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Biodiversity Conservation: A Very Short Introduction [#738]
Biodiversity Conservation: A Very Short Introduction [#738]

Biodiversity Conservation: A Very Short Introduction [#738]

Author: 
David Macdonald
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  • An introduction to one of the most important challenges facing the world today
  • Considers the various threats to habitats and discusses different approaches to conservation
  • Uses a range of examples, from the African lion to cycads, and the parakeets of London, to highlight the impacts of habitat loss, climate change, invasive species, and the wildlife trade
  • Explores and highlights a new range of initiatives to tackle these issues

     

Extinction is a natural process. In geological time there have been several periods of mass extinction. One of these periods is unfolding right now but all the evidence suggests that current extinction rates are between a hundred and a thousand times greater than the background rate. To put this in to context, a quarter of all known mammalian species is at risk. The current extinction crisis is unique, because it is caused by the impact of one species, humans, on all others. This acceleration of species loss, and the much more widespread reductions in the populations of many species, is not merely a tragedy in aesthetics, it is also a threat to the quality of human life, indeed to the entire human enterprise.
   
Biodiversity, the diversity of life, is not only fascinating and beautiful, it is the engine of all the world's natural cycles, and the source of many of the resources on which humanity depends. Concern about biodiversity conservation is, therefore, not merely the preoccupation of a few enthusiastic naturalists - it is the lifeline business of everybody.
   
In this Very Short Introduction, David Macdonald introduces the concept of biodiversity and the basic biological processes that it involves - evolutionary, ecological, and behavioral. He considers the various threats to biodiversity, their impacts, and some of the solutions to the problems; concluding by considering the future of biodiversity conservation.
Index: 

  1: What is biodiversity, and why does it matter?
  2: What's the problem?
  3: What is the purpose of biodiversity conservation?
  4: Invasive species
  5: Wildlife trade
  6: Zoonotic disease
  7: Human wildlife conflict and coexistence
  8: Climate change
  9: Who pays, and how?
10:Restoring the balance - what next?

About the author: 

David Macdonald, Director of the Wildlife Conservation Research Unit at Oxford University and Senior Research Fellow in Wildlife Conservation at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford
   
Professor David Macdonald, Director of the Wildlife Conservation Research Unit at Oxford, is a leading figure in the field. He has served on many national and international committees. He is currently Chairman of the Darwin Advisory Committee, Chair of Natural England's Science Advisory Committee, and on the Council of the WWF UK and the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust. He is also Chairman-Elect of Earthwatch. Macdonald is the author of the highly successful Encyclopaedia of Mammals (1984, OUP) and has appeared on many television documentaries.

Product details

ISBN : 9780199592272

Author: 
David Macdonald
Pages
224 Pages
Format
Paperback
Size
111 x 174 mm
Pub date
Jul 2023
Series
Very Short Introductions
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Biodiversity Conservation: A Very Short Introduction [#738]

Biodiversity Conservation: A Very Short Introduction [#738]

Biodiversity Conservation: A Very Short Introduction [#738]