Suchergebnisse

Environmental Flows describes the timing, quality, and quantity of water flows required to sustain freshwater and estuarine ecosystems and the human well-being and livelihoods that depend upon them. It answers crucial questions about the flow of water within and between different kinds of ecosystems. What happens when the flow or the availability of water is curtailed or diverted, either naturally or by human activity? How will climate change alter the availability of water and impact aquatic ecosystems? Methodological developments from the simplest hydrological formulas to large-scale frameworks that inform water management make this book a must-read for water managers and freshwater and estuarine ecologists contending with ever-changing conditions influencing the flow of water

Absentee Landlords and Agriculture -- Access to Land and the Right to Food -- Aesthetic Value, Art, and Food -- Africa, Food, and Agriculture -- African Food Security Urban Network (AFSUN) -- Agrarianism and the Ethics of Eating -- Agricultural and Food Products in Preferential Trade Agreements -- Agricultural Cooperatives -- Agricultural Ethics -- Agricultural Science and Ethics -- Agricultural Sciences and Ethical Controversies of Biofuels -- Agriculture and Ethical Change -- Agriculture and Finance -- Agriculture of the Middle -- Alcohol Abstinence and Sobriety -- Alcohol as Food and the Good Life -- Alimentary Delinquency -- American Cuisine, Existence Of -- American Food Rhetoric -- Ancestral Cuisine and Cooking Rituals -- Animal Agriculture and Welfare Footprints -- Animal Welfare in the Context of Animal Production -- Animal Welfare: A Critical Examination of the Concept -- Aroid Production and Postharvest Practices -- Artisanal Food Production and Craft -- Asian Cuisine: Ethical Considerations -- Authenticity in Food -- Beef Production: Ethical Issues -- Biodiversity -- Biodiversity and Global Development -- Biodynamic Agriculture -- Bioethics at Purdue University -- Biofuels: Ethical Aspects -- Biopharming -- Biosecurity and Food Systems -- Biotechnology and Food Policy, Governance -- Body Image, Gender, and Food -- Brazilian Agriculture -- Brillat-Savarin and Food -- Buddhism, Cooking, and Eating -- Buddhist Perspectives on Food and Agricultural Ethics -- Canada, US-EU Beef Hormone Dispute -- Cannibalism -- Carbon Farming -- Carnism -- Centre for Animal Welfare and Ethics -- Child Nutrition Guidelines and Gender -- Chinese Agriculture -- Chocolate: Ethical Dimensions -- Christian Ethics and Vegetarianism -- Christian Mysticism and Food -- Christian Perspectives on Food and Agricultural Ethics -- Christian Stewardship in Agriculture -- Christianity and Food -- Civic Agriculture -- Climate Change, Ethics, and Food Production -- Community-Supported Agriculture -- Company Identity in the Food Industry -- Conservation Agriculture: Farmer Adoption and Policy Issues -- Conventionalization Hypothesis -- Cooking Tools and Techniques: Ethical Issues -- Cooking, Food Consumption, and Globalization: Ethical Considerations -- Corporate Farms -- Corporate Social Responsibility and Food -- Cosmopolitanism, Localism and Food -- Cross-Contamination of Crops in Horticulture -- Cuban Agriculture -- Culinary Cosmopolitanism -- Culinary Tourism -- Derrida and Eating -- East European Agriculture -- Eating Disorders -- Eating Disorders and Disturbed Eating -- Eating Etiquette -- Eating and Nutrition -- Eating Invasive Species -- Eating, Feeding and the Human Life Cycle -- Eating, Feeding, and Disability -- Ecofeminist Food Ethics -- Economy of Agriculture and Food -- Ecosystems, Food, Agriculture, and Ethics -- Ecotopia -- Egg Production: Ethical Issues -- Emergency Food System: Soup Kitchens and Food Pantries -- Environmental and Animal Pragmatism -- Environmental Ethics -- Environmental Justice and Food -- Epicureanism and Food -- Equipment Sharing in Agriculture -- Escoffier -- Ethical Activism with Consideration of the Routine of Food Culture -- Ethical Assessment of Dieting, Weight Loss, and Weight Cycling -- Ethical Matrix and Agriculture -- Ethics and Food Taste -- Ethics of Agricultural Development and Food Rights in International Organizations -- Ethics of Dietitians -- Ethics of Nutrigenomics -- Ethics in Food and Agricultural Sciences -- Ethnicity, Ethnic Identity, and Food -- EU Regulatory Conflicts over