UID:
almafu_9958960516802883
Umfang:
1 online resource
ISBN:
9780691186696
Inhalt:
Nearly 90 percent of the earth's land surface is directly affected by human infrastructure and activities, yet less than 5 percent is legally "protected" for biodiversity conservation--and even most large protected areas have people living inside their boundaries. In all but a small fraction of the earth's land area, then, conservation and people must coexist. Conservation is a resource for all those who aim to reconcile biodiversity with human livelihoods. It traces the historical roots of modern conservation thought and practice, and explores current perspectives from evolutionary and community ecology, conservation biology, anthropology, political ecology, economics, and policy. The authors examine a suite of conservation strategies and perspectives from around the world, highlighting the most innovative and promising avenues for future efforts. Exploring, highlighting, and bridging gaps between the social and natural sciences as applied in the practice of conservation, this book provides a broad, practically oriented view. It is essential reading for anyone involved in the conservation process--from academic conservation biology to the management of protected areas, rural livelihood development to poverty alleviation, and from community-based natural resource management to national and global policymaking.
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Frontmatter --
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Contents --
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Preface --
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Commonly Used Abbreviations --
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Chapter 1 .The Many Roads to Conservation --
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Chapter 2. The Evolution of Policy --
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Chapter 3. The Natural Science Behind it All --
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Chapter 4. Indigenous Peoples as Conservationists --
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Chapter 5. Conservation and Self-Interest --
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Chapter 6. Rational Fools and the Commons --
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Chapter 7. The Bigger Picture --
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Chapter 8. Local People and International Conservation --
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Chapter 9. Global Issues, Economics, and Policy --
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Chapter 10. From How to Think to How to Act --
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Chapter 11. Red Flags: Still Seeing Things in Black and White? --
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Bibliography --
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Index
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In English.
Sprache:
Englisch
Fachgebiete:
Allgemeines
DOI:
10.23943/9780691186696
URL:
https://www.degruyter.com/doi/book/10.23943/9780691186696