Biodiversity Conservation in Southeast Asia

Challenges in a Changing Environment

Serge Morand, Claire Lajaunie, Rojchai Satrawaha, Serge Morand, Claire Lajaunie, Rojchai Satrawaha

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2017
• ISBN:
  9781315313559
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Biological Sciences
• Subtopic: Environmental Conservation & Protection
• Index: Biological Sciences

Southeast Asia is highly diversified in terms of socio-ecosystems and biodiversity, but is undergoing dramatic environmental and social changes. These changes characterize the recent period and can be illustrated by the effects of the Green Revolution in the late 1960s and 1970s, to the globalization of trade and increasing agronomic intensification over the past decade.

Biodiversity Conservation in Southeast Asia provides theoretical overviews and challenges for applied research in living resource management, conservation ecology, health ecology and conservation planning in Southeast Asia. Five key themes are addressed: origin and evolution of Southeast Asian biodiversity; challenges in conservation biology; ecosystem services and biodiversity; managing biodiversity and living resources; policy, economics and governance of biodiversity. Detailed case studies are included from Thailand and the Lower Mekong Basin, while other chapters address cross-cutting themes applicable to the whole Southeast Asia region.

This is a valuable resource for academics and students in the areas of ecology, conservation, environmental policy and management, Southeast Asian studies and sustainable development.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• List of illustrations
• List of contributors
• Preliminaries
• Part I Origin and evolution of Southeast Asian biodiversity
• Part II Challenges in conservation biology
• Part III Ecosystem services and biodiversity
• Part IV Managing biodiversity and living resources
• Part V Policy, economics and governance of biodiversity
• Index