Family Farms and the Conservation of Agrobiodiversity in Cuba

1. The Cuban Archipelago: Biological diversity, ecosystems and landscapes

Jose Manuel Guzman Menendez

2. The System of National Reserves in Cuba: Conserving biodiversity and ecosystem services

Carlos Gallardo Toirac, Augusto de Jesus Martinez Zorrilla, Jose Augusto Valdes Perez and Dalia Salabarria Fernandez

3. The western mountains: The Sierra del Rosario Biosphere Reserve

Fidel Hernandez Figueroa, Jorge Luis Zamora Martin and Damaysa Arzola Delgado

4. The eastern mountains: Cuchillas del Toa Biosphere Reserve

Gerardo Begue-Quiala, Geovanys Rodriguez Cobas, Hayler M. Perez Trejo and Rey F. Guarat Planche

5. The lagoons: Peninsula de Guanahacabibes Biosphere Reserve

Lazaro Marquez Llauger, Jose Alberto Camejo Lamas, Osmani Borrego Fernandez and Lazaro Marquez Govea

6. On the edge of Sierra Maestra: Baconao Biosphere Reserve

Giraldo Acosta Alcolea

7. Nature's Matrix: The quality of managed and natural landscapes

Ivette Perfecto and John Vandermeer

8. The background of international projects on agrobiodiversity in Cuba

Leonor Castineiras, Tomas Shagarodsky, Pablo Eyzaguirre and Toby Hodgkin

9. Measuring farm environmental sustainability in the Sierra del Rosario Biosphere Reserve

Gaia Gullotta, Nadia Bergamini, Paola De Santis, Alejandro Gonzalez Alvarez, Jorge Luis Zamora Martin, Jose Manuel Guzman Menendez, Nicola Tormen and Enrico Ruzzier

10. Ecosystem services in agrobiodiversity and family farms: Indicators of social and ecological resilience

Alejandro Gonzalez Alvarez, Nadia Bergamini, Dunja Mijatovic and Yanisbell Sanchez Rodriguez

11. Family farms as innovative living labs in agroecology and transfer of knowledge

Madeleine Kaufmann, Alejandro Gonzalez Alvarez, Alberto Tarraza and Alessandra Giuliani

12. The conuco in Cuban agricultural systems and its contribution to agrobiodiversity

Alejandro Gonzalez Alvarez, Parviz Koohafkhan and Tomas Shagarodsky

13. Urban agriculture: A view from Cuba

Noel J. Arozarena Daza, Yanisbell Sanchez Rodriguez, Maribel Gonzalez-Chavez Diaz and Juan A. Soto Mena

14. Cuba's farming market: Opportunities for development

Michely Vega Leon, Luis Saez Tonacca, Jose Puente Napoles and Maribel Gonzalez-Chavez Diaz

15. Valorisation of products and services from Biosphere Reserves of Cuba

Maribel Gonzalez-Chavez Diaz, Michely Vega Leon, Luis Saez Tonacca and Yanisbell Sanchez Rodriguez

16. Voices of the farmers: Representations of sustainable farming and agrobiodiversity

Celia Cabrera Ibanez, Alejandro Gonzalez Alvarez, Lazaro Lorenzo Ravelo and Zoraida Mendive