9780748739905 - Plants and Protected Areas Pb von Tuxill, John (3 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Fair. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. Clean from markings. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,450grams, ISBN:9780748739905.

Zustand: Very Good. Some outer edges have minor scuffs. Cover has light scratches and marks. Book content is in like new condition.

Softcover. Zustand: Very Good. Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Nice book in great condition. Pages in excellent condition. No notes or highlighting. See images. Fantastic book. About the book >.>.> Over the past three decades, scientists, natural resource managers and environ- mental policy-makers have recognized that the conservation of biological diver- sity depends upon protecting and managing intact natural habitats. Such recognition has given greater importance and urgency to the international move- ment to establish and maintain biosphere reserves, national parks, forest reserves, wildlife sanctuaries and other protected areas. Lacking such refuges, biological diversity will continue to vanish from our planet in a steady stream of extinctions, a trickle in some places, a torrent in others. Yet for one prominent component of biological diversity ? the genetic vari- ability contained within culturally valuable plant resources ? conservation efforts have focused primarily on safeguarding these resources away from the habitats and cultural contexts in which they evolved. The off-site protection of plants in botanical gardens, seedbanks and other centralized institutions has met with many successes an.