Securing Protected Areas in the Face of Global Change
Author : Peter Shadie
Publisher : IUCN
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 34,65 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Global environmental change
ISBN : 9740461360
Author : Peter Shadie
Publisher : IUCN
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 34,65 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Global environmental change
ISBN : 9740461360
Author : Nigel Dudley
Publisher : IUCN
Page : 106 pages
File Size : 26,15 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Science
ISBN : 2831710863
IUCN's Protected Areas Management Categories, which classify protected areas according to their management objectives, are today accepted as the benchmark for defining, recording, and classifying protected areas. They are recognized by international bodies such as the United Nations as well as many national governments. As a result, they are increasingly being incorporated into government legislation. These guidelines provide as much clarity as possible regarding the meaning and application of the Categories. They describe the definition of the Categories and discuss application in particular biomes and management approaches.
Author : Barbara J. Lausche
Publisher : IUCN
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 41,81 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Law
ISBN : 2831712459
The central aim of this publication is to consider the key elements of a modern, comprehensive, and effective legal framework for successful management of protected areas. They provide practical guidance for all those involved in developing, improving, or reviewing national legislation on protected areas, be they legal drafters and practitioners, protected area managers, interested NGOs, or scholars. These guidelines include fifteen case studies, eight dealing with the protected area legislation of individual countries and six cases dealing with specific sites providing fundamental solutions that stand the test of time.
Author : Melissa R. Marselle
Publisher : Springer
Page : 494 pages
File Size : 45,51 MB
Release : 2019-06-11
Category : Medical
ISBN : 3030023184
This open access book identifies and discusses biodiversity’s contribution to physical, mental and spiritual health and wellbeing. Furthermore, the book identifies the implications of this relationship for nature conservation, public health, landscape architecture and urban planning – and considers the opportunities of nature-based solutions for climate change adaptation. This transdisciplinary book will attract a wide audience interested in biodiversity, ecology, resource management, public health, psychology, urban planning, and landscape architecture. The emphasis is on multiple human health benefits from biodiversity - in particular with respect to the increasing challenge of climate change. This makes the book unique to other books that focus either on biodiversity and physical health or natural environments and mental wellbeing. The book is written as a definitive ‘go-to’ book for those who are new to the field of biodiversity and health.
Author : Charles Victor Barber
Publisher : World Conservation Union
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 41,61 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9782831708317
We live in a world of rapid global change: biophysical, socio-economic and institutional. This book examines the issues and options for protected area management to ensure that we continue to protect the Earth's most valuable ecosystems in the face of these unprecedented changes.
Author : Marc Galvin
Publisher :
Page : 568 pages
File Size : 10,81 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Conservation of natural resources
ISBN :
Author : Samuel Myers
Publisher : Island Press
Page : 538 pages
File Size : 27,54 MB
Release : 2020-08-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1610919661
Human health depends on the health of the planet. Earth’s natural systems—the air, the water, the biodiversity, the climate—are our life support systems. Yet climate change, biodiversity loss, scarcity of land and freshwater, pollution and other threats are degrading these systems. The emerging field of planetary health aims to understand how these changes threaten our health and how to protect ourselves and the rest of the biosphere. Planetary Health: Protecting Nature to Protect Ourselves provides a readable introduction to this new paradigm. With an interdisciplinary approach, the book addresses a wide range of health impacts felt in the Anthropocene, including food and nutrition, infectious disease, non-communicable disease, dislocation and conflict, and mental health. It also presents strategies to combat environmental changes and its ill-effects, such as controlling toxic exposures, investing in clean energy, improving urban design, and more. Chapters are authored by widely recognized experts. The result is a comprehensive and optimistic overview of a growing field that is being adopted by researchers and universities around the world. Students of public health will gain a solid grounding in the new challenges their profession must confront, while those in the environmental sciences, agriculture, the design professions, and other fields will become familiar with the human consequences of planetary changes. Understanding how our changing environment affects our health is increasingly critical to a variety of disciplines and professions. Planetary Health is the definitive guide to this vital field.
Author : Barbara Sladonja
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 40,77 MB
Release : 2012-08-08
Category : Science
ISBN : 953510697X
Protected areas are at the base of the most national and international conservation strategies. Due to the many unpredictable elements in ecology matters, each protected area requires a case-specific set of guidelines but a common issue is how to cope with human interaction. The management of protected areas is replete with challenges and the only way to gain understanding and achieve greater management possibilities is to exchange experiences and knowledge. Environmental managers are aware of that and together with scientists are looking for more modern and better solutions, both with respect to natural resources and human interactions in many issues regarding nature protection. This publication presents reviews and research results on protected areas management, as well as 12 case studies derived from around the world with the aim of improving management effectiveness of the protected areas.
Author :
Publisher : IUCN
Page : 133 pages
File Size : 26,51 MB
Release : 2012
Category :
ISBN : 2831715334
Author : Asheem Srivastav
Publisher : The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI)
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 42,89 MB
Release : 2015-05-07
Category :
ISBN : 8179935728
In the second edition of Ecological Meltdown: impact of unchecked human growth on the earths natural systems, the authors discuss the destruction of biodiversity and ecosystems due to human actions. Apart from warning about the impending ecological meltdown and analysing the causes behind it, the book deals with the solutions that need to be urgently adopted by the global civil society and national governments. The book is an invaluable resource for policymakers and institutions in the forestry, wildlife, energy, rural development, and environment sectors. It will also prove beneficial for conservationists, scientists, researchers, and students of environmental science. A new chapter on Time for energy transition has been added in this edition.