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245 00 $aComparative assessment of the environmental costs of aquaculture and other food production sectors :$bmethods for meaningful comparisons : FAO / WFT Expert Workshop, 24-28 April 2006, Vancouver, Canada /$cedited by Devin M. Bartley, Cécile Brugère, Doris Soto, Pierre Gerber, and Brian Harvey.
260 $aRome :$bFood and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations,$c2007.
300 $aviii, 241 p. :$bill., col. maps ;$c30 cm.
440 0 $aFAO fisheries proceedings,$x1813-3940 ;$v10
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references.
505 2 $aGenesis of the workshop -- Food production : intensification and environmental impacts -- Workshop findings -- A potential role for FAO -- Contributed papers.
520 $aThe global food production sector is growing. In many areas farming systems are intensifying. This rapid growth has in some cases caused environmental damage. This document include an introduction and 12 review papers describing methods for such comparisons as well as the deliberations of their authors, a group of nineteen international experts on environmental economics, energy accounting, material and environmental flows analysis, aquaculture, agriculture and international development. Experts concluded that comparisons can be useful for addressing local development and zoning concerns, global issues of sustainability and trade and consumer preferences for inexpensive food produced in an environmentally sustainable manner. In order to be useful, however, methods to assess environmental costs should be scientifically based, comparable across different sectors, expandable to different scales, inclusive of externalities, practical to implement and easily understood by managers and policy-makers. Aquaculture in many locations and conditions is or could be much more environment friendly than other food sectors.--Publisher's description.
530 $aAvailable both in print and online.
650 0 $aAquaculture industry$vCongresses.
650 0 $aAquaculture$vCongresses.
650 0 $aEnvironmental policy$xEconomic aspects$vCongresses.
655 7 $aConference proceedings.$2fast
700 1 $aBartley, Devin M.
700 1 $aBrugère, Cécile D.
700 1 $aSoto, Doris.
700 1 $aGerber, Pierre.
700 1 $aHarvey, Brian J.
710 2 $aFood and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
710 2 $aWorld Fisheries Trust.
711 2 $aFAO/WFT Expert Workshop$d(2006 :$cVancouver)
776 08 $iOnline version:$tComparative assessment of the environmental costs of aquaculture and other food production sectors.$dRome : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2007$w(OCoLC)647121414
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