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Record Nr.

UNINA9910254138603321

Titolo

Biodiversity and Education for Sustainable Development  / / edited by Paula Castro, Ulisses M. Azeiteiro, Paula Bacelar-Nicolau, Walter Leal Filho, Anabela Marisa Azul

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2016

ISBN

3-319-32318-0

Edizione

[1st ed. 2016.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (337 p.)

Collana

World Sustainability Series, , 2199-7373

Disciplina

333.95

Soggetti

Sustainable development

Biodiversity

Science education

Nature conservation

Environmental sociology

Sustainable Development

Science Education

Nature Conservation

Environmental Sociology

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 at the end of each chapters.

Nota di contenuto

Biodiversity and Education for Sustainable Development (ESD): Tendencies and Perspectives -- Conservation of Biological Resources: Why it Matters -- Urban Biodiversity and Cities’ Sustainable Development -- Education on Biodiversity in the Polar Regions -- Teaching Mycology Worldwide -- Bugs and Society -- Science and Education at the Centre for Invasion Biology -- Engaging Society to Fight Invasive Alien Plants in Portugal - One of the Main Threats to Biodiversity -- Engaging ODL Students with Biodiversity Issues: A South African Case Study on the Role of ESD -- Education for Sustainability in the Context of Community Forestry.

Sommario/riassunto

This book gathers interdisciplinary reflections from researchers, educators, and other experts on the subject of biodiversity closer to education and learning. The book also highlights its role as an added



value to strategic principles for healthy ecosystems and sustainable human development. It promotes critical thinking and foster practices and attitudes for Education for Sustainable Development reconciling education with principles of human behaviour and nature. Readers especially find this book a timely resource in light of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011–2020, the Aichi Targets, and the new EU biodiversity strategy “Our life insurance, our natural capital: an EU biodiversity strategy to 2020”. Along with the challenge of ecosystems and public health, biodiversity conservation is essential for humanity’s continued security and sustainability, as it touches on all aspects of people’s lives.