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Social-Ecological Restoration in Paddy-Dominated Landscapes

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  • © 2014

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Editors:
  1. Nisikawa Usio

    1. Institute of Nature and Environmental Technology (K-INET), Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan

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  2. Tadashi Miyashita

    1. Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

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  • Serves as the first book on environmentally friendly rice farming
  • Couples ecosystem and human dimensions of ecological restoration
  • Includes various disciplines of natural and social sciences

Part of the book series: Ecological Research Monographs (ECOLOGICAL)

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Table of contents (20 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  3. Restoring the Multifunctionality of Paddy-Dominated Landscapes

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 67-67
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    2. Environmentally Friendly Farming in Japan: Introduction

      • Nisikawa Usio
      Pages 69-86

    3. Column: Endangered Species in Japan: Ex Situ Conservation Approaches and Reintroduction in the Wild

      • Mariko Kato
      Pages 87-94

    4. Effectiveness of Wildlife-Friendly Farming on Aquatic Macroinvertebrate Diversity on Sado Island in Japan

      • Nisikawa Usio, Ryoji Saito, Hiromi Akanuma, Ryugo Watanabe
      Pages 95-113

    5. Column: Sado Wrinkled Frog: An Alternative Symbol for Wildlife-Friendly Farming on Sado Island?

      • Raita Kobayashi
      Pages 115-121

    6. Using the Oriental White Stork as an Indicator Species for Farmland Restoration

      • Kazuaki Naito, Shiro Sagawa, Yoshito Ohsako
      Pages 123-138

    7. Nursery Grounds for Round Crucian Carp, Carassius auratus grandoculis, in Rice Paddies Around Lake Biwa

      • Taisuke Ohtsuka
      Pages 139-164

    8. Column: Rice-Fish Culture: The Contemporary Significance of a Traditional Practice

      • Yusuke Koseki
      Pages 165-172

    9. Responses of Aquatic Insect, Terrestrial Arthropod, and Plant Biodiversity to the V-Furrow Direct Seeding Management in Rice Fields

      • Shinsaku Koji, Koji Ito, Daisuke Akaishi, Kohei Watanabe, Shin-ya Nomura, Daisuke Utsunomiya et al.
      Pages 173-195

    10. Can Paddy Fields Mitigate Flood Disaster? Possible Use and Technical Aspects of the Paddy Field Dam

      • Natsuki Yoshikawa
      Pages 197-207

  4. Developing Economic Incentives and Strategies for Sustainable Agriculture

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 209-209
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    2. Sustainable Rice Agriculture by Maintaining the Functional Biodiversity on Ridges

      • Hidehiro Inagaki, Chieko Saiki, Kazuo Matsuno, Minoru Ichihara
      Pages 211-221

    3. Assessing the Difficulty of Implementing Wildlife-Friendly Farming Practices by Using the Best–Worst Scaling Approach

      • Takahiro Tsuge, Satoshi Nakamura, Nisikawa Usio
      Pages 223-236

    4. Column: In Search of Biodiversity-Oriented Farming

      • Shinichiro Saito
      Pages 237-242
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With a focus on environmentally friendly rice farming, this unique book integrates both ecosystem and human dimensions of ecological restoration to provide strategies to promote sustainable agriculture and rural development. Paddy fields have multiple functions beyond their role of producing rice: They serve as refuge habitats for a range of wildlife that once inhabited floodplain wetlands and contain a number of unique and threatened aquatic species. They also provide various ecosystem services for regional communities such as water retention, erosion control, flood control, fish culture, and educational opportunities. However, rice paddies are threatened worldwide due to the modernization of agriculture and abandonment of farmland caused by depopulation and the aging of rural communities. Therefore, multiple ecological and sociological aspects must be considered in the ecological restoration of paddy fields. This book aims to do so by incorporating various disciplines of natural and social sciences. Strategies for sustainable agriculture are reviewed, including financial incentives for farmers and the use of flagship wildlife species such as the crested ibis (toki) to promote ecological restoration. With the increasing popularity of environmentally friendly rice farming in parts of Asia and the western United States, this book offers model cases for sustainable management of paddy-dominated landscapes.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Institute of Nature and Environmental Technology (K-INET), Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan

    Nisikawa Usio

  • Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

    Tadashi Miyashita

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