GM Food -- European Cuisine: Ethical Considerations -- Expertise in Agriculture: Scientific and Ethical Issues -- Extraterritorial Obligations of States and the Right to Food -- Fair Trade in Food and Agricultural Products -- Farm Management -- Farmer Types and Motivation -- Farmers' Markets -- Farmer-Scientist Knowledge Exchange -- Farms: Small Versus Large -- Fasting -- Feeding Children -- Food "Porn" in Media -- Food Addiction -- Food Additives and International Trade -- Food Advertising to Children: Policy, Health, and Gender -- Food Allergies: Ethical Issues -- Food and Agricultural Trade and National Sovereignty -- Food and Agriculture in Bangladesh -- Food and Choice -- Food and Class -- Food and Health Policy -- Food and Life Chances -- Food and Place -- Food and Poverty in High Income Countries -- Food Rituals -- Food and the Avant-Garde -- Food Animal Production, Ethics, and Quality Assurance -- Food Assistance and International Trade -- Food Boycotts -- Food Culture and Chefs -- Food Deserts -- Food Ethics and Policies -- Food in Ancient Indian Philosophy -- Food Labeling -- Food Legislation and Regulation: EU, UN, WTO and Private Regulation -- Food Miles -- Food Not Bombs -- Food Preparation, Cooking, and Ritual in Judaism -- Food Riots, Historical Perspectives -- Food Risk Communication -- Food Risks -- Food Safety -- Food Security -- Food Security and International Trade -- Food Security and Rural Education -- Food Security in Systemic Context -- Food Standards -- Food Waste -- Food Waste and Consumer Ethics -- Food Worlds, Film, and Gender -- Food, Agriculture, and Trade Organizations -- Food, Class Identity, and Gender -- Food's Purposes -- Food-Body Relationship -- Foucault and Food -- Free Trade and Protectionism in Food and Agriculture -- Functional Foods -- Functional Foods as Commodities -- Functional Foods, Marketing of -- Gender and Dieting -- Gender Inequality and Food Security -- Gender Norms and Food Behavior -- Gender, Obesity, and Stigmatization -- Geographic Indications -- Geographical Indications, Food, and Culture -- Gluttony -- GM Food, Nutrition, Safety, and Health -- GMO Food Labeling -- Grocery Store Design -- Gustatory Pleasure and Food -- Hazon -- Herbicide-Resistant Crops -- Hinduism and Food -- Home Gardening -- Homesteading -- Horticultural Therapy -- Hospitality and Food -- Human Ecology and Food -- Human Rights and Food -- Humane Slaughter Association -- Hunting -- Hybridity in Agriculture -- In Vitro Meat -- Industrial Food Animal Production Ethics -- Industrialized Slaughter and Animal Welfare -- Infant Feeding -- Informed Food Choice -- Institute Technology-Theology-Natural Sciences (TTN), Munich -- Institutional Food Service -- Intellectual Property and Food -- Intellectual Property Rights and Trade in the Food and Agricultural Sectors -- International Food Quality Standards -- Islam and Food -- Islam and Food and Agricultural Ethics -- Jainism and Food -- Jefferson's Moral Agrarianism -- Judaism and Food -- Kristeva and Food -- Land Acquisitions for Food and Fuel -- Law and Regulatory Mechanisms for Food and Agriculture Research -- Literature, Food, and Gender -- Local and Regional Food Systems -- Local Food Procurement -- Marketing, Food Policy, Diet, and Health -- Meat: Ethical Considerations -- Medicalization of Eating and Feeding -- Metaphysics of Natural Food -- Molecular Gastronomy -- Montaigne and Food -- Multifunctional Agriculture -- Multifunctionality of Agriculture and International Trade -- Multilateral Trade Organizations, Food, and Agriculture -- NAFTA and the Food and Agricultural Industries -- Nanotechnology in Agriculture -- National Courts and the Right to Food -- Natural Food -- Nietzsche and Food -- Obesity and Consumer Choice -- Obesity and Responsibility -- Occupational Risks in Agriculture -- Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics -- Permaculture -- Pest Control -- Peter Singer and Food -- Plant-Based Diets and Scientific Value Judgments -- Plato and Food -- Political Agronomy -- Political Consumerism: Consumer Choice, Information, and Labeling -- Population Growth -- Pork Production: Ethical Issues -- Poverty and Basic Needs -- Pregnancy and Food -- Private Food Governance -- Provision of Agricultural Ecosystem Services -- Public Institutional Foodservice -- Punishment and Food -- Race, Racial Identity, and