Conserving Living Natural Resources In the Context of a Changing World

Name: Conserving Living Natural Resources In the Context of a Changing World
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ISBN: 9780521788120

ISBN-10: 0521788129

ISBN-13: 9780521788120

Edition: 2002

Authors: Bertie Josephson Weddell

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Conserving Living Natural Resources is an introductory textbook for students of conservation biology and resource management. It investigates the historical & philosophical contexts, conceptual frameworks, principal techniques and the limitations of each.

Book details

List price: $74.99
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 3/14/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 444
Size: 5.98" wide x 8.98" long x 0.94" tall
Weight: 1.628
Language: English



Preface


Introduction: balance and flux


Methodology: getting the information we need to manage living natural resources



Management to Maximize Production of Featured Species - A Utilitarian Approach to Conservation



Historical context - the commodification of resources and the foundations of utilitarian resource management



Central concepts - population growth and interactions between populations



Central concepts - habitats



Techniques - harvest management



Techniques - habitat management



Techniques - management to minimize conflicts between pest species and people



Protection and Restoration of Populations and Habitats - A Preservationist Approach to Conservation



Historical context - the rise of environmental concerns after World War II



Central concepts - the causes of extinction



Techniques - protecting and restoring species



Techniques - protecting and restoring ecosystems



Management to Maintain Processes and Structures - A Sustainable-Ecosystem Approach to Conservation



Historical context - pressures to move beyond protection of species and reserves



Central concepts - the flux of nature



Techniques - conserving processes and contexts



Techniques - including people in the conservation process


Postscript


Appendix: scientific names of organisms mentioned in the text


Index