The international conventions on environments, i.e., biodiversity (UNCBD), land degradation (UNCCD), and climate change (UNFCCC) stipulates country-level policies, programs, and actions in sustaining the environmental well-being. This study is intended to connect the three conventions that has...

Cover -- Contents -- List of Photographs, Figures and Tables -- Foreword - Pam Warhurst -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Part I: The State We're In -- 1. All Change -- 2. Coming Out -- 3. Moving On -- Part II: Society -- 4. Trade -- 5. Labour -- 6. Land -- Part III: Farm and Food Science...

An intrinsic feature of agriculture is the alteration of biodiversity within the cultivated area in favour of the production of the crop species. Ploughing, mechanical weeding or the use of herbicides, for example, reduce plant diversity and abundance, and influence other species that rely on...