Eating -- Recipes -- Resource Conflict, Food, and Agriculture -- Responsible Innovation in the Food Sector -- Restaurant Reviewing -- Restaurant Workers -- Right to Food in International Law -- Rousseau and Food -- Saving Seeds -- School Lunch and Gender -- Seed Banking, Seed Saving, and Cultivating Local Varieties -- Slash-and-Burn Agriculture -- Slow Food -- Sub-Saharan African Agriculture -- Substantial Equivalence -- Sustainability and Animal Agriculture -- Sustainability of Food Production and Consumption -- Sustainable Consumption and Gender -- Synthetic Biology and Biofuels -- Synthetic Meat -- Systemic Ethics to Support Well being -- Taste, Distaste, and Food -- Technologies used for Animal Breeding, Ethical Issues -- Telos and Farm Animal Welfare -- The 2003–2006 WTO GMO Dispute: Implications for the SPS Agreement -- Trade and Development in the Food and Agricultural Sectors -- Trade Policies and Animal Welfare -- Trade Policies and Organic Food -- Transgenic Crops -- Urban Agriculture -- Vegetarianism -- Vertical Farms in Horticulture -- Vertical Integration and Concentration in US Agriculture -- Virtue Theory, Food, and Agriculture -- War and Food -- Waste and Food -- Water, Food, and Agriculture -- WTO Dispute Settlement and Food and Agricultural Trade -- You Are What You Eat -- Youth Food Activism

Part I. Background -- Chapter 1. Coupled Earth System and Human Processes - An Introduction to the Book and SPACES and the Book -- Chapter 2. Unique Southern African Terrestrial and Oceanic Biomes and Their Relation to Steep Environmental Gradients -- Chapter 3. Environmental Challenges to Meeting Sustainable Development Goals in Southern Africa -- Chapter 4. Overview of the Macro-Economic Drivers of the Region -- Part II. Drivers of Climatic Variability and Change in Southern Africa -- Chapter 5. Past Climate Variability in the Past Millennium -- Chapter 6. Southern Africa Climate over the Recent Decades: Description, Variability, and Trends -- Chapter 7. Projections of Future Climate Change in Southern Africa and the Potential for Regional Tipping Points -- Chapter 8. The Agulhas Current System as an Important Driver for Oceanic and Terrestrial Climate -- Chapter 9. Physical Drivers of Southwest African Coastal Upwelling and Its Response to Climate Variability and Change -- Chapter 10. Regional Land-Atmosphere Interactions in Southern Africa: Potential Impact and Sensitivity of Forest and Plantation Change -- Part III. Science in Support of Ecosystem Management -- Chapter 11. Studies of the Ecology of the Benguela Current Upwelling System – the TRAFFIC Approach -- Chapter 12. The Application of Palaeoenvironmental Research in Supporting Land Management Approaches and Conservation in South Africa -- Chapter 13. Soil Erosion Research and Soil Conservation Policy in South Africa -- Chapter 14. Biome Change in Southern Africa -- Chapter 15. Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functions in Southern African Savanna Rangelands: Threats, Impacts and Solutions -- Chapter 16. Managing Southern African Rangeland Systems in the Face of Drought – A Synthesis of Observation, Experimentation, and Modeling for Policy and Decision Support -- Chapter 17. A Fine Line Between Carbon Source and Sink – Potential CO2 Sequestration Through Sustainable Grazing Management in the Nama-Karoo -- Chapter 18. Trends and Barriers to Wildlife-Based Options for Sustainable Management of Savanna Resources – The Namibian Case -- Chapter 19. Feed Gaps among Cattle Keepers in Semiarid and Arid Southern African Regions: A Case Study in the Limpopo Province, South Africa -- Chapter 20. Agricultural Land-Use Systems and Management Challenges -- Chapter 21. The Need for Sustainable Agricultural Land-Use Systems: Benefits from Integrated Agroforestry Systems -- Chapter 22. Management Options for Macadamia Orchards with Special Focus on Water Management and Ecosystem Services -- Chapter 23. Potential of Improved Technologies to Enhance Land Management Practices of Small-Scale Farmers in Limpopo Province, South Africa -- Part IV. Monitoring and Modelling Tools -- Chapter 24. A New Era of Earth Observation for the Environment – Spatio-Temporal Monitoring Capabilities for Land Degradation -- Chapter 25. The Marine Carbon Footprint: Challenges in the Quantification of CO2 Uptake by the Biological Carbon Pump in the