Biodiversity Conservation In Southeast Asia

Author : Serge Morand,Claire Lajaunie,Rojchai Satrawaha
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 516 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2017-07-28
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781315313559

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Biodiversity Conservation in Southeast Asia by Serge Morand,Claire Lajaunie,Rojchai Satrawaha Pdf

Southeast Asia is highly diversified in terms of socio-ecosystems and biodiversity, but is undergoing dramatic environmental and social changes. These changes characterize the recent period and can be illustrated by the effects of the Green Revolution in the late 1960s and 1970s, to the globalization of trade and increasing agronomic intensification over the past decade. Biodiversity Conservation in Southeast Asia provides theoretical overviews and challenges for applied research in living resource management, conservation ecology, health ecology and conservation planning in Southeast Asia. Five key themes are addressed: origin and evolution of Southeast Asian biodiversity; challenges in conservation biology; ecosystem services and biodiversity; managing biodiversity and living resources; policy, economics and governance of biodiversity. Detailed case studies are included from Thailand and the Lower Mekong Basin, while other chapters address cross-cutting themes applicable to the whole Southeast Asia region. This is a valuable resource for academics and students in the areas of ecology, conservation, environmental policy and management, Southeast Asian studies and sustainable development.

Author : Navjot S. Sodhi,Barry W. Brook
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 163 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780521839303

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Southeast Asian Biodiversity in Crisis by Navjot S. Sodhi,Barry W. Brook Pdf

This book reports comprehensively on the state of Southeast Asian biodiversity and suggests actions immediately needed to ease the impending crisis.

Author : Percy E. Sajise,Mariliza V. Ticsay,Gil C. Saguiguit, Jr.
Publisher : Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
Page : 299 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2010-02-10
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9789812309785

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Moving Forward by Percy E. Sajise,Mariliza V. Ticsay,Gil C. Saguiguit, Jr. Pdf

Climate change is a global phenomenon that is being experienced by all levels of society, regardless of race and species, and in all types of ecosystems, regardless of geographic location. It will have diverse effects on biodiversity which will directly impact on food security, water supply, and livelihood among others, especially for the poor and more vulnerable sectors of human society. More importantly, all forms of life including human society are trying their best to adapt and survive. This book explores the two-way link between climate change and the state of biodiversity in Southeast Asia. By drawing on the experiences and lessons shared by representatives from research and development agencies, academic institutions, donors, and other organizations; and the crosscutting issues contributed by experts, this book aims to provide insights, lessons, and perspectives on how Southeast Asia is dealing with these twin concerns. This book is invaluable to all who are interested in assessing research gaps, identifying future research areas, drafting effective policy agenda, and implementing critical activities at the community, national, and international levels.

Author : Catherine P. S. Cheung,ASEAN Regional Centre for Biodiversity Conservation
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Coastal zone management
ISBN : UCSD:31822032247512

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Marine Protected Areas in Southeast Asia by Catherine P. S. Cheung,ASEAN Regional Centre for Biodiversity Conservation Pdf

Marine protected areas in SE Asia were assessed and reviewed to analyze the increasing threats such as coastal development, collecting of endangered species, ornamental trading, over-exploitation, pollution, and tourism that lead to the depletion of the biodiversity resources of the marine protected areas in the region.

Author : Ghazally Ismail,Murtedza Mohamed
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:39015041723241

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Biodiversity Conservation in ASEAN by Ghazally Ismail,Murtedza Mohamed Pdf

In this book, renowned scientists and policymakers in Asean countries argue that each country has taken mindful approaches to addressing their specific and unique environmental and biodiversity conservation issues.

Author : Michael R. Dove,Percy E. Sajise,Amity A. Doolittle
Publisher : Duke University Press
Page : 389 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2011-04-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9780822347965

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Beyond the Sacred Forest by Michael R. Dove,Percy E. Sajise,Amity A. Doolittle Pdf

Scholars rethink the translation of environmental concepts between East and West, particularly ideas of nature and culture; what conservation might mean; and how conservation policy is applied and transformed in the everyday landscapes of Southeast Asia.

