Tropical conservation : perspectives on local and global priorities / edited by A. Alonso Aguirre and Raman Sukumar.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Sukumar, R. (Raman), editor.

Aguirre, A. Alonso, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Biodiversity conservation--Tropics.

Biodiversity conservation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (521 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2017.

Summary:

""Tropical Conservation: Perspectives on Local and Global Priorities"" is intended to be a key resource on the biodiversity conservation crisis in the tropics and subtropics for university professors, university students, researchers, practitioners in grassroots local community organizations, technical staff of non-profit conservation and development organizations, wildlife managers and other technicians in the resource extraction industries, government and policy makers. This book provides unique exposure to the experiences of Latin American, Asian and African conservation scientists working

Contents:

Cover

Tropical Conservation

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

Foreword

Preface: Origins of the Wildlife Trust Alliance

Acknowledgments

List of Contributors

Part I Conserving Biodiversity and Ecological Functionality in Human-​Dominated Landscapes

1. Why Tropical Conservation?

2. Beyond Protected Areas: Defining a New Geography for Biodiversity Conservation

3. Sustainable Landscapes and Corridors to Conserve Asian Elephants in India: Successes, Challenges, and Prospects

4. The Use of Selected Species in Landscape Planning and Restoration of the Atlantic Forest, Brazil

Case Study 1. Howler Monkeys as Mobile-​Links in Human-​Impacted Landscapes

Case Study 2. Considerations for Biodiversity Conservation in Modern Megacities: Lessons from Jakarta, Indonesia

5. Evaluating the Role of the Amazon Protected Areas Program and Anti-​Deforestation Policies for Supplying Hydropower, Avoiding Carbon Emissions, and Economic Returns in the Brazilian Amazon

6. Evaluating the Links between Biodiversity, Land-​Use Change, and Infectious Disease Emergence in Tropical Fragmented Landscapes

7. The Impacts of Climate Change on Biodiversity and Ecosystems in India

Case Study 3. The Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011‒2020 and the Aichi Biodiversity Targets

Part II Resolving Conflicts between Wildlife and Humans in the Tropics and Subtropics

8. Human-Wildlife Conflicts: An Overview of Cases and Lessons from the Andean Region

Case Study 4. The Ecological Basis of Wildlife-Human Conflicts: Evidence from the Tropics

Case Study 5. Large Carnivores in Human-​Dominated Landscapes in India

Case Study 6. Mountain Gorillas, Tourism, and Conflicts with People Living Adjacent to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park

9. From Threat to Opportunity: Strategies for Bat Conservation in the Neotropics.

10. Invasive Plants in the Tropics and the Case of Lantana camara

11. Current Conservation Issues Affecting Dolphins in the Tropics

Case Study 7. African Manatees: Transboundary Challenges and Conservation Planning

12. Ecology, Management, and Conservation Policies of Loggerhead Turtles in the North Pacific

Part III Approaches to Conserving Species: Emerging Lessons and New Science

13. Species Distribution Models: New Tools and New Approaches for Managing and Conserving Threatened and Endangered Wildlife in Ethiopia

14. Integrated Genetic Approaches for the Conservation of Tropical and Subtropical Species

15. Conservation Genetics, Taxonomy, and Management Applications in Neotropical Deer

Case Study 8. Why Neotropical Forest Ungulates Matter: The Case for Deer, Peccary, and Tapir Conservation

16. State-​of-​the-​Art Metapopulation Conservation: The Case of the Black Lion Tamarin

17. Ecology and Conservation of Jaguars in Mexico: State of Knowledge and Future Challenges

18. Insect Pollinators in Decline: Conservation Challenges in the Tropics

Case Study 9. Conservation of Insects in a Small Tropical Archipelago in Indonesia

Case Study 10. Using Beekeeping as a Conservation and Sustainable Development Tool

Part IV Integrating Conservation and Sustainable Use: The Management of Wild Living Resources

19. Conservation in an Ever-​Globalizing World: Wildlife Trade in, from, and through Morocco, a Gateway to Europe

Case Study 11. The Trade in Barbary Macaques and the Link to the Moroccan Diaspora in Europe

Case Study 12. Detecting Poaching from Natural Populations Using Genetic Forensic Approaches

20. Bushmeat, Food Security, and Conservation in African Rainforests

21. Successes and Failures of Crocodile Harvesting Strategies in the Asia Pacific Region.

Case Study 13. Edible-​Nest Swiftlet Management in Indonesia

Case Study 14. A Bug for Conservation!

22. Conservation and Livestock Production in Tropical Mexico: The Need for Sustainable Options

Case Study 15. Trade-​offs between Ecosystem Services and Livestock Production: A Case Study in Yucatan, Mexico

Case Study 16. Ecological Services Enhancing Agricultural Landscapes in Indonesia

23. Conservation as the New Paradigm for Development

Part V Building Capacity to Sustain Conservation: People, Institutions, and Networks

24. Innovations in Capacity Building in Conservation and Sustainability: Linking Theory and Practice and Creating Innovative Approaches to Education

25. Strengthening Capacity for Biodiversity Conservation in the Southern Tropical Andes through Partnerships of Educators and Practitioners

26. Governance of Conservation Tourism Partnerships: Lessons from Kenya

Case Study 17. Conservation and Sustainable Tourism in the Lower Rio Negro Basin, Brazil

27. Local and Regional Capacity for Identifying, Predicting, and Responding to Zoonotic Diseases from Free-​Ranging Wildlife in Colombia

28. Challenges to Building and Sustaining Local Nongovernmental Organizations

Case Study 18. Wildlife Trust of India: Emergence and Establishment of a National Conservation Action Nongovernmental Organization in India

Case Study 19. Building Human Capacity in the Tropics: Experiences from Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment

29. Afterword: Challenges and Future Directions in Tropical Conservation

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-062011-0