📗 Libro en inglés LIVING WITH THE TREES OF LIFE

With our world torn by climate change deforestation land degradation hunger malnutrition poverty loss of wildlife habitat zoonotic pandemics illegal migration and social injustice this book seeks to find a practical and pragmatic way forwards Based on the author s extensive experience of tropical agriculture and forestry around the world as well as his combination of practical and academic agricultural qualifications the second edition of Living with the Trees of Life presents a unique and positive perspective on resolving these big global issues It aims to identify principles strategies techniques and skills to find a path through the maze of options for sustainable living in the tropics and subtropics The book specifically draws heavily on a single case study which involved working to resolve the failure of tropical and subtropical agriculture to feed sustain and support the needs of rural communities To address the big picture facing society the work identified the traditionally important indigenous trees of tropical ecosystems the trees of life as a missing component of farming systems These trees are keystones of the natural environment Their products and critical ecological and social services have been overlooked by modern agricult