Conserving biodiversity : a research agenda for development agencies : report of a panel of the Board on Science and Technology for International Development, U.S. National Research Council

Conserving biodiversity a research agenda for development agencies : report of a panel of the Board on Science and Technology for International Development, U.S. National Research Council

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: National Research Council (U.S.). Board on Science and Technology for International Development (-)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Washington, DC : National Academy Press 1992.
Edition:1st ed
Subjects:
Biodiversity conservation.
See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009622066706719
Table of Contents:
  • CONSERVING BIODIVERSITY
  • Copyright
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Contents
  • Executive Summary
  • BIOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF CONSERVATION
  • Biological Surveys, Inventory, and Monitoring
  • National Biological Inventories
  • Global Biological Survey
  • Screening of Organisms
  • Monitoring
  • Conservation Research
  • Site-Specific Research
  • Conservation Biology Principles and Methods
  • Sustainable Use of Biological Resources
  • Restoring and Utilizing Degraded Lands
  • Information Needs
  • Computer Data Bases and Inventories
  • Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems
  • Strengthening Scientific Networks
  • Human Resources
  • Developing Taxonomic Expertise
  • Strengthening Local Institutions
  • Expanding Cooperative Research Programs
  • SOCIOECONOMIC CONTEXT
  • Project-or Country-Level Research
  • International Economic Research
  • Global Macroeconomic Research
  • CULTURAL CONTEXT
  • Local Management Systems
  • Adapting Local Knowledge
  • Promoting Local Knowledge
  • Priority Groups
  • RECOMMENDATIONS
  • CONCLUSION
  • 1 Biodiversity and Development
  • BIODIVERSITY: DEFINITIONS AND VALUES
  • LOSS OF BIODIVERSITY
  • Natural Versus Accelerated Rates of Biodiversity Loss
  • SCIENTIFIC UNDERSTANDING OF BIODIVERSITY
  • Plants
  • Fungi
  • Microorganisms
  • Invertebrates
  • Vertebrates
  • Tropical Aquatic Systems
  • Marine Biota
  • IMPLICATIONS FOR DEVELOPMENT AGENCIES
  • Responding to Research Needs
  • 2 Biological Aspects of Conservation
  • BIOLOGICAL SURVEYS, INVENTORY, AND MONITORING
  • National Biological Inventories
  • Research Priorities
  • Global Biological Survey
  • Research Priorities
  • Screening of Organisms
  • Research Priorities
  • Monitoring
  • Research Priorities
  • CONSERVATION RESEARCH
  • Site-Specific Research
  • Research Requirements
  • Goals and Guidelines
  • Recommended Areas for Site Selection
  • Research Priorities.
  • Conservation Biology Principles and Methods
  • Research Priorities
  • Sustainable Use of Biological Resources
  • Research Priorities
  • Restoring and Using Degraded Lands
  • Research Priorities
  • INFORMATION NEEDS
  • Computer Data Bases and Inventories
  • Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems
  • Strengthening Scientific Networks
  • HUMAN RESOURCES
  • Developing Taxonomic Expertise
  • Strengthening Local Institutions
  • Expanding Cooperative Research Programs
  • 3 Biodiversity Research: The Socioeconomic Context
  • ECONOMIC RESEARCH AND THE CONSERVATION OF BIODIVERSITY
  • PROJECT-OR COUNTRY-LEVEL ECONOMIC RESEARCH
  • Analysis of Causal Mechanisms
  • Research Agenda
  • Valuation Research
  • Research Agenda
  • Research on Economic Incentives and Disincentives
  • Research Agenda
  • INTERNATIONAL-LEVEL ECONOMIC RESEARCH
  • GLOBAL ECONOMIC RESEARCH
  • OPPORTUNITIES FOR ACTION
  • 4 Biodiversity Research: The Cultural Context
  • DIVERSITY AND DEVELOPMENT
  • LOCAL KNOWLEDGE AND BIODIVERSITY
  • Nature of Local Knowledge
  • Tropical Technologies
  • Shifting Agriculture
  • Intensive Agricultural Systems
  • Extensive Systems
  • Tropical Forests
  • RESEARCH ON LOCAL KNOWLEDGE
  • Priority Groups for Research
  • A Cultural Research Agenda
  • Use of Resources-Social Concepts of Biodiversity
  • Effects of Land or Resource Tenure and Uses on Biological Diversity
  • Impact of Changing Conditions
  • Social Valuation of Biodiversity at the National Level
  • References and Recommended Reading
  • Board on Science and Technology for International Development
  • MEMBERS
  • HOW TO ORDER BOSTID REPORTS
  • ENERGY
  • TECHNOLOGY OPTIONS
  • PLANTS
  • INNOVATIONS IN TROPICAL FORESTRY
  • MANAGING TROPICAL ANIMAL RESOURCES
  • HEALTH
  • RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
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  • BOSTID Publication Distributors.

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