People in Nature - Wildlife Conservation in South and Central America

Erscheinungsjahr 2005
ISBN: 978-0-231-12782-0
Verlag: Columbia University Press

Buch, Englisch, 464 Seiten, Format (B × H): 165 mm x 243 mm, Gewicht: 784 g

This book reviews wildlife management and conservation in Central and South America. The book discusses the threats to biodiversity in this area including habitat fragmentation, development, ranching, tourism as well as hunting. The book contains contributions from many local Latin American authors who work there daily and are exposed to the numerous and unique issues that need to be taken into account when talking about conservation in Central and South America.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Silvius, Kirsten

Bodmer, Richard

Fragoso, José

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Agrarwissenschaften Ackerbaukunde, Pflanzenbau Forstbotanik, Baumbiologie
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Naturschutzbiologie, Biodiversität
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Terrestrische Ökologie
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Biodiversität
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltschutz, Umwelterhaltung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

IntroductionChapter 1. Wildlife Conservation and Management in South and Central America: Multiple Pressures and Innovative solutions, by José M. V. Fragoso, Richard E. Bodmer and Kirsten M. SilviusPart I. Local peoples and Community Management Chapter 2. Wildlife management strategies with the Embera people in the Utria National Park, by Chocó, Colombia, Astrid Ulloa, Claudia Campos, and Heidi Rubio-TorglerChapter 3. Bridging the gap between western scientific and traditional indigenous wildlife management, by Kirsten M. SilviusChapter 4. Techniques to increase community participation in wildlife management programs: general approaches, by Wendy R. TownsendChapter 5. Community-based wildlife management in the Gran Chaco, by Bolivia, Andrew J. Noss and Michael PainterChapter 6. Fisheries Management and Conservation in the Amazon Várzea Floodplain, by William G. R. Crampton, Leandro Castello and João Paulo VianaChapter 7. Fisheries Management in the Mamirauá Sustainable Development Reserve, by William G. R. Crampton, João Paulo Viana, Leandro Castello and José María B. DamChapter 8. Hunting effort analysis by rural communities in Northeastern Peru, by Pablo E. Puertas and Richard E. BodmerPart II. Economic Considerations Chapter 9. Community management of fishery resources in the Mamirauá Sustainable Development Reserve, by Amazonas, BrazilJoão Paulo Viana, José Maria B. Damasceno, Leandro Castello, WiChapter 10. Community ownership and live Shearing of vicuñas in Peru, by Catherine T. Sahley, Jorge Torres Vargas and Jesús Sánchez ValdiviaChapter 11. Captive breeding programs as an alternative for wildlife conservation in Brazil, by Sergio Nogueira-Filho and Selene Siqueira da Cunha NogueiraChapter 12. Economic Analysis of Wildlife Use in the Peruvian Amazon, by Richard Bodmer, and Eterzit Pezo Lozano and Tula G. FangPart III. Fragmentation and other non-harvest human impacts Chapter 13. Population management of mammals in Atlantic Forest fragments of Brazil, by Laury Cullen Jr., Richard E. Bodmer, Claudio Valladares-Pádua, and Jonathan D. BChapter 14. Human pressure, by abundance and spatial distribution of Orinoco Crocodiles in the Cojedes River syChapter 15. Impacts of Damming on Primate Community Sructure in the Amazon A Case Study of the Samuel Dam, by Rondônia, Brazil, Rosa M. Lemos de SáChapter 16. Resource partitioning of pampas deer, by brocket deer and cattle in the Pantanal, Brazil, Laurenz PinderChapter 17. Ecology and conservation of the Jaguar in Iguaçu National Park, by Peter G. Crawshaw Jr., Jan K. Mähler, Cibele Indrusiak, Sandra M.C. Cavalcanti, Chapter 18. Local white-lipped peccary (Tayassu pecari) population declines in Amazonia: Migration, by overhunting or epidemic?, José M. V. FragosoPart IV. Hunting Impacts--biological basis and rationale for sustainability Chapter 19. Evaluating the sustainability of hunting in the Neotropics, by Richard E. Bodmer and John G. RobinsonChapter 20. Hunting sustainability of ungulate populations in the Lacandon forest, by Mexico, Eduardo J. Naranjo, Jorge E. Bolaños, Michelle M. Guerra, and Richard E.Chapter 21. Title: Conservation of economically important birds in seasonally-flooded forests of the northeastern Peruvian Amazon, by José A. GonzálezChapter 22. Patterns of use and hunting of turtles in the Mamirauá Sustainable Development Reserve, by Amazonas, Brazil, Augusto Fachin Teran, Richard C. Vogt, and John B. ThorbjarnarChapter 23. Fisheries, by Fishing Effort and Fish Consumption in the Pacaya-Samiria National Reserve and iChapter 24. Title: Implications of the spatial structure of game populations for the sustainability of hunting in the Neotropics, by Andrés J. NovaroChapter 25. Hunting and wildlife management in French Guiana: Current aspects and future prospects, by Cécile Richard-Hansen and Eric Hansen

Über Autor(innen)

Kirsten M. Silvius and José M. V. Fragoso are professors in the Faculty of Environmental and Forest Biology, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse, New York. Richard E. Bodmer is a professor at the Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK.