Format:
xix, 351 p.
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2011 Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
9781409418795
Series Statement:
Ashgate Studies in Environmental Policy and Practice
Content:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Content:
In this book Recent scientific development and politico-institutional experiences related to the conservation of the South-American Pantanal are explored in relation to what is happening in other tropical wetland areas of international importance such as the Everglades in North America and the Okavango in Africa, as well as considering the European experience. An interdisciplinary group of authors examines the need to establish a constructive dialogue between scientists, policy-makers and local stakeholders and outline a future research agenda
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Description based upon print version of record
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Cover; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Notes on Contributors; Preface; 1 Introduction and Overview of the Book; 2 The Pantaneiros, Perceptions and Conflicts about the Environment in the Pantanal; 3 Hydro-ecological Processes and Anthropogenic Impacts on the Ecosystem Services of the Pantanal Wetland; 4 Availability, Uses and Management of Water in the Brazilian Pantanal; 5 Soil and Water Conservation in the Upper Paraguay River Basin: Examples from Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil; 6 Systematic Zoning Applied to Biosphere Reserves: Protecting the Pantanal Wetland Heritage
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7 Organizational Complexity and Stakeholder Engagement in the Management of the Pantanal Wetland8 Reassessing Development: Pantanal's History, Dilemmas and Prospects; 9 Management and Sustainable Development of the Okavango; 10 Wetlands and the Water Environment in Europe in the First Decade of the Water Framework Directive: Are Expectations Being Matched by Delivery?; 11 Managing the Everglades and Wetlands of North America; 12 Wetland Management Challenges in the South-American Pantanal and the International Experience; Index;
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Available via World Wide Web
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781409418788
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781138252615
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Tropical Wetland Management The South-American Pantanal and the International Experience
Language:
English
Keywords:
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