Conservation : Linking Ecology, Economics, and Culture / Monique Borgerhoff Mulder, Peter Coppolillo.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Borgerhoff Mulder, Monique, author.

Coppolillo, Peter, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nature conservation--Social aspects.

Nature conservation.

Nature conservation--Economic aspects.

Nature conservation--Philosophy.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xx, 347 pages) : illustrations, maps

Place of Publication:

Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2018]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Nearly 90 percent of the earth's land surface is directly affected by human infrastructure and activities, yet less than 5 percent is legally "protected" for biodiversity conservation--and even most large protected areas have people living inside their boundaries. In all but a small fraction of the earth's land area, then, conservation and people must coexist. Conservation is a resource for all those who aim to reconcile biodiversity with human livelihoods. It traces the historical roots of modern conservation thought and practice, and explores current perspectives from evolutionary and community ecology, conservation biology, anthropology, political ecology, economics, and policy. The authors examine a suite of conservation strategies and perspectives from around the world, highlighting the most innovative and promising avenues for future efforts. Exploring, highlighting, and bridging gaps between the social and natural sciences as applied in the practice of conservation, this book provides a broad, practically oriented view. It is essential reading for anyone involved in the conservation process--from academic conservation biology to the management of protected areas, rural livelihood development to poverty alleviation, and from community-based natural resource management to national and global policymaking.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

Commonly Used Abbreviations

Chapter 1 .The Many Roads to Conservation

Chapter 2. The Evolution of Policy

Chapter 3. The Natural Science Behind it All

Chapter 4. Indigenous Peoples as Conservationists

Chapter 5. Conservation and Self-Interest

Chapter 6. Rational Fools and the Commons

Chapter 7. The Bigger Picture

Chapter 8. Local People and International Conservation

Chapter 9. Global Issues, Economics, and Policy

Chapter 10. From How to Think to How to Act

Chapter 11. Red Flags: Still Seeing Things in Black and White?

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [303]-339) and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Mai 2019)

ISBN:

9780691186696

0691186693

OCLC:

1132218634