- Chapter 18. Reuse-Oriented Decentralized Wastewater and Sewage Sludge Treatment for Small Urbanized Rural Settlements in Brazil: An Environmental Cost-Benefit Analysis -- Chapter 19. A Tool to Assess Land Use Impacts on Surface Water Quality: Case Study from the Guapi-Macacu River Basin in Rio de Janeiro -- PART IV: Land restoration, disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation -- Chapter 20. Natural Hazards and Climate Change Impacts in the State of Rio de Janeiro: A Landscape Historical Analysis -- Chapter 21. Disaster Risk Management in the State of Rio de Janeiro -- Chapter 22. Ecosystem-Based Approaches for Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation in Rio de Janeiro State -- Chapter 23. Integrated Participatory Methodologies for Disaster Risk Reduction - Tools to Analyze Complex Systems through Participatory Processes in Brazil -- Chapter 24. Soil Degradation in Southeast Brazil: A Challenge for Restoration and Rehabilitation -- Chapter 25. Rehabilitation of Degraded Sloped Pastures - Lessons Learned in Itaocara, Rio de Janeiro -- Chapter 26. Multi-criteria Site Prioritization for Land Rehabilitation in the Guapi-Macacu Watershed, Rio de Janeiro -- PART V: Environmental governance and economic instruments -- Chapter 27. Evolution of Public Policies and Local Innovation in Landscape Conservation in Rio de Janeiro -- Chapter 28. Promoting Sustainable Agriculture, Boosting Productivity and Enhancing Climate Mitigation and Adaptation Through the RIO RURAL Program, Brazil -- Chapter 29. Promotion of Alternative Income Diversification in Rural Rio de Janeiro: Making Use of Innovation Resources -- Chapter 30. Regional Marketing Strategies for Sustainable Production in Rio de Janeiro State -- Part VI: Conclusions -- Chapter 31. Rural Rio de Janeiro: Over the Hills and Far Away?. .
This book provides an overview of recent developments in land, ecosystem, and water management in Rio de Janeiro. The Brazilian State of Rio de Janeiro is one of South America’s most important cultural and economic centers and at the same time located in one of the world’s most diverse biomes, the Atlantic Forest or Mata Atlântica. Colonial exploitation of natural resources and modern urban and agricultural development has resulted in large scale deforestation and severe degradation of land and water resources. In the past years, efforts have been made to improve the socioeconomic and environmental status of the rural landscapes to secure rural livelihoods, to ensure food and water supply for urban areas, and to contribute to biodiversity conservation and ecological stability. This book provides a portfolio of strategies and tools for land and water management that were developed within the German-Brazilian research project INTECRAL in cooperation with the state program Rio Rural, as well as Brazilian universities and research institutions. It covers a wide spectrum from research to application at the science-policy interface and has a model character for other rural areas in Latin America and beyond. This volume will be a valuable resource for scientists, practitioners, policy makers, and graduate students in the field of environmental management and sustainable rural development.
Environmental management.
Sustainable development.
Environmental geography.
Environmental Management.
Sustainable Development.
Environmental Geography.