The Biodiversity Observation Network In The Asia Pacific Region

Author : Shin-ichi Nakano,Tetsukazu Yahara,Tohru Nakashizuka
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 478 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2012-07-26
Category : Science
ISBN : 9784431540328

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The Biodiversity Observation Network in the Asia-Pacific Region by Shin-ichi Nakano,Tetsukazu Yahara,Tohru Nakashizuka Pdf

Biological diversity is important for ecosystem function and services, which in turn is essential for human well-being. Under the Convention on Biological Diversity, international efforts have been made to achieve a significant reduction in the current rate of biodiversity loss. The loss continues, however. The Asia-Pacific region includes both developing countries with high biodiversity and developed countries with sophisticated data collection and analyses, but only limited information about the status quo of biodiversity in this region has been available. Many Asia-Pacific countries have rapidly grown their economies and social infrastructures, causing a loss of biodiversity and requiring an urgent mandate to achieve a balance between development and conservation in the region. In December 2009, scientists successfully organized the Asia-Pacific Biodiversity Observation Network in the region, to establish a network for research and monitoring of ecosystems and biodiversity and to build a cooperative framework. The present volume is the first collection of information on biodiversity in the Asia-Pacific and represents a quantum step forward in science that optimizes the synergy between development and biodiversity conservation.

Author : Shin-ichi Nakano,Tetsukazu Yahara,Tohru Nakashizuka
Publisher : Springer
Page : 429 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2014-06-04
Category : Science
ISBN : 9784431547839

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Integrative Observations and Assessments by Shin-ichi Nakano,Tetsukazu Yahara,Tohru Nakashizuka Pdf

This volume focuses on new trends in monitoring biodiversity in the Asia-Pacific region, one of the most rapidly changing areas in the world. It provides reviews of the challenges in studying the spatial variability of biodiversity across various ecosystems. This book also describes newly developed concepts and methods for biodiversity observation including ubiquitous genotyping, systematic conservation, monitoring of the functions and services of ecosystems and biodiversity informatics. These contributions will lead to establishing integrative observations and assessments of biodiversity, essential for reporting the current status and for the effective conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity. This work will interest biodiversity researchers not only in the Asia-Pacific region but also across the entire globe.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : IUCN
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-30
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9782831715766

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Resolutions and recommendations: World Conservation Congress, Jeju, Republic of Korea, 6-15 September 2012 by Anonim Pdf

Author : Shin-ichi Nakano,Tetsukazu Yahara,Tohru Nakashizuka
Publisher : Springer
Page : 125 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2016-06-02
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789811007804

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Aquatic Biodiversity Conservation and Ecosystem Services by Shin-ichi Nakano,Tetsukazu Yahara,Tohru Nakashizuka Pdf

This volume examines the topic of local biodiversity conservation in the Asia-Pacific region, one of the most rapidly changing areas in the world. With a focus on aquatic systems, this book offers insight on the state of local biodiversity, challenges in management and conservation of biodiversity, and newly developed methods for monitoring biodiversity. In addition, because the service provided by an ecosystem for humans is interlinked with conservation, the final part is dedicated to evaluating the socioeconomic aspect of ecosystem services, with special reference to local biodiversity. In effect, all contributions provide information that is invaluable for effective conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity. This work will interest all stakeholders in biodiversity conservation, including policy makers, NPOs, NGOs, environment-related industries, and biodiversity researchers, not only in the Asia-Pacific region, but also across the entire globe.

Author : Frank Edgar Muller-Karger,Enrique Montes,Dominique Pelletier,Juan Carlos Azofeifa-Solano,James Hendee
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 211 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2022-02-25
Category : Science
ISBN : 9782889745210

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Marine Biodiversity Observation Network (MBON) by Frank Edgar Muller-Karger,Enrique Montes,Dominique Pelletier,Juan Carlos Azofeifa-Solano,James Hendee Pdf

Author : Catarina C. Ferreira,Cornelya F. C. Klütsch
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 470 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2022-01-03
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9783030810856

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Closing the Knowledge-Implementation Gap in Conservation Science by Catarina C. Ferreira,Cornelya F. C. Klütsch Pdf

This book aims to synthesize the state of the art on biodiversity knowledge exchange practices to understand where and how improvements can be made to close the knowledge-implementation gap in conservation science and advance this interdisciplinary topic. Bringing together the most prominent scholars and practitioners in the field, the book looks into the various sources used to produce biodiversity knowledge - from natural and social sciences to Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Citizen Science - as well as knowledge mobilization approaches to highlight the key ingredients that render successful conservation action at a global scale. By doing so, the book identified major current challenges and opportunities in the field, for different sectors that generate, mobilize, and use biodiversity knowledge (like academia, boundary organizations, practitioners, and policy-makers), to further develop cross-sectorial knowledge mobilization strategies and enhance evidence-informed decision-making processes globally.

