Reducing the impacts of development on wildlife /

The rapidly increasing number of threatened flora and fauna species worldwide is one of the chief problems confronting environmental professionals today. This problem is largely due to the impact humans have had on land use through development (e.g. agricultural, residential, industrial, infrastruct...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gleeson, James (Ecological consultant)
Otros Autores: Gleeson, Deborah
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Collingwood, Vic. : CSIRO Pub., 2012.
Temas:
Sustainable development.
Wildlife conservation.
Habitat (Ecology)
Environmental policy.
Natural resources > Management.
Habitat conservation.
Développement durable.
Faune > Protection.
Environnement > Politique gouvernementale.
Ressources naturelles > Gestion.
Habitat (Écologie) > Conservation.
sustainable development.
environmental policy.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Development > Sustainable Development.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Environmental Economics.
Environmental policy
Habitat conservation
Natural resources > Management
Sustainable development
Wildlife conservation
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Foreword; Contents; Acknowledgements; About the authors; Contributors; 1Introduction: contested country
  • regional natural resource management in Australia; 2 Potential impacts of development on flora and fauna; Types of impacts; Assessing impacts; 3 Selecting measures to reduce impacts of development on wildlife
  • why an understanding of ecology is fundamental; Ecosystem processes, function and resilience; Species present and absent, and their habitat; Population ecology; Animal behaviour; Movement and dispersal; 4 Avoiding impacts on flora and fauna; Conservation planning.

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