Marine Protected Areas for Whales, Dolphins and Porpoises
Marine Protected Areas for Whales, Dolphins and Porpoises

Author: Erich Hoyt

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2012-10-02

Total Pages: 494

ISBN-13: 1136538305

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The first edition of the widely praised Marine Protected Areas for Whales, Dolphins and Porpoises, published in 2005, led to numerous new marine protected area proposals and a number of notable conservation successes around the world. In this completely revised and expanded second edition, new developments in the Mediterranean, Caribbean and Pacific are described, as well as future directions for High Seas protection. New sections show how to design and manage MPAs in an ever noisier ocean subject to climate change, increased shipping and hydrocarbon exploration. The process of protected area creation for cetaceans has been accelerated and more than 200 exciting new places are detailed in this edition. This book provides a route map for MPA managers, as well as countries, to meet the ambitious targets for highly protected MPA networks by 2012 and 2020. This book is a key conservation tool and a springboard for worldwide change in human attitudes toward the world ocean where all life originated and where the majority of life on Earth still lives.

Socio-ecological Studies in Natural Protected Areas
Socio-ecological Studies in Natural Protected Areas

Author: Alfredo Ortega-Rubio

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2020-11-01

Total Pages: 809

ISBN-13: 3030472647

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This book explores the interactions of local inhabitants and environmental systems in the Protected Natural Areas of Mexico. Its goal is to help understand how social groups contextualize ecological knowledge, how human activities contribute to modifying the environmental matrix, how cultural and economic aspects influence the use, management and conservation of their ecological environment, and how social phenomena are to be viewed against the backdrop of ecological knowledge. The book reviews the epistemological and historical bases of the socio-ecological relationship, and addresses the evolution of human-natural systems. From a methodological standpoint, it assesses the tools required for the integration of “human” and “natural” dimensions in the management of the environmental matrix. Further, in the case studies section, it reviews valuable recent experiences concerning the retro-interactions of local inhabitants with their environmental matrix. Given its scope, the book offers a valuable asset for researchers and professionals all over the world, especially those working in Latin American countries.

Panama Adventure Guide
Panama Adventure Guide

Author: Patricia Katzman

Publisher: Hunter Publishing, Inc

Published: 2003-11

Total Pages: 369

ISBN-13: 1588433684

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A detailed guide to every aspect of the destination: history, culture, foods, restaurants, hotels, sightseeing, things to do - written by an author who knows the place intimately.

Tourism Routes and Trails
Tourism Routes and Trails

Author: David Ward-Perkins

Publisher: CABI

Published: 2019-12-30

Total Pages: 206

ISBN-13: 1786394766

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Tourism Routes and Trails plunges into the world of 'extended' tourism, offering an exploration of the 'routes' phenomenon whereby tourism is no longer for a given destination, but extends over multiple sites, a territory or landscape. Covering how such routes are created, often as ways of clustering experiences, it also reviews their effects on tourism businesses, local populations and other stakeholders.