Author: Eric Dinerstein
Publisher: World Bank Publications
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
Approach; Major ecosystem types, major habitat types, and ecoregions of LAC; Conservation status of terretrial ecoregions of LAC; Biological distinctiveness of territorial ecoregions of LAC at different biogeographic scales results; Integrating biological distinctiveness and conservation status; Conservation assessment of mangrove ecosystems.
A Conservation Assessment of the Terrestrial Ecoregions of Latin America and the Caribbean
Author: Eric Dinerstein
Publisher: World Bank Publications
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
Approach; Major ecosystem types, major habitat types, and ecoregions of LAC; Conservation status of terretrial ecoregions of LAC; Biological distinctiveness of territorial ecoregions of LAC at different biogeographic scales results; Integrating biological distinctiveness and conservation status; Conservation assessment of mangrove ecosystems.
Publisher: World Bank Publications
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
Approach; Major ecosystem types, major habitat types, and ecoregions of LAC; Conservation status of terretrial ecoregions of LAC; Biological distinctiveness of territorial ecoregions of LAC at different biogeographic scales results; Integrating biological distinctiveness and conservation status; Conservation assessment of mangrove ecosystems.
Freshwater Biodiversity of Latin America and the Caribbean
Author: David P. Olson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biodiversity conservation
Languages : en
Pages : 94
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biodiversity conservation
Languages : en
Pages : 94
Book Description
Freshwater Biodiversity of Latin America and the Caribbean
Author: David Magnus Olson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biodiversity conservation
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biodiversity conservation
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
Biodiversity Conservation in Latin America and the Caribbean
Author: Allen Blackman
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317906861
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 189
Book Description
Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) region is exceptionally biodiverse. It contains about half of the world’s remaining tropical forests, nearly one-fifth of its coastal habitats, and some of its most productive agricultural and marine areas. But agriculture, fishing and other human activities linked to rapid population and economic growth increasingly threaten that biodiversity. Moreover, poverty, weak regulatory capacity, and limited political will hamper conservation. Given this dilemma, it is critically important to design conservation strategies on the basis of the best available information about both biodiversity and the track records of the various policies that have been used to protect it. This rigorously researched book has three key aims. It describes the status of biodiversity in LAC, the main threats to this biodiversity, and the drivers of these threats. It identifies the main policies being used to conserve biodiversity and assesses their effectiveness and potential for further implementation. It proposes five specific lines of practical action for conserving LAC biodiversity, based on: green agriculture; strengthening terrestrial protected areas and co-management; improving environmental governance; strengthening coastal and marine resource management; and improving biodiversity data and policy evaluation.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317906861
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 189
Book Description
Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) region is exceptionally biodiverse. It contains about half of the world’s remaining tropical forests, nearly one-fifth of its coastal habitats, and some of its most productive agricultural and marine areas. But agriculture, fishing and other human activities linked to rapid population and economic growth increasingly threaten that biodiversity. Moreover, poverty, weak regulatory capacity, and limited political will hamper conservation. Given this dilemma, it is critically important to design conservation strategies on the basis of the best available information about both biodiversity and the track records of the various policies that have been used to protect it. This rigorously researched book has three key aims. It describes the status of biodiversity in LAC, the main threats to this biodiversity, and the drivers of these threats. It identifies the main policies being used to conserve biodiversity and assesses their effectiveness and potential for further implementation. It proposes five specific lines of practical action for conserving LAC biodiversity, based on: green agriculture; strengthening terrestrial protected areas and co-management; improving environmental governance; strengthening coastal and marine resource management; and improving biodiversity data and policy evaluation.
A Regional Analysis of Geographic Priorities for Biodiversity Conservation in Latin America and the Caribbean
Author: Biodiversity Support Program
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biodiversity
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biodiversity
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
Latin America & the Caribbean
Author: Kevin Hillstrom
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1576076911
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 293
Book Description
A concise yet thorough overview of the environmental issues, problems, and controversies facing Latin America and the Caribbean—from the tip of South America to the Windward Islands. Home to Earth's longest mountain range, largest river, and greatest rainforest, no region boasts greater geographic extremes, faces greater environmental dangers, and enjoys more economic potential from its biodiversity than Latin America and the Caribbean. What are the political and economic factors affecting the Amazon's rapidly disappearing rainforest? What is being done to harvest life-saving drugs from the plants of the Orinoco? And what lies behind the mysterious disappearance of Central America's frogs? The work includes essays, tables and figures, and an appendix titled International Environmental and Developmental Agencies, Organizations, and Programs on the World Wide Web. Latin America & the Caribbean examines a region waking up to its environmental problems and possibilities.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1576076911
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 293
Book Description
A concise yet thorough overview of the environmental issues, problems, and controversies facing Latin America and the Caribbean—from the tip of South America to the Windward Islands. Home to Earth's longest mountain range, largest river, and greatest rainforest, no region boasts greater geographic extremes, faces greater environmental dangers, and enjoys more economic potential from its biodiversity than Latin America and the Caribbean. What are the political and economic factors affecting the Amazon's rapidly disappearing rainforest? What is being done to harvest life-saving drugs from the plants of the Orinoco? And what lies behind the mysterious disappearance of Central America's frogs? The work includes essays, tables and figures, and an appendix titled International Environmental and Developmental Agencies, Organizations, and Programs on the World Wide Web. Latin America & the Caribbean examines a region waking up to its environmental problems and possibilities.
Assessing Conservation Potential and Degree of Threat Among Ecoregions of Latin America and the Caribbean
Author: David Magnus Olson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biodiversity conservation
Languages : en
Pages : 92
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biodiversity conservation
Languages : en
Pages : 92
Book Description
Freshwater Biodiversity of Latin America and the Caribbean
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biodiversity conservation
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biodiversity conservation
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
Faunal and Floral Conservation in Latin America and the Caribbean
Author: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Birds
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Birds
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
Assessing the Conservation Potential and Degree of Threat Among Ecoregions of Latin America and the Caribbean
Author: David Magnus Olson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biodiversity conservation
Languages : en
Pages : 89
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biodiversity conservation
Languages : en
Pages : 89
Book Description