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22 Environmental & plant science Wageningen Academic P u b l i s h e r s Sustainable agroecosystems in climate change mitigation edited by: Maren Oelbermann NEW One of the challenges under current land management practices is to increase food and soil security to meet projected trends in food production, while maintaining the resilience to climate change. This book provides a forum for researchers to access the most recent developments in enhancing carbon sinks and minimizing greenhouse gas emissions. It suggests that policies and practices integrating microbial technology, modern crop cultivars, conservation practices, increased manure application, organic farming and agroforestry have a greater capacity to sequester carbon and reduce carbon-based greenhouse gases, leading to more robust agroecosystems compared to conventional agriculture. It is argued that empirical models can represent powerful tools for assessing how mitigation and adaptation strategies can be used to optimize crop yield and minimize greenhouse gas emissions under future climate change scenarios. Sustainable agroecosystems in climate change mitigation bridges our current knowledge gaps and recognizes the contribution of sustainable agricultural practices as a way forward in reducing the global carbon and nitrogen footprint. It is relevant for students, researchers, governmental and non-governmental organisations interested in climate change mitigation, sustainable agriculture, soil science, modern analytical techniques and modelling. It answers the questions: ‘How can sustainable agroecosystems help mitigate climate change?’ and ‘What are the tools to achieve this goal?’ © 2014 – 272 pages – EUR 76 – USD 108 Edited volume hardback ISBN 978-90-8686-235-1 e-book ISBN 978-90-8686-788-2 www.WageningenAcademic.com/agroecosystems Renewing innovation systems in agriculture and food How to go towards more sustainability? edited by: E. Coudel, H. Devautour, C.T. Soulard, G. Faure and B. Hubert Present-day society asks more from agriculture than just the production of food. Agriculture is now required to be concerned with the quality of food, ecosystem services, inclusion of marginalized populations, revitalization of rural territories, energy production, etc. This opening up of the future of agriculture encourages rural actors to experiment with new farming systems, using imagination, creativity and determination to replace dominant models. At the same time, low-cost mass-production systems continue on their way, with promises of a future based on green technologies. In this discussion it is important to consider what kind of sustainable development societies really want. Which innovations will help in achieving these developments? What role can research and public policies play in supporting the emergence of these innovations? This book takes the debate beyond the purely technical options and considers social and institutional innovations as well. It demonstrates that innovation is the result of a confrontation between visions of actors who often have divergent interests. There is no single path towards sustainable development and we must find ways to encourage the emergence and co-existence of different types of agriculture and food systems. The success of transitions will not only depend on our capacity to rethink existing models, but especially on our willingness to embark on a creative learning process from which we will inevitably emerge transformed. © 2013 – 240 pages – EUR 56 – USD 78 Edited volume paperback ISBN 978-90-8686-214-6 e-book ISBN 978-90-8686-768-4 www.WageningenAcademic.com/renewing The Environmental Policy Series (EPS) contains PhD theses covering the field of environmental policy and governance from a sociology and political science perspective. Defining characteristics of the Environmental Policy Series are its broad geographical scope, and the use of an international, comparative approach. The EPS provides a platform for authors who would like to increase the quality, status and international exposure of their environmental policy and governance research output. Malaysian water sector reform Policy and performance author: Ching Thoo Kim © 2012 – 238 pages – EUR 51 – USD 70 paperback ISBN 978-90-8686-219-1, e-book ISBN 978-90-8686-773-8 www.WageningenAcademic.com/EPS-08 Transnational governance through private authority The case of Forest Stewardship Council certification in Russia author: Maria S. Tysiachniouk © 2012 – 344 pages – EUR 56 – USD 78 paperback ISBN 978-90-8686-218-4, e-book ISBN 978-90-8686-772-1 www.WageningenAcademic.com/EPS-07