Benguela Upwelling System -- Chapter 26. Dynamics and Drivers of Net Primary Production (NPP) in Southern Africa Based on Estimates from Earth Observation and Process-Based Dynamic Vegetation Modelling -- Chapter 27. Comparison of Different Normalisers for Identifying Metal Enrichment of Sediment – A Case Study from Richards Bay Harbour, South Africa -- Chapter 28. Catchment and Depositional Studies for the Reconstruction of Past Environmental Change in Southern Africa -- Chapter 29. Observational Support for Regional Policy Implementation – Land Surface Change under Anthropogenic and Climate Pressure in Saldi Study Sites -- Part V. Synthesis and Outlook -- Chapter 30. Research Infrastructures as Anchor Points for Long-Term Environmental Observation -- Chapter 31. Lessons Learned from a North-South Science Partnership for Sustainable Development -- Chapter 32. Synthesis and Outlook on Future Research and Scientific Education in Southern Africa.

Chapter1: Agricultural Food Crop Production and Management Challenges under the Variable Climatic Conditions in Rungwe district, Tanzania -- Chapter2: Constraints to Agricultural Transformation in Yumbe District-Uganda -- Chapter3: Indigenous grasses for rehabilitating degraded African drylands -- Chapter4: Adoption of Recommended Maize Production Practices and Productivity among Farmers in Morogoro District, Tanzania -- Chapter5: Nitrate-Nitrogen Pollution and Attenuation Upstream of the Okavango Delta in Angola and Namibia -- Chapter6: Biochar application to soil for increased resilience of agroecosystems to climate change in Eastern and Southern Africa -- Chapter7: The Efficacy of the Soil Conservation Technologies Adopted in Mountain Agro-Ecosystems in Uganda -- Chapter8: Consequences of Land Tenure on Biodiversity in Arabuko Sokoke Forest Reserve in Kenya: Towards Responsible Land Management Outcomes -- Chapter9: Abundance and Diversity of Wetland Birds: The Case of Dinder National Park, Sudan -- Chapter10: Characterising the hydrological regime of a tropical papyrus wetland in the Lake Kyoga Basin, Uganda -- Chapter11: Ecological Sustainability: Miombo Woodland Conservation with Livestock Production in Sub-Saharan Africa -- Chapter12: Impacts of dams on downstream riparian ecosystems' health and community livelihoods: A case of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project -- Chapter13: The fragility of agricultural landscapes and resilience of communities to landslide occurrence in the tropical humid environments of Kigezi highlands in South Western Uganda -- Chapter14: The loss of agricultural and ecological resilience of abandoned lands in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa -- Chapter15: Catching Rain: Sand Dams and other strategies to develop locally resilient water supplies in semi-arid areas of Kenya -- Chapter16: Are Livestock keepers in and around forests key stakeholders in forest management? Experiences from Mabira Central Forest Reserve, Uganda -- Chapter17: A Review of Studies related to Charcoal Production, Consumption and Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Tanzania -- Chapter18: Aboveground Species Diversity and Carbon Stocks in Small Holder Coffee Agroforestsry in the Highlands of Uganda -- Chapter19: The contribution of smallholder tree growers to increasing tree cover in Kaliro District -- Chapter20: Climate Impact Adaptation through Aquaculture: Ecological Considerations and Regulatory Requirements for Tropical Africa -- Chapter21: Livelihood Resilience, Climate Risk Management and Agriculture in the mid Zambezi Valley, Zimbabwe -- Chapter22: Determinants of Urban Resilience in sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Review -- Chapter23: Determinants of Utilization of Strategies that Enhance Farmers' Resilience to Rainfall Variability in Mt. Elgon Region, Eastern Uganda -- Chapter24: On the Adoption of Climate Smart Agricultural Technologies and Practices in Drylands in Uganda: Evidence from a Micro-level Study in Nakasongola District -- Chapter25: Assessing the Efficacy of ICT in Weather Forecast Information Dissemination in Uganda: Evidence from Farming Communities in Mbale and Rakai Districts -- Chapter26: Empowering rural farmers in Africa to improve their livelihood through effective environment risk communication: Case study Uganda -- Chapter27: Effectiveness