In this Perspective article David Lindenmayer (The Australian National University) and Gene Likens (Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies) prevent their view on developing effective monitoring programs for agriculture.
The article was written in response to an opinion piece published in Nature proposing a global network for agricultural monitoring, which the authors believe fails to successfully address this important issue. They argue that the framework proposed by Sachs et al is likely to be ineffective, due to their analysis of previous monitoring programs. They present a new framework, based on their research which aims to understand change in environmental phenomena in agricultural ecosystems and answer critical questions about sustainable agriculture.
This interesting piece is currently free to access for 4 weeks – why not read it and give us your opinion?
Effective monitoring of agriculture
David B. Lindenmayer and Gene E. Likens
J. Environ. Monit., 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0EM00691B
