Scoping Agriculture, Wetland Interactions : towards a Sustainable Multiple-response Strategy / coordinated and edited by Adrian Wood and Gerardo E. van Halsema. - Rome : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2008. - xviii, 155 p. : ill. ; 30 cm. + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.) - FAO water reports, 33 1020-1203 ; . - Water reports ; 33. .

"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.

Agriculture : wetland interactions. Exploring agriculture : wetland interactions : a framework for analysis -- Methods and sources -- Assessment of agriculture : wetland interactions across the case database --- Case studies. Small swamp wetlands in southwest Ethiopia -- Revitalizing regulating services : the Netherlands floodplan policy -- Oil-palm estate development in Southeast Asia : consequences for peat swamp forests and livelihoods in Indonesia -- Agriculture in tropical river basins : impacts on aquatic lagoon and estuary ecosystems -- Integrated rice and fish culture/capture in the lower Songkhram River basin, northeast Thailand -- Responses and guidance. Response scenarios -- From analysis to guidance.

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.


System requirements: PC; Windows 95/98/2000/Me/NT/XP; Adobe Reader; CD-ROM player.

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Land use--Environmental aspects.
Wetland agriculture.
Agricultural landscape management.

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