Requiem for nature /

Using Manu National Park in the rain forest of Peru as a standard, the author addresses the multiple threats of civilization to the precarious state of the tropics. He "makes a compelling case that nature can be saved only if good science and strong institutions can be thoughtfully combined.&qu...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Terborgh, John, 1936-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Washington, D.C. : Island Press, ©1999.
Subjects:
Nature conservation > Tropics.
Protected areas > Tropics.
Nature > Conservation > Régions tropicales.
Aires protégées > Régions tropicales.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Development > Sustainable Development.
NATURE > Environmental Conservation & Protection.
Nature conservation.
Protected areas.
Artenreichtum
Naturschutz
Nature > Protection > Régions tropicales.
Espaces protégés > Régions tropicales.
Tropics.
Tropen
Tropical regions
Environmental impact
Protected areas
Overpopulation
Sustainable development
Economic development
Deforestation
Biodiversity
Land development
Overseas item
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The making of a dissident
  • Assessing the present
  • Paradise fading
  • The danger within
  • Parks: the last bastions of nature
  • Protecting biodiversity
  • Preserving biodiversity for posterity
  • Tropical forests: worth more dead than alive
  • From wildlands to wasteland: land use and the mirage of sustainable development
  • Why conservation in the tropics is failing: the need for a new paradigm
  • Hard choices in the twenty-first century
  • Nature, a global commons.

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