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Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Contibutors -- Preface -- Chapter 1 Ecorestoration for Environmental Sustainability-An Introductory Framework -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Global Scenario of Ecosystem Types and Their Degradation -- 1.2.1 Agroecosystem -- 1.2.2 Forests -- 1.2.3 Freshwater -- 1.2.4 Grasslands, Shrub Lands, and Savannahs -- 1.2.5 Mountains -- 1.2.6 Oceans and Coasts -- 1.2.7 Peat Lands Around -- 1.2.8 Urban Areas -- 1.3 Need of Ecorestoration -- 1.3.1 The Economy -- 1.3.2 Food Security -- 1.3.3 Clean Water -- 1.3.4 Health and Well-Being -- 1.3.5 Climate Change Mitigation -- 1.3.6 Climate Change Adaptation -- 1.3.7 Security -- 1.3.8 Biodiversity -- 1.3.9 Synergies and Trade-Offs -- 1.4 Ecological Restoration and Forestry -- 1.4.1 Forested Wetland Restoration -- 1.5 Ecological Restoration and Societal Development -- 1.5.1 Ecological Restoration in Social Context -- 1.6 Policies and Strategy Formulation for Ecological Restoration Toward Environmental Sustainability -- 1.6.1 Novel Ecosystems and Adapting to Rapid Global Change -- 1.6.2 Climate-Smart Agriculture and Enhancing Socioecological Resilience -- 1.6.3 Increasing the Multifunctionality and Productivity of Agricultural Landscapes -- 1.6.4 Green Infrastructure and Nature-Based Solutions -- 1.6.5 Ecorestoration of Agroecosystem -- 1.6.6 Urbanization and Development -- 1.6.7 Biodiversity Offset Mitigation Through Ecological Restoration -- 1.6.8 Ecological Restoration as an Integral Component of Production Landscapes -- 1.7 Evidence of Success and Benefits of Ecological Restoration -- 1.8 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 2 Agricultural Soil Management and Ecorestoration Under Climate Change: Practices for Sustainable Soil Resource -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Impacts of Climate Change on Agricultural Soil -- 2.2.1 Soil Erosion -- 2.2.2 Soil Salinization.
2.2.3 Drought -- 2.3 Potential for Soil and Ecorestoration to Mitigate Climate Change -- 2.3.1 Soil Carbon Sequestration -- 2.3.2 Soil Management Practices for Increasing Carbon Storage in Soil -- 2.3.3 Ecorestoration of Agricultural Soil -- 2.3.4 Potential for Ecorestoration of Soil to Mitigate and Adapt Climate Change -- 2.4 Soil Water Management Under Climate Change/Variability -- 2.4.1 Experiences from Europe -- 2.4.1.1 Improvement of Irrigation to Save Water -- 2.4.1.2 Shifts in Land Use to Adapt to Climate Change -- 2.4.2 Experiences from Bangladesh -- 2.4.3 Experiences from Tunisia -- 2.5 Recommendations for Sustainable Soil Management and Environmental Sustainability -- 2.6 Policy Framework for Ecorestoration and Management of Agricultural Soil -- 2.7 Future Roadmap for Ecorestoration Toward Sustainable Soil Resource -- 2.8 Conclusion -- Funding -- References -- Chapter 3 Integrated River Health Assessment System (IRHAS): A Promising Tool for Ecorestoration of Tropical Indian Rivers -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.1.1 River Ecology-An Introductory Remark -- 3.1.2 Status/Scenario of Tropical Rivers in India -- 3.1.3 Concept of Ecorestoration of Riverine Ecosystem in India -- 3.1.4 Role of Biodiversity in Riverine Conservation -- 3.2 Integrated River Health Assessment System (IRHAS)-A Promising Tool -- 3.2.1 Physical Analysis -- 3.2.1.1 Physical Habitat -- 3.2.1.2 Riparian Zone -- 3.2.1.3 Biological Analysis -- 3.2.1.4 Chemical Analysis -- 3.3 Legal and Policy Framework for Effective Implementation of Integrated River Health Assessment System -- 3.4 Future Roadmap of Integrated River Health Assessment System -- 3.5 Concluding Remarks for the Implementation of IRHAS in Indian River Systems to Achieve Environmental Sustainability -- References.
Chapter 4 Wetland Restoration Policies and the Sustainability of Agricultural Productions, Lessons Learnt from Zrebar Lake, Iran -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.1.1 What is Eutrophication? -- 4.1.2 Clarity Reduction -- 4.1.3 Clogging Filters -- 4.1.4 Increasing Health Risks -- 4.1.5 Increasing Ecological Risks -- 4.1.6 pH Variation -- 4.1.7 Human Ecosystem -- 4.2 What is the Cause? -- 4.3 Integrated Sustainable Management -- 4.3.1 Trends and Approaches -- 4.3.2 Best Management Practices (BMPs) -- 4.3.3 Accounting Sustainability by Water Footprint -- 4.4 Zrebar Lake -- 4.4.1 Basin Characteristics -- 4.4.2 Basin Ecology -- 4.4.3 Pollution Sources -- 4.4.4 Water Quality -- 4.4.5 Lessons Learnt -- 4.4.5.1 Zrebar Lake in Studies -- 4.4.5.2 BMPs Impact -- 4.4.5.3 Future Trends and Directives -- 4.4.5.4 Legal and Policy Framework -- 4.5 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 5 Strategies for Ecosystem Biomass Conservation: Review, Analysis, and Evaluation -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.1.1 Sustainable Development: Bases and Principles -- 5.1.2 Planetary Limits and Natural Capital -- 5.2 Loss of Biospheric Integrity -- 5.2.1 Ecosystems, Biodiversity, and Climate -- 5.2.2 The Global State of Natural Capital -- 5.2.3 Loss of Biomass Integrity of Ecosystems -- 5.3 Strategies for the Conservation/Restoration of Ecosystem Biomass -- 5.3.1 Ecorestoration -- 5.3.2 Payment for Environmental Services (PES) -- 5.3.3 Nature-Based Solutions -- 5.3.4 Ecosystem-Based Adaptation -- 5.3.5 Protected Areas (PAs) -- 5.4 Case Study: Native Forests, Biomass, and Ecosystem Services -- 5.4.1 Lower Yungas Forest (LYF) Context -- 5.4.2 Characterization and Analysis -- 5.4.3 Physiognomy, Floristic Composition, and Richness -- 5.4.4 Stock and Distribution of Carbon in Ecosystem Reservoirs -- 5.4.5 Protected Areas Value and Management Strategies -- 5.5 Effectiveness of Conservation Measures.