of Communication Channels on Level of Awareness and determinants of Adoption of Improved Common Bean Technologies among Smallholder Farmers in Tanzania -- Chapter28: Implications of the Media-Scientists' Relationship on the Crop Biotechnology Debate in Uganda -- Chapter29: Pathways for Addressing Gender Based Constraints for Effective Participation in Profitable Crop Value Chains in Tanzania -- Chapter30: The Impacts of Climate Change on Small Holder Households in Mt. Elgon Region of Uganda -Does Gender matter? -- Chapter31: Using Indigenous Knowledge to Enhance Rainfall Forecasts among Smallholder Farmers in Mt. Elgon Region, Eastern Uganda? -- Chapter32: Gender norms, technology access and women farmers' vulnerability to climate change in Sub-Saharan Africa -- Chapter33: Identification of optimal agricultural development strategies in the West African Sahel Mékrou transboundary river basin

Contents -- -- List of Figures -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- I Orientation -- Prologue: contrasting city scenarios -- 1. Putting -- people at the heart of planning --Introduction: the purpose of planning --Time-bombs of health, climate and urbanization --Planning at the cross-roads --Reflection -- 2. A framework for understanding --Towards an eco-system model of cities --The settlement health map --Interpretation of the health map --Conclusion: ethics for planners -- II Inspiration -- 3. -- Shafts of light from the past --Classical designers and the city of Priene --The Mediaeval city: Siena --Grand designs: Paris re-imagined --Ethical entrepreneurs and Saltaire -- 4. The emergence of modern planning --The public health revolution --Ebenezer Howard and Garden Cities --The pioneers in Britain and America --Planning as civic design --The British new towns --Gaining the country but losing the plot -- 5. Beacons of hope --Introduction: Healthy Cities --Copenhagen: city of cyclists --Kuopio: city of lakes and forests --Freiburg: city of short distances --Portland: breaking the neo-liberal taboo --Lessons from inspirational cities -- III Cognition: understanding people and environment -- 6. Spatial planning for physical well-being --Obesity, health and physical activity --Active travel – walking and cycling --Active recreation --Healthy diet --Cautions and counsels -- 7. Planning for mental and social well-being --Nature, greenspace, sun and sound --Social networks and community --Healthy, diverse neighbourhoods --Social capital and empowerment --Spatial planning recommendations -- 8. Planning for place equity --Social justice and health inequalities --Planning for -- all --Work, income and spatial policy --Housing and living conditions --Movement and accessibility -- 9. Climate change and settlement planning --The science of climate change --Greenhouse gases, energy and planning --Sustainable energy strategy --Human ecology -- 10. The local ecology of cities --Ecological resilience --Green infrastructure --Air quality and planning --Sustainable urban water systems --Biodiversity --Local food production -- IV Navigation: a route map for healthy planning --Criteria for judging healthy urban policy -- 11. Reality check: the economics of land and development --The life-cycle of a plot --Players in the development game --Land and housing markets --How land values shape the city --Urban renewal and managing the market -- 12. Sustainable urban form --Understanding urban form --Centrifugal and centripetal forces --Decentralization versus the compact city --Polycentricity and linearity --Five key urban form decision areas -- 13. Healthy neighbourhood design --Introduction: the significance of locality --The shape of neighbourhoods --Spatial analysis and density --The quality of place --Conclusion: urban design -- 14. Urban dynamics --Introduction: strategic planning issues --Understanding the economic base of a city --Population and housing --Matching economic activity and population --Transport infrastructure and economic development -- -- V. Perspiration: land, power and the planning process -- 14. The governance of land --Is planning really necessary? --Private and community property rights --Comparative planning systems --Local government powers --Conclusion -- 16. The planning process and the role of planners --Dimensions of planning: technical, political and executive --From design to the rational planning process --Heroic versus humdrum planning --The medium is the message: collaborative planning --Testing theory against practice --Ethical planning -- 17. Putting principle into practice --Making decisions in a pluralist society: engaging communities --A cyclic planning process --Case study: Stroud town centre Neighbourhood Plan --Converting healthy rhetoric into healthy decisions --Conclusion -- -- Epilogue --Seven conclusions if we are serious about planning cities for well-being --Final thought -- Index.

