Conservation biology : voices from the tropics /

• Other Authors: Sodhi, Navjot S., Gibson, Luke, Raven, Peter H.
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Chichester, West Sussex, U.K. : Wiley-Blackwell, [2013]
• Subjects: Nature conservation > Tropics.; Conservation biology > Tropics.; Conservation biology.; Nature conservation.; Tropics.; Electronic books.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xxiv, 264 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps, graph
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
• ISBN: 9781118679838; 1118679830; 9780470658635; 0470658630; 9781118679814; 1118679814
• DOI: 10.1002/9781118679838

Unprecedented habitat loss, species declines, climate warming, and pollution are culminating in an environmental crisis that needs to be addressed with innovative and radical solutions. The crisis runs deep in the tropics, where two-thirds of the biodiversity exists in the backdrop of massive loss of native habitats and environmental neglect. Environmental apathy, corruption, poor natural resource governance, poverty, and lack of conservation funding remain formidable challenges to tangible conservation in the tropics. Ultimately, our ability to ride the current environmental crisis will de.