Achieving biodiversity protection in megadiverse countries a comparative assessment of Australia and Brazil / edited by Paul Martin, M©Łrcia Dieguez Leuzinger, Solange Teles da Silva, and Gabriel Leuzinger Coutinho.
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | London ; New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2020. |
| Description | 1 online resource |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Taylor & Francis eBooks |
| Subjects |
| Other author/creator | Martin, Paul (Paul V.) |
| Other author/creator | Leuzinger, M©Łrcia Dieguez. |
| Other author/creator | Silva, Solange Teles da. |
| Other author/creator | Coutinho, Gabriel. |
| Series | Routledge studies in biodiversity politics and management |
| Contents | Observations -- Insufficient effectiveness -- The need for objective diagnoses -- The rationale for this book -- The issues, methods and evidence -- Controlling the biodiversity impacts of agriculture -- Biodiversity risk management in mining -- Creating and managing marine protected areas -- Social justice and the management of protected areas -- Low impact recreational use and biodiversity protection -- Partnered governance of biodiversity -- Biodiversity intelligence from satellites -- The challenge of using drones -- Funding biodiversity conservation -- Governing the governance system -- Strategies to improve outcomes. |
| Abstract | "This volume systematically analyses why legal doctrines for the protection of biodiversity are not sufficiently effective. It examples implementation in Australia and Brazil, two megadiverse countries with very differing legal and cultural traditions and natural environments. Substantial effort goes into the development and interpretation of legal doctrines for the protection of biodiversity in national and international law. Despite this, biodiversity continues in steep decline. Nowhere is this more evident than in megadiverse countries, such as Australia and Brazil, who possess the greatest number and diversity of animals and plants on Earth. The book covers a wide range of topics, including farming, mining, marine environments, indigenous interests and governance. Achieving Biodiversity in Megadiverse Countries highlights specific causes of underperformance in protecting diverse terrestrial and marine environments. It provides proposals for more effective implementation in these two jurisdictions, relevant to other megadiverse territories, and for biodiversity protection generally. Each chapter was written by teams of Australian and Brazilian authors, so that similar issues are considered across both jurisdictions, to provide both country-specific and generalisable insights. Achieving Biodiversity in Megadiverse Countries will of great interest to students and scholars of environmental law and governance and biodiversity conservation, as well as policymakers, practitioners and NGOs working in these fields"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Source of description | Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher. |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Achieving biodiversity protection in megadiverse countries London ; New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2020 9780367265274 |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2019055912 |
| ISBN | 9780429296239 (ebook) |
| ISBN | (hardback) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |