Agriculture and Land Transformation. 2. Present Trends and Future Prospects
| Autor: | Antoinette M. Mannion |
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| Rok vydání: | 1997 |
| Předmět: |
Ecology
business.industry Natural resource economics 05 social sciences 04 agricultural and veterinary sciences Geography Land transformation Agriculture 0502 economics and business 040103 agronomy & agriculture 0401 agriculture forestry and fisheries Animal Science and Zoology 050202 agricultural economics & policy business Agronomy and Crop Science |
| Zdroj: | Outlook on Agriculture. 26:151-158 |
| ISSN: | 2043-6866 0030-7270 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/003072709702600304 |
| Popis: | Today, agriculture remains a major agent of land transformation, the nature of which varies considerably between the developed and developing worlds. Of particular significance is the transformation of tropical forest lands into agricultural lands. This is causing extensive loss of biodiversity which means a loss of potential benefits in terms of ‘goods ’, and possibly the impairment of ecosystem services. The latter has implications for global climatic change. Such trends will continue beyond the millennium as world population is set to increase from 5.7 × 109 now to 8.3 × 109 in 2025. Part 1 of this series—Temporal and spatial dimensions — appeared in Volume 26 No. 2. |
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