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The loss of the earth's biological diversity is widely recognized as a critical environmental problem. That loss is most severe in developing countries, where the conditions of human existence are most difficult. "Conserving Biodiversity" presents an agenda for research that can provide information to formulate policy and design conservation programs in the Third World. The book includes discussions of research needs in the biological sciences, as well as economics and anthropology, areas of critical importance to conservation and sustainable development. Although, specifically directed toward development agencies, non-governmental organizations, and decision makers in developing nations, this volume should be of interest to all who are involved in the conservation of biological diversity. ... Read more

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Chapters: Biodiversity and conservation; Customary knowledge and practice; Education; Tourism ... Read more

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Chance is necessary for living systems – from the cell to organisms, populations, communities and ecosystems. It is at the heart of their evolution and diversity. Long considered contingent on other factors, chance both produces random events in the environment, and is the product of endogenous mechanisms - molecular as well as cellular, demographic and ecological. This is how living things have been able to diversify themselves and survive on the planet. Chance is not something to which Life has been subjected; it is quite simply necessary for Life. The endogenous mechanisms that bring it about are at once the products and the engines of evolution, and they also produce biodiversity. These internal mechanisms – veritable “biological roulettes” - are analogous to the mechanical devices that bring about “physical chance”. They can be modeled by analogous mathematical equations. This open the way of a global modeling of biodiversity dynamics, but we need also to gather quantitative data in both the laboratory setting as well as in the field. By examining biodiversity at all scales and all levels, this book seeks to evaluate the breadth of our knowledge on this topical subject, to propose an integrated look at living things, to assess the role of chance in its dynamics, in the evolutionary processes and also to imagine practical consequences on the management of living systems. ... Read more

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As global demand for forest products increases, conserving biodiversity has become more urgent and challenging. Forestry and Biodiversity advocates adaptive management -- a structured approach to learning by doing -- to sustain biodiversity in managed forests. It draws on the theory and principles of conservation biology and forest ecology and illustrates them, and the challenges they pose, through a practical, real-world study of commercial forestry in a coastal temperate rainforest. This book will be of interest to those who plan, or hope to influence, forest practices and the future of the environment. ... Read more

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Over-exploitation of resources of commercial value, changes in land use and land cover, and fragmentation of habitats, have led to extreme decline in biodiversity. This book offers an insight into the concept of biodiversity, its value and uses, aspects of conservation of material and traditional knowledge. ... Read more

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The loss of biodiversity is increasingly complex, with anthropogenic influences greatly enhancing the rate of this phenomenon. Mauritius, as an insular island, was profoundly affected by the colonization of humans. Much of the original fauna as wll as an unspecified number of plants went extinct shortly thereafter; what species which managed to survive were relegated to remote portions of the island such as mountaintops and islets. As human intervention attains ecological predominance in the new era of globalization, the comprehensive reevaluation of the relationship between human activity and ecosystem dynamics on heavily altered islands such as Mauritius can help achieve new solutions to prevent the continued loss of global biodiversity. The primary motivation behind this thesis is to analyze new methods of conservation which will help to transfrom the perception that an artificial delineation exists between the human and the natural spheres within a landscape. Mauritius is ideal to study this concept as what biodiversity remains is enveloped in a landscape of human activity. This thesis aims to identify needs and opportunities not typically associated with conservation measures. ... Read more

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Humans play an undeniable role in the acceleration of threats to the diversity of ecosystems, species and genes. This book is a response to the urgent need of policy oriented socio-ecological research, profoundly based on empirical evidence. Socio-environmental patterns and political responses are compared through the use of case studies analyzing a range of pressures to biodiversity. Aquatic bioinvasions in the Ebro River and Lake Izabal exemplify socio-environmental processes linked to river basins. Other cases examine processes at the regional level: the social attitudes to genetically modified organisms in Catalan agriculture, the implementation of a Regional Strategy for Biodiversity in the A le-de-France, the management of an invasive insect in the city of Paris, and the comparative analysis in Kent (UK) and Tartu (Estonia) county of the effects of the Common Agricultural Policy on pollinators' diversity. An economic valuation of the decline of pollinators in Germany and Spain, and an analysis of land use changes in the new EU member states focus on processes at the national scale within the EU frame.A case study in Argentina, about the emergence of pesticide resistance in an invasive pest, embodies the relationship between a national state and the processes of the world economy. The ALARM project aims to promote creative thinking. Inspired by ecological economics, methodologies employed range from multi-criteria evaluation and participatory techniques to social network analysis, valuation of environmental services, scenario modelling and historical analysis. The authors have uniquely explored case-study-based research for socio-economic analyses of biodiversity risks. Emphasis is put both on the lessons learnt from the comparative analysis as well as on the methodological innovations. ... Read more

