Author: Juhani Ojasti
Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.
ISBN: 9789251033166
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
Wildlife Utilization in Latin America
Author: Juhani Ojasti
Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.
ISBN: 9789251033166
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.
ISBN: 9789251033166
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
People in Nature
Author: Kirsten M. Silvius
Publisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 9780231127820
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 486
Book Description
'People in Nature' highlights South and Central American approaches to wildlife conservation and management strategy and discusses threats caused by ranching, habitat fragmentation, fishing and hunting.
Publisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 9780231127820
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 486
Book Description
'People in Nature' highlights South and Central American approaches to wildlife conservation and management strategy and discusses threats caused by ranching, habitat fragmentation, fishing and hunting.
Biodiversity Conservation in Latin America and the Caribbean
Author: Allen Blackman
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317906853
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 245
Book Description
Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) region is exceptionally biodiverse. It contains about half of the world’s remaining tropical forests, nearly one-fifth of its coastal habitats, and some of its most productive agricultural and marine areas. But agriculture, fishing and other human activities linked to rapid population and economic growth increasingly threaten that biodiversity. Moreover, poverty, weak regulatory capacity, and limited political will hamper conservation. Given this dilemma, it is critically important to design conservation strategies on the basis of the best available information about both biodiversity and the track records of the various policies that have been used to protect it. This rigorously researched book has three key aims. It describes the status of biodiversity in LAC, the main threats to this biodiversity, and the drivers of these threats. It identifies the main policies being used to conserve biodiversity and assesses their effectiveness and potential for further implementation. It proposes five specific lines of practical action for conserving LAC biodiversity, based on: green agriculture; strengthening terrestrial protected areas and co-management; improving environmental governance; strengthening coastal and marine resource management; and improving biodiversity data and policy evaluation.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317906853
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 245
Book Description
Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) region is exceptionally biodiverse. It contains about half of the world’s remaining tropical forests, nearly one-fifth of its coastal habitats, and some of its most productive agricultural and marine areas. But agriculture, fishing and other human activities linked to rapid population and economic growth increasingly threaten that biodiversity. Moreover, poverty, weak regulatory capacity, and limited political will hamper conservation. Given this dilemma, it is critically important to design conservation strategies on the basis of the best available information about both biodiversity and the track records of the various policies that have been used to protect it. This rigorously researched book has three key aims. It describes the status of biodiversity in LAC, the main threats to this biodiversity, and the drivers of these threats. It identifies the main policies being used to conserve biodiversity and assesses their effectiveness and potential for further implementation. It proposes five specific lines of practical action for conserving LAC biodiversity, based on: green agriculture; strengthening terrestrial protected areas and co-management; improving environmental governance; strengthening coastal and marine resource management; and improving biodiversity data and policy evaluation.
A Conservation Assessment of the Terrestrial Ecoregions of Latin America and the Caribbean
Author: Eric Dinerstein
Publisher: World Bank Publications
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
Approach; Major ecosystem types, major habitat types, and ecoregions of LAC; Conservation status of terretrial ecoregions of LAC; Biological distinctiveness of territorial ecoregions of LAC at different biogeographic scales results; Integrating biological distinctiveness and conservation status; Conservation assessment of mangrove ecosystems.
Publisher: World Bank Publications
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
Approach; Major ecosystem types, major habitat types, and ecoregions of LAC; Conservation status of terretrial ecoregions of LAC; Biological distinctiveness of territorial ecoregions of LAC at different biogeographic scales results; Integrating biological distinctiveness and conservation status; Conservation assessment of mangrove ecosystems.
Edging Toward Extinction
Author: Douglas R. Shane
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Wildlife conservation
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Wildlife conservation
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Use in Latin America
Wildlife and National Park Legislation in Latin America
Author: G. Kropp
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : National parks and reserves
Languages : en
Pages : 62
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : National parks and reserves
Languages : en
Pages : 62
Book Description
Latin American Mammalogy
Author: Michael A. Mares
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 9780806123431
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 496
Book Description
In this volume thirty-six scientists from Latin American and the United States contribute substantially to our knowledge of Latin American mammals. Part 1 provides a history of the pioneers in collection-based mammalogy, which began only about two centuries ago. Chapters in Part 2 demonstrate the search for theories and methodologies that will help us understand how the fauna of this region came to be. Part 3 addresses conservation policy and management in light of recent enormous changes in the natural habitats of Latin America. Part 4 explores the need for conservation-education programs in Latin America as a critical step in the development of a sound land-use ethic. The preface of Latin American Mammalogy, overviews of the four sections, and summaries of the twenty-three chapters are given in Spanish as well as English.
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 9780806123431
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 496
Book Description
In this volume thirty-six scientists from Latin American and the United States contribute substantially to our knowledge of Latin American mammals. Part 1 provides a history of the pioneers in collection-based mammalogy, which began only about two centuries ago. Chapters in Part 2 demonstrate the search for theories and methodologies that will help us understand how the fauna of this region came to be. Part 3 addresses conservation policy and management in light of recent enormous changes in the natural habitats of Latin America. Part 4 explores the need for conservation-education programs in Latin America as a critical step in the development of a sound land-use ethic. The preface of Latin American Mammalogy, overviews of the four sections, and summaries of the twenty-three chapters are given in Spanish as well as English.
Wildlife Conservation Problems in Latin America
Author: Gianfranco Dominick Basili
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 118
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 118
Book Description
Developing a Partnership of Indigenous Peoples, Conservationists, and Land Use Planners in Latin America
Author: Peter Poole
Publisher: World Bank Publications
ISBN:
Category : Conservation of natural resources
Languages : en
Pages : 109
Book Description
Recommendations for working in partnership with indigenous peoples, recognizing their land rights, incorporating their environmental knowledge into wildlands and native area planning, and paying more serious attention to the economics and resource implications of local activities to harvest wild resources - especially in environmentally delicate areas such as tropical rainforests.
Publisher: World Bank Publications
ISBN:
Category : Conservation of natural resources
Languages : en
Pages : 109
Book Description
Recommendations for working in partnership with indigenous peoples, recognizing their land rights, incorporating their environmental knowledge into wildlands and native area planning, and paying more serious attention to the economics and resource implications of local activities to harvest wild resources - especially in environmentally delicate areas such as tropical rainforests.