Biodiversity, sustainability and human communities : protecting beyond the protected /

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Imprint:New York : Cambridge University Press, 2002.
Description:xvi, 317 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4775936
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Other authors / contributors:O'Riordan, Timothy.
ISBN:0521813654
0521890527 (pbk.)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Part I. Setting the Scene
  • 1. Protecting beyond the protected
  • Part II. Policy and Management
  • 2. Biodiversity: threats and challenges
  • 3. Biodiversity and biodepletion: the need for a paradigm shift
  • 4. People, livelihoods and collective action in biodiversity management
  • 5. Deliberative democracy and participatory biodiversity
  • Part III. Case Studies
  • 6. The politics of biodiversity in Europe
  • 7. Community-based involvement in biodiversity protection in the United States
  • 8. An ecoregional approach to biodiversity conservation in the Cape Floral Kingdom, South Africa
  • 9. Wildlife management in Namibia: the conservancy approach
  • 10. Brazil: selling biodiversity with local livelihoods
  • 11. The mixed experience of private sector involvement in biodiversity management in Costa Rica
  • 12. The uncertain role of biodiversity management in emerging democracies
  • Part IV. Perspective
  • 13. Enhancing biodiversity and humanity
  • Epilogue