Wageningen Academic P u b l i s h e r s Environmental & plant science 23 ISSN 2210-3309 – Environmental Policy series www.WageningenAcademic.com/EPS Assessing sanitary mixtures in East African cities author: Sammy C. Letema © 2012 – 162 pages – EUR 46 – USD 69 paperback ISBN 978-90-8686-215-3, e-book ISBN 978-90-8686-769-1 www.WageningenAcademic.com/EPS-06 Payment schemes for forest ecosystem services in China Policy, practices and performance author: Dan Liang © 2012 – 214 pages – EUR 50 – USD 69 paperback ISBN 978-90-8686-199-6, e-book ISBN 978-90-8686-754-7 www.WageningenAcademic.com/EPS-05 The role of households in solid waste management in East Africa capital cities author: Aisa Oberlin Solomon © 2011 – 210 pages – EUR 48 – USD 66 paperback ISBN 978-90-8686-191-0, e-book ISBN 978-90-8686-747-9 www.WageningenAcademic.com/EPS-04 Modernising solid waste management at municipal level Institutional arrangements in urban centres of East Africa author: Christine Majale Liyala © 2011 – 174 pages – EUR 48 – USD 66 paperback ISBN 978-90-8686-189-7, e-book ISBN 978-90-8686-745-5 www.WageningenAcademic.com/EPS-03 Non-governmental organizations and the sustainability of small and medium-sized enterprises in Peru An analysis of networks and discourses author: Walter V. Castro Aponte This book provides a better understanding of the changing roles of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in promoting sustainability of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Peru. The book focuses on the domains of organic production, business social responsibility and sustainable production. The innovative study uses a combination of network and discourse analyses to identify the main patterns and shifts in the roles of NGOs in order to deal with sustainability and the market. Two major contemporary sociological theories – ecological modernization theory and network society theory – are applied to frame the analysis. The in-depth analysis of international networks of NGOs operating in Peru provide valuable inputs in terms of changes in network and discourse patterns, and consequently, changing roles for NGOs. Remarkably, social movement, liberal market and sustainability viewpoints are generating new networks and new discourses, with a prominent position of national and international NGOs visà-vis SMEs, and in absence of the national state. Next to the usual ‘watchdog’ roles, NGOs are developing roles of ‘helper’ in order to answer to the market needs of SMEs. The analyses challenges Castells scheme of space of flows versus space of place and suggests considering in ecological modernization theory both ecological rationality and social rationality in order to advance environmental governance of SMEs in developing countries, particularly in Latin America. © 2013 – 276 pages – EUR 54 – USD 75 paperback ISBN 978-90-8686-229-0 e-book ISBN 978-90-8686-783-7 www.WageningenAcademic.com/EPS-09 Consuming mobility A practice approach to sustainable mobility transitions author: Jorrit O. Nijhuis NEW The current fossil fuel-based system of mobility is associated with a wide range of environmental and social problems. There is a growing body of literature on system innovations and transitions which has as a common understanding that long-term transformative change is necessary to deal with these complex problems. However, knowledge on the crucial role of citizen-consumers in sustainable mobility transitions is still underdeveloped. By incorporating the viewpoint of consumption patterns and everyday life routines, this book provides (new) knowledge on the role of citizen-consumers in sustainable mobility transitions. Theoretically, a practice based approach is developed as a novel framework to analyse, understand and influence transition processes to sustainable mobility at the level of everyday life. The focus in each of the three cases studies is on situated interactions between consumers and producers. Amongst these is an analysis of the role environmental information and subsidies in new car purchasing. Also, various examples in which an attempt was made to orchestrate a (modal) shift in commuting practices are examined. Each of the empirical case studies shows the important role of contextual factors in understanding and influencing mobility behaviour of citizenconsumers. In addition, this book helps to understand how and why innovation in mobility practices takes place or not. © 2013 – 260 pages – EUR 54 – USD 75 paperback ISBN 978-90-8686-242-9 e-book ISBN 978-90-8686-794-3 www.WageningenAcademic.com/eps-10
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