Conservation for the Twenty-First Century - Softcover

Western, David

 
9780195077193: Conservation for the Twenty-First Century
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0195077199 ISBN 13: 9780195077193
Verlag: Oxford University Press Inc, 1992

Inhaltsangabe

In this stimulating overview, international experts offer vital information for anticipating and meeting the environmental and ecological challenges of the next century. Representing a diverse range of specialties, the contributors examine such key topics as species extinction, ecosystem conservation and management, strategies for national parks, planning and management programs, legislative initiatives, and conservation in the developing world. Thoughtful and provocative, the book provides a much-needed basis for planning realistic action. It will be read with interest by conservationists, government decision-makers, wildlife resource managers, and all those concerned about the issues of ecology and preservation.

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About the Authors
David Western, Ph.D., is a Kenyan ecologist and conservationist best known for his pioneering efforts to balance the interests of people and wildlife in Amboseli National Park. He presently is Director of Wildlife Conservation International (a division of the New York Zoological Society), and directs many programs on behalf of the Wildlife Clubs of Kenya and international agencies trying to conserve elephants and rhinos.
As Assistant Director of Wildlife Conservation International, Mary Pearl, Ph.D., oversees research and conservation projects in some thirty countries around the world. Her background is in primatology, and her writing has focused on the social organization and behavior of Asian monkeys in addition to general conservation topics. Most recently, she designed a study of the endangered golden monkey for the Chinese government.

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Verlag
Oxford University Press Inc
Erscheinungsdatum
1992
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0195077199
ISBN 13 
9780195077193
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
390
Herausgeber
Pearl Mary C.
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