Natural Connections: Perspectives in Community-Based Conservation - Couverture souple

Western, David

 
9781559633468: Natural Connections: Perspectives in Community-Based Conservation
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1559633468 ISBN 13 : 9781559633468
Editeur : Island Pr, 1994

Synopsis

Both realism and justice demand that efforts to conserve biological diversity address human needs as well. The most promising hope of accomplishing such a goal lies in locally based conservation efforts -- an approach that seeks ways to make local communities the beneficiaries and custodians of conservation efforts.'Natural Connections' focuses on rural societies and the conservation of biodiversity in rural areas. It represents the first systematic analysis of locally based efforts, and includes a comprehensive examination of cases from around the world where the community-based approach is used. The book provides: an overview of community-based conservation in the context of the debate over sustainable development, poverty, and environmental decline case studies from the developed and developing worlds -- Indonesia, Peru, Australia, Zimbabwe, Costa Rica, the United Kingdom -- that present detailed examples of the locally based approach to conservation a review of the principal issues arising from community-based programs an agenda for future action

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Both realism and justice demand that efforts to conserve biological diversity address human needs as well. The most promising hope of accomplishing such a goal lies in locally based conservation efforts -- an approach that seeks ways to make local communities the beneficiaries and custodians of conservation efforts.'Natural Connections' focuses on rural societies and the conservation of biodiversity in rural areas. It represents the first systematic analysis of locally based efforts, and includes a comprehensive examination of cases from around the world where the community-based approach is used. The book provides: an overview of community-based conservation in the context of the debate over sustainable development, poverty, and environmental decline case studies from the developed and developing worlds -- Indonesia, Peru, Australia, Zimbabwe, Costa Rica, the United Kingdom -- that present detailed examples of the locally based approach to conservation a review of the principal issues arising from community-based programs an agenda for future action

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Éditeur
Island Pr
Date d'édition
1994
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1559633468
ISBN 13 
9781559633468
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
600
Éditeur
Wright R. Michael
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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ISBN 10 :  155963345X ISBN 13 :  9781559633451
Editeur : Island Press, 1994
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