Biodiversity

Rapid growth of the global economy has accelerated the degradation of the Earth's most important asset: the environment.

This book is a product of the TEEB study (The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity).

This book is a product of the TEEB study (The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity).

This book examines the concept of naturalness in ecosystems, discusses its values and considers choices about the level of naturalness in conservation efforts.

This book examines the concept of naturalness in ecosystems, discusses its values and considers choices about the level of naturalness in conservation efforts.

The links between policy and practice in natural resource management are often depicted as a cyclical and rational process.

The links between policy and practice in natural resource management are often depicted as a cyclical and rational process.

The conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity are issues that have been high on the policy agenda since the first Earth Summit in Rio in 1992.

The conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity are issues that have been high on the policy agenda since the first Earth Summit in Rio in 1992.

In this book, the authors examine the governance of marine protected areas (MPA), and in particular they compare two different forms of governance - co-management (CM) and adaptive co-management (ACM).

In this book, the authors examine the governance of marine protected areas (MPA), and in particular they compare two different forms of governance - co-management (CM) and adaptive co-management (ACM).

In this book the authors argue for a paradigm shift in the way African wetlands are considered.

In this book the authors argue for a paradigm shift in the way African wetlands are considered.

Scientists and consultants need to estimate and map properties of the terrestrial environment.

Scientists and consultants need to estimate and map properties of the terrestrial environment.

Biofuels and Rural Poverty makes an original contribution to the current controversial global debate on biofuels, in particular the consequences that large-scale production of transport fuel substitutes can have on rural areas, principally in developing countries but also in some poor rural areas of developed countries.

Biofuels and Rural Poverty makes an original contribution to the current controversial global debate on biofuels, in particular the consequences that large-scale production of transport fuel substitutes can have on rural areas, principally in developing countries but also in some poor rural areas of developed countries.

There is a considerable gap between the science of conservation biology and the design and execution of biodiversity conservation projects in the field.

There is a considerable gap between the science of conservation biology and the design and execution of biodiversity conservation projects in the field.

In this new and highly original textbook for a range of interdisciplinary courses and degree programmes focusing on marine and coastal resource management, readers are offered an introduction to the subject matter, a broad perspective and understanding, case study applications, and a reference source.

In this new and highly original textbook for a range of interdisciplinary courses and degree programmes focusing on marine and coastal resource management, readers are offered an introduction to the subject matter, a broad perspective and understanding, case study applications, and a reference source.

Biodiversity loss in terrestrial environments associated with human activities has been appreciated as a major issue for some years now.

Biodiversity loss in terrestrial environments associated with human activities has been appreciated as a major issue for some years now.

Currently 868 million people are undernourished and 195 million children under five years of age are stunted.

Currently 868 million people are undernourished and 195 million children under five years of age are stunted.

Invasive non-native species are a major threat to global biodiversity.

Invasive non-native species are a major threat to global biodiversity.

Sustainable Forest Management provides the necessary material to educate students about forestry and the contemporary role of forests in ecosystems and society.

Sustainable Forest Management provides the necessary material to educate students about forestry and the contemporary role of forests in ecosystems and society.

In this innovative volume, the author addresses some important challenges related to the effective and equitable governance of marine protected areas (MPAs).

In this innovative volume, the author addresses some important challenges related to the effective and equitable governance of marine protected areas (MPAs).

According to many authorities the impact of humanity on the earth is already overshooting the earth's capacity to supply humanity's needs.

According to many authorities the impact of humanity on the earth is already overshooting the earth's capacity to supply humanity's needs.

In this volume of the TEEB (The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity) publication series, the key concepts of the project are applied to local and regional policy and public management.

In this volume of the TEEB (The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity) publication series, the key concepts of the project are applied to local and regional policy and public management.

It is now well accepted that deforestation is a key source of greenhouse gas emissions and of climate change, with forests representing major sinks for carbon.

It is now well accepted that deforestation is a key source of greenhouse gas emissions and of climate change, with forests representing major sinks for carbon.

Today's celebrity conservationists, many of whom made their reputations through television and other visual media, play a major role in drawing public attention to an increasingly threatened world.

Today's celebrity conservationists, many of whom made their reputations through television and other visual media, play a major role in drawing public attention to an increasingly threatened world.

This book links the emerging concepts of complexity, complex adaptive system (CAS) and resilience to forest ecology and management.

This book links the emerging concepts of complexity, complex adaptive system (CAS) and resilience to forest ecology and management.

A world of 9 billion people by mid-century will demand fundamental changes in our mindsets, behaviors, cultures, and overarching paradigm.

A world of 9 billion people by mid-century will demand fundamental changes in our mindsets, behaviors, cultures, and overarching paradigm.

With more than half of the world's population now living in urban areas, it is vitally important that towns and cities are healthy places to live.

With more than half of the world's population now living in urban areas, it is vitally important that towns and cities are healthy places to live.

Madagascar is one of the most biologically diverse places on the planet, the result of 160 million years of isolation from the African mainland.

Madagascar is one of the most biologically diverse places on the planet, the result of 160 million years of isolation from the African mainland.

This comprehensive handbook provides a global overview of ocean resources and management by focusing on critical issues relating to human development and the marine environment, their interrelationships as expressed through the uses of the sea as a resource, and the regional expression of these themes.

This comprehensive handbook provides a global overview of ocean resources and management by focusing on critical issues relating to human development and the marine environment, their interrelationships as expressed through the uses of the sea as a resource, and the regional expression of these themes.

This book proposes that community development has been increasingly influenced and co-opted by a modernist, soulless, rational philosophy - reducing it to a shallow technique for 'solving community problems'.