While the world's attention is focused on controlling COVID-19, evidence points at the biodiversity crisis as a leading factor in its emergence, and the outbreak of many past emerging infectious diseases. Agriculture is a major driver of biodiversity …
The previous chapters discussed the constitution of 'the edge' and the diversity of people's activites in these areas in relation to its major defining characteristic; its proximity to wildlife conservation areas. This chapter shifts the attention to …
The amount of land in Africa that's set aside for animals is tiny, mybe 3% of the Africa, and before Peace Parks was dwindling, and could only go one way as population grew and grew. And yet, what is Africa? Africa is its animals... and that's the …
Global demand for agricultural products is expected to double in the next decades, putting tremendous pressure on agriculture to produce more. The bulk of this increase will come from developing countries, which host most biodiversity-rich areas of …
Global demand for agricultural products is expected to double in the next decades, putting tremendous pressure on agriculture to produce more. The bulk of this increase will come from developing countries, which host most biodiversity-rich areas of …
Zimbabwe’s Mid-Zambezi Valley is of global importance for the emblematic mega-fauna of Africa. Over the past 30 years rapid land use change in this area has substantially reduced wildlife habitat. Tsetse control operations are often blamed for this. …
We review agricultural impacts on biodiversity and the potential of conservation agriculture in developing productive and environment-friendly cropping systems. We then analyse experiences from two African landscapes of global importance for …