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Maximum Yield?: Sustainable Agriculture as a Tool for Conservation

Maximum Yield?: Sustainable Agriculture as a Tool for Conservation

Author(s): Rose Hessmiller

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By R. Margoluis, V. Russell, M. Gonzalez, O. Rojas, J. Magdaleno, G. Madrid, and D. Kaimowitz, © 2001 Biodiversity Support Program (BSP) In the 1980's, sustainable agriculture gained popularity among international conservation organizations as a tool for project managers to combat deforestation and thus reach conservation goals. The research presented here found that sustainable agriculture decreases deforestation only under certain conditions but that it serves as an important mechanism to decrease other threats to biodiversity, such as fire.

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