Full Description
This book offers a novel approach to the new science of conservation biogeography by examining the role of this science and its integration with social science research in advancing new knowledge about sustainable environmental management. It offers a new perspective and integration of the shared roles of cultural biogeography and the environmental aspects of economics, anthropology, psychology and history, providing a background for conservation management as well as effective advice and applicable tools for environmental studies. In addition, the book also considers conservation biology, biogeography and cultural biogeography as sister and founding disciplines of conservation biogeography and offers meaningful, illustrative case studies. For academic researchers, this illustrates an integration of paradigmatically different disciplines for conservation management. For students, it provides a fundamental assessment of multidisciplinary training for conservation practice. For practitioners and policymakers, it provides an analytical tool for more responsive and conscious environmental protection. For futurists, it contributes to understanding trends in environmental change.
Contents
Preface.- PART 1 BIOGEOGRAPHY AND CONSERVATION.- Development of Conservation Biogeography.- Conservation Biogeography and Social Sciences.- Multitherapeutic Attributes of Ethnomedicinal Plants, Use and Marketing by Indigenous Communities in the Northeastern Hotspots of India.- Ethno-Veterinary Practices by Rural and Indigenous Communities Across India.- PART 2 CONSERVATION BIOGEOGRAPHY AND FOREST COMMUNITIES.- Forest Communities, Threatened and Near-Threatened Medicinal Trees and Climate-Imposed Threats in Central India.- Exploring socio-ecological interactions, including the role of formal & informal rules, in forest management outcomes: A case study from selected forests in Central India.- Rehabilitation and Reclamation of Iron and Manganese Mines in Bellary, India: Theory and Practices.- Impact of Landuse Change on Forest Fringe Communities: Cases from India and Africa.
