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Agroforestry
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 A068 Permaculture: A Designer's Manual
B.C.Mollison 1988. Tagari Publications. Reprint Edition, 1997. 576 pp (hardback) ASIN: 0908228015
This manual is well illustrated and could provide many ideas for agroforestry extension resources. It
appear to be a standard work of
reference for the permaculture concept.
The TreeCD abstract states: "This manual describes and illustrates the concepts and practical applications
of permaculture, a method for
designing sustainable land-use systems. It is based on an integrated and functional approach to design
where the use of ecological
principles guides the weaving together of earth, water, plants and animals into complex balanced landscape
patterns which have the
diversity of natural ecosystems while providing food, energy, shelter and the recycling of wastes. Within
the system the output of one
component provides the resources for another and no component is included unless it has more than one
function. Energy-efficient building
and natural energy technologies are also included together with the legal and financial strategies needed
to create such systems. The
conservation of soil, water, energy and forest resources are issues central to permaculture and each
of these topics is covered in detail in
the manual. The application of permaculture principles, through practical and tested design solutions,
is illustrated by key chapters on the
humid tropics, wetlands and cool temperate regions. The development of sustainable strategies for the
management of dry lands is
described as one of our most urgent global needs, and the largest chapter in the book is devoted to
a detailed analysis of desert
landscapes and soils, water harvesting techniques and appropriate agroforestry methods".
It has been reviewed in Newsletter - Social Forestry Network, Overseas Development Institute, UK (1990)
No. 11, p. 30)
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Available from:
http://www.amazon.com
. To have a look inside this publication, visit the Amazon web site, and search for the title of
the book. Once found, there will be a link to allow viewing of the full contents, introduction and index.
The link at the time of writing this
was:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/0908228015/ref=sib_dp_pt/103-2599464-8388654#reader-link
CONTENTS:
Introduction
Concepts and themes in design
Methods of design
Pattern understanding
Climatic factors
Tree and their energy transactions
Water
Soils
Earthworking and Earth Resources
The humid tropics
Dryland strategies
Humid cool to cold climates
Aquaculture
The strategies of an alternative global nation.
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