Drafting a Conservation Blueprint: A Practitioner's Guide To Planning For Biodiversity
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- Synopsis
- Drafting a Conservation Blueprint lays out for the first time in book form a step-by-step planning process for conserving the biological diversity of entire regions. In an engaging and accessible style, the author explains how to develop a regional conservation plan and offers experience-based guidance that brings together relevant information from the fields of ecology, conservation biology, planning, and policy. Individual chapters outline and discuss the main steps of the planning process, including:* an overview of the planning framework * selecting conservation targets and setting goals * assessing existing conservation areas and filling information gaps * assessing population viability and ecological integrity * selecting and designing a portfolio of conservation areas * assessing threats and setting priorities A concluding section offers advice on turning conservation plans into action, along with specific examples from around the world.The book brings together a wide range of information about conservation planning that is grounded in both a strong scientific foundation and in the realities of implementation.
- Copyright:
- 2003
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- Book Size:
- 480 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9781597269421
- Related ISBNs:
- 9781559639392
- Publisher:
- Island Press
- Date of Addition:
- 04/01/21
- Copyrighted By:
- Craig R. Groves and The Nature Conservancy
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Outdoors and Nature, Earth Sciences, Politics and Government
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.
- Foreword by:
- Malcolm Hunter
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