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Informationen zum Autor Navjot S. Sodhi is currently an Associate Professor at the National University of Singapore. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Saskatchewan! and has been studying the effects of rain forest loss and degradation on Southeast Asian fauna for the past eleven years. He is a former Bullard Fellow at Harvard! and has conducted research for many organizations! including the National Geographic Society. Greg Acciaioli graduated with a Ph.D in Anthropology from the Australian National University! and currently lectures in Anthropology and Sociology at the University of Western Australia. He has been a research Fellow at the Center for Southeast Asian Studies! City University of Hong Kong! the Asia Research Centre and Murdoch University. Maribeth Erb is an Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology! National University of Singapore. She received her Ph.D from the State University of New York at Stony Brook! and has been involved in anthropological and sociological research in eastern Indonesia for over twenty years. Alan Khee-Jin Tan is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Law! National University of Singapore. He has been a Justice's Law Clerk at the Chief Justice's Chambers! Supreme Court of Singapore! and is an Executive Committee member of the Asia-Pacific Centre for Environmental Law. Klappentext Protected areas have emerged as major arenas of dispute concerning both indigenous and environmental protection. In the Malay Archipelago! which contains two of the twenty-five biodiversity hotspots identified globally! rampant commercial exploitation is jeopardizing species and rural livelihoods. While protected areas remain the only hope for the imperiled biota of the Malay Archipelago! this protection requires consideration of the sustenance needs and economic aspirations of the local people. Putting forward the views of all the stakeholders of protected areas - conservation practitioners and planners! local community members! NGO activists! government administrators! biologists! lawyers! policy and management analysts and anthropologists - this book fills a unique niche in the area of biodiversity! and is a highly valuable and original reference book for graduate students! scientists and managers! as well as government officials and transnational NGOs. Zusammenfassung Sustainable protection of the Malay Archipelago requires consideration of the sustenance needs and economic aspirations of local people. Putting forward the views of all the stakeholders! this 2007 book is a highly valuable and original reference for graduate students! scientists and managers! as well as government officials and transnational NGOs. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. General introduction Navjot S. Sodhi, Greg Acciaioli, Maribeth Erb and Alan Khee-Jin Tan; 2 . Introduction to Part I: Conservation needs and priorities Navjot S. Sodhi; 3. Delineating key biodiversity areas as targets for protecting areas Thomas Brooks, Naamal De Silva, Melizar V. Duya, Matt Foster, David Knox, Penny Langhammer, Marthy R. William and Blas Tabaranza Jr.; 4. A master plan for wildlife in Sarawak: preparation, implementation and implications for conservation Melvin T. Gumal, Elizabeth L. Bennett, John G. Robinson and Oswald Braken Tisen; 5. Indonesia's protected areas need more protection - suggestions from island examples David P. Bickford, Jatna Supriatna, Noviar Andayani, Djoko Iskandar, Ben J. Evans, Rafe M. Brown, Ted Townsend, Umilaela, Deidy Azhari and Jim McGuire; 6. Birds, local people, and protected areas in Sulawesi, Indonesia Tien Ming Lee, Navjot S. Sodhi and Dewi M. Prawiradilaga; 7. Importance of protected areas for butterfly conservation in a tropical urban landscape Lian Pin Koh; 8. Biodiversity conservation and indigenous peoples in Indonesia: the Krui People in Southern Sumatra as a case study Ahmad Kusworo and Robert J. Lee; 9. Involving resource ...