Author : Michele Walters,Robert J. Scholes
Publisher : Springer
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 55,8 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 : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 524 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Biodiversity conservation
ISBN : MINN:31951D01629694X

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Biodiversity Conservation in the Asia and Pacific Region by Anonim Pdf

Author : Thomas R. H. Havens
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2020-06-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9780824882891

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Land of Plants in Motion by Thomas R. H. Havens Pdf

Land of Plants in Motion is the first in any language to examine two companion stories: (1) the rise of an East Asian floristic zone and how the Japanese islands evolved an astonishing wealth of plant species, and (2) the growth of Japanese botanical sciences. The majority of plant species regarded as “Japanese” trace their origins to western China and the eastern Himalaya but are so indigenized that they often seem native today. Early modern scientists in Japan drew on knowledge of Chinese herbal medicine but achieved distinctive insights into plant life commensurate with but separate from their European counterparts. Scholars at the University of Tokyo pioneered Japanese plant biology in the late nineteenth century. They incorporated Western botanical methods but sought a degree of difference in taxonomy while also gaining international legitimacy through publications in English. Japan’s age of empire (1895–1945) was less about plant exploration and more about plant collection, for both scientific and economic benefits. Displays of species from throughout the empire made Japan’s sphere of colonization and conquest visible at home. The infrastructure for research and instruction expanded slowly after World War Two: new laboratories, botanical gardens, scholarly societies, and publications eventually allowed for great diversity of specialized study, especially with the growth of molecular biology in the 1970s and DNA research in the 1980s. Basic research was harmed by cuts in government funding during 2012–2017, but Japanese plant biologists continue to enjoy international esteem in many fields of scholarship.

Author : Sara Hsu
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 899 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2018-05-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781351008181

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Routledge Handbook of Sustainable Development in Asia by Sara Hsu Pdf

In the present global context, some countries still face many challenges to bringing about inclusive, efficient, and environmentally sustainable development. Simultaneously, the stakes of survival are rising, as climate change exacerbates both environmental and social ills. Asia as a region is particularly vulnerable, as it is densely populated and includes both developed and developing countries. The Routledge Handbook of Sustainable Development in Asia seeks to examine these issues in depth. Presenting a comprehensive literature review, as well as numerous case studies, this book examines sustainable development from economic and social perspectives, as well as from an environmental viewpoint. Divided into seven parts, the topics addressed include: Environmental challenges Energy dependence and transition Economic justice Social welfare Sustainable governance Providing comprehensive coverage of a wide variety of countries in the region, this handbook will be useful for students and scholars of sustainable development, environment and society, and Asian Studies in general.

Author : Susan M. Braatz
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 92 pages
File Size : 45,9 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 : Serge Morand,Claire Lajaunie
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2017-11-27
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780081011676

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Biodiversity and Health by Serge Morand,Claire Lajaunie Pdf

There is a gap between the ecology of health and the concepts supported by international initiatives such as EcoHealth, One Health or Planetary Health; a gap which this book aims to fill. Global change is accelerated by problems of growing population, industrialization and geopolitics, and the world’s biodiversity is suffering as a result, which impacts both humans and animals. However, Biodiversity and Health offers the unique opportunity to demonstrate how ecological, environmental, medical and social sciences can contribute to the improvement of human health and wellbeing through the conservation of biodiversity and the services it brings to societies. This book gives an expansive and integrated overview of the scientific disciplines that contribute to the connection between health and biodiversity, from the evolutionary ecology of infectious and non-infectious diseases to ethics, law and politics. Presents the first book to give a broad and integrated overview of the scientific disciplines that contribute to health From evolutionary ecology, to laws and policies, this book explores the links between health and biodiversity Demonstrates how ecological sciences, environmental sciences, medical sciences, and social sciences may contribute to improve human health

Author : Hajime Kayanne
Publisher : Springer
Page : 101 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2016-07-19
Category : Science
ISBN : 9784431543640

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Coral Reef Science by Hajime Kayanne Pdf

This book aims to illuminate coral reefs which comprise a symbiotic system coexisting among ecosystems, landforms, and humans at various levels and to provide a scientific basis for its reconstruction. The authors conducted an interdisciplinary project called “Coral Reef Science” from 2008 to 2012 and obtained novel results and clues to unite different disciplines for a coral reef as a key ecosystem.

Author : Rahul Sharma
Publisher : Springer
Page : 577 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2019-05-07
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783030126964

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Environmental Issues of Deep-Sea Mining by Rahul Sharma Pdf

This volume discusses environmental issues associated with deep-sea mining, with an emphasis on potential impacts, their consequences and the policy perspectives. The book describes the methods and technologies to assess, monitor and mitigate mining impacts on marine environments, and also suggests various approaches for environmental management when conducting deep-sea mining. The volume brings together information and data for researchers, contractors, mining companies, regulators, and NGOs working in the field of deep-sea mining. Section 1 highlights the various environmental issues and discusses methods and approaches that can help in developing environmentally sustainable deep-sea mining. Section 2 details the results and outcomes of studies related to impact assessment of deep-sea mining, and proposes methods for monitoring. Section 3 discusses the need and means for developing data standards and their application to deep-sea mining. Section 4 discusses the policies, approaches, and practices related to deep-sea mining, suggests formats for developing environmental impact statements (EIS) and environmental management plans (EMP), and describes national and international regulations for environmental management. Section 5 concludes the text by putting deep-sea economic activities into an environmental context and conducting techno-economic analyses of deep-sea mining and processing.

Author : Meng Ji
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2019-07-08
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780429782152

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Translating and Communicating Environmental Cultures by Meng Ji Pdf

Environmental translation studies has gained momentum in recent years as a new area of research underscored by the need to communicate environmental concerns and studies across cultures. The dissemination of translated materials on environmental protection and sustainable development has played an instrumental role in transforming local culture and societies. This edited book represents an important effort to advance environmental studies by introducing the latest research on environmental translation and cross-cultural communication. Part I of the book presents the newest research on multilingual environmental resource development based at leading research institutes in Europe, Latin America, North America, and the Asia-Pacific. Part II offers original, thought-provoking linguistic, textual and cultural analyses of environmental issues in genres as diverse as literature, nature-based tourism promotion, environmental marketing, environmental documentary, and children’s reading. Chapters in this book represent original research authored by established and mid-career academics in translation studies, computer science, linguistics, and environmental studies around the world. The collection provides engaging reading and references on environmental translation and communication to a wide audience across academia.