The role of biodiversity conservation in the transition to rural sustainability / edited by Stephen S. Light.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Author/Creator:

NATO Advanced Research Workshop on the Role of Biodiversity Conservation in the Transition to Rural Sustainability, Corporate Author.

Contributor:

North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Scientific Affairs Division.

Light, Stephen S.

Conference Name:

NATO Advanced Research Workshop on the Role of Biodiversity Conservation in the Transition to Rural Sustainability (2002 : Kraków, Poland)

NATO Advanced Research Workshop on the Role of Biodiversity Conservation in the Transition to Rural Sustainability

Series:

NATO science series. Science and technology policy ; Series V, v. 41.

NATO science series. Series V, Science and technology policy, 1387-6708 ; v. 41

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Biodiversity conservation--Congresses.

Biodiversity conservation.

Sustainable development--Congresses.

Sustainable development.

Rural development--Congresses.

Rural development.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (353 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Washington, DC : IOS Press, c2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book presents interdisciplinary advances in theory and practice pertaining to rural sustainability and sets forth an action research agenda and policy prescriptions to support rural sustainability with special emphasis on the Accession Countries to the EU. The book will address four themes.

Contents:

Cover; Title page; Acknowledgements; Preface; Contents; The Role of Biodiversity Conservation in Rural Sustainability: An Introduction; Section 1: The Importance of Dealing with Biodiversity in New Ways; A New Agricultural Policy for the United States; Integration of Biodiversity in the Common Agricultural Policy Reform: Implications for Research; Section 2: What are the Theoretical Contributions to the Conservation of Biodiversity on Rural Landscapes; Institutional Innovation and Adaptive Management: Learning from Bolivia's Decentralization Experiment

Building Institutional Capacity for Biodiversity and Rural SustainabilityPromoting Sustainable Development at a Regional Level as an Economic Driver; Toward Rural Sustainability in British Columbia: The Role of Biodiversity Conservation and Other Factors; State of Biodiversity in Some Rural Areas of the Ukraine and Abilities of its Improvement; Sustainable Rural Development: the Role of Community Involvement and Local Partnerships; The Hickling Experience; The Social-Psychological Dimension of Biodiversity Conservation

Is There Anything to Learn from the Experience in the Maine Lobster Fishery?Section 3: How is Biodiversity Being Integrated in Practice into Rural Sustainability Efforts?; Alternatives to Crisis: an Adaptive Management Model for the Red River Basin of the U.S. and Canada; The Rhoen Region: A Model for Sustainable Development at the Former Border between East and West Germany; The Role of Rural Communities in Biodiversity Conservation and the Transition to Sustainability: Practical Experiences from the Pacific Northwest United States

Some Thoughts on Rural Sustainability in Canada - and ElsewhereAn Interdisciplinary Approach for Integrating Landscape Management in the Common Agricultural Policy: Application to the Municipality of Mértola, Southern Alentejo, Portugal; The Tisza River Basin: Slow Change Leads to Sudden Crisis; Conservation and Restoration of the Danube River Floodplains as a Basis for Rural Sustainable Development; Belarusian Polesye - A Regional Model for Transition to Sustainable Development; Section 4: Where Do We Go Next?; Summary of Conclusions and Recommendations

An Epilogue: Reflections on Peasantry, Power and SecurityAppendix A: ARW Participants; Author Index

Notes:

"Published in cooperation with NATO Scientific Affairs Division."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-280-50596-6

9786610505968

1-4175-9012-2

600-00-0584-9

1-60129-469-7

OCLC:

614843367