This volume contains a solid body of the current state of knowledge on the various themes and activities in agroforestry worldwide. It is organized into three sections: the Introduction section consists of the summaries of six keynote speeches at the 2nd World Congress of Agroforestry held in Nairobi, Kenya, in 2009; that is followed by two sections of peer-reviewed thematic chapters grouped as ¿Global Perspectives¿ (seven chapters) and ¿Regional Perspectives¿ (eleven chapters), authored by professional leaders in their respective agroforestry-related fields worldwide. A total of 130 professionals from institutions in 33 countries in both developing and the industrialized temperate regions of the world contributed to the book as chapter authors and/or reviewers. Thus, the book presents a comprehensive and authoritative account of the global picture of agroforestry today.

Excerpts of keynote speeches at the 2nd World Congress of Agroforestry, 2009, by Nobel Laureates and other world leaders

Preface, List of Authors, List of ReviewersSection I.  INTRODUCTIONKeynote Presentations at WCA21. Agroforestry, climate change, and habitat protection; Wangari Maathai2. Agroforestry for an ever-green revolution; M. S. Swaminathan3. Environmental resilience and agroforestry; Richard Leakey4. Climate change and agroforestry; R. K. Pachaur5. Agroforestry and the transition to the future; Achim Steiner6. Agroforestry and the future of global land use; Dennis GarritySection II. GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES Based on WCA2 Symposia7. Climate-change mitigation: A low-hanging fruit of agroforestry; P. K. R. Nair8. Segregate or integrate for multifunctionality: landscape agroforestry involving rubber in Indonesia and China; M. van Noordwijk, H. L. Tata, J. Xu, S. Dewi, and P. Minang9. Integrating climate change adaptation and mitigation through agroforestry and ecosystem conservation; J. Matocha, T. Hills, D. Hole, and G. Schroth10. High-carbon-stock rural development pathways in Asia and Africa: Improved land management for climate change mitigation; P. A. Minang, M. Van Noordwijk, and B. Swallow11. Tree domestication in agroforestry: Progress in the second decade (2003-2012); R. B. Leakey, J. C. Weber, T. Page, J. P. Cornelius, F. K. Akinnifesi, J. M. Roshetko, Z. Tchoundjeu, and R. Jamnadass12. Policy support for large-scale adoption of agroforestry  practices: Experience from Africa and Asia; O. C.Ajayi and F. Place13. Multifunctional Agriculture and opportunities for agroforestry - Implications of IAASTD; R. B. LeakeySection III. REGIONAL PERSPECTIVES14. The future of temperate agroforestry in the United States; S. Jose, M. A. Gold, and H. E. Garrett15. Agroforestry research and development in Canada; N. V. Thevathasan, A. M. Gordon, R. Bradley, A.  Cogliastro, P. Folkard, R.  Grant, J. Kort, L. Liggins, F. Njenga, A. Olivier, C. Pharo, G. Powell, D. Rivest, T. Schiks,  D. Trotter, K. Van Rees, J. Whalen, and L. Zabek16. Past, present, and future of agroforestry in Europe; M. R. Mosquera-Losada, G. Moreno, A. Pardini, J. H.McAdam, V. Papanastasis, P. J. Burgess, N. Lamersdorf, M. Castro, F. Liagre, and A. Rigueiro-Rodríguez17. Agroforestry for mine-land reclamation in Germany: Capitalizing on carbon sequestration and bioenergy production; A. QuinkensteinD. FreeseC. BöhmP. TsonkovaandR. F. Hüttl18. The Satoyama landscape of Japan: The future of an indigenous agricultural system in an industrialized society; K. Ichikawa and G. G. Toth19. South Asian agroforestry: traditions, transformations, and prospects; B. M. Kumar, A. K. Singh, and S. K. Dhyani20. Agroforestry in the Amazon region: A pathway for balancing conservation and development; R. Porro, R. P. Miller, M. R. Tito, J. Donovan, J. L. Vivan21. Mainstreaming agroforestry in Latin America; E. Somarriba, J. Beer, J. A. Orihuela, H. Andrade, R. Cerda, F. DeClerck, G. Detlefsen, M. Escalante, L. A. Giraldo, M. Ibrahim, L Krishnamurthy, V. E. Mena, J. R. Mora, L. Orozco, M. Scheelje, and J. J. Campos22. Land health surveillance: Mapping soil carbon in Kenyan rangelands; T.-G. Vågen, F. A. Davey, and K. D. Shepherd23. Gender and agroforestry in Africa: Who benefits? - An African perspective; E. Kiptot and S. Franzel24. Incentive mechanisms for smallholder agroforestry: Opportunities and challenges in the Philippines; D. Catacutan, R. D. Lasko, and C. D.Piñon25. Agroforestry - The Way Forward; P.K. Nair and D. GarritySubject Index