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National parks : biodiversity, conservation and tourism /

"National Parks (NPs) are mainly designed to protect the remaining 'wilderness' of a given country and have primarily focused on the conservation of extraordinary areas or emblematic species. National parks have many roles among which 'preserving nature' has become a matter...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: O'Reilly, Angus, Murphy, Doran
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Nova Science Publishers, ©2010.
Colección:Wildlife protection, destruction and extinction series.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The forgotten nature of national parks / Vincent Devictor and Laruent Godet
  • Balancing management needs for conserving biodiversity in Grand Canyon National Park / Jerald C. Mast and Joy N. Mast
  • Determination of optimum management strategy for Kure Mountains National Park in Turkey / Ismet Dasdemir and Ersin Gungor
  • The concept of ecotourism development with FQFD in the Kinmen National Park / Tsuen-Ho Hsu and Ling-Zhong Lin
  • Protection of nature
  • Chamois in the Slovak National Parks / Stefancikova Asteria
  • The dilemma of balancing conservation and strong tourism interests in a small national park: the case of Amboseli, Kenya / Moses Makonjio Okello, John W. Kiringe, and John M. Kioko
  • Sacred groves: informal protected areas in the high altitudes of eastern Himalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, northeast India: traditional beliefs, biodiversity and conservation / A.R. Barbhuiya [and others]
  • High temperature environments represent a model for the analysis of bacterial dynamics and preservation of national parks / M.C. Portillo and J.M. Gonzalez
  • Microbial diversity supporting unique ecosystems within national parks. The Donana National Park as an example / M.C. Portillo [and others]
  • Fire: a threat and a lacking tool for biodiversity conservation in Brazilian national parks / L. Koproski, P.R. Mangini, and J.G. Goldammer
  • Valuation of the benefits of wildlife tourism in remote protected areas: the case of Gros Morne / Roberto Martinez-Espineira.