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Author : Anatole F. Krattiger
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 500 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Widening Perspectives on Biodiversity written by Anatole F. Krattiger and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 030906581X
Total Pages : 166 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (9 download)
Download or read book Perspectives on Biodiversity written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1999-10-01 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Resource-management decisions, especially in the area of protecting and maintaining biodiversity, are usually incremental, limited in time by the ability to forecast conditions and human needs, and the result of tradeoffs between conservation and other management goals. The individual decisions may not have a major effect but can have a cumulative major effect. Perspectives on Biodiversity reviews current understanding of the value of biodiversity and the methods that are useful in assessing that value in particular circumstances. It recommends and details a list of components-including diversity of species, genetic variability within and among species, distribution of species across the ecosystem, the aesthetic satisfaction derived from diversity, and the duty to preserve and protect biodiversity. The book also recommends that more information about the role of biodiversity in sustaining natural resources be gathered and summarized in ways useful to managers. Acknowledging that decisions about biodiversity are necessarily qualitative and change over time because of the nonmarket nature of so many of the values, the committee recommends periodic reviews of management decisions.
Author : Ram Bir Singh Kushwah
Publisher : APH Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9788176482097
Total Pages : 738 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (82 download)
Download or read book Economics of Protected Areas and Its Effect on Biodiversity written by Ram Bir Singh Kushwah and published by APH Publishing. This book was released on 2001 with total page 738 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With reference to India.
Author : Anselm Kratochwil
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9401146772
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (11 download)
Download or read book Biodiversity in ecosystems: principles and case studies of different complexity levels written by Anselm Kratochwil and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-12-01 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume does not aim at merely adding to the vast and increasing number of individual publications on `biodiversity'. Rather it is our objective to investigate biodiversity on the previously little studied coenosis and landscape levels. Phytosociological and animal-ecological fields are considered, as well as theoretical approaches to biodiversity and aspects of its application in nature and landscape protection and preservation. Since biodiversity has so far been predominantly studied in the Anglo-American area, it seemed to be of value to discuss this complex topic from a central and southern European viewpoint, based on data gathered in these regions, and thus to promote a global discussion.
Author : Narayan Belbase
Publisher : Iucn Nepal
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book National Implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity written by Narayan Belbase and published by Iucn Nepal. This book was released on 1999 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With reference to Nepal.
Author : Roel Slootweg
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521888417
Total Pages : 456 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (218 download)
Download or read book Biodiversity in Environmental Assessment written by Roel Slootweg and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First of its kind and unique in its blend of theoretical and practical approaches for mainstreaming biodiversity in impact assessment.
Author : Melissa R. Marselle
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3030023184
Total Pages : 494 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (3 download)
Download or read book Biodiversity and Health in the Face of Climate Change written by Melissa R. Marselle and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-06-11 with total page 494 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This open access book identifies and discusses biodiversity’s contribution to physical, mental and spiritual health and wellbeing. Furthermore, the book identifies the implications of this relationship for nature conservation, public health, landscape architecture and urban planning – and considers the opportunities of nature-based solutions for climate change adaptation. This transdisciplinary book will attract a wide audience interested in biodiversity, ecology, resource management, public health, psychology, urban planning, and landscape architecture. The emphasis is on multiple human health benefits from biodiversity - in particular with respect to the increasing challenge of climate change. This makes the book unique to other books that focus either on biodiversity and physical health or natural environments and mental wellbeing. The book is written as a definitive ‘go-to’ book for those who are new to the field of biodiversity and health.
Author : Klaus Ammann
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9783764366575
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (665 download)
Download or read book Methods for Risk Assessment of Transgenic Plants written by Klaus Ammann and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2003 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For centuries, TK has been used almost exclusively by its creators, that is, indigenous and local communities. Access to, use of and handing down of TK has been regulated by local laws, customs and tmditions. Some TK has been freely accessible by all members of an indigenous or local community and has been freely exchanged with other communities; other TK has only been known to particular individuals within these communities such as shamans, and has been handed down only to particular individuals of thc next generation. Over many generations, indigenous and local communities have accumulated a great deal of TK which has generally been adapted, developed and improved by the generations that followed. For a long time, Western anthropologists and other scientists have generally been able to freely access TK and have documented it in their works. Still, this TK was only seldom used outside the indigenous and local communities that created it. More recently, however, Western scientists have become aware that TK is neither outdated nor valueless knowledge, but, instead, 1 can be useful to solve some of the problems facing today's world. Modem science, for example, has shown an increased interest in some fornls ofTK as knowledge that can be used in 4 research and development (R&D) activities and be integrated in modem innovations. This holds especially true for TK regarding genetic resources, which has been integrated in modem 6 phannaceuticals,s agro-chemicals and seed.
Author : Ikechi Mgbeoji
Publisher : UBC Press
ISBN 13 : 0774840250
Total Pages : 335 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (748 download)
Download or read book Global Biopiracy written by Ikechi Mgbeoji and published by UBC Press. This book was released on 2011-11-01 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Legal control and ownership of plants and traditional knowledge of the uses of plants (TKUP) is a vexing issue. The phenomenon of appropriation of plants and TKUP, otherwise known as biopiracy, thrives in a cultural milieu where non-Western forms of knowledge are systemically marginalized and devalued as "folk knowledge" or characterized as inferior. Global Biopiracy rethinks the role of international law and legal concepts, the Western-based, Eurocentric patent systems of the world, and international agricultural research institutions as they affect legal ownership and control of plants and TKUP.
