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Book Research and Conservation of Biodiversity in Indonesia  General review of the project

Download or read book Research and Conservation of Biodiversity in Indonesia General review of the project written by Biodiversity Conservation Project in Indonesia and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Investing in Biodiversity

Download or read book Investing in Biodiversity written by Michael Wells and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 1999-01-01 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Indonesia is one of the two most biologically diverse nations on earth. The country's thousands of islands include 10 percent of the world's known plant species, 12 percent of its mammals, 16 percent of reptiles and amphibians, 17 percent of birds, and 25 percent of fish." In a country where conservation awareness or support for nature conservation and Protected Areas (PAs) is lacking throughout the society, efforts to promote ICDPs (Integrated Conservation and Development Projects) will work only if the Government of Indonesia and provincial governments first demonstrate a strong commitment to protecting conservation areas and their surroundings. Current ICDP components, based on simplistic ideas of making limited short-term investments in local development and hoping this will somehow translate into sustainable resource use and less pressure on PAs, need to be abandoned. The objectives of this study are: 1. to consider the ICDPs' overall contribution to conserving Indonesia's biodiversity; 2. to assess their cost-effectiveness, sustainability, and replicability; and 3. to identify lessons for future conservation efforts. This study emphasized the use of qualitative information, supplemented by limited quantitative analysis from case studies, interviews, and an extensive review of project documentation (mainly plans, progress reports, and evaluations).

Book Research and Conservation of Biodiversity in Indonesia  The inventory of natural resources in Gunung Halimun National Park

Download or read book Research and Conservation of Biodiversity in Indonesia The inventory of natural resources in Gunung Halimun National Park written by Biodiversity Conservation Project in Indonesia and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Conserving Biodiversity

Download or read book Conserving Biodiversity written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1992-02-01 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The loss of the earth's biological diversity is widely recognized as a critical environmental problem. That loss is most severe in developing countries, where the conditions of human existence are most difficult. Conserving Biodiversity presents an agenda for research that can provide information to formulate policy and design conservation programs in the Third World. The book includes discussions of research needs in the biological sciences as well as economics and anthropology, areas of critical importance to conservation and sustainable development. Although specifically directed toward development agencies, non-governmental organizations, and decisionmakers in developing nations, this volume should be of interest to all who are involved in the conservation of biological diversity.

Book Assessing Integrated Conservation and Development in Indonesia

Download or read book Assessing Integrated Conservation and Development in Indonesia written by Candice Carr Kelman and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 399 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This dissertation investigates the linkage between biodiversity conservation and sustainable development. It seeks to discover ways that the practice of tropical biodiversity conservation can be socially just and meet its goals of habitat and species preservation. By assessing four Integrated Conservation and Development Projects (ICDPs) conducted in Indonesian National Parks during the 1990s, this qualitative research describes the lasting impacts of each one, and seeks to explain which aspects of these projects were successful and sustainable and why. Although ICDPs are often regarded as failures, a closer look reveals some more nuanced results, providing insights regarding best practices for reconciling the conservation of biodiversity with the improvement of human well-being. As a small-N case study comparison, this study combines positivist and interpretivist approaches. Field research was conducted mainly through open-ended, semi-structured interviews and review of archival records. The process of implementation of each ICDP was traced and compared with the other case studies to evaluate the relative success of each project. The four major findings and contributions of this dissertation address three overarching themes: effectiveness of biodiversity conservation efforts, socially just biodiversity conservation, and sustainable rural development. First, small-scale and community-level development projects are inadequate (and relatively ineffective) conservation tools. They can be helpful incentives, but only in a context where there is rule of law, effective and sufficient law enforcement, and good governance. Incentives are not sufficient for protection of biodiversity. Local communities do not present the main threat to biodiversity or ecosystems, and focusing on them can be a distraction from more pressing threats to conservation, such as ineffective systems of governance. Second, good governance is the best protection for biodiversity and people. The best model in the context of parks is one of adaptive co-management where all stakeholders have a seat at the table, and policies and solutions are reached collaboratively. Third, short-term donor-driven conservation projects are unsustainable by nature. There is an urgent need in conservation for greater commitments of time and continuity of actors on the ground. Finally, human development and certain types of infrastructure development are more compatible with biodiversity conservation than economic development.

Book Research and Conservation of Biodiversity in Indonesia

Download or read book Research and Conservation of Biodiversity in Indonesia written by and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Research and Conservation of Biodiversity in Indonesia

Download or read book Research and Conservation of Biodiversity in Indonesia written by and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Wild Profusion

    Book Details:
  • Author : Celia Lowe
  • Publisher : Princeton University Press
  • Release : 2013-10-31
  • ISBN : 1400849705
  • Pages : 218 pages

Download or read book Wild Profusion written by Celia Lowe and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2013-10-31 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wild Profusion tells the fascinating story of biodiversity conservation in Indonesia in the decade culminating in the great fires of 1997-98--a time when the country's environment became a point of concern for social and environmental activists, scientists, and the many fishermen and farmers nationwide who suffered from degraded environments and faced accusations that they were destroying nature. Celia Lowe argues that biodiversity, in 1990s Indonesia, implied a particular convergence of nature, nation, science, and identity that made Indonesians' mapping of the concept distinct within transnational practices of nature conservation at the time. Lowe recounts the efforts of Indonesian biologists to document the species of the Togean Islands, to "develop" Togean people, and to turn this archipelago off the coast of Sulawesi into a national park. Indonesian scientists aspired to a conservation biology that was both internationally recognizable and politically effective in the Indonesian context. Simultaneously, Lowe describes the experiences of Togean Sama people who had their own understandings of nature and nation. To place Sama and scientist into the same conceptual frame, Lowe studies Sama ideas in the context of transnational thought rather than local knowledge. In tracking the practice of conservation biology in a postcolonial setting, Wild Profusion explores what in nature can count as important and for whom.