Author : Susan M. Braatz
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 92 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1992-01-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0821323075

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Conserving Biological Diversity by Susan M. Braatz Pdf

Loss of biological diversity through the extinction of species, the conversion and degradation of natural habitats, and the disruption of ecological processes, is occurring throughout the world at an unprecendented rate. As species and their habitats disappear, so do products of present and future value, genes with which to improve crop varieties and livestock, and the natural resiliencies of the world's living resources to respond to climatic and enviornmental change. Nowhere else is the loss of biodiversity expected to be higher during the coming decades than in the Asia-Pacific region. The loss of biodiversity is irreversible. Recognizing this, the Asia Environment Division prepared this paper which is intended to identify priority areas of investment in the Asia-Pacific region. The paper accepts the importance of biodiversity conservation and suggests that policy change coupled with the establishment of protected area systems will be critical to success. A wide range of interventions will be needed to support these efforts toward conserving biodiversity - interventions involving national and local governments, national and international nongovernmental organizations and, most importantly, local people. The strategy defined in this paper is intended to complement existing national and international initiatives and to build partnerships in conservation for the 1990s.

Author : Alex M. Lechner,Michelle Li Ern Ang,Juin Yan Ooi ,Badrul Azhar,J Miguel Kanai,Perrine Hamel,Saut Sagala
Publisher : ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute
Page : 42 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2021-12-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789815011210

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Urban Biodiversity and Nature-Based Solutions in Southeast Asia by Alex M. Lechner,Michelle Li Ern Ang,Juin Yan Ooi ,Badrul Azhar,J Miguel Kanai,Perrine Hamel,Saut Sagala Pdf

Rapid urbanization and development in Southeast Asia have impacted its high biodiversity and unique ecosystems, directly through the use of forest lands for infrastructure building, and indirectly through increasing ecological footprints. In Greater Bandung, Indonesia and Greater Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, rapid urbanization over the last thirty years has resulted in an increase inbuilt infrastructure of approximately two and three times respectively. A Nature-Based Solutions approach can potentially underpin urban design and planning strategies in Greater Bandung and Greater Kuala Lumpur, as well as other cities in Southeast Asia, to address biodiversity conservation and also global environmental challenges such as climate change adaption and mitigation while supporting well-being. Mainstreaming Nature-Based Solutions in Southeast Asia will require knowledge gaps to be addressed, greater awareness, increasing the evidence base, metrics for measuring success, support from institutions and stakeholders, and new and innovative financing. The urgency of global socio-ecological challenges, in particular the biodiversity and climate crisis, means transformational change is needed in Southeast Asia, for urban, ecological, technical, economic, and social systems, while still supporting sustainable development.

Author : David Gower,Kenneth Johnson,James Richardson,Brian Rosen,Lukas Rüber,Suzanne Williams
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 499 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2012-07-19
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781139536226

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Biotic Evolution and Environmental Change in Southeast Asia by David Gower,Kenneth Johnson,James Richardson,Brian Rosen,Lukas Rüber,Suzanne Williams Pdf

The flora and fauna of Southeast Asia are exceptionally diverse. The region includes several terrestrial biodiversity hotspots and is the principal global hotspot for marine diversity, but it also faces the most intense challenges of the current global biodiversity crisis. Providing reviews, syntheses and results of the latest research into Southeast Asian earth and organismal history, this book investigates the history, present and future of the fauna and flora of this bio- and geodiverse region. Leading authorities in the field explore key topics including palaeogeography, palaeoclimatology, biogeography, population genetics and conservation biology, illustrating research approaches and themes with spatially, taxonomically and methodologically focused case studies. The volume also presents methodological advances in population genetics and historical biogeography. Exploring the fascinating environmental and biotic histories of Southeast Asia, this is an ideal resource for graduate students and researchers as well as environmental NGOs.

