Connectivity Conservation Management: A Global Guide

ISBN-13: 9781844076031 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 416 str.

Michael Lockwood; Graeme L. Worboys; Wendy L. Francis

Opis

In an era of climate change, deforestation and massive habitat loss, we can no longer rely on parks and protected areas as isolated islands of wilderness to conserve and protect vital biodiversity. Increasing connections are being considered and made between protected areas, and connectivity thinking has started to expand to the regional and even the continental scale to match the challenges of conserving biodiversity in the face of global environmental change.

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Preface Nik Lopoukhine Foreword Setting the Context Gary Tabor 1. The Connectivity Conservation Imperative 2. Connectivity Science 3. Scoping the Territory: Considerations for Connectivity Conservation Managers Connectivity Conservation Management Case Material 4. Africotropical Connectivity Conservation Initiatives 5. Australasian Connectivity Initiatives 6. Indomalayan Connectivity Initiatives Creating Biological Corridors for Conservation and Development: a Case Study from Bhutan 7. Nearctic Connectivity Initiatives Conservation Network in the Southern Appalachian Mountains 8. Neotropic Connectivity Initiatives Mesoamerican Biological Corridor 9. Palaearctic Connectivity Initiatives Altai Mountain Knot 10. Themes and Lessons from Global Experience in Connectivity Conservation Synthesis 11. Connectivity Management Framework and Key Tasks 12. Challenges and Opportunities for Connectivity Conservation