Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xxx, 354 Seiten)
ISBN:
9781108436427
Series Statement:
State of the apes 2017
Content:
Infrastructure development in Africa and Asia is expanding at breakneck speed, largely in biodiversity-rich developing nations. The trend reflects governments’ efforts to promote economic growth in response to increasing populations, rising consumption rates and persistent inequalities. Large-scale infrastructure development is regularly touted as a way to meet the growing demand for energy, transport and food—and as a key to poverty alleviation. In practice, however, road networks, hydropower dams and “development corridors” tend to have adverse effects on local populations, natural habitats and biodiversity. Such projects typically weaken the capacity of ecosystems to maintain ecological functions on which wildlife and human communities depend, particularly in the face of climate change. This volume—State of the Apes: Infrastructure Development and Ape Conservation—presents original research and analysis, topical case studies and emerging tools and methods to inform debate, practice and policy with the aim of preventing and mitigating the harmful impacts of infrastructure projects on biodiversity. Using apes as a proxy for wildlife and cosystems themselves, it identifies opportunities for reconciling economic and social development with environmental stewardship.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781108423212
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781108436410
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 1029092303
Language:
English
Subjects:
Agriculture, Forestry, Horticulture, Fishery, Domestic Science
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Biology
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DOI:
10.1017/9781108436427
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