Assessing biodiversity risks with socio-economic methods : the ALARM experience /

Humans play an undeniable role in the acceleration of threats to the diversity of ecosystems, species and genes. This book is a response to the urgent need of policy oriented socio-ecological research, profoundly based on empirical evidence. Socio-environmental patterns and political responses are c...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Rodriguez-Labajos, Beatriz (Editor ), Spangenberg, Joachim H. (Editor ), Maxim, Laura (Editor ), Martinez-Alier, Joan (Editor ), Binimelis, Rosa (Editor ), Gallai, Nicola (Editor ), Kuldna, Piret (Editor ), Monterroso, Iliana (Editor ), Peterson, Kaja (Editor ), Uustal, Meelis (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Pensoft Publishers 2009.
Temas:
Arid Lands and Resource Management Network.
Biodiversity conservation.
Biodiversity conservation > Economic aspects.
Biology, Economic.
Biodiversité > Conservation.
Biodiversité > Conservation > Aspect économique.
Biologie économique.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Biological Diversity.
NATURE > Animals > Wildlife.
Electronic resource.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Contents
  • The Socio-Economics of Biodiversity Risks: Reasons for and Methods of Analysis, and Their Application in Case Studies
  • 2. Challenges of Policy-Oriented Socio-Ecological Research
  • 2.1. Biodiversity Under Menace, Why Is It a Social Matter?
  • 2.2. Uncertainties, Risk Assessment and the Precautionary Principle
  • 2.3. Ecosystem Services and Functions and Their (E)Valuation
  • 2.4. Stakeholders8217; Involvement and Participation
  • 2.5. Policy Measures and Social Reactions
  • 3. Methodological Approach
  • 4. Structure of the Contents
  • 5. References
  • Hydrilla Verticillata: A Socio-Economic Analysis of the Invasion Process in Lake Izabal, Guatemala
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Description of the Case Study
  • 2.1. Characteristics of the Invasive Species
  • 2.2. Driving Forces and Pressures
  • 2.3. State
  • 2.4. Impacts of Hydrilla Verticillata in Lake Izabal
  • 2.5. Responses
  • 3. Methods
  • 3.1. Institutional Setting
  • 3.2. Management Scenarios
  • 3.3. The Multicriteria Model
  • 4. Modelling Results
  • 5. Discussion: Contribution of This Case Study to the Discussion of the Book
  • 5.1. What Do We Mean By Threats to Biodiversity?
  • 5.2. Stakeholder Involvement and Participatory Methods
  • 5.3. Different Forms of Knowledge and Different Types of Information
  • 6. Conclusions
  • 7. References
  • The Arrival of Dreissena Polymorpha and Silurus Glanis in the Ebro River: Socio-Economics of Interlinked Aquatic Bioinvasions
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. The Invasions of Silurus Glanis and Dreissena Polymorpha in the Ebro River
  • 2.1. Strangers in the Ebro River
  • 2.2. The Drivers and Pressures of the Invasions
  • 2.3. Impacts
  • 2.4. Management of the Invasions
  • 3. Bioinvasions in the Ebro and Participatory Research
  • 4. Lessons Learned About the Key Topics of This Book
  • 4.1. What Do We Mean By 8216;Threats to Biodiversity8217;?
  • 4.2. Addressing Uncertainties
  • 4.3. The Central Role of Ecosystem Services and Their Values
  • 4.4. Stakeholders8217; Involvement and Participation
  • 5. Additional Contributions From This Case
  • 5.1. Scenarios Are Integrative Research Tools for Socio-Environmental Deliberation
  • 5.2. Local Agency Matters
  • 5.3. Common Enemies Facilitate Dialogues
  • 6. Policy Conclusions and Recommendations
  • 7. Methodological Conclusions and Recommendations
  • 8. Acknowledgements
  • 9. References
  • 9.1. Legal Documents
  • 9.2. Press
  • The Use of the Deliberation Matrix for Building a System of Survey and the Foresight of Changes in Biodiversity in the 206;le-De-France Region (France)
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. State of Scientific and Naturalist Knowledge About Changes in Biodiversity in the Idf Region
  • 2.1. The State of Biodiversity in Idf
  • 2.2. The Pressures, Impacts and Driving Forces
  • 3. Methods Applied in the Field Work
  • 3.1. The Stakeholders8217; Identification and Survey
  • 3.2. Using the Dpsir Framework for Building a List of Indicators of Biodiversity At Regional Level
  • 3.3. Participatory Scenario-Building
  • 3.4. Identification of the Main Stakes for the Governance of Changes of the Idf Biodiversity
  • 3.5. Deliberation Matrix: a Support Tool for Multicriteria, Multi-Stakeholder Evaluation of Cha.

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