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Nature’s Matrix

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Nature’s Matrix book

Linking Agriculture, Biodiversity Conservation and Food Sovereignty

Nature’s Matrix

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Nature’s Matrix book

Linking Agriculture, Biodiversity Conservation and Food Sovereignty
ByIvette Perfecto, John Vandermeer, Angus Wright
Edition 2nd Edition
First Published 2019
eBook Published 20 June 2019
Pub. Location London
Imprint Routledge
DOI https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429028557
Pages 316
eBook ISBN 9780429028557
Subjects Area Studies, Built Environment, Development Studies, Environment & Agriculture, Environment and Sustainability, Geography, Social Sciences
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Perfecto, I., Vandermeer, J., & Wright, A. (2019). Nature’s Matrix: Linking Agriculture, Biodiversity Conservation and Food Sovereignty (2nd ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429028557

ABSTRACT

When first published in 2009, Nature’s Matrix set out a radical new approach to the conservation of biodiversity. This new edition pushes the frontier of the biodiversity/agriculture debate further, making an even stronger case for the need to transform agriculture and support small- and medium-scale agroecology and food sovereignty.

In the first edition, the authors set out a radical new approach to the conservation of biodiversity. This is based on the concept of a landscape as a matrix of diverse, small-scale agricultural ecosystems, providing opportunities to enhance conservation under the stewardship of local farmers. This contrasts with the alternative view of industrial-scale farms and large protected areas which exclude local people. However, since then the debate around conservation and agriculture has developed significantly and this is reflected in this updated second edition. The text is thoroughly revised, including:

  • a reorganization of chapters with new and timely topics introduced,
  • updates to the discussion of agroecology and food sovereignty, bringing it in line with the current debates,
  • greater coverage of the role of agroecology, in particular agroforestry, as an important component of climate change adaptation and mitigation, highlighting recent studies on the role of intensive agriculture in climate change and loss of biodiversity, and
  • more attention given to the discussion of land sparing versus land sharing.

By integrating the ecological aspects of agriculture and conservation biology, with a political and social analysis as well as historical perspective, the book continues to set a progressive agenda and appeals to a wide range of students and professionals.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

chapter 1|14 pages

Matrix matters

An overview

chapter 2|27 pages

The ecological background

chapter 3|18 pages

Ecological theory and political realities

chapter 4|25 pages

Historical patterns in agriculture

chapter 5|22 pages

Alternatives to the industrial model

chapter 6|21 pages

The broad social context

Theoretical considerations

chapter 7|40 pages

The broad social context

Practice

chapter 8|23 pages

Coffee production and biodiversity conservation

chapter 9|16 pages

Cacao and biodiversity

The historical development of a biodiversity landscape

chapter 10|23 pages

The production of food and the biodiversity connection

chapter 11|20 pages

The new paradigm

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