(Download) "Drafting a Conservation Blueprint" by Craig Groves & Craig The Nature Conservancy ~ eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Drafting a Conservation Blueprint
- Author : Craig Groves & Craig The Nature Conservancy
- Release Date : January 15, 2013
- Genre: Nature,Books,Science & Nature,Ecology,Politics & Current Events,Public Administration,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 50930 KB
Description
Drafting a Conservation Blueprint lays out for the first time in book form a step-by-step planning process for conserving the biological diversity of entire regions. In an engaging and accessible style, the author explains how to develop a regional conservation plan and offers experience-based guidance that brings together relevant information from the fields of ecology, conservation biology, planning, and policy. Individual chapters outline and discuss the main steps of the planning process, including: ̢ۢ an overview of the planning framework
̢ۢ selecting conservation targets and setting goals
̢ۢ assessing existing conservation areas and filling information gaps
̢ۢ assessing population viability and ecological integrity
̢ۢ selecting and designing a portfolio of conservation areas
̢ۢ assessing threats and setting priorities A concluding section offers advice on turning conservation plans into action, along with specific examples from around the world.The book brings together a wide range of information about conservation planning that is grounded in both a strong scientific foundation and in the realities of implementation.