LEADER 04949nam 22007695 450 001 9910298395003321 005 20230104001209.0 010 $a3-319-94655-2 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-319-94655-9 035 $a(CKB)4100000007142708 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5598681 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-319-94655-9 035 $a(PPN)232472653 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000007142708 100 $a20181113d2018 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aBionomics in the Dragon Kingdom $eEcology, Economics and Ethics in Bhutan /$fby Ugyen Tshewang, Jane Gray Morrison, Michael Charles Tobias 205 $a1st ed. 2018. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Springer,$d2018. 215 $a1 online resource (183 pages) 225 1 $aFascinating Life Sciences,$x2509-6745 311 $a3-319-94654-4 327 $aForeword (By an internationally well-known individual) -- Acronyms and Glossary of Bhutanese Terminology -- Introduction -- 1. Environment Matters: Himalayan Happiness -- 2. National Parks & Protected Areas -- 3. Bhutanese Bio-Culturalism & Sustainability -- 4. The Anthropocene in Bhutan -- 5. Water Towers and Mountains in the Dragon Kingdom -- 6. Pragmatic Conscience: Ecological Governance in the Last Shangri-la -- Coda -- Index. 330 $aThis compact and elegant work provides a readily accessible and highly readable overview of Bhutan?s unique opportunities and challenges; all her prominent environmental legislation, regulatory statutes, ecological customs and practices, both in historic and contemporary terms. At the same time, Bionomics in the Dragon Kingdom places the ecological context, including a section on animal rights in Bhutan, within the nation?s Buddhist spiritual and ethical setting. Historic contextualization accents the book?s rich accounting of every national park and scientific reserve, as well as providing up-to-the-minute climate-change related hurdles for the country. Merging interdisciplinary sciences, engineering and humanities data in a compelling up-to-date portrait of the country, the authors have presented this dramatic compendium against the backdrop of an urgent, global ecological time-frame. It thus becomes clear that the articulated stakes for Bhutan, like her neighboring Himalayan and Indian sub-continental countries (China, India, Bangladesh and Myanmar), are immense as the Anthropocene epoch unfolds, affecting every living being across the planet. Because Bhutan?s two most rewarding revenue streams derive from the sale of hydroelectric power and from tourism, the complexities of modern pressures facing a nation that prides herself on maintaining traditional customs in what has been a uniquely isolated nation are critical. 410 0$aFascinating Life Sciences,$x2509-6745 606 $aConservation biology 606 $aEcology  606 $aLife sciences 606 $aNature 606 $aEnvironment 606 $aEnvironmental law 606 $aEnvironmental policy 606 $aAnimal welfare 606 $aEnvironmental sciences?Philosophy 606 $aConservation Biology/Ecology$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/L19150 606 $aPopular Life Sciences$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/Q25000 606 $aPopular Science in Nature and Environment$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/Q16000 606 $aEnvironmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/U16002 606 $aAnimal Welfare/Animal Ethics$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/H67010 606 $aEnvironmental Philosophy$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/U37000 615 0$aConservation biology. 615 0$aEcology . 615 0$aLife sciences. 615 0$aNature. 615 0$aEnvironment. 615 0$aEnvironmental law. 615 0$aEnvironmental policy. 615 0$aAnimal welfare. 615 0$aEnvironmental sciences?Philosophy. 615 14$aConservation Biology/Ecology. 615 24$aPopular Life Sciences. 615 24$aPopular Science in Nature and Environment. 615 24$aEnvironmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice. 615 24$aAnimal Welfare/Animal Ethics. 615 24$aEnvironmental Philosophy. 676 $a954.98 700 $aTshewang$b Ugyen$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$01058913 702 $aMorrison$b Jane Gray$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 702 $aTobias$b Michael$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910298395003321 996 $aBionomics in the Dragon Kingdom$92503158 997 $aUNINA