week2 - biodiversity conservation - how and who?
pdf of the power point presentation (week 2)
Questions addressed:
What are the strategies to preserve biodiversity apart from protected areas? What is the difference between in situ and ex situ conservation? How can genetic diversity be preserved? Moreover, who is responsible for the conservation of biodiversity? What are the volunteering opportunities available in biodiversity conservation? Is biodiversity conservation worthwhile from an economic point of view? How can the individual make a difference in the long-term?
Recommended readings:
- Partha Dasgupta (2010) Nature's role in sustaining economic development. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 365: 5- 11 http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2009.0231
- Qing-zhu Gao, Yue Li, Yun-fan Wan, Wang-zha Jiangcun, Xiao-bo Qin & Bao-shan Wang (2009) Significant achievements in protection and restoration of Alpine grassland ecosystem in Northern Tibet, China. Restoration Ecology 17, 3: 320-323 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1526-100X.2009.00527.x
- Artti Juutinen (2008) Old-growth boreal forests: worth protecting for biodiversity? Journal of Forest Economics 14: 242-267 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jfe.2007.10.003
- Toddi A. Steelman & George R. Hess (2009) Effective protection of open space: does planning matter? Environmental Management, in press http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00267-009-9272-1
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