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Plant Conservation: An Ecosystem Approach (People and Plants Conservation)

By Alan Hamilton , Patrick Hamilton

Book information

Year
2006
ISBN
1844070824, 9781844070824, 9781429416269
Open Library ID
OL9591299M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
19 MB (20235987 bytes)
Pages
304\351
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

In this, the latest in the People and Plants series, plant conservation is described in the context of livelihoods and development, and ways of balancing the conservation of plant diversity with the use of plants and the environment for human benefit are discussed. A central contention in this book is that local people must be involved if conservation is to be successful. Also examined are ways of prioritizing plants and places for conservation initiatives, approaches to in situ and ex situ conservation, and how to approach problems of unsustainable harvesting of wild plants. Roles for botanists, foresters, sociologists, development workers and others are discussed. This book acts as a unifying text for the series, integrating case studies and methodologies considered in previous volumes and pointing out in a comprehensive, accessible volume the valuable lessons to be learned.

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