Book Review of the Literature on the Links Between Biodiversity and Climate Change

Download or read book Review of the Literature on the Links Between Biodiversity and Climate Change written by and published by UNEP/Earthprint. This book was released on 2009 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The designations employed and the presentation of ISBN: 92-9225-136-8 material in this publication do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Secretariat of Copyright © 2009, Secretariat of the Convention on the Convention on Biological Diversity concerning the Biological Diversity legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerni [...] Ahmed Djoghlaf Where species and ecosystems are well protected and Executive Secretary healthy, natural adaptation may take place, as long as the Convention on Biological Diversity 5 Review of literature PREFACE These three literature reviews on the 'Links between evidence of the importance of natural ecosystems in the Biodiversity and Climate change: Impacts,Adaptation carbon cycle and in mitigat [...] Finally the third section aims to highlight the developments in our understanding of the role The IPCC 4th Assessment Report (AR4; IPCC 2007) of biodiversity in climate change mitigation, and the impacts concluded that climate change will have significant impacts of mitigation policies on biodiversity. [...] Models of future be large and more complex in the tropics, where the effects climate change suggest that these distributional changes of rising temperatures and reduced precipitation are may lead to severe range contractions and the extinction of exacerbated by the effects of land-use change. [...] Each of these sources Because of the importance of these impacts and of climate and modelling approaches has advantages and change itself, there has been a great deal of recent disadvantages (Thuiller et al 2008).

Book The Economic Value of Biodiversity

Download or read book The Economic Value of Biodiversity written by David Pearce and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-11-05 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Biodiversity loss is one of the major resource problems facing the world, and the policy options available are restricted by inappropriate economic tools which fail to capture the value of species and their variety. This study describes in non-technical terms how cost-benefit analysis techniques can be applied to species and species loss, and how they provide a measure of the efficiency of conservation measures. Only when conservation can be shown to pass such a basic economic test, the authors claim, will it be incorporated into policies.;David Pearce has also written Blueprint for a Green Economy.

Book Wildlife Review

Download or read book Wildlife Review written by and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Indonesia

Download or read book Indonesia written by and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Life After Logging

    Book Details:
  • Author : E. Meijaard
  • Publisher : CIFOR
  • Release : 2005-01-01
  • ISBN : 9793361565
  • Pages : 370 pages

Download or read book Life After Logging written by E. Meijaard and published by CIFOR. This book was released on 2005-01-01 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents a technical review of ecological and life history information on a range of Bornean wildlife species, aimed at identifying what makes these species sensitive to timber harvesting practices and associated impacts. It addresses three audiences: 1) those involved in assessing and regulating timber harvesting activities in Southeast Asia, 2) those involved in trying to achieve conservation goals in the region, and 3) those undertaking research to improve multipurpose forest management. This book shows that forest management can be improved in many simple ways to allow timber extraction and wildlife conservation to be more compatible than under current practices. The recommendations can also be valuable to the many governmental and non-governmental organisations promoting sustainable forest management and eco-labelling. Finally, it identifies a number of shortcomings and gaps in knowledge, which the hope can interest the scientific community and promote further research. This review is, an important scientific step toward understanding and improving sustainable forestry practices for long-term biodiversity conservation. Even in the short term, however, significant improvements can be made to improve both conservation and the efficiency of forest management, and there is no need to delay action due to a perceived lack of information. In the longer term it is expected that the recommendations from this review will be implemented, and that further research will continue to help foster an acceptable balance among the choices needed to maintain healthy wildlife populations and biodiversity in a productive forest estate.

Book Assessments and Conservation of Biological Diversity from Coral Reefs to the Deep Sea

Download or read book Assessments and Conservation of Biological Diversity from Coral Reefs to the Deep Sea written by Jose Victor Lopez and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2023-11-30 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Assessments and Conservation of Biological Diversity from Coral Reefs to the Deep Sea: Uncovering Buried Treasures and the Value of the Benthos examines marine benthic habitats around the world that are linked by their physical location at the bottom of the oceans. The book approaches deep sea marine biodiversity with perspectives on genetics, microbiology and evolution, weaving a narrative of vital expert linkages with the goal of protecting something that most people cannot witness or experience. It provides a full assessment of biological diversity within benthic habitats, from coral reefs to plankton and fish species, and offers global case studies. It is the ideal resource for marine conservationists and biologists aiming to expand their knowledge and efforts to the rarely seen, yet equally important, realms of the ocean and respective benthic species. As these deep-sea ecosystems and their species face unprecedented threats of destruction and extinction due to factors including climate change, this book provides the most current knowledge of this undersea world along with solutions for its conservation. Compares and contrasts between shallow and marine habitats to reveal revolutionary connections and continuity Analyzes modern threats and gaps in biological knowledge regarding benthic communities Examines benthic biodiversity through vertical vs. horizontal gradients Poses possible solutions for the conservation of benthic habitats and organisms

Book ASEAN Biodiversity Outlook 2

Download or read book ASEAN Biodiversity Outlook 2 written by and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Second Edition of the ASEAN Biodiversity Outlook (ABO 2) is based on the Fifth National Reports of the ASEAN Member States and other relevant sources. This midterm update demonstrates how the ASEAN region has fared in conserving biodiversity in the context of implementing the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011 - 2020 and the Aichi Biodiversity Targets.