Introduction 1 Agricultural Heritage Systems 2 Custodians of Our Agricultural Heritage 5 A Global Partnership Initiative 7 Remarkable characteristics of Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS) 9 Climate Change and Agricultural Heritage Systems 13 Heritage for the Future 15 GIAHS pilot systems around the world 18 Chiloe agriculture system (Chiloe Island, Chile) 19 Andean agriculture system (The Cuzco-Puno corridor, Peru) 21 Ifugao Rice Terraces (Philippines) 24 Rice-Fish culture (Qingtian county, China) 26 Hani Rice Terraces (China) 28 Wannian traditional rice culture (China) 32 Oases of the Maghreb (El Oued, Algeria and Gafsa, Tunisia) 33 The Maasai pastoral system (Kenya and Tanzania) 35 Rewarding traditional farmers as providers of ecological and cultural services 37 Opportunities for promoting dynamic conservation of globally important agricultural heritage systems 38 Conclusions and Way Forward for Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development

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