The Root Causes of Biodiversity Loss

Alexander Wood, Pamela Stedman-Edwards, Johanna Mang

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2013
• Topic: Biological Sciences
• eBook ISBN:
  9781134199457
• Subtopic: Ecology
• Index: Biological Sciences

The world is losing species and biodiversity at an unprecedented rate. The causes go deep and the losses are driven by a complex array of social, economic, political and biological factors at different levels. Immediate causes such as over-harvesting, pollution and habitat change have been well studied, but the socioeconomic factors driving people to degrade their environment are less well understood. This book examines the underlying causes. It provides analyses of a range of case studies from Brazil, Cameroon, China, Danube River Basin, India, Mexico, Pakistan, Philippines, Tanzania and Vietnam, and integrates them into a new and interdisciplinary framework for understanding what is happening. From these results, the editors are able to derive policy conclusions and recommendations for operational and institutional approaches to address the root causes and reverse the current trends. It makes a contribution to the understanding of all those - from ecologists and conservationists to economists and policy makers - working on one of the major challenges we face.

Index

Page numbers in italics refer to figures.

accessibility 76–77, 112, 120, 121–22

action plans 212

actors 192

adjustment lending 90

administrative systems 366

agrarian aspects see land-use

agricultural development alternatives contrast 122–23 Brazil 95, 96, 105–11, 118–19 Bulgaria 187–88

China 156–157, 163, 166, 168, 177, 181

Mexico 243, 247–48, 253

Philippines 300–1, 319–20

policies 37–39, 56–57

Slovakia 190, 205

Vietnam 349–50, 356

agro-exportation 102–5

agro-industrial investment 120

AID 147, 176, 331

Alto Paraíso de Goiás, Cerrado, Brazil 99, 100

see also Brazil

American occupation 288–90, 292–94,298–99 Analytical Approach case studies overview 36–57 conceptual bases of 14–22 evaluation of 26–35 Root Causes project 2

animal husbandry 167

annual cropping 101, 114–16

aquaculture 46–47, 217–18, 220–22,301

arable land conversion from floodplains 204–5 expansion of 345 shortage of 288

armed conflicts 143

awareness environmental 207, 300 lack of 150, 198 raising programmes 212, 335

Ba Be National Park, Vietnam 338–70

bilateral aid 147

Brazil, Cerrado 95–125 case study summary 37–39, 60, 62, 95 conceptual model 121

Bulgaria, Danube River Basin 183–212

case study summary 60, 62, 183

bushmeat trade 40–41, 126–82

Calakmul Biosphere Reserve, Mexico see Mexico

camel browsing 268

Cameroon, bushmeat and wildlife trades 126–82 case study summary 40–41, 60, 62 conc...

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• List of Figures Tables
• Acronyms And Abbreviations
• The Root Causes Project
• Foreword
• Acknowledgement
• An Emerging Consensus on Biodiversity Loss
• A Framework for Analysing Biodiversity Loss
• Ten Case Studies–An Overview
• Main Findings and Conclusions of the Root Causes Project
• Recommendations on Addressing the Root Causes of Biodiversity Loss
• Brazil: Cerrado
• Cameroon: Bushmeat and Wildlife Trade
• China: South-Western Forests
• Danube River Basin: Wetlands and Floodplains
• India: Chilika Lake
• Mexico: Calakmul Biosphere Reserve
• Pakistan: Mangroves
• Philippines: Cebu, Negros and Palawan
• Tanzania: Rufiji, Ruvu and Wami Mangroves
• Vietnam: North and Central Highlands
• Notes
• Reference
• Index