Global Wildlife Conservation

ISBN-13: 9783843370356 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 216 str.

Opis

Half of our planets animals and plants live in tropical rainforests. Increasing human population growth and persistent poverty in many developing countries continue to influence ecological degradation, especially of forests and wildlife. About half of the forests that once covered the Earth have vanished completely due to intense human impact. Another 40 million acres of forest continue to disappear each year. If the current rate of deforestation continues, todays forests will be gone by the year 2081. The conflict between human progress and the survival of forests and wildlife is not likely to end anytime soon. The diversity of plants and animals are declining, carbon emissions are above the earths carbon-fixing capacity, and human population pressure is exceeding the population of all species of nonhuman primates combined. Thus human survival depends on the future wise and ethical use of natural resources, mainly the forest and wildlife. In this monograph, the author based on his three decades of experience in watching wildlife highlights the urgent need for conservation with case studies from three tropical continents.

O autorze

Agoramoorthy, GovindasamyGovindasamy Agoramoorthy is Distinguished Research Professor at Tajen University, Taiwan. He is a renowned scientist and environmentalist. He is also Tata Visiting Chair at Sadguru Foundation and Scientific Advisor at the Applied Environmental Research Foundation in India.