Last stand : protected areas and the defense of tropical biodiversity /

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During the past century, tropical rain forests have been reduced to about half of their original area, with a consequent loss of biodiversity. This book takes a close look at how this has happened and what the consequences may be, with am emphasis on those strategies that have proven successful in s...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Kramer, Randall A. (Editor ), Schaik, Carel van (Editor ), Johnson, Julie (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Oxford University Press, 1997.
Temas:
Biodiversity conservation > Tropics.
Biodiversité > Conservation > Régions tropicales.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Biological Diversity.
NATURE > Animals > Wildlife.
Biodiversity conservation.
Biodiversiteit.
Tropics.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preservation paradigms and tropical rain forests / Randall A. Kramer and Carel P. van Schaik
  • Minimizing species loss : the imperative of protection / John Terborgh and Carel P. van Schaik
  • The ecological foundations of biodeversity protection / Kathy MacKinnon
  • The silent crisis : the state of Rain Forest Nature preserves / Carel P. van Schaik, John Terborgh, and Barbara Dugelby
  • Policy and practical considerations in land-use strategies for biodiversity conservation / Katrina Brandon
  • Biodiversity politics and the contest for ownership of the world's biota / Steven E. Sanderson and Kent H. Redford
  • User rights and biodiversity conservation / Marie Lynn Miranda and Sharon LePalme
  • Tropical forest biodiversity protection : who pays and why / Randall A. Kramer and Narenda Sharma
  • Compensation and economic incentives : reducing pressure on protected areas / Paul J. Ferraro and Randall A. Kramer
  • Toward a new protection paradigm / Carel P. van Schaik and Randall A. Kramer.

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