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Acknowledgements:

Authors: Lena Wietheger, Louisa Winkler, Marco Schlüter
Scientific advisor: Dr. Phil. Eric Wyss (Forschungsinstitut für Biologischen Landbau, Switzerland)
Photography: Louis Bolk Institute (Netherlands)
Design and layout: Arthur

Sources and further reading:

Biao, X., Xiaorong, W. Zhuhong, D. and Yaping, Y.
(2003),Critical impact assessment of organic
agriculture,Journal of Agricultural and
Environmental Ethics 16:297-311.
[Journal article] [paid content]

Ehrlich, P.R. and Pringle, R.M. (2008),
Where does biodiversity go from here?
A grim business-as-usual forecast and
a hopeful portfolio of partial solutions,
Proceedings of the National Academy of
Sciences 105:11579-11586
[Journal article]

FAO (2002), Biodiversity and the agroecosystem
approach in agriculture, forestry and fisheries,
FAO Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and
Agriculture
[Report]

FAO (2007), State of the world’s animal genetic resources
for food and agriculture, FAO Commission on Genetic
Resources for Food and Agriculture
[Report]

Hoekstra J.M., Boucher T.M., Ricketts T.H., Roberts C. (2005), Confronting a biome crisis: global disparities of habitat loss and protection, Ecology Letters 8:23-29. [Journal Article]

Kotschi, J. (2006), Coping with Climate Change and the Role of
Agrobiodiversity, Conference on International Agricultural
Research for Development, Tropentag 2006, October 11-12,
University of Bonn.
[Conference Paper]

Tybirk, K., Alrøe, H.F. and Frederiksen, P. (2004), Nature quality in organic farming: a conceptual analysis of considerations and criteria in a European context, Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics 17 (3):249-274. [Journal]

UNEP (2008), Biodiversity and agriculture: safeguarding biodiversity and securing food for the world, UN Convention on Biological Diversity [Project]

UN Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, [Project]

UN Convention on Biological Diversity [Project]

Yachi, S. and Loreau, M. (1999), Biodiversity and ecosystem productivity in a fluctuating environment, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 96 (4): 1463-1468 [Report]





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