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Author | : David P. Olson |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 94 |
Release | : 1998 |
Genre | : Biodiversity conservation |
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Author | : David Magnus Olson |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 64 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : Biodiversity conservation |
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Total Pages | : 64 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : Biodiversity conservation |
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Author | : Allen Blackman |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 189 |
Release | : 2014-05-23 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 1317906861 |
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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.
Author | : Bárbara A. Willaarts |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 497 |
Release | : 2014-04-24 |
Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | : 1134682875 |
Download Water for Food Security and Well-being in Latin America and the Caribbean Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This volume provides an analytical and facts-based overview on the progress achieved in water security in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) region over during the last decade, and its links to regional development, food security and human well-being. Although the book takes a regional approach, covering a vast of data pertaining to most of the LAC region, some chapters focus on seven countries (Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico and Peru). A full understanding of LAC’s trends progress requires framing this region in the global context: an ever more globalized world where LAC has an increasing geopolitical power and a growing presence in international food markets. The book’s specific objectives are: (1) exploring the improvements and links between water and food security in LAC countries; (2) assessing the role of the socio-economic ‘megatrends’ in LAC, identifying feedback processes between the region’s observed pattern of changes regarding key biophysical, economic and social variables linked to water and food security; and (3) reviewing the critical changes that are taking place in the institutional and governance water spheres, including the role of civil society, which may represent a promising means to advancing towards the goal of improving water security in LAC. The resulting picture shows a region where recent socioeconomic development has led to important advances in the domains of food and water security. Economic growth in LAC and its increasingly important role in international trade are intense in terms of use of natural resources such as land, water and energy. This poses new and important challenges for sustainable development. The reinforcement of national and global governance schemes and their alignment on the improvement of human well-being is and will remain an inescapable prerequisite to the achievement of long-lasting security. Supporting this bold idea with facts and science-based conclusions is the ultimate goal of the book.
Author | : Jorge Alejandro Silva Rodríguez de San Miguel |
Publisher | : 3Ciencias |
Total Pages | : 40 |
Release | : 2018-03-27 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 8494825798 |
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Author | : Biodiversity Support Program |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 148 |
Release | : 1995 |
Genre | : Biodiversity |
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Author | : Gonzalo Castro |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 57 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : Water consumption |
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Author | : United Nations. Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean. Natural Resources and Energy Division |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 152 |
Release | : 1985 |
Genre | : Hydrology |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Kevin Hillstrom |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
Total Pages | : 293 |
Release | : 2003-12-02 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1576076911 |
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A concise yet thorough overview of the environmental issues, problems, and controversies facing Latin America and the Caribbean—from the tip of South America to the Windward Islands. Home to Earth's longest mountain range, largest river, and greatest rainforest, no region boasts greater geographic extremes, faces greater environmental dangers, and enjoys more economic potential from its biodiversity than Latin America and the Caribbean. What are the political and economic factors affecting the Amazon's rapidly disappearing rainforest? What is being done to harvest life-saving drugs from the plants of the Orinoco? And what lies behind the mysterious disappearance of Central America's frogs? The work includes essays, tables and figures, and an appendix titled International Environmental and Developmental Agencies, Organizations, and Programs on the World Wide Web. Latin America & the Caribbean examines a region waking up to its environmental problems and possibilities.