
Protected Areas
Are They Safeguarding Biodiversity?
Wiley (Publisher)
Will be published approx. on 18. March 2016
Book
Hardback
288 pages
978-1-118-33816-2 (ISBN)
Description
Protected areas spearhead our response to the rapidly accelerating biodiversity crisis. However, while the number of protected areas has been growing rapidly over the past 20 years, the extent to which the world's protected areas are effectively conserving species, ecosystems, and ecosystem services is poorly understood.
* Highlights new techniques for better management and monitoring of protected areas
* Sets guidelines for the decision making processes involved in setting up and maintaining protected areas
* Fully international in scope and covering all ecosystems and biomes
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Series
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
Hoboken
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 231 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
567 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-118-33816-2 (9781118338162)
Schweitzer Classification
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Lucas N. Joppa | Jonathan E. M. Bailie | John G. Robinson
Protected Areas
Are They Safeguarding Biodiversity?
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Protected Areas
Are They Safeguarding Biodiversity?
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02/2016
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Lucas N. Joppa | Jonathan E. M. Bailie | John G. Robinson
Protected Areas
Are They Safeguarding Biodiversity?
E-Book
02/2016
Wiley-Blackwell
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Available for download
Persons
Lucas N. Joppa, Computational Ecology and Environmental Sciences Unit, Microsoft Research, Cambridge, UK.
Jonathan M. Baillie, Institute of Zoology, London, UK.
John Robinson, CEO Wildlife Conservation Society, Bronx Zoo, New York, USA.
Jonathan M. Baillie, Institute of Zoology, London, UK.
John Robinson, CEO Wildlife Conservation Society, Bronx Zoo, New York, USA.
Content
Notes on Contributors
Introduction: Do protected areas safeguard biodiversity?
J. E. M. Baillie, L. Joppa and J. G. Robinson
PART I: The Global Protected Area Portfolio
1. Government commitments for protected areas, status of implementation and sources of leverage to enhance ambition
L. Krueger
2. Protected area diversity and potential for improvement
N. Dudley and S. Stolton
3. Sound investments: Protected areas as natural solutions to climate change and biodiversity conservation
K. Mackinnon
4. Optimal protection of the world's threatened birds, mammals and amphibians
J. E. M. Watson, D. B. Segan and R. A. Fuller
5. Maintaining a global data set on protected areas
A. Milam, S. Kenney, D. Juffe-Bignoli, B. Bertzky, C. Corrigan, B. MacSharry, N. D. Burgess and N. Kingston
PART II: The Fate of Species in Protected Areas
6. Species population trends in protected areas
B. Collen, L. McRae, E. Nicholson, I. D. Craigie, E. J. Milner-Gulland, J. Loh and S. Whitmee
7. Effectiveness of protected areas in conserving large carnivores in Europe
L. Santini, L. Boitani, L. Maiorano and C. Rondinini
8. Towards understanding drivers of wildlife population trends in terrestrial protected areas
M. Barnes, I. Craigie and M. Hockings
PART III: Managing Protected Areas at System Scales
9. Towards assessing the vulnerability of US national parks to land use and climate change
A. Hansen, C. Davis, J. Haas and N. Piekielek
10. Integrating community managed areas into protected area systems: The promise of synergies and the reality of trade-offs
M. Rao, H. Nagendra, G. Shahabuddin and L. R. Carrasco
11. The importance of Asia's protected areas for safeguarding commercially high value species
J. Walston, E. J. Stokes and S. Hedges
PART IV: Monitoring Protected Areas at System Scales
12. Monitoring protected area coverage and impact on key biodiversity areas, important bird areas and alliance for zero extinction sites
S. H. M. Butchart, T. M. Brooks, J. P. W. Scharlemann and M. A. K. Mwangi
13. Camera traps for conservation: Monitoring protected area investments
T. O'Brien
14. Monitoring protected areas from space
N. Pettorelli, M. Wegmann, L. Gurney and G. Dubois
Index