5.5.1 Protected Areas: Are They Meeting Their Goal? -- 5.5.2 Effectiveness of Protected Areas -- 5.6 Conclusions -- 5.7 Policy and Legal Framework for Ecosystem Biomass Conservation -- 5.8 Forest Ecosystem Biomass Conservation Toward Environmental Sustainability -- 5.8.1 Forest Biomass: A Complex and Multidiverse Source of Benefits -- 5.9 Future Roadmap of Forest Biomass Conservation -- 5.10 Final Thoughts -- References -- Chapter 6 Reclamation of Mined Soil in RCF Region-A Phytoremediation Approach -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Impact of Mining -- 6.3 Bioremediation and Phytoremediation -- 6.4 Material and Methods -- 6.4.1 Study Sites -- 6.4.2 Ecological Survey or Phytosociological Study for Identifying Pioneering Species of Trees -- 6.5 Results and Discussion -- 6.6 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 7 Ecological Restoration of Various Ecosystems: Implications for Biodiversity Conservation and Natural Resource Management -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Ecosystem as a Natural Support System for Biodiversity -- 7.3 Pollution of the Natural Ecosystem -- 7.4 Deforestation -- 7.5 Consequences of Pollution of the Natural Ecosystem -- 7.6 Ecorestoration for Conservation of Biodiversity and Natural Resources -- 7.7 Various Approaches to Ecological Restoration-Natural Regeneration and Active Ecorestoration -- 7.8 Tools for Ecological Restoration of Various Ecosystems -- 7.9 Ecorestoration of Biodiversity in Terrestrial, Aquatic Ecosystems, Wetlands, Tropical Forests, Grasslands -- 7.10 Research and Development Activities in Ecorestoration for Conservation of Biodiversity and Natural Resources -- 7.11 Policy and Legal Framework for Ecorestoration, Conservation of Biodiversity and Natural Resources -- 7.12 Future Roadmap -- 7.13 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 8 Managing Forests for Offsetting Carbon Footprints -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 Global Forests Scenario.
8.3 Carbon Footprint: A Conceptual Framework -- 8.4 Carbon Footprint Calculator -- 8.5 Technology for Forest Cover and Carbon Assessment -- 8.6 Measuring Carbon Emissions from Deforestation -- 8.7 Carbon Sinks in Forests -- 8.8 Forest Management for Carbon Mitigation -- 8.9 Emerging Challenges and Constraint -- 8.10 Research and Development Toward Footprints -- 8.11 Policy and Legal Framework -- References -- Chapter 9 Ecosystem Management of Polluted Forest and Its Implication on Biodiversity Conservation in the Niger Delta -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 Profiles of Mangrove Biodiversity in the Niger Delta -- 9.2.1 Vegetation -- 9.2.2 Wildlife -- 9.2.3 Impact of Hydrocarbon Pollution on Mangrove Flora and Fauna -- 9.2.4 Impact of Pesticide (Herbicide) Application on Mangrove Vegetation -- 9.3 Environmental Management and Restoration Ecology as Solutions -- 9.4 The Human Factor and the Practice of a Win-Win Ecology in Biodiversity Conservation -- 9.5 Regional Versus Local Site Management -- 9.6 Policy and Legal Framework and Eco-Restoration of Polluted Sites and Biodiversity Conservation of Niger Delta -- 9.7 Future Research and Development of Conservation of Mangrove Ecosystem in the Niger Delta -- 9.8 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 10 Forest Biodiversity Conservation and Restoration: Policies, Plan, and Approaches -- 10.1 Introduction -- 10.1.1 Forest Resources and Biodiversity -- 10.1.2 Faunal Diversity in Tropical Forest -- 10.1.3 Forest Degradation and Fragmentation -- 10.2 Need for Forest Restoration Program -- 10.3 Value of Restoring Forests -- 10.4 Forest Landscape Restoration Vis-A-Vis Conservation Strategies -- 10.5 Forest Landscape Restoration for Ecological Integrity -- 10.6 Restoration of Degraded Tropical Forest -- 10.7 Ecosystem Approaches to Forest Restoration: Learning from the Past.
10.8 Forest Restoration for Enhancing Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services.
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Bonifiche ed irrigazioni : principi idrologici, idraulici ed agropedologici / C. Ath. Constantinidis ; edizione a cura di Alfredo Metteo
