Participatory biodiversity conservation : concepts, experiences, and perspectives

Participatory biodiversity conservation : concepts, experiences, and perspectives / Cristina Baldauf, editor.

It has long been claimed that addressing biodiversity loss and other environmental problems demands a better understanding of the social dimensions of conservation; nevertheless, the active participation of Indigenous peoples and local communities (IPLCs) in conservation initiatives is still a chall...

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Other Authors: Baldauf, Cristina (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer, 2020.
Subjects:
Biodiversity conservation.
Conservation of the environment.
Applied ecology.
Biodiversity.
Animal ecology.
Nature > Environmental Conservation & Protection.
Science > Life Sciences > Ecology.
Biodiversity conservation
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Table of Contents:
  • Part I. Introduction. Reflections on democracy and the participation of society in biodiversity conservation
  • Multiple perspectives on biodiversity conservation : from concept to heated debate
  • Part II. Beyond "fortress conservation" : reflections and experiences. Domesticated nature : the culturally constructed niche of humanity
  • Protected areas and food security : unravelling the issues
  • Challenges for rural livelihoods, participatory agroforestry, and biodiversity conservation in a neotropical biosphere reserve in Mexico
  • Macroalgae mariculture as a social and environmental alternative for coastal traditional communities of the semi-arid region of northeast Brazil
  • Community-based management of amazonian biodiversity assets
  • Productive restoration as a tool for socioecological landscape conservation : the case of "La Montaña" in Guerrero, Mexico
  • People and nature conservation : participatory praxis in the planning and management of natural protected areas
  • The role of local perceptions in environmental diagnosis
  • Participation in biocultural diversity conservation : insights from five amazonian examples
  • Avoiding deforestation and the environmentalism of the poor
  • Part III. Participatory biodiversity conservation : the challenges ahead. Prospects for participatory biodiversity conservation in the contemporary crisis of democracy.

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