Conserving Biodiversity
A Research Agenda for Development Agencies
Seiten
1992
National Academies Press (Verlag)
978-0-309-04683-1 (ISBN)
National Academies Press (Verlag)
978-0-309-04683-1 (ISBN)
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Presents an agenda for research that aims to provide information to formulate policy and design conservation programs in the Third World. This book includes discussions of research needs in the biological sciences, as well as economics and anthropology, areas of critical importance to conservation and sustainable development.
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 information to formulate policy and design conservation programs in the Third World.
The book includes discussions of research needs in the biological sciences as well as economics and anthropology, areas of critical importance to conservation and sustainable development. Although specifically directed toward development agencies, non-governmental organizations, and decisionmakers in developing nations, this volume should be of interest to all who are involved in the conservation of biological diversity.
Table of Contents
FRONT MATTER
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
1 BIODIVERSITY AND DEVELOPMENT
2 BIOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF CONSERVATION
3 BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH: THE SOCIOECONOMIC CONTEXT
4 BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH: THE CULTURAL CONTEXT
REFERENCES AND RECOMMENDED READING
BOARD ON SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT (BOSTID)
BOSTID PUBLICATIONS
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 information to formulate policy and design conservation programs in the Third World.
The book includes discussions of research needs in the biological sciences as well as economics and anthropology, areas of critical importance to conservation and sustainable development. Although specifically directed toward development agencies, non-governmental organizations, and decisionmakers in developing nations, this volume should be of interest to all who are involved in the conservation of biological diversity.
Table of Contents
FRONT MATTER
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
1 BIODIVERSITY AND DEVELOPMENT
2 BIOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF CONSERVATION
3 BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH: THE SOCIOECONOMIC CONTEXT
4 BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH: THE CULTURAL CONTEXT
REFERENCES AND RECOMMENDED READING
BOARD ON SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT (BOSTID)
BOSTID PUBLICATIONS
Panel on Biodiversity Research Priorities, National Research Council
1 FRONT MATTER; 2 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY; 3 1 BIODIVERSITY AND DEVELOPMENT; 4 2 BIOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF CONSERVATION; 5 3 BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH: THE SOCIOECONOMIC CONTEXT; 6 4 BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH: THE CULTURAL CONTEXT; 7 REFERENCES AND RECOMMENDED READING; 8 BOARD ON SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT (BOSTID); 9 BOSTID PUBLICATIONS
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 1.2.1992 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | Washington |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Themenwelt | Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz |
| ISBN-10 | 0-309-04683-1 / 0309046831 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-309-04683-1 / 9780309046831 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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