Last Stand : Protected Areas and the Defense of Tropical Biodiversity.
Title:
Last Stand : Protected Areas and the Defense of Tropical Biodiversity.
Author:
Kramer, Randall.
ISBN:
9780195357332
Personal Author:
Physical Description:
1 online resource (257 pages)
Contents:
Contents -- Contributors -- 1. Preservation Paradigms and Tropical Rain Forests -- 2. Minimizing Species Loss: The Imperative of Protection -- 3. The Ecological Foundations of Biodiversity Protection -- 4. The Silent Crisis: The State of Rain Forest Nature Preserves -- 5. Policy and Practical Considerations in Land-Use Strategies for Biodiversity Conservation -- 6. Biodiversity Politics and the Contest for Ownership of the World's Biota -- 7. User Rights and Biodiversity Conservation -- 8. Tropical Forest Biodiversity Protection: Who Pays and Why -- 9. Compensation and Economic Incentives: Reducing Pressure on Protected Areas -- 10. Toward a New Protection Paradigm -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
Abstract:
1. Preservation Paradigms and Tropical Rain Forests, Randall Kramer and Carel van Schaik2. Minimizing Species Loss: The Imperative of Protection, John Terborgh and Carel van Schaik3. One Minute to Midnight: Time to Fight to Conserve Biodiversity in Tropical Rain Forests, Kathy MacKinnon4. The Silent Crisis: The State of Rain Forest Nature Preserves, C. van Schaik, J. Terborgh, and Barbara Dugelby5. Policy and Practical Considerations in Land-Use Strategies for Biodiversity Conservation, Katrina Brandon6. Biodiversity Politics and the Contest for Ownership of the World's Biota, Steven Sanderson and Kent Redford7. User Rights and Biodiversity Conservation, Marie Miranda and Sharon LaPalme8. Tropical Forest Biodiversity Protection: Who Pays and Why, Randall Kramer and Narendra Sharma9. Compensation and Economic Incentives: Reducing Pressure on Protected Areas, Paul Ferraro and R. Kramer10. Toward a New Protection Paradigm, C. van Schaik and R. Kramer.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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