Author : A. Sasekumar,Nissim Marshall,D.J. Macintosh
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789401109581

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Ecology and Conservation of Southeast Asian Marine and Freshwater Environments including Wetlands by A. Sasekumar,Nissim Marshall,D.J. Macintosh Pdf

A major concern among ecologists in and outside the ASEAN region is the degradation of the environment, and the overexploitation of freshwater and marine resources. There is as yet no indication that freshwater and marine resources are being managed on a sustainable basis, and loss of wetlands, whether freshwater swamps or mangrove swamps, is a major problem in the ASEAN region. Reclamation of mangrove swamps for aquaculture and agriculture seems to be a continuous activity here and the status of marine parks should also be examined in the light of recent resort development acitivities on small islands. This volume contains numerous recommendations for the promotion of ecological studies and regional cooperation in marine, freshwater ecology and conservation, with special emphasis on the common water masses like the Strait of Malacca, Gulf of Thailand and the South China Sea.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Bioversity International
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Forest germplasm resources conservation
ISBN : 9789675221217

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Forest genetic resources conservation and management: status in seven South and Southeast Asian countries by Anonim Pdf

Author : IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas. Southeast Asia Regional Forum
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Nature conservation
ISBN : UCSD:31822034471417

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The World Commission on Protected Areas, 2nd Southeast Asia Regional Forum, Pakse, Lao PDR, 6-11 December 1999: Papers presented by IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas. Southeast Asia Regional Forum Pdf

Author : Percy E. Sajise,Amity Appell Doolittle
Publisher : Yale Univ Southeast Asia Studies
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0938692836

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Conserving Nature in Culture by Percy E. Sajise,Amity Appell Doolittle Pdf

Results of an international, multi-year, collaborative project designed to transcend orthodox thinking about environmental conservation. In documenting the way that many societies conserve resources in the course of everyday activities, the contributions to this volume question formal, state-led conservation interventions. The planned character of such interventions reintroduces and is often doomed by the vision of a dichotomy between society and environment.

Author : Ken-ichi Abe,Tuck-Po Lye,Wil de Jong
Publisher : Trans Pacific Press
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1876843543

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The Political Ecology of Tropical Forests in Southeast Asia by Ken-ichi Abe,Tuck-Po Lye,Wil de Jong Pdf

Following an interdisciplinary approach to debates about the future of tropical forests in Southeast Asia, the authors - experts in their field - unravel the extent to which the interests of local inhabitants, nation-states and international environmental movements are intertwined. This volume, a joint publication with Kyoto University Press, examines the highly politicized context in which local forestry problems intersect with global market forces, focusing on the social and economic diversity of different tropical forests and their specific historical background. It emphasizes the importance of examining local issues in their own right.

Author : Richard T. Corlett
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 333 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2019-06-27
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780198817017

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The Ecology of Tropical East Asia by Richard T. Corlett Pdf

Tropical East Asia is home to over one billion people and faces massive human impacts from its rising population and rapid economic growth. It has already lost more than half of its forest cover to agriculture and urbanization, and has the highest rates of deforestation and logging in the tropics. Habitat loss, coupled with hunting and the relentless trade in wildlife products, threatens all its large and many of its smaller vertebrates. Despite these problems, the region still supports an estimated 15-25% of global terrestrial biodiversity and a growing environmental awareness means that it is no longer assumed that economic development justifies environmental damage, and no longer accepted that this trade-off is inevitable. Effective conservation action now depends on integrating a clear understanding of the ecological patterns and processes in the region with the varied needs of its human population. This third edition continues to provide an overview of the terrestrial ecology of Tropical East Asia: from southern China to Indonesia, and from Bhutan and Bangladesh to the Ryukyu Islands of Japan. It retains the balance between compactness and comprehensiveness of the previous editions, and the even-handed geographical treatment of the whole region, but it updates both the contents and the perspective. Approximately one third of the text is new or greatly modified, reflecting the explosion of new research in the region in the last few years and the increasing use of new tools, particularly from genomics and remote sensing. The change in perspective largely reflects the growing realization that we are in a new epoch, the Anthropocene, in which human activities have at least as large an influence as natural processes, and that stopping or reversing ecological change is no longer an option. This does not mean that biodiversity conservation is no longer possible or worthwhile, but that the biodiverse future we strive for will inevitably be very different from the past. The Ecology of Tropical East Asia is an advanced textbook suitable for senior undergraduate and graduate level students taking courses on the terrestrial ecology of the East Asian tropics, as well as an authoritative regional reference for professional ecologists, conservationists, and interested amateurs worldwide.