03108nam 2200685Ia 450 991045083120332120200520144314.00-19-756080-61-280-52795-197866105279530-19-535733-71-4294-1588-6(CKB)1000000000405764(EBL)271792(OCoLC)476008479(SSID)ssj0000189478(PQKBManifestationID)11179654(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000189478(PQKBWorkID)10156548(PQKB)11699984(MiAaPQ)EBC271792(StDuBDS)EDZ0002342147(Au-PeEL)EBL271792(CaPaEBR)ebr10358353(CaONFJC)MIL52795(OCoLC)935260530(EXLCZ)99100000000040576419960530d1997 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrLast stand[electronic resource] protected areas and the defense of tropical biodiversity /edited by Randall Kramer, Carel van Schaik, Julie JohnsonNew York Oxford University Press19971 online resource (257 p.)Oxford scholarship onlinePreviously issued in print: 1997.0-19-509554-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Contributors; 1. Preservation Paradigms and Tropical Rain Forests; 2. Minimizing Species Loss: The Imperative of Protection; 3. The Ecological Foundations of Biodiversity Protection; 4. The Silent Crisis: The State of Rain Forest Nature Preserves; 5. Policy and Practical Considerations in Land-Use Strategies for Biodiversity Conservation; 6. Biodiversity Politics and the Contest for Ownership of the World's Biota; 7. User Rights and Biodiversity Conservation; 8. Tropical Forest Biodiversity Protection: Who Pays and Why9. Compensation and Economic Incentives: Reducing Pressure on Protected Areas10. Toward a New Protection Paradigm; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; ZDuring the past century, tropical rain forests have been reduced to about half of their original area, with a consequent loss of biodiversity. This book takes a close look at how this has happened and what the consequences may be, with an emphasis on those strategies that have proven successful in stemming the loss of plant and animal inhabitants.Oxford scholarship online.Biodiversity conservationTropicsConservation biologyElectronic books.Biodiversity conservationConservation biology.333.95/16/0913Kramer Randall A876049Schaik Carel van876050Johnson Julie876051MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910450831203321Last stand1956479UNINA