Nature and Farming
Sustaining Native Biodiversity in Agricultural Landscapes
1st Edition
Published on 10. April 2013
460 pages
978-0-643-10659-8 (ISBN)
Description
Conserving and enhancing native biodiversity on farms brings many benefits as well as providing many challenges. Nature and Farming explains why it is important to sustain native plants and animals in agricultural landscapes, and outlines the key issues in developing and implementing practical approaches to safeguarding native biodiversity in rural areas. The book considers the range of ecological and agricultural issues that determine what native biodiversity occurs in farmland and how it can be secured. Many inspiring case studies are presented where innovative approaches towards integrating biodiversity and farm management have been successful, resulting in win-win outcomes for both nature and society. In the integration and synthesis of these case studies lies the kernel of a new paradigm for nature conservation on farms. Although the book focuses on biodiversity conservation on Australian and New Zealand farms, the issues and approaches discussed are applicable to many other developed countries, especially in Europe and North America.
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David Norton | Nick Reid
Nature and Farming
Sustaining Native Biodiversity in Agricultural Landscapes
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04/2013
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Content
- Intro
- Dedication
- Title
- Copyright
- Foreword
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Why this book?
- 2 What biodiversity occurs in agricultural landscapes?
- 3 Accidents of history, farming and the impact on biodiversity
- 4 Implications of fragmentation for native biodiversity
- 5 Native biodiversity in the matrix - the flipside
- 6 Ultimate drivers of biodiversity change in agricultural systems
- 7 Introduction to case studies
- 8 Programs and approaches for biodiversity conservation
- Australian government's Environmental Stewardship Program
- Biodiversity offsetting
- Managing woody vegetation for carbon credits
- Grass banking
- Private stewardship - Bushland Conservation Pty Ltd
- Environmental certification
- Landcare
- Banks Peninsula Conservation Trust
- QEII National Trust covenants
- Brian Molloy - a New Zealand scientist making a difference
- David Curtis - an Australian scientist making a difference
- 9 Approaches to managing biodiversity on the ground
- Remnant management in New Zealand
- Grazing and woody weeds
- Seasonal grazing
- Grazing management to conserve understorey wildflowers
- Role of native biodiversity as shelter for lambing
- Native vegetation and natural pest control
- Conservation biological control in vineyards
- Pasture cropping and no-kill cropping
- Re-establishing native forest for conservation
- Broadacre revegetation - philanthropy and Cygnet Park Sanctuary
- Old man saltbush plantings
- Grassland restoration
- Sustainable management of native forests
- Falcons and vineyards
- 10 Property case studies
- Rangelands - Glenmore
- Rangelands - Woodgreen
- Native pastures - Lana
- Native pasture - Willydah
- Native/sown pasture - Melrose
- Sown pasture - Balcarres
- Mixed farming - Payneham Vale
- Sown pasture - Mangarara Station
- Sown pasture - Paterangi
- Irrigated arable farming - Kilmarnock
- Irrigated intensive cropping - Harts Creek
- Cropping to restore soil - Connewarran
- Farm forestry - The Hill
- Native farm forestry - Coombell
- Farm forestry - Woodside
- Diversified farming - Bangor
- 11 Opportunities and constraints
- 12 Facilitating biodiversity conservation
- 13 Management planning and goal setting
- 14 A way forward
- Endnotes
- List of scientific names of plants and animals
- Index
