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This eBook is a collection of articles from a Frontiers Research Topic. Frontiers Research Topics are very popular trademarks of the Frontiers Journals Series: they are collections of at least ten articles, all centered on a particular subject. With their unique mix of varied contributions from Original Research to Review Articles, Frontiers Research Topics unify the most influential researchers, the latest key findings and historical advances in a hot research area! Find out more on how to host your own Frontiers Research Topic or contribute to one as an author by contacting the Frontiers Editorial Office: frontiersin.org/about/contact

Camelids --- genomics --- population and landscape genetics --- breeding strategies and sustainable management --- conservation genetics --- physiology and thermo tolerance --- response to pathogen

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biodiversity and environment conservation --- resource recycling and conservation and sustainable management --- conservation planning and governance --- conservation ethics and ecology --- creative and multidisciplinary solutions for conservation and restoration --- heritage conservation and restoration --- Ecology --- Conservation biology --- Nature conservation

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Development of rural areas has witnessed increasing attention globally, especially over the past three to four decades. The highpoint in the renewed global interest in the development of rural people and their environment was reached with the setting of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in the year 2000. All of the set goals are basically rural development goals. With less than four years to the deadline for the achievement of the MDGs, it is almost certain that the goals are far from being achieved in, especially, most developing countries for whom the MDGs were essentially set. The struggle thus continues for rural development. As long as problems of poverty, disease, illiteracy, unemployment, poor infrastructure, environmental degradation and others persist (or increase) in rural communities, better and more result-oriented solutions to perennial and emerging problems of rural communities would be required. But rural development, in spite of the variations in thresholds of rurality among nations, is not exclusively a Third World or ‘developing countries’ process, owing to its multi-dimensionality. It is a global phenomenon that obviously requires global strategies. This book not only looks at rural development from its multi-dimensional perspectives, it is also a product of the experiences and expertise of distinguished scholars across the continents. Aiming to provide a comprehensive single volume that addresses salient issues and practices in rural development, the book covers themes ranging from sustainable agriculture, biodiversity conservation, strategic environmental assessment, renewable energy, rural financial resources, assessment of protected areas to statistics for rural development policy. Other subject matters covered by the book include social marginality, land use conflict, gender, cooperatives, animal health, rural marketing, information and communication technology, micro-business, and rural economic crisis. The book is thus an invaluable source of useful information on contemporary issues in rural development for researchers, policy makers, and students of rural development and other related fields.

Rural development. --- Community development, Rural --- Development, Rural --- Integrated rural development --- Regional development --- Rehabilitation, Rural --- Rural community development --- Rural development --- Rural economic development --- Agriculture and state --- Community development --- Economic development --- Regional planning --- Citizen participation --- Social aspects --- Sustainable Management Practices --- Business Economics --- Social Sciences and Humanities --- Management and Economics --- Business

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Planting trees in the agricultural landscape, in the form of establishing agroforestry systems, has a significant role to play in potentially improving ecosystem services, such as increased biodiversity, reduced soil erosion, increased soil carbon storage, improved food security and nutrition, and reduced greenhouse gas emissions. While the role of trees in agroforestry systems in improving ecosystem services has been researched, studies in new systems/regions and new agroforestry system designs are still emerging. This Special Issue includes selected papers presented at the 4th World Congress on Agroforestry, Montpellier, France 20–22 May 2019, and other volunteer papers. The scope of articles includes all aspects of agroforestry systems.

farmers’ knowledge --- ahannon-wiener index --- economic benefits --- alley cropping --- lignin --- shelterbelts --- agroforestry --- natural capital --- forest farming --- nutrient content --- agroforestry system --- review --- Amazonia --- cropland --- riparian buffers --- climate change --- subtropical acidic forest soil --- bees --- phosphorus --- pollination --- 15N tracing experiment --- stable isotope --- West Java --- interspecific competition --- growth form --- cropping system --- climate change mitigation --- gross N transformation rates --- East Africa --- improved-fallow --- N-fixing trees --- carbon sequestration --- home garden --- margalef index --- windbreaks --- leaf nutrient diagnosis --- agroforestry systems --- pollinators --- sorption --- forestland --- China --- temperature change --- fractionation --- hedgerows --- native trees --- slash-and-mulch --- soil N --- shade tree species --- soil C --- Alpinia oxyphylla --- sustainable management --- plant water use --- rubber-based agroforestry system --- ecosystem services --- Indonesia

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The connections between culture and sustainability have been in the public agenda since the 20th century. However, whilst global sustainability programmes at international institutional levels are yet to recognise the role of culture in their sustainability policies, the bid (albeit failed) in the early 2000s to formally add “culture” to the trilogy of sustainability pillars (economic, social, and environmental) mobilised a new discourse for the reframing of cultural policy narrative, which in turn urged a reassessment of methods of cultural management reflecting the same concerns among the sector’s grassroots. The idea of sustainability and culture working together and their envisioned role in future-proofing society and human development captured the imagination of cultural commentators, policy makers and practitioners alike, keen to fulfil these principles “out there”—in cultural organizations and events mega and small, in cities and regions, local and global. The papers in this Special Issue reflect this appeal. This publication covers a wide selection of issues related to sustainable cultural management, which means that it can be recommended to a varied audience. First of all, it can be recommended to managers experienced in cultural management, where success is measured more by the degree of mission accomplishment and the social benefits achieved rather than by profit. Another group comprises the employees of cultural organizations who want to improve their knowledge of sustainable cultural management. This Special Issue can also be recommended to artists, researchers, students, state and local government employees, founders and patrons of art, and all those who want to understand the importance of sustainable cultural management.

cultural communities of practice --- n/a --- management by project --- marketing concept --- attitudes --- film industry --- museums --- sustainable urban sculpture development --- foresight study --- European Capital of Culture --- patronage --- cross-border market for cultural services --- cultural offer --- Urban sculpture planning system --- Liverpool --- cultural and creative industries --- culture 1.0–3.0 --- contemporary art market --- cultural offer diversity --- heritage --- Delphi method --- sustainability --- grid-group cultural theory --- sustainable development --- creative-cultural industries --- ABC model --- social media content exploration --- integration --- town divided by a border --- EU cohesion policies --- social project culture --- public art --- qualitative research methods --- 3C Sustainable System --- cultural institutions --- cultural policy --- cognitive sociology --- old industrial areas --- culture-led regeneration --- China --- cultural participation --- cultural sustainability --- behavioral and emotional participation --- event --- social media --- public participation --- Shigatse city --- sustainable management of culture --- Katowice --- management of culture --- effectiveness --- post-transformation areas --- Cieszyn-?eský T?šín --- pro-environmental behavior --- cultural distance theory --- Romania --- art galleries --- Ostrava --- consumer-based brand equity --- sustainable management --- culture consumer --- factor analysis --- environment --- cultural services --- management --- culture --- philharmony --- crowdfunding --- sustainable consumption --- evolution path --- CBBE --- attractivity --- abstract and concrete information