Biodiversity Islands: Strategies for Conservation in Human-Dominated Environments

Part I: Introduction.- Chapter 1. Introduction. Biodiversity Islands: Strategies for Conservation in Human Dominated Environments.- Part II: Biodiversity islands establishment and management: challenges and alternatives.- Chapter 2. The Importance of Small Rainforest Patches for Biodiversity Conservation: A Multi-Taxonomic Assessment.- Chapter 3. Regenerative Agriculture as Biodiversity Islands.- Chapter 4. Functions of Agroforestry Systems as Biodiversity Islands in Productive Landscapes.- Chapter 5. Biodiversity Islands: The Role of Native Tree Islands within Silvopastoral Systems in a Neotropical Region.- Chapter 6. Riparian Forests: Longitudinal Biodiversity Islands in Agricultural Landscapes.- Chapter 7. Conservation and Registration of Seed Sources in Reserve Remnants in the Province of Misiones, Argentina.- Section III: Biodiversity islands across the globe: case studies.- Chapter 8. Island of Forests Among Savannahs: Key Elements for Conservation and Production in the Paraguayan Humid Chaco.- Chapter 9. Biodiversity Islands and Dominant Species in Agricultural Landscapes of the South Western Amazon, Perú.- Chapter 10. The Monteverde Cloud Forest: Evolution of a Biodiversity Island in Costa Rica.- Chapter 11. A Highly Productive Biodiversity Island within a Monoculture Landscape: El Hatico Nature Reserve (Valle Del Cauca, Colombia).- Chapter 12. Hacienda Pinzacuá: An Example of Regenerative Agriculture Amidst a Transformed Landscape in the Colombian Andes.- Chapter 13. Islands of Trees in Long-Fragmented Landscapes in Great Britain.- Chapter 14. Natural Landscape of the Pampa Region in Santa Fe Province, Argentina: Environmental Resilience and Opportunity for Changing the Agri-Food Paradigm.- Chapter 15. Residential Garden Design for Urban Biodiversity Conservation: Experience from Panamá City, Panama.- Chapter 16. Biodiversity Islands at the World's Southernmost City: Plant, Bird and Insect Conservation in Urban Forests and Peatlands of Ushuaia, Argentina.- Chapter 17. Paradise Lot: A Temperate-Climate Urban Agroforestry Biodiversity Island.- Chapter 18. Contribution to the Domestication and Conservation of the Genetic Diversity of Two Native Multipurpose Species in the Yabotí Biosphere Reserve, Misiones, Argentina.- Part IV: Safeguarding the environmental, economic, and social benefits of biodiversity islands.- Chapter 19. How Community-Led Action Can Advance the Development of Biodiversity Islands.- Chapter 20. Priorities, Perspectives and Use of a Community Forest by Surrounding Residents in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico: Protecting the Forest for its Services.- Chapter 21. Sacred Church Forests in Northern Ethiopia: Biodiversity and Cultural Islands.- Chapter 22. Beyond the Island: Integrated Approaches to Conserving Biodiversity Islands with Local Communities.- Chapter 23. Agroecology and Forest Conservation in Three Types of Land Reform Communities in the Cacao Region of Bahia, Brazil.- Chapter 24. Preserving Biodiversity in Appalachian Mixed Mesophytic Forest through the Permit-Based Harvest of Ginseng and Other Forest Botanicals.- Chapter 25. Farmer Perceptions of Tropical Dry Forest Restoration Practices on the Azuero Peninsula of Panama - Implications for Increasing Biodiversity in a Human-Dominated Landscape.- Chapter 26. Safeguarding Biodiversity Islands in Northern Ethiopia Amidst Political Change.- Part V: Chapter 27. Conclusions: Lessons Learned and Pending Challenges.