Taking Stock of Nature (eBook, PDF)

Participatory Biodiversity Assessment for Policy, Planning and Practice
Redaktion: Lawrence, Anna

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Produktbeschreibung

In a world of increasing demands for biodiversity information, participatory biodiversity assessment and monitoring is becoming more significant. Whilst other books have focused on methods, or links to conservation or development, this book is written particularly for policy makers and planners. Introductory chapters analyze the challenges of the approach, the global legislation context, and the significance of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment. Specially commissioned case studies provide evidence from 17 countries, by 50 authors with expertise in both biological and social sciences. Ranging from community conservation projects in developing countries to amateur birdwatching in the UK, they describe the context, objectives, stakeholders and processes, and reflect on the success of outcomes. Rather than advocating any particular approach, the book takes a constructively critical look at the motives, experiences and outcomes of such approaches, with cross-cutting lessons to inform planning and interpretation of future participatory projects and their contribution to policy objectives.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Februar 2010
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780511686535
• Artikelnr.: 38187431

Inhaltsangabe

1. What does participatory biodiversity assessment mean for planners and
policy makers? Anna Lawrence; 2. Monitoring and assessment of biodiversity
under the Convention on Biological Diversity and other international
agreements Ruth Mackenzie; 3. The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment: a
multiscale assessment for global stakeholders Ciara Raudsepp-Hearne and
Doris Capistrano; 4. Conservation of biological diversity in El Salvador
shade coffee: the importance of taxonomic capacity for participatory
assessments Alex Monro and David Jones; 5. Taking stock of nature in
species-rich but economically poor areas: an emerging discipline of
locally-based monitoring Finn Danielsen, Neil Burgess, Mikkel Funder, Tom
Blomley, Justin Brashares, Amina Akida, Arne Jensen, Marlynn Mendoza, Greg
Stuart-Hill, Michael K. Poulsen, Hadija Ramadhani, Moses K. Sam and Elmer
Topp-Jørgensen; 6. Researching local perspectives on biodiversity in
tropical landscapes: lessons from ten case studies Manuel Boissière,
Marieke Sassen, Douglas Sheil, Miriam van Heist, Wil de Jong, Robert
Cunliffe, Meilinda Wan, Michael Padmanaba, Nining Liswanti, Imam Basuki,
Kristen Evans, Peter Cronkleton, Tim Lynam, Piia Koponen and Christiana
Bairaktari; 7. Participatory resources monitoring in SW China: lessons
after five years Jeannette van Rijsoort, Zhang Jinfeng, Marlon Ten Hoonte
and Wang Lei; 8. Forest inventory in Nepal - technical power or social
empowerment? Jane Hull, Hemant Ojha and Krishna Paudel; 9. Perceptions of
landscape change in British Columbia's Northwest: implications for
biodiversity and participatory management John Lewis; 10. How thousands
planned for a billion: lessons from India on decentralized, participatory
planning Seema Bhatt and Tejaswini Apte; 11. Inside monitoring: a
comparison of bird monitoring groups in Slovenia and the United Kingdom
Sandra Bell, Mariella Marzano and Dan Podjed; 12. The personal and
political of volunteers' data: towards a national database in the UK Anna
Lawrence; 13. Improving forest management through participatory monitoring:
a comparative case study of four community-based forestry organizations in
the Western United States Heidi L. Ballard, Victoria Sturtevant and Maria
E. Fernandez-Gimenez; 14. Conclusions: towards effectiveness in
participatory biodiversity assessment Anna Lawrence.