Conserving The Worlds Biological Diversity
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Author | : Jeffrey A. McNeely |
Publisher | : International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural |
Total Pages | : 200 |
Release | : 1990 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : National Research Council |
Publisher | : National Academies Press |
Total Pages | : 138 |
Release | : 1992-02-01 |
Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | : 0309046831 |
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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 decisionmakers in developing nations, this volume should be of interest to all who are involved in the conservation of biological diversity.
Author | : National Research Council |
Publisher | : National Academies Press |
Total Pages | : 166 |
Release | : 1999-10-01 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 030906581X |
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Resource-management decisions, especially in the area of protecting and maintaining biodiversity, are usually incremental, limited in time by the ability to forecast conditions and human needs, and the result of tradeoffs between conservation and other management goals. The individual decisions may not have a major effect but can have a cumulative major effect. Perspectives on Biodiversity reviews current understanding of the value of biodiversity and the methods that are useful in assessing that value in particular circumstances. It recommends and details a list of components-including diversity of species, genetic variability within and among species, distribution of species across the ecosystem, the aesthetic satisfaction derived from diversity, and the duty to preserve and protect biodiversity. The book also recommends that more information about the role of biodiversity in sustaining natural resources be gathered and summarized in ways useful to managers. Acknowledging that decisions about biodiversity are necessarily qualitative and change over time because of the nonmarket nature of so many of the values, the committee recommends periodic reviews of management decisions.
Author | : National Research Council |
Publisher | : National Academies Press |
Total Pages | : 172 |
Release | : 2010-07-23 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 0309150752 |
Download Understanding the Changing Planet Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
From the oceans to continental heartlands, human activities have altered the physical characteristics of Earth's surface. With Earth's population projected to peak at 8 to 12 billion people by 2050 and the additional stress of climate change, it is more important than ever to understand how and where these changes are happening. Innovation in the geographical sciences has the potential to advance knowledge of place-based environmental change, sustainability, and the impacts of a rapidly changing economy and society. Understanding the Changing Planet outlines eleven strategic directions to focus research and leverage new technologies to harness the potential that the geographical sciences offer.
Author | : Janet N. Abramovitz |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 108 |
Release | : 1991 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : |
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Introduction; Methods; Results; Conclusions; Questionnaire and categories used to classify biological diversity research and conservation activities; U.S. biodiversity investments per 100 hectares, 1989; 1989 Biological diversity research and conservation activities and implementors by region and country.
Author | : M. V. Angel |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 1991 |
Genre | : |
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Author | : Elliott A. Norse |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 428 |
Release | : 1993-07 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : |
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Global Marine Biological Diversity presents the most up-to-date information and view on the challenge of conserving the living sea and how that challenge can be met.
Author | : United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment |
Publisher | : DIANE Publishing |
Total Pages | : 329 |
Release | : |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 142892289X |
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Author | : Timothy J. Farnham |
Publisher | : Yale University Press |
Total Pages | : 300 |
Release | : 2007-01-01 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9780300120059 |
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Biological diversity is considered one of today’s most urgent environmental concerns, yet the term was first coined only twenty-five years ago. Why did the concept of biological diversity so quickly capture public attention and emerge as a banner issue for the environmental movement? In this book, Timothy J. Farnham explores for the first time the historical roots of biological diversity, tracing the evolution of the term as well as the history of the conservation traditions that contributed to its rapid acceptance and popularity. Biological diversity is understood today as consisting of three components--species diversity, genetic diversity, and ecosystem diversity. Farnham finds that these three tiers coincided with three earlier, disparate conservation traditions that converged when the cause of preserving biological diversity was articulated. He tells the stories of these different historical foundations, recounts how the term came into the environmental lexicon, and shows how the evolution of the idea of biological diversity reflects an evolution of American attitudes toward the natural world.
Author | : Walter V. Reid |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 144 |
Release | : 1989 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : |
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Why is Biological Diversity Important; Where is the worlds biodiversity located; Extinction;how serios is the theart; What happening to agricultural genetic diversity;Biodiversity conservation: what are the right tools for the job.