On a historical global turning point, this book offers a thorough exploration of the 'New Sustainability Paradigm', originally developed by the Global Scenario Group (GSG) of the Stockholm Environmental Institute (SEI) as a starting point for analyzing real-life transitions and transformations. 11 contributors from 5 continents present detailed analyses of economic and political transitions in Western and Eastern Europe, the USA, the Middle East, and in Asia, discussing the role of different players in the implementation of the New Sustainability Paradigm.Part I offers an overview of the six scenarios developed by the GSG and a short discussion of significant papers published by the Great Transition Initiative (GTI) of the Tellus Institute. Next come examples of dramatic historical and current transitions in Western Europe, the USA, Eastern Europe, the Middle East (Arabian Spring), and Asia, as well as an analysis of the potential of humankind to manage a great transition to the new sustainability paradigm. Subsequent chapters highlight the role of culture and education and review the role of different players for the implementation of the new sustainability paradigm. The focus of Part II is on the ecological pillar of Sustainability. The discussion includes urgent ecological problems including climate engineering, eco-criminality, bioterrorism, biodiversity protection, water, energy, and food security. Part III deals with needed innovations in sustainable waste management and sustainable city architecture, especially big cities in developing and threshold countries, where a significant part of the world population is concentrated. The fourth and final section offers an analysis of insights developed throughout the book, and outlines recommendations for the implementation of the New Sustainability Paradigm by civil society, grass-root movements, scholars, politically neutral NGOs, sincere media players, and by open-minded and enlightened politicians to manage and steer the Great Transition towards sustainable global democracy. Odile Schwarz-Herion studied law with focus on criminology at bachelor's level and earned an MBA from the Stuttgart Institute of Management and Technology (SIMT). She did her PhD degree in economic sciences at the University of Hohenheim/Stuttgart, investigating and evaluating the performance of private enterprises in Sustainability Management and the role of politics in fostering goals of the UN Agenda 21. As organizer and plenary assembly keynote speaker at international Sustainability conferences, Dr. Schwarz-Herion treated key issues in economics and international politics. After having worked as project manager and sales engineer in large international enterprises, she became a Sustainable Development Consultant. In 2011, ZAD examined Private Investigator Dr. Odile Schwarz-Herion, who also holds the extensive state security permission, founded Dres. Schwarz-Herion KG Detektei, a private Detective Agency specialized in eco-criminality and crimes against humanity. She is author and co-editor of books and journal articles about Sustainability Management, ethics and crime investigation.Professor Dr. Abdelnaser Omran is a lecturer at School of Economics, Finance and Banking at Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM). He is an avid writer, contributed many publications in the field of environmental sciences and engineering, construction, and project management. So far, he published 167 articles in international journals and more than 112 proceeding papers at local and international conferences. Besides that, he has written 4 books. Abdelnaser served as an international reviewer and an editorial member for quite a number of international journals and as scientific committee member for many local and international conferences and seminars.

