The conservation of rice plant genetic diversity is particularly important for resource-poor farmers in economically marginal areas of the Philippines. This paper discusses the state of rice plant genetic diversity in the Philippines and the reasons behind the decrease in diversity witnessed...

"Debate about how best to ensure the preservation of agricultural biodiversity is caught in a counter-productive polemic between proponents and critics of market-based instruments and agricultural modernisation. This book argues that neither position does justice to the range of strategies that...

Background: Horizontal drilling, hydraulic fracturing, and other drilling and well stimulation technologies are now used widely in the United States and increasingly in other countries. They enable increases in oil and gas production, but there has been inadequate attention to human health...

Agriculture, biodiversity and markets / Stewart Lockie and David Carpenter -- The ecological role and enhancement of biodiversity in agroecosystems / Miguel Altieri and Paul Roge -- The human ecology of agrobiodiversity / David Dumaresq, David Carpenter and Stewart Lockie -- Multilateral and...