Sodhi / Gibson / Raven Conservation Biology

Voices from the Tropics
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-118-67981-4
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 288 Seiten, E-Book

The late Navjot Sodhi conceived this book as a way of bringingto the forefront of our conservation planning for the tropics theviews of people who were actually working and living there. In its 31 chapters, 55 authors present their views on theconservation problems they face and how they deal withthem.
Effective long term conservation in the tropics requires the fullparticipation of local people, organizations and governments. Thehuman population of tropical countries is expected to grow by morethan 2.5 billion people over the next several decades, withexpectations of increased consumption levels growing even morerapidly than population levels; clearly there will be a need formore trained conservationists and biologists. Significantlevels of local involvement are essential to conservation success,with the rights of local people fully recognized, protected andfostered by governmental and international assistance. Overarching conservation plans are necessary, but cannot inthemselves lead to success.
The individual experiences presented in the pages of this book willprovide useful models that may serve to build better and moresustainable lives for the people who live in the tropics and leadto the continued survival of as many species and functioningecosystems as possible.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Sodhi, Navjot S.

Gibson, Luke

Raven, Peter H.

Über Autor(innen)

Navjot Sodhi (1962-2011): Based at the NationalUniversity of Singapore, Navjot was one of the great minds ofconservation biology. A native of the Punjab, India, he graduatedfrom the University of Saskatchewan, Canada and then moved to anincredible fruitful 15 years documenting rain forest loss anddegradation in Southeast Asia and its effects on populations ofanimals and plants. He was best known as a conservationist, someonewho cared passionately about these rich lands and the people wholive in the region, and striving, with a large group of colleaguesand students, to devise ways to improve the sustainability of thearea while pressures on the forest mounted rapidly. Navjotsuggested the idea of this book to Peter Raven because he was sokeenly aware of the differences between attitudes and actions inconservation that predominate in rich and poor countries. Heintended to share the lessons that conservation practitioners werelearning in the countries where they live with the world. Shortly before Navjot died, he asked his student Luke Gibson tostep up and share the editorial responsibility with Peter Raven,and this book is the result. We believe that he would have likedthis book with its varied contents very much - he alwaysplaced application in front of theory, deeply wanting to preservethe world's biological richness and to support the very pooramong us. We miss him greatly, and are pleased to presenthere his last efforts in a wonderfully productive life.
Luke Gibson: At the National University of Singapore,Luke Gibson is studying tropical forest loss in Southeast Asia andits impact on biodiversity. For his PhD, he is recordingextinctions of small mammal species from small forest fragments inChiew Larn reservoir, Thailand, and the persistence - ordecline - of other mammalian ungulates and carnivores in thelowland dipterocarp forest surrounding the reservoir. Before movingto Southeast Asia, he received his Bachelor's degree fromPrinceton University and his Master's degree from theUniversity of California, San Diego.
Peter Raven: Over the past 50 years, Peter Raven hasbecome an influential voice in systematics, ecology and evolutionworldwide. He served as President of the American Association forthe Advancement of Science and other organizations, Home Secretaryof the US National Academy of Sciences, and is a member of a numberof other academies worldwide. During his 39-year tenure asPresident of the Missouri Botanical Garden he guided the Garden toa position of global leadership in conservation, with centers ofactivity in the tropics of Latin America, Africa and Asia. He isco-author of the leading textbook in botany, The Biology ofPlants, and has coauthored leading texts in biology and theenvironment. With Paul Ehrlich, he originated the important conceptof coevolution.