Historical Perspectives. A World of Thought: and Charles Elton's Life's Work / Roger L Kitching -- Charles Elton: Neither Founder Nor Siren, but Prophet / Daniel Simberloff -- The Inviolate sea? Charles Elton and Biological Invasions in the World's Oceans / James T Carlton -- The Rise and Fall of Biotic Nativeness: A Historical Perspective / Matthew K Chew, Andrew L Hamilton -- Evolution and Current Dimensions of Invasion Ecology. Patterns and Rate of Growth of Studies in Invasion Ecology / Hugh J Macisaac, Rahel A Tedla, Anthony Ricciardi -- Invasion Ecology and Restoration Ecology: Parallel Evolution in Two Fields of Endeavour / Richard J Hobbs, David M Richardson -- New Takes on Invasion Patterns. Biological Invasions in Europe 50 Years after Elton: Time to Sound the ALARM / Petr Pycek, Philip E Hulme -- Fifty Years of Tree Pest and Pathogen Invasions, Increasingly Threatening World Forests / Michael J Wingfield, Bernard Slippers, Jolanda Roux, Brenda D Wingfield -- The Nuts and Bolts of Invasion Ecology. A Movement Ecology Approach to Study Seed Dispersal and Plant Invasion: An Overview and Application of Seed Dispersal by Fruit Bats / Asaf Tsoar, David Shohami, Ran Nathan -- Biodiversity as a Bulwark Against Invasion: Conceptual Threads Since Elton / Jason D Fridley -- Soil Biota and Plant Invasions: Biogeographical Effects on Plant-Microbe Interactions / Ragan M Callaway, Marnie E Rout -- Mutualisms: Key Drivers of Invasions Key Casualties of Invasions / Anna Traveset, David M Richardson -- Fifty Years on: Confronting Elton's Hypotheses about Invasion Success with Data from Exotic Birds / Tim M Blackburn, Julie L Lockwood, Phillip Cassey -- Is Rapid Adaptive Evolution Important in Successful Invasions? / Eleanor E Dormontt, Andrew J Lowe, Peter J Prentis -- Why Reproductive Systems Matter for the Invasion Biology of Plants / Spencer C H Barrett -- Impacts of Biological Invasions on Freshwater Ecosystems / Anthony Ricciardi, Hugh J Macisaac -- Expanding the Propagule Pressure Concept to Understand the Impact of Biological Invasions / Anthony Ricciardi, Lisa A Jones, Asa M Kestrup, Jessica M Ward -- Poster-Child Invaders, Then and Now. Elton's insights into the ecology of ant invasions: lessons learned and lessons still to be learned / Nathan J Sanders, Andrew V Suarez -- Fifty years of Waging war on cheatgrass: research advances, while meaningful control languishes / Richard N Mack -- New Directions and Technologies, New Challenges. Researching invasive species 50 years after Elton: a cautionary tale / Mark A Davis -- Invasions and ecosystems: vulnerabilities and the contribution of new technologies / Peter M Vitousek, Carla M D'antonio, Gregory P Asner -- DNA barcoding of invasive species / Hugh B Cross, Andrew J Lowe, Frederico D Gurgel -- Biosecurity: the changing face of invasion biology / Philip E Hulme -- Elton and the economics of biological invasions / Charles Perrings -- Modelling Spread in Invasion Ecology: A Synthesis / Cang Hui, Rainer M Krug, David M Richardson -- Responses of Invasive Species to a Changing Climate and Atmosphere / Jeffrey S Dukes -- Conceptual Clarity, Scientific Rigour and The Stories We Are: Engaging with Two Challenges to the Objectivity of Invasion Biology / Johan Hattingh -- Changing Perspectives on Managing Biological Invasions: Insights from South Africa and the Working for Water programme / Brian W van Wilgen, Ahmed Khan, Christo Marais -- Conclusions. Invasion Science: The Roads Travelled and the Roads Ahead / David M Richardson -- A Compendium of Essential Concepts and Terminology in Invasion Ecology / David M Richardson, Petr Pycek, James T Carlton -- Taxonomic Index -- General Index.

