Biodiversity Monitoring And Conservation

Author : Ben Collen,Nathalie Pettorelli,Jonathan E. M. Baillie,Sarah M. Durant
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2013-02-14
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781118490754

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Biodiversity Monitoring and Conservation by Ben Collen,Nathalie Pettorelli,Jonathan E. M. Baillie,Sarah M. Durant Pdf

As the impacts of anthropogenic activities increase in both magnitude and extent, biodiversity is coming under increasing pressure. Scientists and policy makers are frequently hampered by a lack of information on biological systems, particularly information relating to long-term trends. Such information is crucial to developing an understanding as to how biodiversity may respond to global environmental change. Knowledge gaps make it very difficult to develop effective policies and legislation to reduce and reverse biodiversity loss. This book explores the gap between global commitments to biodiversity conservation, and local action to track biodiversity change and implement conservation action. High profile international political commitments to improve biodiversity conservation, such as the targets set by the Convention on Biological Diversity, require innovative and rapid responses from both science and policy. This multi-disciplinary perspective highlights barriers to conservation and offers novel solutions to evaluating trends in biodiversity at multiple scales.

Author : Abid A Ansari,Sarvajeet Singh Gill,Zahid Khorshid Abbas,M Naeem
Publisher : CABI
Page : 628 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2016-12-23
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781780646947

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Plant Biodiversity by Abid A Ansari,Sarvajeet Singh Gill,Zahid Khorshid Abbas,M Naeem Pdf

Results of regular monitoring of the species diversity and structure of plant communities is used by conservation biologists to help understand impacts of perturbations caused by humans and other environmental factors on ecosystems worldwide. Changes in plant communities can, for example, be a reflection of increased levels of pollution, a response to long-term climate change, or the result of shifts in land-use practices by the human population. This book presents a series of essays on the application of plant biodiversity monitoring and assessment to help prevent species extinction, ecosystem collapse, and solve problems in biodiversity conservation. It has been written by a large international team of researchers and uses case studies and examples from all over the world, and from a broad range of terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. The book is aimed at any graduate students and researchers with a strong interest in plant biodiversity monitoring and assessment, plant community ecology, biodiversity conservation, and the environmental impacts of human activities on ecosystems.

Author : Toby Gardner
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2012-01-09
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780415507158

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Monitoring Forest Biodiversity by Toby Gardner Pdf

First Published in 2012. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Author : Sarah Legge,Natasha Robinson,Benjamin Scheele,David Lindenmayer,Darren Southwell,Brendan Wintle
Publisher : CSIRO PUBLISHING
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2018-01-20
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781486307739

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Monitoring Threatened Species and Ecological Communities by Sarah Legge,Natasha Robinson,Benjamin Scheele,David Lindenmayer,Darren Southwell,Brendan Wintle Pdf

Monitoring is integral to all aspects of policy and management for threatened biodiversity. It is fundamental to assessing the conservation status and trends of listed species and ecological communities. Monitoring data can be used to diagnose the causes of decline, to measure management effectiveness and to report on investment. It is also a valuable public engagement tool. Yet in Australia, monitoring threatened biodiversity is not always optimally managed. Monitoring Threatened Species and Ecological Communities aims to improve the standard of monitoring for Australia's threatened biodiversity. It gathers insights from some of the most experienced managers and scientists involved with monitoring programs for threatened species and ecological communities in Australia, and evaluates current monitoring programs, establishing a baseline against which the quality of future monitoring activity can be managed. Case studies provide examples of practical pathways to improve the quality of biodiversity monitoring, and guidelines to improve future programs are proposed. This book will benefit scientists, conservation managers, policy makers and those with an interest in threatened species monitoring and management.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Biodiversity
ISBN : UOM:39015052310441

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Biodiversity by Anonim Pdf

Contributed colloquium papers with reference to India.

