The Rhinoceros of South Asia
The Rhinoceros of South Asia

Author: Kees Rookmaaker

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2024-06-12

Total Pages: 891

ISBN-13: 9004691545

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The rhinoceros is an iconic animal. Three species once inhabited South Asia, two of which disappeared over a century ago. This survey aims to reconstruct the historical distribution of these large mammals resulting in new maps showing the extent of their occurrences. Thousands of sources varied in time and nature are used to study the interactions between man and rhinoceros. The text is supported by over 700 illustrations and 38 maps showing the importance of the rhinoceros in the scientific and cultural fabric of Asia and beyond.

People and Biodiversity Policies Impacts, Issues and Strategies for Policy Action
People and Biodiversity Policies Impacts, Issues and Strategies for Policy Action

Author: Bagnoli Philip

Publisher: OECD Publishing

Published: 2008-05-14

Total Pages: 253

ISBN-13: 926403434X

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This book is designed to help policy makers put together strategies for anticipating distributive impacts of biodiversity policy across different groups; and for selecting processes and instruments that manage distributive impacts without compromising conservation and use objectives.

Approaches to Sustainable Development
Approaches to Sustainable Development

Author: Richard M. Auty

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2021-12-24

Total Pages: 342

ISBN-13: 1317938844

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A definition of sustainable development is that of the Brundtland Commission - "...development which meets the needs of the current generation without jeopardizing the needs of future generations". This volume seeks to analyze the economic basis for this definition, and to look at the critiques of the economic approach - which have their basis in growing disquiet over the role of the productive normative science driving technological change and economic transformation. The discussion is followed by studies of the application of the criteria of sustainability to rural problems in South Asia, Kenya, Nepal, and Latin America and to urban/industrial problems in Jamaica, Chile and Vietnam.

Destination Wildlife
Destination Wildlife

Author: Pamela K. Brodowsky

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2009-04-07

Total Pages: 401

ISBN-13: 1101029153

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1,001 animals to see before they die. From the world?s only multi-species primate sanctuary in South Africa, to the wild ponies of Assateague Island, to the Blue-Footed Boobies of the Galapagos Islands, Destination Wildlife provides all the information the intrepid traveler looking for the best wildlife experiences could need?and rarely finds in other travel guides. Written from a visitor?s perspective?and informed by the National Wildlife Federation and other naturalists? each site in Destination Wildlife has been evaluated by real eco-travelers who have provided insider tips and suggestions that give the what, when, where, how and? most important?the why of every site to maximize each wildlife experience.