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Rewilding Agricultural Landscapes: A California Study in Rebalancing the Needs of People and Nature
Rewilding Agricultural Landscapes: A California Study in Rebalancing the Needs of People and Nature
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An ambitious case study of rewilding agricultural lands and the lasting impact those efforts can have on farms, ecosystems, and communities.
Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 264 pages
Publication date: 28 June 2021
Publisher: Island Press
The world population is increasing rapidly, putting unprecedented pressure on agricultural lands. At the same time, climate change, soil degradation, and water scarcity are causing a decline in productivity in many of these lands. In desert dryland regions, drinking wells are drying up, land is sinking, soil salinity is increasing, and poor air quality is contributing to health problems in farm communities.
Rewilding the least productive of these cultivated landscapes is a sensible way to reverse the damage from intensive agriculture. Ecological restoration efforts can recover natural diversity while guaranteeing the long-term sustainability of remaining farms and communities.
This accessible book is the first to examine in detail what it would take to retire eligible farmland and restore functioning natural ecosystems. It uses the southern Central Valley of California, one of the most productive and important agricultural regions in the world, as a case study for returning a balance to agricultural lands and natural ecosystems.
The project, one of the largest rewilding studies in dryland ecosystems, has shown that rewilding can slow desertification and provide ecosystem services such as recharged aquifers, cleaner air, and stabilized soils to nearby farms and communities.
Chapters in the book examine what scientists have learned about the natural history of this dryland area, how retired farmland can be successfully restored to its natural wild state, and the socioeconomic and political benefits of doing so. The book concludes with a vision of a region restored to ecological balance and equipped for inevitable climate change.
Weight: 464g
Dimension: 152 x 228 x 20 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781642831269
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