Wetlands of Tropical and Subtropical South and Central America (eBook)

Biodiversity, Livelihoods and Conservation

Thammineni Pullaiah (Herausgeber)

eBook Download: EPUB

2025
466 Seiten
Wiley (Verlag)
978-1-394-30714-2 (ISBN)

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Comprehensive wetland analysis for conservationists, professionals, and researchers

Wetlands of Tropical and Subtropical South and Central America: Biodiversity, Livelihoods and Conservation explores the challenges confronted by those managing wetland ecosystems. It offers expert analyses of specific wetland environments across South and Central America, examining how these ecosystems can be protected while sustaining the livelihoods of communities that depend upon them.

This book takes a unique comparative approach by analysing similar wetlands from different regions and continents, allowing best practices in conservation and management to emerge that are globally relevant. Each chapter is authored by recognized regional experts and covers issues like biological resources, ecosystem services including carbon sequestration and water filtration, and implemented conservation measures. Aligned with UN sustainable development goals by considering both ecological and economic value, the collection also offers:

• Regional expert analysis of biodiversity hotspots across tropical and subtropical South and Central America, from Bolivian lowlands to the Pantanal
• Comprehensive examination of ecosystem services including carbon sequestration, water filtration, nutrient retention, and flood mitigation
• Conservation strategies and management practices applicable across global wetland systems
• Case studies spanning marine and coastal wetlands, Amazonian freshwater systems, and extra-Andean subtropical wetlands
• Discussions of threats to wetlands as well as in-depth comparisons of wetlands in different regions and continents

Wetlands of Tropical and Subtropical South and Central America is essential for ecologists, conservation scientists, hydrologists, and environmental and water resource managers seeking evidence-based approaches to wetland conservation. Public servants and professionals in fisheries, agriculture, and rural development will find practical guidance for balancing biodiversity protection with sustainable resource use.

Thammineni Pullaiah (retired) was a Professor of Botany in the Department of Botany at Sri Krishnadevaraya University, India. He served as President of the Indian Botanical Society and President of the Indian Association for Angiosperm Taxonomy and was a member of the Species Survival Commission of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).

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List of Contributors

Ana Paula Dalbem Barbosa

Northern Pantanal Environmental Research Laboratory

Graduate Program in Environmental Science

University of the State of Mato Grosso

Cáceres

Brazil

Department of Ecology

Radboud Institute for Biological and Environmental Sciences

Radboud University

Nijmegen

The Netherlands

Bonifacia Benitez

Faculty of Exact and Natural Sciences (UNA-FACEN)

Laboratory of Plant Resources (LAREV)

National University of Asunción

San Lorenzo

Paraguay

Roberto F. Bó

Wetland Ecology Research Group

Department of EGE and IEGEBA

Faculty of Exact and Natural Sciences

University of Buenos Aires

University City

CABA

Argentina

Caicedo-Garcia

Marine and Coastal Research Institute

“José Benito Vives de Andréis”

INVEMAR

Santa Marta

Colombia

Indra Candanedo

Western Panamá Regional Centre

Technological University of Panamá

La Chorrera

Panamá

Josiane Santos Batista Carioca de Paula

Northern Pantanal Environmental Research Laboratory

Graduate Program in Environmental Science

University of the state of Mato Grosso

Cáceres

Brazil

Acisa Raimunda de Souza

Northern Pantanal Environmental Research Laboratory

Graduate Program in Environmental Science

University of the state of Mato Grosso

Cáceres

Brazil

Derick Victor de Souza Campos

Northern Pantanal Environmental Research Laboratory

Graduate Program in Environmental Science

University of the state of Mato Grosso

Cáceres

Brazil

Daiana Ferreira Dias

Northern Pantanal Environmental Research Laboratory

Graduate Program in Environmental Science

University of the State of Mato Grosso

Cáceres

Brazil

Maísa Consuelo dos Santos

Northern Pantanal Environmental Research Laboratory

Graduate Program in Environmental Science

University of the state of Mato Grosso

Cáceres

Brazil

Oscar Feltes

Faculty of Exact and Natural Sciences (UNA-FACEN)

Laboratory of Plant Resources (LAREV)

National University of Asunción

San Lorenzo

Paraguay

Francisco Firpo Lacoste

Directorate of Terrestrial and Aquatic Ecosystems

Undersecretariat of Environment of the Nation

Autonomous City of Buenos Aires

Argentina

Alejandro Giraudo

National Institute of Limnology (CONICET-UNL)

University City

Santa Fe

Argentina

Diana Isabel Gómez-López

Marine and Coastal Research Institute

“José Benito Vives de Andréis”

INVEMAR

Santa Marta

Colombia

James Gruber

Environmental Studies

Antioch University New England

Keene, NH

USA

Daniel Guerrero

Marine and Coastal Research Institute

“José Benito Vives de Andréis”

