Conservation Biology in Sub-Saharan Africa

Conservation Biology in Sub-Saharan Africa
Author: Richard Primack
Publisher: Open Book Publishers
Total Pages: 712
Release: 2019-09-10
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 1783747536

Conservation Biology in Sub-Saharan Africa comprehensively explores the challenges and potential solutions to key conservation issues in Sub-Saharan Africa. Easy to read, this lucid and accessible textbook includes fifteen chapters that cover a full range of conservation topics, including threats to biodiversity, environmental laws, and protected areas management, as well as related topics such as sustainability, poverty, and human-wildlife conflict. This rich resource also includes a background discussion of what conservation biology is, a wide range of theoretical approaches to the subject, and concrete examples of conservation practice in specific African contexts. Strategies are outlined to protect biodiversity whilst promoting economic development in the region. Boxes covering specific themes written by scientists who live and work throughout the region are included in each chapter, together with recommended readings and suggested discussion topics. Each chapter also includes an extensive bibliography. Conservation Biology in Sub-Saharan Africa provides the most up-to-date study in the field. It is an essential resource, available on-line without charge, for undergraduate and graduate students, as well as a handy guide for professionals working to stop the rapid loss of biodiversity in Sub-Saharan Africa and elsewhere.

Issues in Global Environment—Biodiversity, Resources, and Conservation: 2013 Edition

Issues in Global Environment—Biodiversity, Resources, and Conservation: 2013 Edition
Author:
Publisher: ScholarlyEditions
Total Pages: 1135
Release: 2013-05-01
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1490109633

Issues in Global Environment—Biodiversity, Resources, and Conservation: 2013 Edition is a ScholarlyEditions™ book that delivers timely, authoritative, and comprehensive information about Additional Research. The editors have built Issues in Global Environment—Biodiversity, Resources, and Conservation: 2013 Edition on the vast information databases of ScholarlyNews.™ You can expect the information about Additional Research in this book to be deeper than what you can access anywhere else, as well as consistently reliable, authoritative, informed, and relevant. The content of Issues in Global Environment—Biodiversity, Resources, and Conservation: 2013 Edition has been produced by the world’s leading scientists, engineers, analysts, research institutions, and companies. All of the content is from peer-reviewed sources, and all of it is written, assembled, and edited by the editors at ScholarlyEditions™ and available exclusively from us. You now have a source you can cite with authority, confidence, and credibility. More information is available at http://www.ScholarlyEditions.com/.

Biodiversity of Vegetation and Flora in Tropical Africa

Biodiversity of Vegetation and Flora in Tropical Africa
Author: Lúıs Catarino
Publisher: MDPI
Total Pages: 180
Release: 2020-12-03
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3039435310

African ecosystems comprise a wealthy repository of biodiversity, with a high proportion of native and endemic plant species, which makes them biologically unique and providers of a wide range of ecosystem services. A large part of African populations, in both rural and urban areas, depend on plants for their survival and welfare, but many ecosystems are being degraded, mostly due to the growing impacts of climate change and other anthropogenic actions and environmental problems. Loss of habitat and biodiversity affects livelihoods, water supply and food security and reduces the resilience of ecosystems in the African continent. The knowledge about the great African plant and ecosystem diversity, and the structure, composition and processes involved in vegetation dynamics, is crucial to promote their sustainable use and to preserve one of the most understudied regions in the world. This Special Issue aimed to gather contributions that update and improve such knowledge.

Carabid Beetles as Bioindicators: Biogeographical, Ecological and Environmental Studies

Carabid Beetles as Bioindicators: Biogeographical, Ecological and Environmental Studies
Author: D. Johan Kotze
Publisher: PenSoft Publishers LTD
Total Pages: 589
Release: 2011-05-20
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9546425907

This book, dedicated to Konjev Desender and Jean-Pierre Maelfait, is made up of a collection of 30 papers presented at the XIV European Carabidologists? Meeting in Westerbork, the Netherlands (September, 2009). Seventy-five specialists from 20 countries of Europe and Asia attended the meeting. Traditionally, the proceedings volumes of the European Carabidologists Meeting have become important milestones outlining the latest trends and achievements in carabidology.ÿThe aim of the organisers was to invite specialists from different countries and scientific schools to present both traditional and innovative approaches and methods in studying ground beetles. This volume includes a wide range of topics, from the description of new species, taxonomy, a summary of the activities of carabidologists during the last 40 years, biogeographical issues, methodology, behaviour, indicators, environmental issues and conservation. The book will be of use to carabidologists, specialists in traditional and molecular systematics, general and applied ecology, conservation biology, bioindication, urban ecology and biogeography.

