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245 00 $aDrylands :$bbiodiversity, management and conservation /$cVictor Roy Squires, Mahesh Kumar Gaur, Salah A.E. Attia-Ismail, editors.
264 1 $aNew York :$bNova Science Publishers, Inc.,$c[2019]
300 $axi, 400 pages ;$c26 cm.
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490 1 $aEnvironmental research advances
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 $a"This book Drylands: Biodiversity, Conservation and Management, edited by Victor R. Squires, Mahesh K. Gaur and Salah Attia Ismail, fills a gap in the literature admirably. It gets away from 'species lists' and designation of species and habitats as 'endangered' or 'at risk'. Instead, it opens up discussion on a range of issues relating to the important matters of biodiversity, land management and efforts at conservation (wise use) of natural resources that support an area's biodiversity. Dryland ecologists, land use change specialists, policy makers from UN agencies or from bilateral and multilateral donors and other natural resource management agencies will find the book very useful. It is also a valuable reference book for university students in ecology, geography, environmental studies and development studies in general. Key points: Provides a synoptic overview of the current problems and prospects for biodiversity conservation in a changing world based on a focus on selected ecosystems across Africa, Asia and the Middle East: Discusses the path forward to maintain and improve dryland ecosystems, conserve biodiversity and achieve land protection This edited volume is devoted to the examination of the implications of the inevitable changes wrought by global change on the welfare and livelihoods of tens of millions of people who live in dryland-dominated regions on all continents except Antarctica. Global change is more than just climate change. The shift to the market economy and demographic factors (population growth, urbanization and resettlement) receive attention here. The implications of change (including an analysis of the drivers of change) and the role of humans as agents of these changes are canvassed. Chapters by leading experts who live and work in lands focus on examples that are drawn from a number of sources including previously unpublished studies. The key purpose is to provide an up to date and in-depth global overview of drylands and give readers insights into the status of these vulnerable biomes and to alert readers to the consequences of a loss of biodiversity to the tens of millions of people, their livestock and the myriad of plants and animals that make up dryland ecosystems across the globe. Maintenance of biodiversity ensures the continued flow of ecosystems' goods and services on which most of us depend!"--$cProvided by publisher.
650 0 $aArid regions biodiversity conservation.
650 0 $aArid regions biodiversity$xManagement.
650 7 $aArid regions biodiversity conservation.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01749705
700 1 $aSquires, Victor R.,$d1937-$eeditor.
700 1 $aGaur, Mahesh K.,$eeditor.
700 1 $aAttia-Ismail, Salah A. E.,$eeditor.
776 08 $iOnline version:$tDrylands:$dHauppauge : Nova Science Publishers, 2019.$z9781536158977$w(DLC) 2019026647
830 0 $aEnvironmental research advances series.
852 0 $boff,sci$hQH88$i.D79 2019