Social-Ecological Restoration in Paddy-Dominated Landscapes

Preface. - Contributors. -
Part I Understanding Agricultural Systems in Japan
. - 1 Japan s Agricultural Policies after World War II: Agricultural Land Use Policies and Problems (Takuya Hashiguchi). - 2 Socio-Ecological Systems in Paddy-Dominated Landscapes in Asian Monsoon (Osamu Saito and Kaoru Ichikawa). - 3
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Promoting Agriculture with a Recognition of Biological Diversity in the Context of Rice Paddy Resolutions (Shinji Minami). - 4 Distribution and Abundance of Organisms in Paddy-Dominated Landscapes with Implications for Wildlife-Friendly Farming (Tadashi Miyashita, Miyu Yamanaka, and Masaru H Tsutsui). -
Part II Restoring the Multifunctionality of Paddy-Dominated Landscapes
. - 5 Environmentally Friendly Farming in Japan: Introduction (Nisikawa Usio). - 6
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Endangered Species in Japan: Ex Situ Conservation Approaches and Reintroduction in the Wild (Mariko Kato). - 7 Effectiveness of Wildlife-Friendly Farming on Aquatic Macroinvertebrate Diversity on Sado Island in Japan (Nisikawa Usio, Ryoji Saito, Hiromi Akanuma, and Ryugo Watanabe). - 8
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Sado Wrinkled Frog: An Alternative Symbol for Wildlife-Friendly Farming on Sado Island? (Raita Kobayashi). - 9 Using the Oriental White Stork as an Indicator Species for Farmland Restoration (Kazuaki Naito, Shiro Sagawa, and Yoshito Ohsako). - 10 Nursery Grounds for Round Crucian Carp,
Carassius auratus grandoculis
, in Rice Paddies Around Lake Biwa (Taisuke Ohtsuka). - 11
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Rice-fish Culture: The Contemporary Significance of a Traditional Practice (Yusuke Koseki). - 12 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, Hongshu Pei, Nobuko Tuno, Kazumasa Hidaka, and Koji Nakamura). - 13 Can Paddy Fields Mitigate Flood Disaster? Possible Use and Technical Aspects of the Paddy Field Dam(Natsuki Yoshikawa). -
Part III Developing Economic Incentives and Strategies for Sustainable Agriculture
. - 14 Sustainable Rice Agriculture by Maintaining the Functional Biodiversity on Ridges (Hidehiro Inagaki, Chieko Saiki, Kazuo Matsuno, and Minoru Ichihara). - 15 Assessing the Difficulty of Implementing Wildlife-Friendly Farming Practices by Using the Best Worst Scaling Approach (Takahiro Tsuge, Satoshi Nakamura, and Nisikawa Usio). - 16
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In Search of Biodiversity-Oriented Farming (Shinichiro Saito). - 17 Sociological Advantages and Challenges of Community Farms in Sustainable Agricultural Practice (Takashi Kuwabara). - 18 Consumer Preferences and Willingness to Pay for Eco-labeled Rice: A Choice Experiment Approach to Evaluation of Toki-Friendly Rice Consumption (Kiyokazu Ujiie). -
Part IV Integrating Human Dimensions into Ecological Restoration
. - 19 Linking Ecosystem and Socioeconomic Dynamics for the Effective Management of Agricultural Landscapes (Hiroyuki Yokomizo ). - 20 Synthesis (Nisikawa Usio and Tadashi Miyashita). - BM Index.