The Conservation Handbook: Research, Management and Policy - Softcover

Sutherland, William J.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0632053445 ISBN 13: 9780632053445

Verlag: Wiley-Blackwell, 2000

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Textbooks on the principles of conservation biology abound. Yet, how does one put this theoretical knowledge into practice? The aim of
The Conservation Handbook is to provide clear guidance on the implementation of conservation techniques. The wide range of methods described include those for ecological research, monitoring, planning, education, habitat management and combining conservation with development. Nineteen case studies illustrate how the methods have been applied. The book will be of interest to conservation biology students and practicing conservationists worldwide.
For each copy of the book sold, another copy will be sent free to a practicing conservationist outside Western Europe, North America, Australia, New Zealand and Japan.
Foreword by E. O. Wilson.
Concise, practical guide packed full of ideas, methods and advice.
Provides solutions for the main conservation problems most commonly encountered.
18 global case studies illustrate the application of techniques.
The Conservation Handbook Donations Project this book is being sent free to those practising conservationists outside Western Europe, North America, Australia, New Zealand and Japan who are otherwise unlikely to obtain a copy. These copies are provided at cost price by Blackwell Science, the publisher, and paid for with the author s royalties. Each book sold means another one will be donated.

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William J Sutherland is the Miriam Rothschild Professor of Conservation Biology at the University of Cambridge. He is currently the President of the British Ecological Society. He is also a Fellow of St Catharine's College, Cambridge since 2008.

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The Conservation Handbook is a practical guide describing precisely what conservationists should do. It is not a textbook but, like the author's edited books on habitat management and census techniques, it will be of use to undergraduate students as well as to conservation professionals.

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• Verlag: Wiley-Blackwell
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2000
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0632053445
• ISBN 13: 9780632053445
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 294
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Wiley-VCH GmbH; product_safety@wiley.com; ; Boschstrasse 12; Weinheim; 69469; Deutschland