Ostrich farming and environmental management tools: an overview.

• Autor(a) principal: RODRIGUES, G. S.
• Data de Publicação: 2008
• Outros Autores: BUSCHINELLI, C. C. de A., MUNIZ, L. R.
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da EMBRAPA (Repository Open Access to Scientific Information from EMBRAPA - Alice)
• Texto Completo: http://www.alice.cnptia.embrapa.br/alice/handle/doc/15569
• topic: Estrutiocultura; Ostriches

There is an increasing demand in the ostrich farming sector for management tools that are capable of motivating, preparing and guiding producers to meet the requirements of ?environmentally conscious? consumers. Many methodological options are currently available to conduct sustainability assessments and to ensure the best environmental management of rural activities. One option, the ?System for weighed environmental impact assessment of rural activities? (APOIA-NovoRural), has recently been validated for ostrich farming, as a tool for checking the contributions of the activity to local sustainable development. Case studies have favoured the understanding of the main environmental impacts and provided valuable recommendations regarding natural resources management and landscape ecology improvements in ostrich farming systems. Most importantly, the criteria and indicators constructed in this environmental management tool may be used for defining general ?Terms of Reference? for sustainable ostrich farming.