Scoping Agriculture, Wetland Interactions
Subtitle: towards a Sustainable Multiple-response Strategy
By: coordinated and edited by Adrian Wood and Gerardo E. van Halsema
Series: FAO water reports -- 33; Water reports -- 33.
Publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Rome
Language: eng
Number of pages: 155
ISBN-13: 9789251060599
Subjects: Land use; Environmental aspects; Wetland agriculture; Agricultural landscape management
Description: Agriculture is identified as the main cause of wetland degradation and loss. Using a drivers, pressures, state changes, impacts and responses (DPSIR) framework to analyze 90 cases drawn from all parts of the world and all wetland types, this report assesses the character of agriculture - wetlands interactions (AWIs) and their impacts in socio-economic and ecosystem services terms. The report is a technical framework that is used to scope out the relevance and nature of AWIs, identify responses, identify opportunities and set out guidelines. The accompanying CD-ROM contains the DPSIR database and tutors.--Publisher's description.
Notes: "TC/M/10314E/1/09.08/2100"--P. [4] of cover.

CDROM contains database which has been used in the FAO Water Report no. 33 "Scoping agriculture-wetlands interactions. Towards a sustainable multiple-response strategy".

Includes bibliographical references.

System requirements: PC; Windows 95/98/2000/Me/NT/XP; Adobe Reader; CD-ROM player.
Table of contents: title: Agriculture : wetland interactions. Exploring agriculture : wetland interactions : a framework for analysis; title: Methods and sources; title: Assessment of agriculture : wetland interactions across the case database; title: - Case studies. Small swamp wetlands in southwest Ethiopia; title: Revitalizing regulating services : the Netherlands floodplan policy; title: Oil-palm estate development in Southeast Asia : consequences for peat swamp forests and livelihoods in Indonesia; title: Agriculture in tropical river basins : impacts on aquatic lagoon and estuary ecosystems; title: Integrated rice and fish culture/capture in the lower Songkhram River basin, northeast Thailand; title: Responses and guidance. Response scenarios; title: From analysis to guidance.