Strategies and tools for a sustainable rural Rio de Janeiro 1. Rio de Janeiro in times of global change (U. Nehren, H.Hissa, S. Schlüter, C. Raedig, D. Sattler) 2. Land use history of Rio de Janeiro (R.
ScheelYbert [not yet confirmed], U. Nehren, A. Kirchner, J. Heinrich) 3. Rural development in the state of Rio de Janeiro: The RioRural Programme (H. Hissa, N. Teixeira, M. Costa) 4.
The GermanBrazilian project INTECRAL (S. Schlüter) Agricultural Management 5. Challenges and opportunities for a competitive sustainable agriculture in Rio de Janeiro (S. Schlüter, H. Hissa, N. Teixera, J. Torrico, H. Gaese) 6.
Soil and water conservation management (J.M.G. Monteiro, R.B. Prado, A.P. Turetta, A.
Schuler, E.C.C Fidalgo) 7. From design to implementation: A participatory appraisal for silvopastoral systems (SSPs) in Italva, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (B. Quintana, L.A. Antunes , A. Pedraza) 8.
Towards good agricultural practices (GAP) in smallholders'' dairy production systems from an animal welfare perspective (M.L. Espinel, S. Schlüter, C. M. Resende) 9. Adequate harvesting technology for sugar cane producers in Rio de Janeiro (C.F.
Gaese; Carlos Frederico Veiga, J. M. Ferreira, T. Meyer) Managing Ecosystems and Biodiversity 10. Integrating biodiversity conservation into ecosystem management in Rio de Janeiro (A. Piratelli, C. Raedig, J. Wesenberg) 11.
Connectivity conservation management: linking private protected areas (C. Raedig, L. V. Guzmán Wolfhard) 12. Mapping and monitoring of protected riverine forest with Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) (G. Meier, L. Esquivel) 13. Bioindicator based hydromorphological assessment for watercourse development (D.
Birnbaum, G. Meier) 14. Use of native tree species for ecological restoration an d rehabilitation measures - a review (D. Sattler, P. Pena Rodrigues, C. Raedig, A. Hebner) 15. Value chains of native tree species using the example of C.
echinata (S. Lichtenberg) Integrated Water Management 16. Integrated water resources management (L. Ribbe) 17. Ecohydrological modelling and scenario impact assessment in rural Rio de Janeiro (A. Künne, J. Santos, S. Kralisch, P.
Selsam) 18. Servicebased software tools for ecohydrological system assessment (S. Kralisch, C. Schwartze, P. Selsam, F. Zander, A. Künne, J. Santos) 19.
Reuseoriented decentralized wastewater and sewage sludge treatment for Small Urbanized Rural Settlement in LatinAmerica. Lessons Learnt from Brazil (J. Cardona) 20. A tool to assess the impact of different land uses on surface water quality: WQI. (S. Penedo, R. Prado, A. Künne) 21.
Developing a Methodology for communitybased water quali ty measurement(A. Gautam, J. Ramirez, M. Costa, L. Ribbe) Land restoration, disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation 22. Land degradation, natural hazards and climate change: challenges for restoration, rehabilitation and adaptation (U. Nehren, D. Sattler, A.
J. Teixeira Guerra [not yet confirmed]) 23. Rehabilitation of degraded sloped pastures lessons learned in Itaocara, RJ (R. Seliger, D. Sattler, A. Soares da Silva) 24. Ecosystembased approaches for disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation (W. Lange, S.
Sandholz, M. Becher, J. Viezzer, U. Nehren) 25. A multicriteria tool for site prioritization for land restoration and rehabilitation (F. Naegeli, E. Fidalgo) 26. Disaster risk reduction and local perception in flood risk areas.
Study case in Nova Friburgo and Sao Fidelis municipalities, RJBrazil (A. Bustillos, L. Ribbe, M. Evers) Env ironmental governanceand economic instruments 27. Governance framework for environmental services provision in RJ (P. May) 28. Promoting sustainable agriculture and productivity gains: how to enhance the mitigation potential of the Rio de Janeiro Rural Development Program, Brazil (V. Rodriguez Osuna, D.
Gaydarova, R. Wollenweber, J. Monteiro) 29. Emissions reduction opportunities by improving land use management in Rural Rio de Janeiro" (L. Noriega, F. Saraiva, D. GaydarovaItrib) 30. Innovation and alternative income generation (O.
Torres and U. Dornberger) 31. Conclusions and Outlook chapter (C. Raedig, H. Hissa, S. Schlüter, D. Sattler, U. Nehren).