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What works in conservation, 2018
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ISBN: 1783744308 1783744286 9791036524547 1783744294 Year: 2018 Publisher: Open Book Publishers

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This book provides an assessment of the effectiveness of 1277 conservation interventions based on summarized scientific evidence. The 2018 edition contains new chapters covering practical global conservation of primates, peatlands, shrublands and heathlands, management of captive animals as well as an extended chapter on control of freshwater invasive species. Other chapters cover global conservation of amphibians, bats, birds and forests, conservation of European farmland biodiversity and some aspects of enhancing natural pest control, enhancing soil fertility and control of freshwater invasive species. It contains key results from the summarized evidence for each conservation intervention and an assessment of the effectiveness of each by international expert panels. The accompanying website www.conservationevidence.com describes each of the studies individually, and provides full references.


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Models for planning wildlife conservation in large landscapes
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ISBN: 1281766194 9786611766191 0080920160 0123736315 Year: 2009 Publisher: Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier / Academic Press,

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A single-resource volume of information on the most current and effective techniques of wildlife modeling, Models for Planning Wildlife Conservation in Large Landscapes is appropriate for students and researchers alike. The unique blend of conceptual, methodological, and application chapters discusses research, applications and concepts of modeling and presents new ideas and strategies for wildlife habitat models used in conservation planning. The book makes important contributions to wildlife conservation of animals in several ways: (1) it highlights historical and contemporary advancements


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Balancing environment and development : costs, revenues, and benefits of western Riverside County multiple species habitat conservation plan
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ISBN: 1282451170 9786612451171 0833048244 0833046098 9780833048240 9780833046093 9781282451179 6612451173 Year: 2008 Publisher: Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corp.,

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The Western Riverside County Multiple Species Habitat Conservation Plan(MSHCP) is an ambitious effort to balance development and environmentalconcerns in an area of rapid urban growth. In return for setting up a500,000-acre conservation reserve, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service andthe California Department of Fish and Game granted the county and cities inwestern Riverside County a 75-year ""take"" permit for endangered species. Thetake permit allows the cities and county to approve development projectsoutside the reserve that could negatively affect 146 sensitive plant andanimal species. The

Energy revolution : policies for a sustainable future
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ISBN: 1559639644 1559639652 1559631082 1610910664 1597268682 1423702638 9781597268684 1559631090 9781423702634 9781610910668 9781559639644 9781559639651 9781559631082 Year: 2003 Publisher: Washington, D.C. : Island Press,

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Tropical forest conservation : an economic assessment of the alternatives in Latin America
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ISBN: 0195109961 9786610529186 0195355067 1280529180 1429404388 9780195109962 0197702279 Year: 2023 Publisher: New York ; Oxford University Press,

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It has proved hard to establish national parks in Africa, Asia, and South and Central America, where inhabitants are resistant to change. This text explores the alternatives of integrated conservation and development projects & related initiatives.

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Rain forest conservation --- Deforestation --- Forest ecology --- Non-timber forest resources --- Sustainable forestry --- Habitat conservation --- Ecotourism --- Control --- Environmental Sciences and Forestry. Forestry --- Forest Economics --- CON Bioconservation --- Latin America --- bioconservation --- conservation --- forest conservation --- nature conservation --- tropical forests --- Forest Economics. --- E-books --- Non-timber forest products --- Eco-tourism --- Eco-travel --- Ecological tourism --- Ecotravel --- Environmental tourism --- Green tourism --- Nature tourism --- Tourism --- Conservation of habitat --- Habitat preservation --- Habitat protection --- Habitat (Ecology) --- Preservation of habitat --- Protection of habitat --- Nature conservation --- Forest productivity, Maintenance of long-term --- Long-term forest productivity, Maintenance of --- Maintenance of long-term forest productivity --- Forests and forestry --- Sustainable agriculture --- Forest resources, Non-timber --- Non-wood forest products --- Nontimber forest products --- Nontimber forest resources --- Forest products --- Ecology --- Conversion, Forest --- Depletion of forests --- Disforestation --- Forest conversion --- Forest depletion --- Forest-land conversion --- Clearing of land --- Forest fires --- Plants --- Forest conservation --- Conservation --- Protection --- Extinction --- Forest ecosystems --- Rain forest conservation - Latin America. --- Deforestation - Control - Latin America. --- Forest ecology - Latin America. --- Non-timber forest resources - Latin America. --- Sustainable forestry - Latin America. --- Habitat conservation - Latin America. --- Ecotourism - Latin America.