INVEMAR

Santa Marta

Colombia

Milena Hernández

Marine and Coastal Research Institute

“José Benito Vives de Andréis”

INVEMAR

Santa Marta

Colombia

Sebastián Herrera-Fajardo

Marine and Coastal Research Institute

“José Benito Vives de Andréis”

INVEMAR

Santa Marta

Colombia

Tania Hoyos

Marine and Coastal Research Institute

“José Benito Vives de Andréis”

INVEMAR

Santa Marta

Colombia

Solange Kimie Ikeda-Castrillon

Graduate Program in Water Resources Management and Regulation Environmental Science

University of the state of Mato Grosso

Cáceres

Brazil

Educare Laboratory

University of the State of Mato Grosso

Cáceres

Brazil

Patricia Kandus

Institute of Environmental Research and Engineering

School of Habitat and Sustainability

National University of San Martín (UNSAM)

General San Martín

Buenos Aires

Argentina

Sarian Kosten

Department of Ecology

Radboud Institute for Biological and Environmental Sciences

Radboud University

Nijmegen

The Netherlands

Daniel Larrea-Alcázar

Asociación Boliviana para la Investigación y

Conservación de Ecosistemas Andino-Amazónicos

La Paz

Bolivia

Wilkinson Lopes Lázaro

Northern Pantanal Environmental Research Laboratory

Graduate Program in Environmental Science

University of the state of Mato Grosso

Cáceres

Brazil

Graduate Program in Water Resources

Management and Regulation Environmental Science

University of the state of Mato Grosso

Cáceres

Brazil

Fausto López Rodríguez

Department of Biological and Agricultural Sciences

Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja

Loja

Ecuador

Zuleica Marchetti

CONICET -FICH/UNL

Santa Fe

Argentina

José Luis Marín-Muñiz

Department of Environmental Engineering

National Technology of Mexico/Instituto

Tecnológico Superior de Misantla

Veracruz

Mexico

Santiago Millán

Marine and Coastal Research Institute

“José Benito Vives de Andréis”

INVEMAR

Santa Marta

Colombia

Priscilla Gail Minotti

Institute of Environmental Research and Engineering

School of Habitat and Sustainability

National University of San Martín (UNSAM)

General San Martín

Buenos Aires

Argentina

Gulich Institute

National Commission for Space Activities

National University of Córdoba

Córdoba

Argentina

Camilo Montes-Chaura

Marine and Coastal Research Institute

“José Benito Vives de Andréis”

INVEMAR

Santa Marta

Colombia

Mónica Moraes R.

Herbario Nacional de Bolivia

Instituto de Ecología

Universidad Mayor de San Andrés

La Paz

Bolivia

Claumir Cesar Muniz

Northern Pantanal Environmental Research Laboratory

Graduate Program in Environmental Science

University of the state of Mato Grosso

Cáceres

Brazil

Graduate Program in Water Resources

Management and Regulation Environmental Science

University of the state of Mato Grosso

Cáceres

Brazil

Raúl Navas-Camacho

Marine and Coastal Research Institute

“José Benito Vives de Andréis”

INVEMAR

Santa Marta

Colombia

Sonia Pardo-Spiess

Marine and Coastal Research Institute

“José Benito Vives de Andréis”

INVEMAR

Santa Marta

Colombia

Tiago da Rocha Pedra

Northern Pantanal Environmental Research Laboratory

Graduate Program in Environmental Science

University of the state of Mato Grosso

Cáceres

Brazil

Thiago Ferreira Pereira

Northern Pantanal Environmental Research Laboratory

Graduate Program in Environmental Science

University of the state of Mato Grosso

Cáceres

Brazil

Sandra Lee Pinel

Environmental Studies

Antioch University New England

Keene, NH

USA

Rubén D. Quintana

IIIA (CONICET UNSAM)

Institute of Environmental Research and Engineering

School of Habitat and Sustainability (EHyS)

National University of San Martín

Buenos Aires

Argentina

Leticia Rodríguez

Center for River and Hydro-environmental

Studies of the Litoral-CEFHAL Faculty of Engineering and Water Sciences

National University of the Litoral

Santa Fe

Argentina

Adriano Marcos Romano

Northern Pantanal Environmental Research Laboratory

Graduate Program in Environmental Science

University of the state of Mato Grosso

Cáceres

Brazil

Diana Romero

Marine and Coastal Research Institute

“José Benito Vives de Andréis”

INVEMAR

Santa...

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 9.12.2025
• Reihe/Serie: Wetlands: Biodiversity, Livelihoods and Conservation
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
• Schlagworte: ecosystem services carbon sequestration • environmental restoration practices • Hydrological systems • neotropical biodiversity hotspots • sustainable livelihood strategies • tropical wetlands conservation • water resource management ecology
• ISBN-10: 1-394-30714-4 / 1394307144
• ISBN-13: 978-1-394-30714-2 / 9781394307142