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Drawing on the author's personal experiences working across the globe, this book explains why we need to conserve biodiversity, the threats it faces, how we can successfully conserve biodiversity and some success stories of how we have. It is a must read for all concerned with conserving nature and sustaining our planet.
Drawing on the author's personal experiences working across the globe, this book explains why we need to conserve biodiversity, the threats it faces, how we can successfully conserve biodiversity and some success stories of how we have. It is a must read for all concerned with conserving nature and sustaining our planet.
Matt W. Hayward is Professor in the School of Environmental and Life Sciences at the University of Newcastle, Australia. He has worked across the globe researching and managing biodiversity as an environmental consultant, conservation manager, and researcher in the private sector, for environmental NGOs, government, and now in academia. Matt has worked on the reintroduction of lions and hyaenas in South Africa, pine martens in the UK, and a variety of marsupials in Australia, as well as studying the conservation of the quokka and reviewing the Indian government's National Tiger Census. He has had students working on the conservation of a variety of species including frogs, shorebirds, snakes, elephants, red squirrels, and parma wallabies.
Section 1 Introduction Introduction or why we should conserve biodiversity. Section 2 Threats to biodiversity 1 Residential and commercial development. 2 Agriculture. 3 Energy production and mining. 4 Transport and service corridors. 5 Biological resource use. 6 Human intrusions and disturbance. 7 Natural system modification. 8 Invasive species. 9 Pollution. 10 Geological and climate threats. 11 Other threats. 12 Conclusion to threats to biodiversity. Section 3 Conserving biodiversity 13 Land/water protection. 14 Site management. 15 Species management. 16 Other conservation management actions needed. Section 4 Conservation success stories 17 Examples of conservation success stories. Section 6 Societal changes needed to conserve biodiversity 18 Big picture changes we need. Section 6 Conclusion Conclusion.
Erscheinungsjahr: | 2025 |
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Genre: | Importe, Umwelt |
Produktart: | Nachschlagewerke |
Rubrik: | Ökologie |
Medium: | Taschenbuch |
Inhalt: | Einband - flex.(Paperback) |
ISBN-13: | 9781032960265 |
ISBN-10: | 1032960264 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
Autor: | Hayward, Matt W. |
Hersteller: | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: | Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de |
Maße: | 230 x 155 x 19 mm |
Von/Mit: | Matt W. Hayward |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 03.03.2025 |
Gewicht: | 0,522 kg |
Matt W. Hayward is Professor in the School of Environmental and Life Sciences at the University of Newcastle, Australia. He has worked across the globe researching and managing biodiversity as an environmental consultant, conservation manager, and researcher in the private sector, for environmental NGOs, government, and now in academia. Matt has worked on the reintroduction of lions and hyaenas in South Africa, pine martens in the UK, and a variety of marsupials in Australia, as well as studying the conservation of the quokka and reviewing the Indian government's National Tiger Census. He has had students working on the conservation of a variety of species including frogs, shorebirds, snakes, elephants, red squirrels, and parma wallabies.
Section 1 Introduction Introduction or why we should conserve biodiversity. Section 2 Threats to biodiversity 1 Residential and commercial development. 2 Agriculture. 3 Energy production and mining. 4 Transport and service corridors. 5 Biological resource use. 6 Human intrusions and disturbance. 7 Natural system modification. 8 Invasive species. 9 Pollution. 10 Geological and climate threats. 11 Other threats. 12 Conclusion to threats to biodiversity. Section 3 Conserving biodiversity 13 Land/water protection. 14 Site management. 15 Species management. 16 Other conservation management actions needed. Section 4 Conservation success stories 17 Examples of conservation success stories. Section 6 Societal changes needed to conserve biodiversity 18 Big picture changes we need. Section 6 Conclusion Conclusion.
Erscheinungsjahr: | 2025 |
---|---|
Genre: | Importe, Umwelt |
Produktart: | Nachschlagewerke |
Rubrik: | Ökologie |
Medium: | Taschenbuch |
Inhalt: | Einband - flex.(Paperback) |
ISBN-13: | 9781032960265 |
ISBN-10: | 1032960264 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
Autor: | Hayward, Matt W. |
Hersteller: | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: | Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de |
Maße: | 230 x 155 x 19 mm |
Von/Mit: | Matt W. Hayward |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 03.03.2025 |
Gewicht: | 0,522 kg |