Slow Food
Good, Clean, and Fair Food
Slow Food is a non-profit, eco-gastronomic member-supported organization that was founded in 1989 to counteract fast food and fast life, the disappearance of local food traditions and people’s dwindling interest in the food they eat, where it comes from, how it tastes and how our food choices affect the rest of the world. Today, we have over 80,000 members a ...learn more
GROUP DETAILS
Created: Nov 30, 2007
Updated: Nov 19, 2009
Membership: Open
Semi-Private
Conservation Direct Threats >>
Taxonomy: Agriculture and Aquaculture
General Info
- Definition:
- Threats from farming and ranching as a result of agricultural expansion and intensification, including silviculture, mariculture and aquaculture.
- Keywords:
- agriculture, aquaculture, nontimber, crops, wood, pulp, plantations, livestock, farming, ranching, marine, freshwater, biodiversity, conservation, direct, threat
About
Threats resulting from the use of agrochemicals, rather than the direct
conversion of land to agricultural use, should be included under
Agricultural & Forestry Effluents.
This category is part of a standard classification of ‘Direct threats to biodiversity’ edited by the World Conservation Union (IUCN) and in use by all major biodiversity conservation organizations such as The Nature Conservancy, Birdlife International, Wildlife Conservation Society, and World Wildlife Fund. For a detailed description of the classification please go here. To search for solutions, service providers, consultants, practitioners, and funders related to this conservation threat use the Conservation Pages.
This category is part of a standard classification of ‘Direct threats to biodiversity’ edited by the World Conservation Union (IUCN) and in use by all major biodiversity conservation organizations such as The Nature Conservancy, Birdlife International, Wildlife Conservation Society, and World Wildlife Fund. For a detailed description of the classification please go here. To search for solutions, service providers, consultants, practitioners, and funders related to this conservation threat use the Conservation Pages.
