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Agriculture and Greenhouse Gases
Ten Actions to Reduce Emissions
Agriculture in France accounts for approximately 20% of all greenhouse gas emissions. This book suggests ten actions or agricultural practices to reduce them without substantial change to production systems nor a significant reduction in production. An estimated mitigation potential for each one in tonnes CO2 equivalent avoided and the associated costs or savings in euros are given for 2030.
Climate Change and Global Agricultures
How can food security be addressed whilst adapting to and mitigating climate change? What are the main threats weighing on southern agricultures? How do southern farmers respond to these threats? What does agronomic research propose? Which paths have yet to be explored?This work answers these questions with a summary of some twenty research programmes conducted in miscellaneous countries and which relate to the entire planet.
Sea Turtles
80 keys to understanding
Marine turtles, these emblematic and mysterious reptiles. What is known about them? How many species are there around the world? How do they live? How do they reproduce? Why do they come back to lay their eggs on the very beach where they were born? How do they manage to get back there?Through 100 richly illustrated questions, interspersed with a variety of historical and literary anecdotes, this guidebook invites you to learn a little more about the mysterious lives of these tireless wanderers!
Forest Wildlife and Humans
Fascinated by the closeness with the large mammals, Man's activity in the forest is very different, sometimes directly opposed to the use made by the fauna.This work examines sharing this space, scene of a privileged relationship between Man and Beast. How can we avoid reducing and denaturalising it? How can we limit overpopulation? Must the destruction of trees be attributed to poor species management?A number of questions to which the author replies, illustrating his comments with numerous examples and comparing all viewpoints - the forester, the hunter, the forest user, the farmer and also and most importantly the beast. For once more, the forest is shared land.
A Green Town
The Role of Plants in Towns
This book offers a multi-disciplinary, systemic state of the art on the influence of urban plants on seven sustainable development challenges: microclimatology, controlling energy, hydrology, ambiences, air quality, carbon footprint and biodiversity. Each challenge is assessed based on experimental and digital techniques applied and the outcome of various planting arrangements found in towns.