Biodiversity conservation

This book brings together the manifold works and projects accomplished in the first round of Klagenfurt University's postgraduate study programme "Management of Protected Areas" that started in September 2005 and ended in July 2007. It presents the outcomes of the students' works in terms of their master theses. It starts with chapters dealing with biodiversity conservation and visitor management, followed by papers on legal frameworks and management effectiveness.

Ce livre aborde les effets néfastes mais aussi bénéfiques des missions militaires sur la biodiversité, et explore comment la nature devient un nouvel enjeu géopolitique.

This book tracks the rise of a powerful idea in global biodiversity conservation. Many scientists, bureacrats, and environmentalists now believe that the only way  to slow the decimation of nonhuman life on earth is to translate conservation into an economically rational -- even profitable -- set of policies and practices.

Der Botaniker Rüdiger Wittig und der Zoologe Manfred Niekisch geben einen breiten Überblick über die Diversität des Lebens auf der Erde. Sie zeigen nicht nur allgemein verständlich die wissenschaftlichen Grundlagen auf, sondern gehen ausführlich ein auf die materielle und spirituelle Bedeutung der Biodiversität für den Menschen und insbesondere auf die Umweltdienstleistungen, welche Ökosysteme erbringen.

This book conveys how sustainable land management practices are helping shape a sustainable future for people and the planet. It demonstrates how human ingenuity is largely driving innovations in soil, land, water, and vegetation management around the world. And it describes how harnessing natural, social, and cultural capital is addressing fundamental needs for livelihood and well-being—food, water, energy, and wealth—while delivering global environmental benefits.