Requiem for nature
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ISBN: 9781559635554 155963555X 1597260304 1597268747 1429495324 9781429495325 9781597260305 9781597260299 1597260290 9781597269193 1597269190 9781597268745 1597260290 1417539518 9781417539512 1597268828 9781597268820 1559635878 9781559635875 1559635878 9781559635875 1559635886 9781559635882 1610912756 1423707796 Year: 1999 Publisher: Washington, D.C. : Island Press,

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For ecologist John Terborgh, Manu National Park in the rainforest of Peru is a second home; he has spent half of each of the past twenty-five years there conducting research. Like all parks, Manu is assumed to provide inviolate protection to nature. Yet even there, in one of the most remote corners of the planet, Terborgh has been witness to the relentless onslaught of civilization.Seeing the steady destruction of irreplaceable habitat has been a startling and disturbing experience for Terborgh, one that has raised urgent questions: Is enough being done to protect nature? Are current conservation efforts succeeding? What could be done differently? What 'should' be done differently? In 'Requiem for Nature', he offers brutally honest answers to those difficult questions, and appraises the prospects for the future of tropical conservation. His book is a clarion call for anyone who cares about the quality of the natural world we will leave our children.Terborgh examines current conservation strategies and considers the shortcomings of parks and protected areas both from ecological and institutional perspectives. He explains how seemingly pristine environments can gradually degrade, and describes the difficult social context & a debilitating combination of poverty, corruption, abuses of power, political instability, and a frenzied scramble for quick riches & in which tropical conservation must take place. He considers the significant challenges facing existing parks and examines problems inherent in alternative approaches, such as ecotourism, the exploitation of nontimber forest products, "sustainable use," and "sustainable development."Throughout, Terborgh argues that the greatest challenges of conservation are not scientific, but are social, economic, and political, and that success will require simultaneous progress on all fronts. He makes a compelling case that nature can be saved, but only if good science and strong institutions can be thoughtfully combined.

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Hunting and gathering societies. --- Human ecology. --- Sustainable development. --- Chasseurs-cueilleurs --- Ecologie humaine --- Développement durable --- Habitat conservation --- Biodiversity conservation --- Biodiversity --- Biological diversity conservation --- Conservation of biodiversity --- Diversity conservation, Biological --- Gender mainstreaming in biodiversity conservation --- Maintenance of biological diversity --- Preservation of biological diversity --- Conservation of natural resources --- Ecosystem management --- Conservation of habitat --- Habitat preservation --- Habitat protection --- Habitat (Ecology) --- Preservation of habitat --- Protection of habitat --- Nature conservation --- Finance. --- Conservation --- Protection --- Conservation of Natural Resources --- Finance --- economics --- E-books --- Carrying Capacity --- Deforestation --- Desertification --- Environmental Protection --- Natural Resources Conservation --- Protection, Environmental --- Capacities, Carrying --- Capacity, Carrying --- Carrying Capacities --- Conservation, Natural Resources --- Natural Resources --- Protected areas --- Lands, Preserved --- Lands, Protected --- Preserved lands --- Protected lands --- Reserves (Protected areas) --- Public lands --- Conservation of nature --- Nature --- Nature protection --- Protection of nature --- Applied ecology --- Conservation biology --- Endangered ecosystems --- Natural areas --- Development, Sustainable --- Ecologically sustainable development --- Economic development, Sustainable --- Economic sustainability --- ESD (Ecologically sustainable development) --- Smart growth --- Sustainable development --- Sustainable economic development --- Economic development --- Ecology --- Environment, Human --- Human beings --- Human environment --- Ecological engineering --- Human geography --- Food gathering societies --- Gathering and hunting societies --- Hunter-gatherers --- Hunting, Primitive --- Ethnology --- Subsistence hunting --- Environmental aspects --- Social aspects --- Effect of environment on --- Effect of human beings on --- Human ecology --- History. --- California --- Environmental conditions

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