Saving Biological Diversity Balancing Protection of Endangered Species and Ecosystems /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Askins, Robert A. (Editor), Dreyer, Glenn D. (Editor), Visgilio, Gerald R. (Editor), Whitelaw, Diana M. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2008.
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Biodiversity.; Environmental law.; Environmental policy.; Nature conservation.; Environmental economics.; Life Sciences.; Nature Conservation.; Environmental Economics.; Environmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice.

The distinctive contribution of this book is that it presents a pragmatic approach for preserving biological diversity. Experts in a wide variety of fields, including philosophy, environmental policy, law, economics and biology, present different perspectives on how to prevent widespread extinction...

Table of Contents:

• Saving Biological Diversity: An Overview
• Saving Biological Diversity: An Overview
• Protecting Populations of Particular Species
• Toward a Policy-Relevant Definition of Biodiversity
• Navigating for Noah: Setting New Directions for Endangered Species Protection in the 21st Century
• Economics of Protecting Endangered Species
• The Center for Plant Conservation: Twenty Years of Recovering America’s Vanishing Flora
• The Piping Plover as an Umbrella Species for the Barrier Beach Ecosystem
• Restoring Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar) to New England
• Protecting Regional Ecosystems
• Sea Change: Changing Management to Protect Ocean Ecosystems
• Valuing Benefits from Ecosystem Improvements using Stated Preference Methods: An Example from Reducing Acidification in the Adirondacks Park
• Conserving Forest Ecosystems: Guidelines for Size, Condition and Landscape Requirements
• Restoring America’s Everglades: A Lobbyist’s Perspective
• The Need For Global Efforts To Save Biological Diversity
• A Wildland and Woodland Vision for the New England Landscape: Local Conservation, Biodiversity and the Global Environment
• Creative Approaches to Preserving Biodiversity in Brazil and the Amazon
• Anthropogenic Carbon Dioxide Emissions and Ocean Acidification: The Potential Impacts on Ocean Biodiversity
• Advancing Conservation in a Globalized World
• Protecting Biodiversity, from Flagship Species to the Global Environment.