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Author : Nature Conservancy (U.S.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 131 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : National parks and reserves
ISBN : 1886765014
Author : Katrina Brandon,Kent H. Redford,Steven Sanderson
Publisher : Island Press
Page : 540 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1998-07
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1597269182
Using the experience of the Parks in Peril program -- a wide-ranging project instituted by The Nature Conservancy and its partner organizations in Latin America and the Caribbean to foster better park management -- this book presents a broad analysis of current trends in park management and the implications for biodiversity conservation. It examines the context of current park management and challenges many commonly held views from social, political, and ecological perspectives. The book argues that: biodiversity conservation is inherently political sustainable use has limitations as a primary tool for biodiversity conservation effective park protection requires understanding the social context at varying scales of analysis actions to protect parks need a level of conceptual rigor that has been absent from recent programs built around slogans and stereotypesNine case studies highlight the interaction of ecosystems, local peoples, and policy in park management, and describe the context of field-based conservation from the perspective of those actually implementing the programs. Parks in Peril builds from the case studies and specific park-level concerns to a synthesis of findings from the sites. The editors draw on the case studies to challenge popular conceptions about parks and describe future directions that can ensure long-term biodiversity conservation.Throughout, contributors argue that protected areas are extremely important for the protection of biodiversity, yet such areas cannot be expected to serve as the sole means of biodiversity conservation. Requiring them to carry the entire burden of conservation is a recipe for ecological and social disaster.
Author : Abigail Entwistle,Nigel Dunstone
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 478 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2000-07-20
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0521775361
Scientific yet accessible review of mammalian conservation as a model demonstrating wider issues in conservation.
Author : Henning Borchers
Publisher : ibidem-Verlag / ibidem Press
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2004-10-04
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783838254029
This study proceeds on Campbell’s (2002) argument that in today’s biodiversity conservation discourse, the traditional exclusionary conservation narrative co-exists with a counter-narrative on sustainable use through ecotourism. Based on the perception of a global biodiversity crisis the conservation landscape has seen the resurgence of the traditional conservation discourse, which reinforces the argument against social objectives of conservation and for an exclusionary conservation approach drawing on the notion of wilderness. Local resource use practices are restricted or prohibited, while ecotourism is considered the most sustainable option. However, as a proposed alternative livelihood strategy for local residents, ecotourism often fails to deliver on claims that it significantly benefits local development, while it may be more conducive to furthering ecological imperatives.Based on an analysis of the management of Komodo National Park, Indonesia, and the development of communities within the Park, this study argues that ecotourism may only be a politically attractive slogan that provides conservation agencies with the political and economic justification for an exclusionary protected area management approach. Instead of taking into account economic, social and cultural concerns of local residents, a conservation regime that adopts ecotourism as a conservation strategy may ultimately leave local people struggling to meet their present needs.
Author : Grady L. Webster,Robert Rhode
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2001-04-26
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780520915930
Based on work spanning a decade, this study of the Maquipucuna area on the western slopes of the Andes discusses the climate, vegetation, ecological relationships, and flora, and emphasizes the importance of the Maquipucuna area as a biological reserve. In addition to the checklist of the flora, which enumerates 1,650 species (including 228 species of pteridophytes and over 200 species of orchids), appendices give information on floristic composition of communities, distribution of epiphytes, and elevational ranges of families and genera. The illustrations include a map, landscapes, and characteristic species.
Author : Nora Haenn,Allison Harnish,Richard Wilk
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 537 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2016-04-26
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781479876761
The Environment in Anthropology presents ecology and current environmental studies from an anthropological point of view. From the classics to the most current scholarship, this text connects the theory and practice in environment and anthropology, providing readers with a strong intellectual foundation as well as offering practical tools for solving environmental problems. Haenn, Wilk, and Harnish pose the most urgent questions of environmental protection: How are environmental problems mediated by cultural values? What are the environmental effects of urbanization? When do environmentalists’ goals and actions conflict with those of indigenous peoples? How can we assess the impact of “environmentally correct” businesses? They also cover the fundamental topics of population growth, large scale development, biodiversity conservation, sustainable environmental management, indigenous groups, consumption, and globalization. This revised edition addresses new topics such as water, toxic waste, neoliberalism, environmental history, environmental activism, and REDD (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation), and it situates anthropology in the multi-disciplinary field of environmental research. It also offers readers a guide for developing their own plan for environmental action. This volume offers an introduction to the breadth of ecological and environmental anthropology as well as to its historical trends and current developments. Balancing landmark essays with cutting-edge scholarship, bridging theory and practice, and offering suggestions for further reading and new directions for research, The Environment in Anthropology continues to provide the ideal introduction to a burgeoning field.
