Last Stand - Protected Areas and the Defense of Tropical Biodiversity

Zusatztext '...Written by leading experts with years of experience! the book integrates ecological! economic and political perspectives on how best to manage tropical forest reserves and their biodiversity! throught the world. In addition to conservationists! policy matkers! and ecologists! educators will find this a useful text in courses on tropical conservation and policy.' Klappentext In an up-to-date examination of the causes and consequences of the recent disappearance of tropical rain forests! the authors argue that protected areas! such as sacred groves and national parks! are essential to conservation efforts. Zusammenfassung This book examines the biodiversity crisis, and explores the ecological, economic, political science, and institutional challenges in establishing and maintaining protected areas.

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• Authors: Randall (Associate Professor At the School Kramer, Randall Schaik Kramer
• Assisted by: Julie Johnson (Editor), Julie (Assistant Professor at the School of the Environment Johnson (Editor), Johnson Julie (Editor), Randall Kramer (Editor), Randall (Associate Professor at the School of the Environment) Kramer (Editor), Kramer Randall (Editor), Carel van Schaik (Editor), Carel van (Professor in the Department of Biological Anthropology and Anatomy) Schaik (Editor), Carel vanC. van Schaik (Editor), Carel van Schaik (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 27.03.1997
• EAN: 9780195095548
• ISBN: 978-0-19-509554-8
• No. of pages: 256
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection, popular science, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Environmental Economics, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / General, Environmental Economics, Conservation of the environment, Earth Sciences