The conservation of biodiversity has profound implications for managing natural resources. There is a need for scientific information as a foundation for management decisions. This book looks beyond the theory of biodiversity to the principles, practices, and policies needed for its conservation. It provides the scientific basis for understanding biodiversity, documents case examples of theory and concepts applied at differing scales, and examines policies that affect its conservation. Issues addressed include: genetic, species, landscape and community diversity, setting objectives and priorities, monitoring and assessment, management strategies and policy and social considerations.
- ISBN10 0195079582
- ISBN13 9780195079586
- Publish Date 8 February 1996
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 3 September 2009
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Oxford University Press Inc
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 808
- Language English