Plant resources for food, fuel and conservation

• Main Author: Henry, Robert J.
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: London ; Sterling, VA : Earthscan, 2010.
• Subjects: Botany, Economic.; Energy crops.; Agrobiodiversity conservation.; SCIENCE > Biological Diversity. > Life Sciences; NATURE > Wildlife. > Animals; Planten.; Levensmiddelen.; Brandstoffen.; Natuurbehoud.; Electronic books.
• Online Access: ebrary; View fulltext via EzAccess; MyiLibrary

"Agriculture and food production have a large footprint on the landscape globally and compete for space with land for nature conservation. This book explores the competition between the food needs of a growing human population and the conservation of biodiversity as intensified by the emerging...

Table of Contents:

• Plants for food, energy and the environment
• Plant resources for food and fibre
• Impact of climate change on food and fibre production
• Energy resources
• Plant resources for bio-energy and chemical feedstock uses
• Competition between food and fuel production
• Plants and the environment
• Impact of climate change on biodiversity
• Competition between agriculture and biodiversity conservation
• Domestication of new species
• Options for the future.