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Conservation of Biological Resources
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E. J. Milner-Gulland (Author) Ruth Mace (Author)
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This book presents the issues surrounding the conservation of wild species and ecosystems used by people. It is aimed at final year undergraduate and master's students taking courses in conservation, environmental management, ecological economics and related subjects, as well as conservation professionals, including managers, policy-makers and researchers. The structure of the book is ideal for a course in conservation, comprising a theoretical section written by the authors, and a set of ten contributed case studies intentionally diverse in discipline, geographical region and system of study. The theoretical section provides the knowledge that is needed to understand the issues, while the case studies can form the basis of seminars. Readers will emerge with a clear recognition of the difficulties of limiting the harvesting of biological resources to sustainable levels, and of the boundaries of sustainable use as a conservation tool.
The authors, an ecologist and an anthropologist, have both worked on the conservation and sustainable use of wildlife for several years, including the ivory and rhino horn trades.
The first book to examine the issues underlying the sustainable use debate in a fully interdisciplinary manner. Both the theoretical section and the case studies approach the issues using methods from economics, ecology, anthropology and other fields
Designed as a course textbook, combining a theoretical section with invited case studies written by expert practitioners in the field
Outlines the new direction that conservation biology (and thus conservation biologists) must take if it is to be successful
About the Author
Eleanor Jane Milner-Gulland is the Tasso Leventis Professor of Biodiversity at the University of Oxford and director of the Interdisciplinary Centre for Conservation Science. She is particularly known for her work on Saiga Antelope. Ruth Mace is the author of Conservation of Biological Resources, published by Wiley.
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- Contributor: E. J. Milner-Gulland
- Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell
- ISBN13: 9780865427389
- Number of Pages: 424
- Packaged Dimensions: 200x250x15mm
- Packaged Weight: 680
- Format: Paperback
- Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Release Date: 1998-07-28
- Binding: Paperback / softback
- Biography: Eleanor Jane Milner-Gulland is the Tasso Leventis Professor of Biodiversity at the University of Oxford and director of the Interdisciplinary Centre for Conservation Science. She is particularly known for her work on Saiga Antelope. Ruth Mace is the author of Conservation of Biological Resources, published by Wiley.
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