By Jeffrey A. McNeely (IUCN-The World Conservation Union) and Sara J. Scheer (Forest Trends)

Island Press. 2003, 324 p., ISBN 1559636459, paperback

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 Reviewed in The Temperate Agroforester, October 2003

   In Ecoagriculture, two of the world's leading experts o­n conservation and development examine the idea that agricultural landscapes can be designed more creatively to take the needs of human populations into account while also protecting, or even enhancing, biodiversity. They present a thorough overview of the innovative concept of "ecoagriculture"—the management of landscapes for both the production of food and the conservation of wild biodiversity. The book examines the global impact of agriculture o­n wild biodiversity describes the challenge of reconciling biodiversity conservation and agricultural goals outlines and discusses the ecoagriculture approach presents diverse case studies that illustrate key strategies explores how policies, markets, and institutions can be re-shaped to support ecoagriculture.