The Baseline Concept in Biodiversity Conservation

Being Nostalgic or Not in the Anthropocene Era

Laurent Godet, Simon Dufour, Anne-Julia Rollet

• Publisher: Wiley-ISTE
• Year: 2022
• ISBN:
  9781394173655
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Ciencias biológicas
• Subtopic: Biología

The Anthropocene era has been marked by such significant human pressure that it has led to the sixth mass extinction. The Baseline Concept in Biodiversity Conservation interprets human domination of the Earth as the process of gradual landscape change, the execution of which is neither linear nor homogeneous.

This book is structured around three key questions: Where and when did everything go wrong? How do we define baseline states for biodiversity conservation strategies? How are reference states mobilized in a concrete way through case studies?

Today, biodiversity conservation faces a dilemma that this book sheds light on: return to states less modified by humans than today but in a world that has changed significantly; or, let the nature of tomorrow express itself where it still can but without a road map.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half-Title Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• Introduction
• PART 1: Defining Baselines
• PART 2: Using Baselines to Conserve Nature
• PART 3: Examples of the Use of Baselines
• Conclusion: The Baseline Concept: A Narrow Path Between False Trails and True Impasses
• References
• List of Authors
• Index
• Other titles from iSTE in Ecological Science
• EULA