Bocking Biodiversity in Canada

Ecology, Ideas, and Action
1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-1-4426-0237-3
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Wasserzeichen (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 432 Seiten

Biodiversity in Canada tackles the formidable and critically important issues of our natural resources and wilderness.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bocking, Stephen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface Encountering Biodiversity: Ecology, Ideas, Action
S. Bocking Part One: Where We've Been The Background of Biodiversity: A Brief Historyof Canadians and their Living Environment

S. Bocking Banff National Park: The Historic Legacy forBiodiversity
R. Page Part Two: The Ecology of Biodiversity Status and Trends in Canadian Biodiversity

T. Mosquin Biodiversity in Canadian Fresh and MarineWaters

D. McAllister The Roles of Biodiversity in Creating and Maintaining the Ecosphere

T. Mosquin The Chain of Seeds: Biodiversity andAgriculture

B. Wildfong, with additional material by J.Chiperzak Appendix: Farm Animals: Diversity is Declining

J. Chiperzak Part Three: Ideas, Knowlegde, and Values Taking Indigenous Science Seriously

R. Barsh Science and Biodiversity
R. Baydack Celebrating Diversity: Adaptive Planning andBiodiversity Conservation
N. Lister & J. Kay Economic Aspects of Canadian Biodiversity
P. Whiting Public Perspectives on Biodiversity: Modelsand a Case Study
L. Vanderlinden & J. Eyles Part Four: Taking Action Biodiversity: The Policy Challenge
R. Paehlke Canadian Biodiversity and the Law
I. Attridge Implementing a Biodiversity Action Plan inQuebec

J. Prescott The Role of Non-Government Organizations inBiodiversity Conservation
J. DeMarco & A. Bell Alberta's Special Places 2000: Conservation,Conflict, and the Castle-Crown Wilderness

L. Stefanick & K. Wells The Political Ecology of Biodiversity: A Viewfrom the Western Woods

M. M'Gonigle Contributors Index

Über Autor(innen)

BockingStephen:

Stephen Bocking teaches in Environmental and Resource Studies program at Trent University.He has written numerous academic articles; his book, Ecologists and Environmental Politics: A History of Contemporary Ecology, was published by Yale University Press in 1997.