The Soil Foodweb: It's Role in Ecosystem Health Protecting and Expanding Traditional Agroforests Traditional Pacific Island Agroforestry Systems

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This second edition is fully revised and greatly expanded, now with an additional 55 chapters and over 150 photographs.Ĭontains the first six years of The Overstory e-journal.

Locate helpful internet sites, organizations, people, and publications.

Market products effectively to improve economic returns sustainably.

Work with multipurpose plants including trees, palms, bamboos, and more.

Restore fertility, productivity, and biodiversity with trees.

Understand how to grow or obtain the highest quality seeds, seedlings, and plant materials.

Design effective tree-based windbreaks, noise barriers, live fences, and erosion buffers.Form alliances with animals, from wildlife, birds, and insects to integrated, free-range livestock.Create abundance with fruit trees, timber trees, vine crops, vegetables, mushrooms, and more.Work with beneficial microorganisms, from mycorrhizal fungi to nitrogen-fixing bacteria and more.Discover time-tested agricultural and conservation techniques from indigenous and traditional peoples.

Each chapter shares key concepts and useful information, so readers can get back to planting and protecting more trees, gardens, and forests, more effectively. The Overstory Book distills essential information about working with trees into 134 short, easy-to-read, single-subject chapters. Careful planning and sound information is needed to reach these goals.

Protecting and planting trees can restore wildlife habitat, heal degraded land, conserve soil, protect watersheds, diversify farm or garden products, beautify landscapes, and enhance the economic and ecological viability of land use systems. Whether in a small backyard or a larger farm or forest, trees are vital to the web of life.

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