Conserving Living Natural Resources: In the Context of a Changing World - Couverture rigide

Weddell, Bertie Josephson

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0521782708 ISBN 13 : 9780521782708

Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2002

Synopsis

Essential reading for undergraduate students of conservation biology and living natural resource management.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Conserving Living Natural Resources is an introductory textbook for students of conservation biology and resource management. It presents the historical and conceptual contexts of three seminal approaches to the management of living natural resources: utilitarian management for harvest of featured species and control of unwanted species, protection and restoration of populations and habitats to maintain biodiversity, and management of complex ecosystems to sustain both productivity and biodiversity. The book shows how the first two approaches were grounded in the belief that nature is 'in balance' and that people are outsiders, and then goes on to show how the 'flux-of-nature' paradigm suggests new strategies for conservation grounded in a view of nature as dynamic, and people as participants in the natural world. Rather than endorsing a single approach as the only correct one, this book investigates the historical and philosophical contexts, conceptual frameworks, principal techniques, and the limitations of each approach.

Revue de presse

'... I enjoyed the book and I would certainly recommend it as an introductory text to US students, and perhaps to other students wanting a general introduction to US resource management.' Andrew Pullin, University of Birmingham

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press
• Date d'édition: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0521782708
• ISBN 13: 9780521782708
• Reliure: Relié
• Langue: anglais
• Nombre de pages: 444
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible