The Biodiversity Observation Network in the Asia-Pacific Region - Toward Further Development of Monitoring (Hardcover, 2012)

Biological diversity is important for ecosystem function and services, which in turn is essential for human well-being. Under the Convention on Biological Diversity, international efforts have been made to achieve a significant reduction in the current rate of biodiversity loss. The loss continues, however. The Asia-Pacific region includes both developing countries with high biodiversity and developed countries with sophisticated data collection and analyses, but only limited information about the status quo of biodiversity in this region has been available. Many Asia-Pacific countries have rapidly grown their economies and social infrastructures, causing a loss of biodiversity and requiring an urgent mandate to achieve a balance between development and conservation in the region. In December 2009, scientists successfully organized the Asia-Pacific Biodiversity Observation Network in the region, to establish a network for research and monitoring of ecosystems and biodiversity and to build a cooperative framework. The present volume is the first collection of information on biodiversity in the Asia-Pacific and represents a quantum step forward in science that optimizes the synergy between development and biodiversity conservation.

General

Imprint:	Springer Verlag,Japan
Country of origin:	Japan
Series:	Ecological Research Monographs
Release date:	July 2012
First published:	2012
Editors:	Shin-Ichi Nakano • Tetsukazu Yahara • Tohru Nakashizuka
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 27mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	480
Edition:	2012
ISBN-13:	978-4-431-54031-1
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Life sciences: general issues > Ecological science, the Biosphere Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Applied ecology > Biodiversity
LSN:	4-431-54031-8
Barcode:	9784431540311

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