Author : Nora Haenn,Richard Wilk
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 503 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780814736364
Presenting ecology and current environmental studies from an anthropological point of view, this book gives readers a strong intellectual foundation as well as offering practical tools for solving environmental problems.
Author : P Mark S Ashton,Jennifer L O'Hara,Robert D Hauff
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2021-04-29
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781000447934
Protecting Watershed Areas: Case of the Panama Canal provides foresters, hydrologists, and park managers with a case study of the Panama Canal watershed area to help you make the most of your efforts in protecting ecological areas. Through this unique book, you will discover how the Carter-Torrijos treaty that will return the Panama Canal to the Republic of Panama on December 31, 1999 will affect the 2.6 million inhabitants of that area as well as this complex ecosystem. This valuable book includes a focus on both technical and biological observations in the field as well as library research to help you make the most of book learning and field research in your endeavors to protect forest reserves and other protected areas. Protecting Watershed Areas offers you insight into the Panama Canal area through informal interviews, key informants, field data, and research that focuses on both the technical and biological aspects of environmental management, such as agroforestry and reforestation, of environmental management and on policy and institutional dimensions of management to provide you with a unique perspective of the dynamics of this area. The Panama canal watershed area is one of the world?s most complex managed ecosystems and through this insightful volume, you will find new ways to deal with the myriad of problems you may encounter in ecosystem management, such as: realizing that single resource management is no longer adequate and taking a more holistic approach to management, such as taking into consideration whole ecosystems or watersheds will enable you to fully protect the area you are trying to serve discovering how the trend of privitization and nongovernmental ownership of protected areas impacts the job of managing our precious national resources understanding that for effective and stable protected area management to occur, you must have a clear understanding of the historical and social context that has shaped the particular circumstances of each site recognizing larger national and international factors in order to control the often devastating effects of tourism on protected areas creating clear directives and priorities before developing conservation programs to make program implementation easier Informative and insightful, Protecting Watershed Areas examines the most current ideas in protected areas management through a unique case study of the Panama Canal. This essential book provides you with several answers to the challenges facing Panama that you can apply to forest reserve and other protected areas programs around the globe due to the paramount importance of developing sustainable land-use systems. With Protecting Watershed Areas, you will discover how to effectively balance securing goods and services from a region, such as farming and tourism without threatening the overall integrity of the ecological systems and meeting human needs and values.
Author : Sue Stolton,Nigel Dudley
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 357 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2014-01-02
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781134191338
Taking into consideration the fact that many ecosystems are under-represented in protected areas of land and water and traditional management methods have often been ineffective, this volume describes how improvements can be made. Specifically, it explores ways of ensuring that all major ecosystems are safeguarded, and innovative approaches to conservation involving individuals, communities, companies and governments. The essence of the approach taken in the text is to build partnerships with those who have a stake in the care of land and water resources.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 2460 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : American literature
ISBN : UOM:39015046789346
Author : Harvey H. Kaiser
Publisher : Princeton Architectural Press
Page : 608 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2008-03-20
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 1568987420
"In one accessible, engaging, and easy-to-use volume readers will find historical context, directions, factual information, and analytical architectural analysis for more than two hundred places of interest across the United States. The traveler (armchair, behind the wheel, or on foot), the researcher (seeking a comprehensive view of some of America's greatest ideas and accomplishments), and the architect and landscape architect (seeking sources of inspiration) will find a rewarding journey inside this book."--BOOK JACKET.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Anthropology
ISBN : UCSC:32106016579333
Author : Terri Martin,William J. Lockhart
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 126 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1993-02-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 094009133X
Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Administrative Practice and Procedure
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1082 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Advertising
ISBN : UOM:35128000995421
Author : Grady Linder Webster,Günter Staudt,Richard A. Minnich
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 632 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Bosque Protector Maquipucuna (Ecuador)
ISBN : UIUC:30112051157896