Author : William Lee Gaines
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Biodiversity
ISBN : WISC:89066981515

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Monitoring Biodiversity by William Lee Gaines Pdf

Author : David Lindenmayer,Philip Gibbons
Publisher : CSIRO PUBLISHING
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780643103573

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Biodiversity Monitoring in Australia by David Lindenmayer,Philip Gibbons Pdf

Ecological and biodiversity-based monitoring has been marked by an appalling lack of effectiveness and lack of success in Australia for more than 40 years, despite the billions of dollars that are invested in biodiversity conservation annually. What can be done to rectify this situation? This book tackles many aspects of the problem of biodiversity monitoring. It arose from a major workshop held at The Australian National University in February 2011, attended by leaders in the science, policy-making and management arenas of biodiversity conservation. Chapter contributors examine what has led to successful monitoring, the key problems with biodiversity monitoring and practical solutions to those problems. By capturing critical insights into successes, failures and solutions, the authors provide high-level guidance for important initiatives such as the National Biodiversity Strategy. Ultimately, the authors hope to considerably improve the quality and effectiveness of biodiversity monitoring in Australia, and to arrest the decline of biodiversity. KEY FEATURES * Engaging style * Practical information that is based on very high quality scientific information

Author : Gene Likens,David Lindenmayer
Publisher : CSIRO PUBLISHING
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2018-05
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781486308934

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Effective Ecological Monitoring by Gene Likens,David Lindenmayer Pdf

Long-term monitoring programs are fundamental to understanding the natural environment and managing major environmental problems. Yet they are often done very poorly and ineffectively. This second edition of the highly acclaimed Effective Ecological Monitoring describes what makes monitoring programs successful and how to ensure that long-term monitoring studies persist. The book has been fully revised and updated but remains concise, illustrating key aspects of effective monitoring with case studies and examples. It includes new sections comparing surveillance-based and question-based monitoring, analysing environmental observation networks, and provides examples of adaptive monitoring. Based on the authors’ 80 years of collective experience in running long-term research and monitoring programs, Effective Ecological Monitoring is a valuable resource for the natural resource management, ecological and environmental science and policy communities.

Author : Surendra Singh
Publisher : Daya Publishing House
Page : 434 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Science
ISBN : 9387057550

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Biodiversity by Surendra Singh Pdf

Biodiversity includes different animals, plants, micro-organisms and their genes, water ecosystems, terrestrial and marine ecosystems. Conservation of this biological diversity which includes the variety of the whole species present on earth is important for our future, for human food to feed people on Earth. Biodiversity: Monitoring, Management & Utilization has been designed primarily for students studying biodiversity on a range of courses in botany, zoology, biotechnology, microbiology, environment and ecology. It is beneficial for teachers, as well as generalists and amateurs interested in exploring the fundamentals, uses, threats and conservation of biodiversity. It is also essential reading for anyone requiring an overview of the vast literature on this topic. This volume contains several contributions that illustrate the state of the art of the academic research in the field of biological interactions in its widest sense. The purpose is to increase understanding, awareness and appreciation of the diverse values of biodiversity, necessary to create the willingness to undertake the behavioural changes required to conserve and sustainably use biodiversity. The book has managed to present most of the critical issues surrounding debates over and relations between biodiversity, biotechnology, intellectual property and traditional knowledge. It underscores the ways in which our future is tied to that of Earth's threatened species and demonstrates exactly why conservation is so vitally important for us.

Author : Jungmeier, M., Arpa, N.Y.
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2022-04-25
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9789251356593

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Guidelines for biodiversity monitoring by Jungmeier, M., Arpa, N.Y. Pdf

This document is one of seven guidelines developed to provide standards and recommendations for management of the country’s natural assets. The Guidelines for Biodiversity Monitoring is intended for conservation scientists, managers and stakeholders involved in the management of ecosystems. It specifically provides support for natural resource managers, protected area planners, decision-makers and managers, staff of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF), NGOs and universities, with a view to elaborating adequate and realistic monitoring plans for individual steppe protected areas, in order to establish a working monitoring system for steppe ecosystems. The Guidelines provide a methodology and structure to set up clear indicators and targets for a comprehensive monitoring system for ecosystems. They offer a working basis for national and local experts and specialists, and support the steps towards a comprehensive monitoring scheme. They constitute the first stage in a longer process of defining clear objectives and indicators for individual pillars of monitoring for the ecosystems and their components.

