Matt W. Hayward

Saving Biodiversity (eBook, PDF)

Threats, Strategies, and Big Ideas

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Drawing on the author's personal experiences working across the globe, this book explains why we need to conserve biodiversity, the threats it faces, how we can successfully conserve biodiversity and some success stories of how we have. It is a must read for all concerned with conserving nature and sustaining our planet.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 338
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. März 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781040322444
• Artikelnr.: 72836913

Autorenporträt

Matt W. Hayward is Professor in the School of Environmental and Life Sciences at the University of Newcastle, Australia. He has worked across the globe researching and managing biodiversity as an environmental consultant, conservation manager, and researcher in the private sector, for environmental NGOs, government, and now in academia. Matt has worked on the reintroduction of lions and hyaenas in South Africa, pine martens in the UK, and a variety of marsupials in Australia, as well as studying the conservation of the quokka and reviewing the Indian government's National Tiger Census. He has had students working on the conservation of a variety of species including frogs, shorebirds, snakes, elephants, red squirrels, and parma wallabies.

Inhaltsangabe

Section 1 Introduction Introduction or why we should conserve biodiversity.
Section 2 Threats to biodiversity 1 Residential and commercial development.
2 Agriculture. 3 Energy production and mining. 4 Transport and service
corridors. 5 Biological resource use. 6 Human intrusions and disturbance. 7
Natural system modification. 8 Invasive species. 9 Pollution. 10 Geological
and climate threats. 11 Other threats. 12 Conclusion to threats to
biodiversity. Section 3 Conserving biodiversity 13 Land/water protection.
14 Site management. 15 Species management. 16 Other conservation management
actions needed. Section 4 Conservation success stories 17 Examples of
conservation success stories. Section 6 Societal changes needed to conserve
biodiversity 18 Big picture changes we need. Section 6 Conclusion
Conclusion.