Conserving biodiversity : a research agenda for development agencies /
The loss of the earth's biological diversity is widely recognized as a critical environmental problem. That loss is most severe in developing countries, where the conditions of human existence are most difficult. Conserving biodiversity presents an agenda for research that can provide informati...
| Формат: | Електронна книга |
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| Език: | English |
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Washington, D.C. :
National Academy Press,
1992.
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http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=14408 |
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Conserving biodiversity. |
Съдържание:
- ""CONSERVING BIODIVERSITY""; ""Copyright""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Contents""; ""Executive Summary""; ""BIOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF CONSERVATION""; ""Biological Surveys, Inventory, and Monitoring""; ""National Biological Inventories""; ""Global Biological Survey""; ""Screening of Organisms""; ""Monitoring""; ""Conservation Research""; ""Site-Specific Research""; ""Conservation Biology Principles and Methods""; ""Sustainable Use of Biological Resources""; ""Restoring and Utilizing Degraded Lands""; ""Information Needs""; ""Computer Data Bases and Inventories""
- ""Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems""""Strengthening Scientific Networks""; ""Human Resources""; ""Developing Taxonomic Expertise""; ""Strengthening Local Institutions""; ""Expanding Cooperative Research Programs""; ""SOCIOECONOMIC CONTEXT""; ""Project-or Country-Level Research""; ""International Economic Research""; ""Global Macroeconomic Research""; ""CULTURAL CONTEXT""; ""Local Management Systems""; ""Adapting Local Knowledge""; ""Promoting Local Knowledge""; ""Priority Groups""; ""RECOMMENDATIONS""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""1 Biodiversity and Development ""
- ""BIODIVERSITY: DEFINITIONS AND VALUES""""LOSS OF BIODIVERSITY""; ""Natural Versus Accelerated Rates of Biodiversity Loss""; ""SCIENTIFIC UNDERSTANDING OF BIODIVERSITY""; ""Plants""; ""Fungi""; ""Microorganisms""; ""Invertebrates""; ""Vertebrates""; ""Tropical Aquatic Systems""; ""Marine Biota""; ""IMPLICATIONS FOR DEVELOPMENT AGENCIES""; ""Responding to Research Needs""; ""2 Biological Aspects of Conservation ""; ""BIOLOGICAL SURVEYS, INVENTORY, AND MONITORING""; ""National Biological Inventories""; ""Research Priorities""; ""Global Biological Survey""; ""Research Priorities""
- ""Screening of Organisms""""Research Priorities""; ""Monitoring""; ""Research Priorities""; ""CONSERVATION RESEARCH""; ""Site-Specific Research""; ""Research Requirements""; ""Goals and Guidelines""; ""Recommended Areas for Site Selection""; ""Research Priorities""; ""Conservation Biology Principles and Methods""; ""Research Priorities""; ""Sustainable Use of Biological Resources""; ""Research Priorities""; ""Restoring and Using Degraded Lands""; ""Research Priorities""; ""INFORMATION NEEDS""; ""Computer Data Bases and Inventories""; ""Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems""
- ""Strengthening Scientific Networks""""HUMAN RESOURCES""; ""Developing Taxonomic Expertise""; ""Strengthening Local Institutions""; ""Expanding Cooperative Research Programs""; ""3 Biodiversity Research: The Socioeconomic Context ""; ""ECONOMIC RESEARCH AND THE CONSERVATION OF BIODIVERSITY""; ""PROJECT-OR COUNTRY-LEVEL ECONOMIC RESEARCH""; ""Analysis of Causal Mechanisms""; ""Research Agenda""; ""Valuation Research""; ""Research Agenda""; ""Research on Economic Incentives and Disincentives""; ""Research Agenda""; ""INTERNATIONAL-LEVEL ECONOMIC RESEARCH""; ""GLOBAL ECONOMIC RESEARCH""