Protected areas : are they safeguarding biodiversity?

✍ Scribed by Jonathan Baillie, Lucas Joppa, John G. Robinson

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Year: 2016
Tongue: English
Leaves: 284
Series: Conservation science and practice series no. 15
Category: Library

No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.

✦ Table of Contents

Content: The global protected area portfolio --
The fate of species in protected areas --
Managing protected areas at system scales --
Monitoring protected areas at system scales.

✦ Subjects

Protected areas;Natural resources conservation areas;Biodiversity conservation;Wildlife conservation;BUSINESS & ECONOMICS;Real Estate;General

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