Drafting a Conservation Blueprint: A Practitioner's Guide To Planning For Biodiversity

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Synopsis
Drafting a Conservation Blueprint lays out for the first time in book form a step-by-step planning process for conserving the biological diversity of entire regions. In an engaging and accessible style, the author explains how to develop a regional conservation plan and offers experience-based guidance that brings together relevant information from the fields of ecology, conservation biology, planning, and policy. Individual chapters outline and discuss the main steps of the planning process, including:* an overview of the planning framework * selecting conservation targets and setting goals * assessing existing conservation areas and filling information gaps * assessing population viability and ecological integrity * selecting and designing a portfolio of conservation areas * assessing threats and setting priorities A concluding section offers advice on turning conservation plans into action, along with specific examples from around the world.The book brings together a wide range of information about conservation planning that is grounded in both a strong scientific foundation and in the realities of implementation.
Copyright:
2003

Book Details

Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
Book Size:
480 Pages
ISBN-13:
9781597269421
Related ISBNs:
9781559639392
Publisher:
Island Press
Date of Addition:
Copyrighted By:
Craig R. Groves and The Nature Conservancy
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
Nonfiction, Outdoors and Nature, Earth Sciences, Politics and Government
Submitted By:
Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:
This is a copyrighted book.
Foreword by:
Malcolm Hunter

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