Rewilding the World
Rewilding the World

Author: Caroline Fraser

Publisher: Metropolitan Books

Published: 2014-04-29

Total Pages: 457

ISBN-13: 1429924527

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A gripping account of the environmental crusade to save the world's most endangered species and landscapes—the last best hope for preserving our natural home Scientists worldwide are warning of the looming extinction of thousands of species, from tigers and polar bears to rare flowers, birds, and insects. If the destruction continues, a third of all plants and animals could disappear by 2050—and with them earth's life-support ecosystems that provide our food, water, medicine, and natural defenses against climate change. Now Caroline Fraser offers the first definitive account of a visionary campaign to confront this crisis: rewilding. Breathtaking in scope and ambition, rewilding aims to save species by restoring habitats, reviving migration corridors, and brokering peace between people and predators. Traveling with wildlife biologists and conservationists, Fraser reports on the vast projects that are turning Europe's former Iron Curtain into a greenbelt, creating trans-frontier Peace Parks to renew elephant routes throughout Africa, and linking protected areas from the Yukon to Mexico and beyond. An inspiring story of scientific discovery and grassroots action, Rewilding the World offers hope for a richer, wilder future.

The Return of the Unicorns
The Return of the Unicorns

Author: Eric Dinerstein

Publisher: Columbia University Press

Published: 2003-07-02

Total Pages: 318

ISBN-13: 0231501307

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Beginning in 1984, Eric Dinerstein led a team directly responsible for the recovery of the greater one-horned rhinoceros in the Royal Chitwan National Park in Nepal, where the population had once declined to as few as 100 rhinos. The Return of the Unicorns is an account of what it takes to save endangered large mammals. In its pages, Dinerstein outlines the multifaceted recovery program—structured around targeted fieldwork and scientific research, effective protective measures, habitat planning and management, public-awareness campaigns, economic incentives to promote local guardianship, and bold, uncompromising leadership—that brought these extraordinary animals back from the brink of extinction. In an age when scientists must also become politicians, educators, fund-raisers, and activists to safeguard the subjects that they study, Dinerstein's inspiring story offers a successful model for large-mammal conservation that can be applied throughout Asia and across the globe.

Planning for environmental water allocations: An example of hydrology-based assessment in the East Rapti River, Nepal
Planning for environmental water allocations: An example of hydrology-based assessment in the East Rapti River, Nepal

Author: Smakhtin, Vladimir, Shilpakar, R. L.

Publisher: IWMI

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 29

ISBN-13: 9290905948

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Although the protection of the aquatic environment is high on the world water resources agenda, most developing countries still lack the technical and institutional capacity to establish environmental water allocation practices and policies. The existing methods of assessment of environmental water allocations are either complex and resource-intensive or not tailor-made for the specific conditions of a particular country or region. To promote emerging concepts of environmental flow assessment and management, it is important to change the dominant perception that environmental demand is the least important and create awareness among responsible authorities about existing methodologies and processes that should be followed. This report presents some of these approaches and illustrates their applicability in the specific context of the East Rapti River basin, which features one of the main tourist attractions of Nepal, the Chitwan National Park.

The Chitawan Tharus in Southern Nepal
The Chitawan Tharus in Southern Nepal

Author: Ulrike Müller-Böker

Publisher: Franz Steiner Verlag Wiesbaden GmbH

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 248

ISBN-13:

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Die Chitawan Tharu, eine ethnische Gruppe im suedlichen Nepal, stehen im Zentrum dieser Publikation. Basierend auf ethno�kologisch-klassifikatorischen und Indigenous-Knowledge Ans�tzen werden Kenntnis, Bewertung und Nutzung der natuerlichen Umwelt untersucht. Es wird versucht, die Umwelt mit den Augen derer zu sehen, die in ihr handeln. Damit liefert die Arbeit wertvolle Anregungen fuer entwicklungspolitische Ans�tze, die eine Entwicklung �von unten� propagieren. Zun�chst werden die theoretisch-methodischen Grundlagen des ethno�kologischen Ansatzes entwickelt; Chitawan und seine Bewohner werden vorgestellt. Die folgenden betont ethno�kologisch orientierten Kapitel befassen sich mit der natuerlichen Umwelt aus der Sicht der Tharu, mit ihrer traditionellen Wirtschaftsweise und Technologie. Abschlie�end werden die unterschiedlichen Konzepte von Umweltbewertung herausgearbeitet, die im Konflikt um einen Nationalpark aufeinandertreffen. "The remarkable achievement of this book is that it highlights the interface of socially relevant information focussing on the natural environment of the Tharus from the perspective of their indigenous knowledge. It provides the reader with insights which can only be obtained through an inter-disciplinary approach." Internationales Asienforum "For anyone interested in Southern Nepal and Chitawan, and its National Park and people, this book is exceptional. [�] this text provides a fascinating and thorough insight into the life of the Tharus people in Southern Nepal through the eyes of an experienced, competent and respectful researcher. I highly recommend it." The Geographical Journal .