Africa Environment Outlook 2

Africa Environment Outlook 2
Author: United Nations
Publisher: UNEP/Earthprint
Total Pages: 576
Release: 2006
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 9280726919

This is the second comprehensive report on the state of Africa's environment, produced in collaboration with the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment (AMCEN). This report highlights the central position Africa's environment continues to play in sustainable development, as well as its potential to achieve progress in the implementation of the Millennium Development Goals. The report profiles Africa's environmental resources as an asset for the continent's development. It highlights the opportunities presented by the region's natural resource base to support the continent's development. It also underscores the concept of sustainable livelihoods, and the importance of the environmental initiatives in supporting them.

Environmental Biotechnology

Environmental Biotechnology
Author: M. H. Fulekar
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 634
Release: 2010-07-19
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 1439846677

This book provides information essential to students taking courses in biotechnology as part of environmental sciences, environmental management, or environmental biology programs. It is also suitable for those studying water, waste management, and pollution abatement. Topics include biodiversity, renewable energy, bioremediation technology, recomb

ENVIRONMENTAL ECOLOGY

ENVIRONMENTAL ECOLOGY
Author: Prabhu TL
Publisher: NestFame Creations Pvt Ltd.
Total Pages: 105
Release:
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

Environmental Ecology is the branch of biology which studies the interactions among organisms and their environment. Objects of study include interactions of organisms with each other and with abiotic components of their environment. Let’s find out more about Environmental Ecology. Ecology is known to be the scientific study of the interactions among the organisms and their environment. It is the study of distributions, abundance, and relations of organisms as well as the interactions with the environment. It includes the study of plants and animals populations, plants, and animals community as well as the ecosystems. Ecology is a broad term which is also known as bio ecology, bionomics or environmental biology as it specifically studies the relationship between the organisms and the environment. It is an interdisciplinary field that deals with both subjects of biology and earth science, however, is separate from the study of the environment, natural history and environmental science. It is environmental science that focused on the interactions between the physical, biological and chemical environment components that include their effects on different types of organisms. Environmental Science is a broader field as it incorporates elements of earth and life science. Whereas Ecology is primarily focused on how the organisms interact with each other and as well with their surroundings. The people who study ecology are called ecologists. They focus on the specifications or interactions with the group that includes the preference of the food, eating habits, and migration. Ecologists study issues of the population size, diversity, distribution, and dominance of specific organisms. Some of the key issues studies by ecologists are – A broader study of the processes of Life, the interactions as well as the adaptations of the specific species. Biodiversity within an ecosystem. The abundance and the distribution of the organisms within an environment. Progression of changes in the ecosystem. The influence of the environmental factors on the organism’s population. When describing the ecological phenomena, the scale and dynamics of time and space shall be considered carefully. It takes about 1000 of years for the ecological process to mature when considered in reference to time. For example – The lifespan of a tree. The global patterns of the biological diversity are complex. An ecology is a scientific approach to the study of the biosphere, whereas ecosystems are created by the interrelationships between the living organisms and the physical environments they inhabit ( which can be land, air or water. ) These systems require a source of energy ( for example – light from the sun ) to help them able to work. It is essential to identify the components involved along with the interrelationships to study the ecosystems. To map the interrelationship between the organisms within an ecosystem, food chains and food webs play an essential part.

Biodiversity : Structure and Function - Volume II

Biodiversity : Structure and Function - Volume II
Author: Wilhelm Barthlott
Publisher: EOLSS Publications
Total Pages: 334
Release: 2009-08-19
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1905839359

Biodiversity: Structure and Function is a component of Encyclopedia of Environmental and Ecological Sciences, Engineering and Technology Resources in the global Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS), which is an integrated compendium of twenty one Encyclopedias. The Theme on Biodiversity: Structure and Function discusses matters of great relevance to our world such as: Characterization of Biodiversity; Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning; Spatial and Temporal Dimensions of Biodiversity Dynamics; Evolutionary and Genetic Aspects of Biodiversity; Biodiversity Monitoring, Assessment, Data Management, and Indicators; The Value of Biodiversity; Halting Biodiversity Loss: Fundamentals and Latest Trends of Conservation Science and Action; Application of Ecological Knowledge to Habitat Restoration. These two volumes are aimed at the following five major target audiences: University and College students Educators, Professional practitioners, Research personnel and Policy analysts, managers, and decision makers and NGOs.