State of the wild : a global portrait /
Discusses emerging issues in wildlife and nature conservation and highlights worldwide efforts to preserve natural habitat and resources, as well as providing a conservation forecast for the near future.
| Автор-организации: | Wildlife Conservation Society (New York, N.Y.) |
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| Други автори: | Fearn, Eva, 1974-, Redford, Kent Hubbard., Woods, Ward. |
| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Washington, DC :
Island Press,
℗♭2010.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=395999 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
State of the wild. |
Съдържание:
- By the numbers: Wildlife conservation in a time of war
- Foreword: Conservation and the global economic recession
- Introduction: Future states of the wild
- PART I: State of the Wild: State of the wild: wounded wilderness
- Global conservation and news highlights: Africa; Asia; Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific Islands; Central and South America; Europe; North America; Oceans
- Discoveries
- The rarest of the rare: Some of the world's most endangered animals
- Rarest ecosystems
- Emerging diseases and conservation
- An update on One World-One Health
- Champions of the wild
- PART II: Focus on the Wild: Wildlife conservation in a time of war
- Conservation amid war
- Conservation and governance: Lessons from the reconstruction effort in Afghanistan
- Marine life in times of conflict
- Who owns the wild? Civil conflict in Africa
- Parks as peace makers: The Peru-Ecuador Divide
- PART III: Emerging issues in the wild:
- Conservaiton of Wildlife
- Vanishing Asian turtles
- What future for forest elephants?
- Restoration of the Guanaco, icon of Patagonia
- Changing flyways: Migratory birds in a warming world
- Conservation of Wild Places:
- The boreal forest: Trouble in Canada's great wilderness
- Inspiring ocean conservation
- The wild and the city
- Life waters: Wetlands and climate change
- Conservation controversy: Can paying for ecosystem services save biodiversity?
- The Art and Practice of Conservation:
- Faith, hope, and conservation
- Canine detection teams and conservation
- Agriculture and wildlife in Europe
- The dilemma of confiscated wildlife
- The evolving practice of conservation in Rwanda
- Final thoughts: Safe havens for wildlife and people in contested Holy Lands.