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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450502603321

Titolo

Biodiversity, sustainability, and human communities : protecting beyond the protected / / edited by Tim O'Riordan and Susanne Stoll-Kleemann [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2002

ISBN

1-107-13333-5

1-280-16123-X

9786610161232

0-511-06478-0

0-511-12047-8

1-139-14809-5

0-511-05845-4

0-511-33051-0

0-511-49265-0

0-511-07324-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xvi, 317 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Disciplina

333.95/16/0973

Soggetti

Biodiversity conservation

Sustainable development

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Protecting beyond the protected / Tim O'Riordan -- Biodiversity: threats and challenges / Thomas E. Lovejoy -- Biodiversity and biodepletion: the need for a paradigm shift / Norman Myers -- People, livelihoods and collective action in biodiversity management / Jules Pretty -- Deliberative democracy and participatory biodiversity / Tim O'Riordan and Susanne Stoll-Kleemann -- The politics of biodiversity in Europe / Tim O'Riordan [and others] -- Community-based involvement in biodiversity protection in the United States / Toddi A. Steelman -- An ecoregional approach to biodiversity conservation in Cape Floral Kingdom, South Africa / Amanda Younge -- Wildlife management in Namibia: the conservancy approach / Markus A. Nuding -- Brazil:



selling biodiversity with local livelihoods / Ione Egler -- The mixed experience of private sector involvement in biodiversity management in Costa Rica / Michael Sturm -- The uncertain role of biodiversity management in emerging democracies / Martin Welp [and others] -- Enhancing biodiversity and humanity / Susanne Stoll-Kleemann and Tim O'Riordan.

Sommario/riassunto

Biodiversity is the key indicator of a healthy planet and healthy society. Losses of biodiversity have now become widespread and current rates are potentially catastrophic for species and habitat integrity. Biodiversity, Sustainability and Human Communities, first published in 2002, advocates both the preservation of the best remaining habitats and the enhancement of new biodiverse habitats to ensure that they cope with human impact, climate change and alien species invasion. The authors argue that these aims can be achieved by a mix of strict protection, inclusive involvement of people inside and adjacent to reserves, and by combining livelihoods and social well-being in all future biodiversity management. Case studies from regions around the world, including Europe, the United States, Latin America and Africa are examined and discussed, and the contributors include political scientists, economists and ecologists.