In search of biohappiness : biodiversity and food, health and livelihood security / M S Swaminathan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Swaminathan, M. S. (Monkombu Sambasivan)

Contributor:

Albert E. Visk, W'28, Memorial Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Biodiversity conservation--Social aspects.

Biodiversity conservation.

Biodiversity.

Food security.

Food supply.

Sustainable agriculture.

Physical Description:

xiv, 170 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Singapore ; Hackensack, NJ : World Scientific, [2011]

Summary:

This book describes how an era of biohappiness, based on the conservation and sustainable and equitable use of biodiversity, can be launched. It deals with all aspects of conservation such as in situ, ex situ and community conservation, and also covers conservation issues relating to mangroves and other coastal bioresources, whose importance has grown with the emerging possibility of sea-level rise from global warming. The book includes concrete examples of how local tribal families have taken to the establishment of gene, seed, grain and water banks in villages, thus linking conservation, cultivation, consumption and commerce in a mutually-reinforcing manner. Book jacket.

Contents:

Section I Conservation, Cultivation, Consumption and Commerce: Pathways to Biohappiness

1 Towards an Era of Biohappiness 3

2 Biodiversity and Sustainable Food Security 9

3 Biotechnology and Biohappiness 19

4 Integrated Gene Management 27

5 Mangroves 37

6 Plant Variety Protection and Genetic Conservation 47

Section II Science and Sustainable Food Security

7 The Tsunami and a New Chapter 55

8 Now for the Evergreen Revolution 61

9 Evergreen Revolution and Sustainable Food Security 67

10 Priorities in Agricultural Research and Education 73

11 Achieving Food Security in Times of Crisis 83

12 Synergy between Food Security Act and Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act 93

13 Common and Differentiated Entitlements: Pathway for Food Security for All 99

14 Designing Architecture for a Learning Revolution 105

15 Role of Sustainability Science 113

16 Towards Eliminating Hunger and Poverty 117

Section III Food Security in an Era of Climate Change and Civil Strife

17 Copenhagen, Tsunami and Hunger 127

18 Monsoon Management in an Era of Climate Change 131

19 Media and the Farm Sector 137

20 Resolving Asia's Contradictions: Growth versus Inequities 143

21 From Killing Fields to Smiling Gardens in Northern Sri Lanka 147

22 Finding Common International Goals 153

23 Looking Back and Looking Ahead 157.

Notes:

Includes index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Albert E. Visk, W'28, Memorial Book Fund.

ISBN:

9814329320

9789814329323

OCLC:

659773197

Publisher Number:

99944509561