People, Plants and Protected Areas: A Guide to in Situ Management

ISBN-13: 9781138407114 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017

John Tuxill

Opis

A practical guide to the management and conservation of plant resources in their natural habitats. It aims to facilitate better management of protected areas and innovative approaches to plant conservation, and focuses on collaboration with local communities.

Spis treści

The 'People and Plants' Initiative * Panel of Advisers * Foreword * Preface * Why Preserve Plant Resources in Situ? * In Situ Plant Conservation: Who is Involved? * Working with Local Communities * Setting Priorities and Planning for Management * Monitoring and Evaluating Plant Resource Management * Traditional Agriculture and Plant Conservation * Appendices * References * Index

O autorze

John Tuxill is part of the joint Program in Economic Botany of the New York Botanical Garden and Yale University. He is also a Research Fellow with the Worldwatch Institute. Gary Paul Nabhan is Director of the Center for Sustainable Environments at Northern Arizona University. Elizabeth Drexler is Associate Professor of Anthropology at Michigan State University. Michael Hathaway is Associate Professor of Anthropology at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, BC, Canada.