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Record Nr.

UNINA9910141600603321

Titolo

Biodiversity monitoring and conservation [[electronic resource] ] : bridging the gap between global commitment and local action / / edited by Ben Collen ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester, West Sussex, U.K., : Wiley-Blackwell, : ZSL, 2013

ISBN

1-118-49074-6

1-299-24144-1

1-118-49076-2

1-118-49075-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (466 p.)

Collana

Conservation science and practice series ; ; no. 13

Altri autori (Persone)

CollenBen

Disciplina

333.95/16

Soggetti

Biodiversity - Monitoring

Biodiversity conservation

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Species-based indicators of biodiversity change -- pt. 2. Indicators of the pressures on biodiversity -- pt. 3. The next generation of biodiversity indicators -- pt. 4. Biodiversity monitoring in practice.

Sommario/riassunto

As the impacts of anthropogenic activities increase in both magnitude and extent, biodiversity is coming under increasing pressure. Scientists and policy makers are frequently hampered by a lack of information on biological systems, particularly information relating to long-term trends. Such information is crucial to developing an understanding as to how biodiversity may respond to global environmental change. Knowledge gaps make it very difficult to develop effective policies and legislation to reduce and reverse biodiversity loss. This book explores the gap between global commitments to biodiversity conservation, and local action to track biodiversity change and implement conservation action. High profile international political commitments to improve biodiversity conservation, such as the targets set by the Convention on Biological Diversity, require innovative and rapid responses from both science and policy. This multi-disciplinary perspective highlights



barriers to conservation and offers novel solutions to evaluating trends in biodiversity at multiple scales.