Biodiversity and Conservation, Sangeetha, Jeyabalan
Автор: Mackinnon, John (honorary Professor (retired), Honorary Professor (retired), Durrell Institute Of Conservation And Ecology, University Of Kent In Cant Название: Guide to the birds of china ISBN: 019289367X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780192893673 Издательство: Oxford Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 47510.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: John MacKinnon`s fully updated and refreshed work remains a truly comprehensive, taxonomically modern, fully illustrated, and authoritative field guide.
Автор: Florencia Montagnini Название: Integrating Landscapes: Agroforestry for Biodiversity Conservation and Food Sovereignty ISBN: 3319887653 ISBN-13(EAN): 9783319887654 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 279500.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Agroforestry systems (AFS) are becoming increasingly relevant worldwide as society has come to recognize their multiple roles and services: biodiversity conservation, carbon sequestration, adaptation and mitigation of climate change, restoration of degraded ecosystems, and tools for rural development. This book summarizes advances in agroforestry research and practice and raises questions as to the effectiveness of AFS to solve the development and environmental challenges the world presents us today. Currently AFS are considered to be a land use that can achieve a compromise among productive and environmental functions. Apparently, AFS can play a significant role in rural development even in the most challenging socioeconomic and ecological conditions, but still there is a lot of work to do to reach these goals. Considerable funding is spent in projects directed to enhancing productivity and sustainability of smallholders forestry and agroforestry practices. These projects and programs face many questions and challenges related to the integration of traditional knowledge to promote the most suitable systems for each situation; access to markets for AFS products, and scaling up of successful AFS. These complex questions need innovative approaches from varying perspectives and knowledge bases. This book gathers fresh and novel contributions from a set of Yale University researchers and associates who intend to provide alternative and sometimes departing insights into these pressing questions. The book focuses on the functions that AFS can provide when well designed and implemented: their role in rural development as they can improve food security and sovereignty and contribute to provision of energy needs to the smallholders; and their environmental functions: contribution to biodiversity conservation, to increased connectivity of fragmented landscapes, and adaptation and mitigation of climate change. The chapters present conceptual aspects and case studies ranging from traditional to more modern approaches, from tropical as well as from temperate regions of the world, with examples of the AFS functions mentioned above.
Автор: Russell Paterson; Nelson Lima Название: Bioprospecting ISBN: 3319838636 ISBN-13(EAN): 9783319838632 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 139750.00 T Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ. Описание: This book considers all aspects of bioprospecting in 14 succinct chapters and a forward by David Hawksworth. The organisms addressed include plants, insects, fungi, bacteria and phages. Bioprospecting has never been more relevant and is of renewed interest, because of the extremely worrying rise in novel, resistant pathogenic microorganisms. The practices in pharmaceutical companies have failed to deliver novel antibiotics to control these infections. We need to look for new sources of drugs from the environment on a massive scale as drug discovery is “too important to fail”. Furthermore, the field can add great value to ecosystems in terms of economics, while providing additional reasons for maintaining associated services, such as food provision, benign climate, effective nutrient cycling and cultural practices. Bioprospecting provides another reason why climate change must be reduced in order to preserve relevant environments. Previous bioprospecting projects should be re-visited and established biodiversity centres have a major role. Many different ecosystems exist which contain unique organisms with the potential to supply novel antibiotics, enzymes, food, and cosmetics, or they may simply have aesthetic value. The book stresses the difficulties in obtaining successful products and yet describes why natural products should be investigated over combinatorial chemistry. Personal experience of bioprospecting projects are given significance. Issues such as how to share the benefits equitably with local communities are described and why pharmaceutical companies can be reluctant to be involved. Legal issues are discussed. Finally, there has never been a better time for a new book on bioprospecting, because of the need to preserve ecosystems, and from the emergence of resistant pathogenic microorganisms.
Автор: David L. Hawksworth; Alan T. Bull Название: Human Exploitation and Biodiversity Conservation ISBN: 9048173299 ISBN-13(EAN): 9789048173297 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 243800.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: This book presents a wide range of contributions addressing diverse aspects of biodiversity exploitation and conservation. These reports will stimulate future work toward attaining a sustainable balance between the conservation and exploitation of biodiversity.
Автор: Pettorelli Nathalie Название: Ecological Reviews ISBN: 1108460127 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781108460125 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 48570.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: A pioneering work that addresses rewilding with a global and interdisciplinary perspective, summarizing current thinking on this topic. It provides a comprehensive introduction to this conservation approach, outlining key concepts and detailing informative case studies, while considering the benefits, risks and social realities of rewilding.
Автор: Tim Burt, Des Thompson Название: Curious about Nature: A Passion for Fieldwork ISBN: 1108428045 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781108428040 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 88710.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Field studies form the backbone of research, teaching, policy and advisory work. For the first time, a single textbook provides an overview of the diversity, impacts and importance of field work. The authors capture the spirit of enjoying fieldwork, and the many benefits it brings to society.
Автор: David L. Hawksworth; Alan T. Bull Название: Vertebrate Conservation and Biodiversity ISBN: 9048176077 ISBN-13(EAN): 9789048176076 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 243800.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: This book draws together a wide range of papers from researchers around the world that address the conservation and biodiversity of vertebrates, particularly those in terrestrial habitats.
Название: Achieving Biodiversity Protection in Megadiverse Countries ISBN: 0367265273 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780367265274 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 148010.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: This volume systematically analyses why legal doctrines for the protection of biodiversity are not sufficiently effective. It examples implementation in Australia and Brazil, two megadiverse countries with very differing legal and cultural traditions and natural environments.
Автор: Julia E. Fa, Robert Nasi, Stephan M. Funk Название: Hunting Wildlife in the Tropics and Subtropics ISBN: 1107540348 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781107540347 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 44350.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: A broad overview of hunting of wildlife for food (wild meat, bushmeat) in the most biodiverse regions of the world. This book is invaluable for advanced students, researchers and conservation and development professionals, as well as those interested in biodiversity, human livelihoods, culture and sustainability in the tropics and subtropics.
Автор: David L. Hawksworth; Alan T. Bull Название: Marine, Freshwater, and Wetlands Biodiversity Conservation ISBN: 1402057334 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781402057335 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 243800.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Marine, coastal and wetland habitats are threatened, through exploitation, and also by climate change, as ocean currents change course, sea levels rise, and rainfall patterns change.
Автор: Hui, Cang (stellenbosch University, South Africa) Richardson, David (stellenbosch University, South Africa) Название: Invading ecological networks ISBN: 1108745962 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781108745963 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 36950.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Invasive species pose an increasing threat to global biodiversity. This book provides a succinct review of the scientific study of invasions to date, proposes a new approach for gaining insights on invasions, and suggests new ways to manage invasions by adopting an open adaptive network framework for ecosystem transformation.
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