Research Catalog

Title

Agriculture and biodiversity : developing indicators for policy analysis : proceedings from an OECD Expert Meeting, Zurich, Switzerland, November 2001.

Publication

Paris, France : Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, c2003.

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Additional Authors

• Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
• OECD Expert Meeting on Agri-biodiversity Indicators (2001 : Zurich, Switzerland)

Description

278 p. : ill., maps; 28 cm.

Subjects

• Agrobiodiversity > Congresses
• Biodiversity > Congresses
• Agriculture and state > OECD countries > Congresses
• Habitat (Ecology) > Congresses
• Science indicators > OECD countries > Congresses

Note

• A selection of papers from the OECD Expert Meeting on Agri-biodiversity Indicators, held 5-8 November, 2001 in Zurich, Switzerland, under the auspices of the OECD Joint Working Party on Agriculture and Environment.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

• OECD agri-biodiversity indicators: background paper / Kevin Parris -- Biological diversity of livestock and crops: useful classification and appropriate agri-environmental indicators / Frank Wetterich -- Developing biodiversity indicators for livestock in Greece / A. Georgoudis [et al.] -- Plant genetic resources and agri-biodiversity in the Czech Republic / Ladislav Dotlacil [et al.] -- Wild flora and fauna in Irish agro-ecosystems: a practical perspective on indicator selection / Jane Feehan -- An agricultural habitat indicator for wildlife in Korea / Jin-Han Kim [et al.]
• Using bird data to develop biodiversity indicators for agriculture / Melanie Heath and Matthew Rayment -- Overview of biodiversity indicators related to agriculture in Belgium / Visi García Cidad [et al.] -- Eco-Fauna-Database: a tool for both selecting indicator species for land use and estimating impacts of land use on animal species / Thomas Walter and Karin Schneider -- Estimating wildlife habitat trends on agricultural ecosystems in the United States / Stephen J. Brady and Curtis H. Flather.
• Monitoring habitat change in Japanese agricultural systems / David S. Sprague -- National and regional level farmland biodiversity indicators in Finland / Mikko Kuussaari and Janne Heliölä -- Developing habitat accounts: an application of the United Kingdom Countryside Surveys / Andrew Stott -- Agri-biodiversity indicators: a view from Unilever Sustainable Agriculture Initiative / Gail Smith and David Pendlington -- Indicators of agri-biodiversity: Australia's experience / James Walcott, Jean Chesson, and Peter O'Brien.
• Using biological and land use information to develop indicators of habitat availability on farmland / Terence McRae and Ted Weins -- Assessing biodiversity in the United States agricultural ecosystems / Michael J. Mac -- The state of agro-biodiversity in the Netherlands: integrating habitat and species indicators / Ben ten Brink.

Call Number

JBF 03-1427

ISBN

9264199209

OCLC

52631759

Title

Agriculture and biodiversity : developing indicators for policy analysis : proceedings from an OECD Expert Meeting, Zurich, Switzerland, November 2001.

Imprint

Paris, France : Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, c2003.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references.

Added Author

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

OECD Expert Meeting on Agri-biodiversity Indicators (2001 : Zurich, Switzerland)

Research Call Number

JBF 03-1427