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Functional
agrobiodiversity: Nature serving
Europe’s farmers
15 March - A guidance book has been
prepared by the European Learning Network
on Functional AgroBiodiversity (ELN-FAB)
on how to integrate FAB into farming
practices.
The aim of this publication is to provide
insight into the concept of FAB, its links
to agricultural and biodiversity policy
and the opportunities offered for a more
sustainable agriculture and countryside in
Europe. Special attention is given to
natural pest control, pollination, soil
fertility, and disease control. It is
hoped that this insight will stimulate a
wider uptake of FAB measures across
Europe.
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Publication
in Environmental Science & Policy
Bianchi, F.J.J.A., V. Mikos, L. Brussaard,
B. Delbaere and M.M. Pulleman (2013)
Opportunities and limitations for
functional agrobiodiversity in the
European context. Environmental Science
& Policy.
To counteract the negative effects of
intensive agriculture there is increasing
interest in approaches that reconcile
agricultural production with the
conservation and sustainable use of
biodiversity and associated ecosystem
services. Integration of functional
agrobiodiversity (FAB) in agricultural
systems holds promise to meet these
challenging objectives, but requires the
generation, transfer and implementation of
tailor-made knowledge, and policy
development.
This article is available free of charge. Download
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AgroBIODIVERSITY
publication
Jackson,
L.E., Pulleman, M.M., Brussaard, L., Bawa,
K.S., Brown, G.G., Cardoso, I.M., De
Ruiter, P., García-Barrios, L., Hollander, A.D.,
Lavelle, P., Ouédraogo, E., Pascual, U.,
Setty, S., Smukler, S.M., Tscharntke, T.,
Van Noordwijk, M. (2012). Social-ecological
and regional adaptation of agrobiodiversity management across a global
set of research regions.
Global
Environmental Change 22.
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