Biodiversity Conservation in Latin America and the Caribbean: Prioritizing Policies (Environment for Development)

Synopsis

Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) region is exceptionally biodiverse. It contains about half of the world’s remaining tropical forests, nearly one-fifth of its coastal habitats, and some of its most productive agricultural and marine areas. But agriculture, fishing and other human activities linked to rapid population and economic growth increasingly threaten that biodiversity. Moreover, poverty, weak regulatory capacity, and limited political will hamper conservation. Given this dilemma, it is critically important to design conservation strategies on the basis of the best available information about both biodiversity and the track records of the various policies that have been used to protect it. This rigorously researched book has three key aims. It describes the status of biodiversity in LAC, the main threats to this biodiversity, and the drivers of these threats. It identifies the main policies being used to conserve biodiversity and assesses their effectiveness and potential for further implementation. It proposes five specific lines of practical action for conserving LAC biodiversity, based on: green agriculture; strengthening terrestrial protected areas and co-management; improving environmental governance; strengthening coastal and marine resource management; and improving biodiversity data and policy evaluation.

Copyright:

2014

Book Details

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Publisher Quality

ISBN-13:

9781317906858

Related ISBNs:

9781315848433, 9781138095731, 9781138095731, 9780415730969, 9780415730969

Publisher:

Taylor and Francis

Date of Addition:

02/07/20

Copyrighted By:

Allen Blackman, Rebecca Epanchin-Niell, Juha Siikam

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

Nonfiction, Outdoors and Nature, Earth Sciences

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