Author : David Hill,Matthew Fasham,Graham Tucker,Michael Shewry,Philip Shaw
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 600 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2005-08-11
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1139445588

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Handbook of Biodiversity Methods by David Hill,Matthew Fasham,Graham Tucker,Michael Shewry,Philip Shaw Pdf

Biodiversity is recognised to be of global importance, yet species and habitats continue to be under increasing pressure from human-induced influences. Environmental concerns are high on the political agenda, driving increased legislation to protect the natural environment. The starting point for much of this legislation is the requirement for a comprehensive biodiversity audit. For those needing to undertake such audits, this Handbook, first published in 2005, provides standard procedures which will enable practitioners to better monitor the condition of the biodiversity resource, resulting in improved data upon which to base future policy decisions and actions. Organised in three parts, the Handbook first addresses planning, covering method selection, experimental design, sampling strategy, and data analysis and evaluation. The second part describes survey, evaluation and monitoring methods for a broad range of habitats. Part three considers species and provides information on general methods before addressing specific methods of survey and monitoring for the major taxonomic groups.

Author : Michele Walters,Robert J. Scholes
Publisher : Springer
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2016-11-25
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783319272887

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The GEO Handbook on Biodiversity Observation Networks by Michele Walters,Robert J. Scholes Pdf

Biodiversity observation systems are almost everywhere inadequate to meet local, national and international (treaty) obligations. As a result of alarmingly rapid declines in biodiversity in the modern era, there is a strong, worldwide desire to upgrade our monitoring systems, but little clarity on what is actually needed and how it can be assembled from the elements which are already present. This book intends to provide practical guidance to broadly-defined biodiversity observation networks at all scales, but predominantly the national scale and higher. This is a practical how-to book with substantial policy relevance. It will mostly be used by technical specialists with a responsibility for biodiversity monitoring to establish and refine their systems. It is written at a technical level, but one that is not discipline-bound: it should be intelligible to anyone in the broad field with a tertiary education.

Author : Serge A. Wich,Lian Pin Koh
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 126 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780198787617

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Conservation Drones by Serge A. Wich,Lian Pin Koh Pdf

This book aims to further build capacity in the conservation community to use drones for conservation and inspire others to adapt emerging technologies for conservation.

Author : Emma Burns,David Lindenmayer,Andrew Lowe,Nicole Thurgate
Publisher : CSIRO PUBLISHING
Page : 624 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2014-02-06
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780643108578

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Biodiversity and Environmental Change by Emma Burns,David Lindenmayer,Andrew Lowe,Nicole Thurgate Pdf

Annotation Long-term ecological data are critical for informing long-term trends in biodiversity and trends in environmental change. The Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network (TERN) is a major initiative of the Australian Government and one of its key areas of investment is to provide funding for a network of long-term ecological research plots around Australia (LTERN). This book highlights some of the temporal changes in the environment and/or in biodiversity that have occurred in different ecosystems, ranging from tropical rainforests, wet eucalypt forests and alpine regions through to rangelands and deserts. Many important trends and changes are documented and they often provide new insights that were previously poorly understood or unknown. These data are precisely the kinds of data so desperately needed to better quantify the temporal trajectories in the environment and biodiversity in Australia.

Author : Nicole Silk,Kristine Ciruna
Publisher : Island Press
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2013-04-10
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781597266192

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A Practitioner's Guide to Freshwater Biodiversity Conservation by Nicole Silk,Kristine Ciruna Pdf

A Practitioner's Guide to Freshwater Biodiversity Conservation brings together knowledge and experience from conservation practitioners and experts around the world to help readers understand the global challenge of conserving biodiversity in freshwater ecosystems. More importantly, it offers specific strategies and suggestions for managers to use in establishing new conservation initiatives or improving the effectiveness of existing initiatives. The book: offers an understanding of fundamental issues by explaining how ecosystems are structured and how they support biodiversity; provides specific information and approaches for identifying areas most in need of protection; examines promising strategies that can help reduce biodiversity loss; and describes design considerations and methods for measuring success within an adaptive management framework. The book draws on experience and knowledge gained during a five-year project of The Nature Conservancy known as the Freshwater Initiative, which brought together a range of practitioners to create a learning laboratory for testing ideas, approaches, tools, strategies, and methods. For professionals involved with land or water management-including state and federal agency staff, scientists and researchers working with conservation organizations, students and faculty involved with freshwater issues or biodiversity conservation, and policymakers concerned with environmental issues-the book represents an important new source of information, ideas, and approaches.