Ecological Restoration

A Global Challenge
Herausgeber: Comín, Francisco A

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book combines theory and practice plus ideas and case studies on ecological restoration from local to global scales.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 318
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. März 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 251mm x 181mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 808g
• ISBN-13: 9780521877114
• ISBN-10: 0521877113
• Artikelnr.: 28244727

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. Global Perspectives for Ecological Restoration: 1. The challenges
of humanity in the twenty-first century and the role of ecological
restoration Francisco A. Comín; 2. The global carbon cycle: current
research and uncertainties in the sources and sinks of carbon Dario Papale
and Riccardo Valentini; 3. Using international carbon markets to finance
forest restoration Johannes Ebeling, Malika Virah-Sawmy and Pedro Moura
Costa; 4. The value of a restored earth and its contribution to a
sustainable and desirable future Robert Costanza; 5. Focal restoration Eric
Higgs; 6. Ethical dimensions of ecological restoration Rebecca L. Vidra and
Theodore H. Shear; Part II. Towards the Practice of Ecological Restoration
at Global Scale: 7. Undertaking forest restoration on a landscape scale in
the humid tropics: matching theory and practice in developed and developing
countries David Lamb; 8. Land degradation and ecological restoration in
China Bojie Fu, Dong Niu, Yihe Lu, Guohua Liu and Wenwu Zhao; 9.
Conservation, restoration and creation of wetlands: a global perspective
William J. Mitsch; 10. Uses, abuses and restoration of the coastal zone
Francisco A. Comín, Jordi Serra and Jorge A. Herrera; 11. Spatial
ecological solutions to mesh nature and people: Boston suburb, Barcelona
region, and other urban regions Richard T. T. Forman; 12. The role of
ecological modelling in ecosystem restoration Sven Erik Jørgensen; 13.
Restoration as a bridge for cooperation and peace Amos Brandeis.