Biodiversity, Sustainability and Human Communities: Protecting beyond the Protected / Edition 1

by Tim O'Riordan, Susanne Stoll-Kleemann

Overview

The rate at which the planet is losing its biodiversity, the implications of this loss, and possible remedies are the subject of much public and academic debate. This book shows how biodiversity can be protected through the involvement of local communities. The authors suggest that strict protection of threatened areas must be combined with involvement by local economies and societies. The book examines the experience of regions around the world where this approach has been tried, drawing upon the insights of political scientists, economists and social psychologists.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521890526
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	08/29/2002
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	334
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x 0.71(d)
Lexile:	1420L (what's this?)

About the Author

Tim O'Riordan is Professor of Environmental Sciences at the University of East Anglia, and member of the UK Sustainable Development Commission.

Susanne Stoll-Kleeman is an independent researcher into biodiversity and sustainability affiliated to the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research.

Table of Contents

Part I. Setting the Scene: 1. Protecting beyond the protected Tim O'Riordan; Part II. Policy and Management: 2. Biodiversity: threats and challenges Tom Lovejoy; 3. Biodiversity and biodepletion: the need for a paradigm shift Norman Myers; 4. People, livelihoods and collective action in biodiversity management Jules Pretty; 5. Deliberative democracy and participatory biodiversity Tim O'Riordan; Part III. Case Studies: 6. The politics of biodiversity in Europe Tim O'Riordan, Jenny Fairbrass, Martin Welp and Susanne Stoll-Kleemann; 7. Community-based involvement in biodiversity protection in the United States Toddi Steelman; 8. An ecoregional approach to biodiversity conservation in the Cape Floral Kingdom, South Africa Amanda Younge; 9. Wildlife management in Namibia: the conservancy approach Markus Nuding; 10. Brazil: selling biodiversity with local livelihoods Ione Egler; 11. The mixed experience of private sector involvement in biodiversity management in Costa Rica Michael Sturm; 12. The uncertain role of biodiversity management in emerging democracies Martin Welp, Dami Buchori, David Ardhain and Daniela Hamidovic; Part IV. Perspective: 13. Enhancing biodiversity and humanity Susanne Stoll-Kleemann and Tim O'Riordan; Epilogue Walter Reid.

Editorial Reviews

"[The book's] strengths are its case studies and its important recognition that participatory democracy will, and must, drive a paradigm shift in conservation." Nature

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