Science is endogenous to sustainable forestry - implications for scientists and policy makers / M.A. Shannon, G. Buttoud, and R. Pivinen -- Will linking science to policy lead to sustainable forestry? Lessons from the federal forests of the United States / K.N. Johnson -- Participation as a new mode of governance? Scientists and policy makers linked in a double spiral / I. Kouplevatskaya -- The European Union sustainable forest management and climate change mitigation policies from a transition countries perspective / M. Nijnik and L. Bizikova -- Indicators for biodiversity of tropical forests: problems and solutions / K. Rennolls and K.M. Reynolds -- Science-policy consultation as boundary spanning: the interaction of science and politics in two US bioregional assessments / M. Pregernig -- Cluster organization in forestry: supporting information and knowledge transfer in the practice, science and policy of sustainable forest management / T. Mrosek and A. Schulte -- Modelling public support for wildland fire policy / J.D. Absher and J.J. Vaske -- Analysing institutions and public perspectives to identify the future of British forests / M. Nijnik and A. Mather -- Economic conservation - Hill Holt Wood: the three legs of sustainability in practice / N. Lowthrop -- Measuring sustainability using the U.S. Forest Inventory and Analysis Program / C.T. Scott and W.H. McWilliams -- Vegetation diversity assessment in southern Belgium's permanent forest inventory / C. Sanchez, H. Claessens, T. Puissant, H. Lecomte and J. Rondeux -- PractiSFM - an operational multi-resource inventory protocol for sustainable forest management / F. Barrett, M. Nieuwenhuis and M.J. Somers -- The importance of forest stand-level inventory to sustain multiple forest values in the presence of endangered species / D.L. Johnson, K.N. Johnson and D.W. Hann -- Forest land change assessment by continuous inventory / P. Corona, E. Pompei and G. Scarascia Mugnozza -- A study on tree colonization of abandoned land in the Italian Alps: extent and some characteristics of new forest stands in Trentino / F. De Natale, P. Gasparini and A. Carriero -- Using spatial statistics to improve the primary forestry supply chain / J.D. Hamann and K. Boston -- Evaluation of commercial airborne LiDAR and SAR products to estimate top height and associated parameters in production forests in Britain / E.D. Wallington and J.C. Suárez -- Potential contributions of statistics and modelling to sustainable forest management: review and synthesis / K. Rennolls, M. Tom, R.E. McRoberts, J.K. Vanclay, V. LeMay, B.T. Guan and G.Z. Gertner -- Modelling forest ecosystems: the Edinburgh forest model / J.H.M. Thornley -- Information and knowledge management for sustainable forestry / A.J. Thomson, H.M. Rauscher, D.L. Schmoldt and H. Vacik -- Integrating the DPSIR approach and the analytic network process for the assessment of forest management strategies / H. Vacik, B. Wolfslehner, R. Seidl and M.J. Lexer -- Establishment Management Information System [EMIS]: delivering good practice advice on tree establishment in the uplands of Britain / M.P. Perks, A.J. Harrison and S.J. Bathgate -- On chatbots and avatars - the virtual forester as a guide to knowledge about sustainable forest management / A. Reinbolz and M. Hanewinkel -- Information and knowledge management in support of sustainable forestry: a review / H.M. Rauscher, D.L. Schmoldt and H. Vacik -- How should we manage knowledge ecosystems? Using adaptive knowledge management! / A.J. Thomson -- An information retrieval system to support management of Habitats and Rare Priority and Protected Species (HaRPPS) in Britain / D. Ray and A.C. Broome -- Decision support for sustainable forestry: enhancing the basic rational model / H.R. Ekbia and K.M. Reynolds