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This digital document is a journal article from Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, published by Elsevier in . The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Media Library immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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In the short- to medium-term, agri-environment schemes are potentially the key mechanism for reversing farmland bird declines across Europe. The Arable Stewardship Pilot Scheme (ASPS) was designed to test the delivery of resources by a suite of management options for a range of farmland taxa, in two lowland farmland regions of England (East Anglia and West Midlands). The impact of ASPS on breeding farmland birds was tested in a replicated farm-scale experiment, in which changes in numbers of breeding birds over 5 years were compared between scheme and control farms. Additionally, the impact of specific ASPS options on breeding bird distribution was assessed at the field-scale, using data collected after the options had been deployed for 5 years. At the field-scale, presence/absence of both field nesting and boundary-nesting species was associated with the presence of certain ASPS options. Many of these responses can be explained in terms of abundance of/access to nest sites or invertebrate/seed food resources provided by the ASPS options. However, despite showing significant positive responses at the field-scale, most species showed no response at a farm-scale. Between-year changes were significantly more positive on scheme than control farms for only three species in East Anglia and one species in West Midlands. The importance of these results is discussed with respect to the value of further research on the scale of options required to produce farm-scale effects. ... Read more

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This text reports the more policy-oriented results of the Biodiversity programme of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences Beijer Institute. The programme brought economists and ecologists together to consider where the problem in biodiversity loss really lies, what costs it has for society, and how it might best be addressed. The results are different from those reported in other works on the subject. Biodiversity loss matters for all ecosystems - not just the megadiversity tropical forests. And it matters because it compromises the resilience and so the productivity of those systems. Biodiversity conservation requires the development of policies that change the behaviour of resource use everywhere - not just in parks and reserves. The book is suitable reading for researchers and policy makers alike. It canvasses options for the reform of park management, biodiversity conservation projects, property rights, tax, trade and price regimes that are within the reach of governments everywhere. ... Read more

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From the Preface: 'How many of the comforts we enjoy and the products we use come courtesy of Nature's seemingly infinite warehouse of services? Bees pollinate the cereals we eat for breakfast, forests and wetlands purify the water that we drink, and the trees in our yards trap pollutants from the air we breathe. All of these benefits, as well as our fuels and natural medicines and countless others, come to us, free of charge, from our planet's healthy ecosystems. As societies expand, however, we often lose sight of the intimate links between the health of Nature and our own well-being. How do we come to value the many services Nature provides that are necessary for our survival? And, perhaps most importantly, how do we maintain the full array of ecological services necessary for future generations to thrive? This book provides an authoritative and beautifully illustrated survey of the wide range of ecosystem services. It has been produced in collaboration with the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), Conservation International (CI) and the International League of Conservation Photographers (ILCP). ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 is an Act of the Parliament of Australia that provides a framework for protection of the Australian environment, including its biodiversity and its natural and culturally significant places. Enacted on 17 July 2000, it established a range of processes to help protect and promote the recovery of threatened species and ecological communities, and preserve significant places from decline. The EPBC Act established the use of Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Regulations, which have provided for the issuing of approvals and permits for a range of activities on Commonwealth land and land affecting the Commonwealth. For example, commercial picking of wildflowers is regulated under the EPBC Act, and cannot be undertaken without an appropriate permit. Failure to comply with the Act can result in penalties including remediation of damage, court injunctions, and criminal and civil penalties. ... Read more

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Eco-environment plays an important role in combating desertification,preventing erosion problems,other protective erosion problems,climate change and acting as carbon reservoirs and skins. The vital role of Eco-environment in protecting fragile ecosystems,watersheds and freshwater reservoirs and as storehouses of rich biodiversity should be recognized and contain not only species of actual or potentially socio-economic importance at the global,national and local levels,including wild relatives of important crop species. Basically this volume of Eco environment deals in the issues and causes of pollution of environment and its impact on nature and humans and the measures that are taken on a global basis to prevent Eco environment.This book is a sincere effort of the authors to provide compiled information on the subject. ... Read more

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Best of the lot!
This book is probably the best in the lot for doing research on Global Biodiversity and Environment.

The Author --> 'Dr. Reena Mohanka' has written two more books on related subjects and she has been teaching at Science College, Patna University; which is one of the premier learning institutions in India and is the best university in the state of Bihar. ... Read more