Author : Padmashree Gehl Sampath
Publisher : United Nations University Press
ISBN 13 : 9280811126
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (88 download)
Download or read book Regulating Bioprospecting written by Padmashree Gehl Sampath and published by United Nations University Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bioprospecting--the search for useful biochemical compounds and genes in nature--has been the focus of international negotiations for more than a decade. This book examines the optimal property rights structures and institutional mechanisms for regulating bioprospecting for drug research. It includes examples of bioprospecting collaborations in several countries.
Author : David E. Lorey
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 9780842050494
Total Pages : 342 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (54 download)
Download or read book Global Environmental Challenges of the Twenty-first Century written by David E. Lorey and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2003 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The most serious environmental problems of the twenty-first century have the potential to alter the course of life on this planet. Global warming, toxic waste, water and air pollution, acid rain, and shrinking energy supplies are frightening challenges that may threaten our future if we do not face up to them.p Global Environmental Challenges provides important information and gives us hope about the environment. This book first helps us to grasp these difficulties, then shows us the choices we can make. How long to leave a light on, whether to take the car, the train, or bicycle to work, whether to recycle or throw away, whether to vote to curb continued suburban sprawl-all of these decisions can make a difference.p This collection of some of the best essays and articles on the environment comes from a variety of sources, including journals, magazines, websites of ecological/conservation organizations, and other publications.p Five major sections investigate the interaction of population growth,consumption, and environment; the emerging crisis in freshwater around the globe; global climate and atmosphere (including global warming); biodiversity loss; and the concept of sustainable development-using natural resources to place future human development on a sustainable path. The final section on sustainable development reveals how we can take action. As individuals, we can make a difference readily and easily without making huge personal sacrifices. As societies, we can work together in a global community of interest to sustain the earth.p This valuable resource offers readers a better understanding of our environmental problems and presents solutions to improving the health of theplanet.p
Author : Jo Treweek
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1444313290
Total Pages : 367 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (443 download)
Download or read book Ecological Impact Assessment written by Jo Treweek and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2009-06-24 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The world's ecosystems are increasingly threatened by human development. Ecological impact assessment (EcIA) is used to predict and evaluate the impacts of development on ecosystems and their components,thereby providing the information needed to ensure that ecological issues are given full and proper consideration in development planning. Environmental impact assessment (EIA) has emerged as a key to sustainable development by integrating social, economic and environmental issues in many countries. EcIA has a major part to play as a component of EIA but also has other potential applications in environmental planning and management. Ecological Impact Assessment provides a comprehensive review of the EcIA process and summarizes the ecological theories and tools that can be used to understand, explain and evaluate the ecological consequences of development proposals. It is intended for the many individuals and companies involved in EIA and EcIA, as well as other areas of environmental management where impacts on ecosystems need to be evaluated. It will benefit planners, regulators, environmental consultants and scientists and will also provide an invaluable sourcebook and guide for the growing number of undergraduate students taking courses in applied ecology, EIA and related topics in environmental science. A practical management guide for the increasing numbers of practitioners of EcIA. A rapidly expanding subject driven by the proliferation of environmental legislation worldwide.
Author : V. Santaniello
Publisher : CABI
ISBN 13 : 0851994571
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (519 download)
Download or read book Agriculture and Intellectual Property Rights written by V. Santaniello and published by CABI. This book was released on 2000 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Plant breeding patents, the ownership to biological innovation and associated intellectual property rights (IPR), are the subject of increased attention worldwide. They are particularly relevant in the field of agricultural biotechnology. They are affecting public and private sector organisations and companies, and are significant for developing as well as developed countries. These issues have until recently evoked little policy analysis. This book presents the perspectives of policy-makers and economists on such issues and includes discussions of public research and property rights, implications for developing countries, IPR of wild genetic resources and IPR under the Convention of Biological Diversity, among others.
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Publisher : Bioversity International
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)
Download or read book Bibliography on Access to Plant Genetic Resources and Intellectual Property Rights written by and published by Bioversity International. This book was released on with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Louise E. Buck
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 9781420049473
Total Pages : 434 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (494 download)
Download or read book Agroforestry in Sustainable Agricultural Systems written by Louise E. Buck and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 1998-12-28 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Agroforestry in Sustainable Agricultural Systems examines the environmental and social conditions that affect the roles and performance of trees in field- and forest-based agricultural production systems. Various types of ecological settings for agroforestry are analyzed within temperate and tropical regions. The roles of soil, water, light, nutrient and pest management in mixed, annual, woody perennial and livestock systems are discussed. Important new case studies from around the world offer innovative strategies that have been used successfully in raising forests and tree products on a sustainable basis for commercial harvesting and for providing other environmental services in land conservation and watershed management.
Author : Jochen A. Frowein
Publisher : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9789041197535
Total Pages : 566 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (975 download)
Download or read book Max Planck Yearbook of United Nations Law written by Jochen A. Frowein and published by Martinus Nijhoff Publishers. This book was released on 1999-09-07 with total page 566 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contents:.
Author : German Advisory Council on Global change (WBGU)
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3642801803
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (428 download)
Download or read book World in Transition: Ways Towards Global Environmental Solutions written by German Advisory Council on Global change (WBGU) and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the first Conference of the Parties of the Climate Convention in Berlin in Spring 1995 it became evident once again: To counteract anthropogenic climate changes, individuals as well as societies have to change their way of thinking and behavior. This accounts for other areas of global environmental change as well. Global trends like soil degradation, loss of biological diversity, water scarcity and population growth show little or no sign of improvement. In fact, in most areas a rapid deterioration has taken place. In its latest Report the German Advisory Council on Global Change describes "Ways Towards Global Environmental Solutions".
