Message-ID: <l+Y7+zCTPja@LSS1-Server.Net.Tufts.EDU> Date: Mon, 20 Mar 1995 16:28:23 EST From: mailto:WLockeretz@INFONET.TUFTS.EDU> Subject: Agriculture/Environment conference To: Multiple recipients of list DEVEL-L
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Conference on
ENVIRONMENTAL ENHANCEMENT THROUGH AGRICULTURE
Boston, Massachusetts
November 16-17, 1995
Organized by:
Tufts University, Center for Agriculture, Food and
Environment
American Farmland Trust
Henry A. Wallace Institute for Alternative Agriculture
Papers are invited for a conference dealing with ways that
agriculture can offer environmental benefits, rather than simply
reducing the damage it imposes on the environment. The goal of
the conference is to foster a new kind of strategic thinking about
agriculture based on "win-win" approaches that jointly serve both
agricultural and environmental interests.
Some examples of environmental benefits that appropriately managed
agricultural systems can provide include:
o Refuges for wildlife species that thrive in suitable
agricultural ecosystems and that are being deprived of
other habitat.
o Watershed protection and water quality enhancement.
o A source of renewable materials as an alternative to
environmentally damaging extraction of nonrenewable
resources.
o Environmentally advantageous waste recycling.
o Attractive sites for low-impact tourism that could reduce
the demand for more environmentally degrading forms of
tourism.
o Aesthetically appealing landscapes.
We are interested in presentations on both general strategies and
specific examples of positive agriculture-environment
interactions. Papers may be about research, field projects,
general concepts, or legislative and policy issues. They may be
descriptive, practice-oriented, theoretical, or empirical, and
they may deal either with the U.S. or other parts of the world.
We especially welcome papers that will interest people from a
broad range of backgrounds, not just disciplinary specialists.
If you are interested in presenting a paper at this conference,
please mail three copies of an abstract of 150 to 250 words by
April 14, 1995 to:
William Lockeretz
School of Nutrition
Tufts University
Medford, MA 02155
Informal inquiries about the suitability of a topic also are
welcome:
617-627-3223 (Voice)
617-627-3887 (Fax)
mailto:wlockeretz@infonet.tufts.edu
Notification of acceptance of papers will be sent by May 26, 1995.
An area also will be available for poster presentations. If you
would like to display photos or other graphical materials about a
project, please provide a brief description by April 14.