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The enormous and ever worsening problems of environmental degradation,
combined with increasing population makes action imperative to
restore damaged dry lands while they remain in use. Progress will be
limited without needed reform in accounting, much improved
ecosystems science, and community empowerment. Restoration in use is
possible, but has rarely been taken seriously. It requires a
sophisticated understanding of the complexity of human/environment
interactions, innovation, patience, determination and long term
funding. Agroforestry, rainfed agriculture, mixed species grazing,
agri-tourism and other techniques can be used to increase yields and
speed recovery. To be sustainable operations have to support the
triple bottom line – financial, natural and social value
Additional information:
Sustainable Agriculture for California: A
Guide to Information
by
Steve Mitchell and David A. Bainbridge
Agroforestry in the Southwest: A
rich Past and Promising Future
by
David A. Bainbridge
Self-reliant Agriculture
for Drylands
by David A. Bainbridge |
