Overview
- Contains unique concordance of color photographs from multilateral agencies, Bhutanese NGOs, and photographers who have unique access to data collections, night camera points, and military and political vantage points which enable the gathering of rare imagery
- Provides an insider's view into Bhutanese ecology by one of the country’s leading scientists
- Combines far-reaching multidisciplinary contexts with an efficient, highly compact compendium-type work
Part of the book series: Fascinating Life Sciences (FLS)
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Merging the interdisciplinary sciences, engineering and humanities data in a compelling up-to-date portrait of the country, the authors have presented this dramatic compendium against the backdrop of an urgent, global ecological time-frame. It thus becomes clearthat the articulated stakes for Bhutan, like her neighboring Himalayan and Indian sub-continental countries (China, India, Bangladesh and Myanmar) are immense, as the Anthropocene epoch unfolds, affecting every living being across the planet. Because Bhutan’s two most rewarding revenue streams derive from the sale of hydro-electric power and from tourism, the complexities of modern pressures facing a nation that prides herself on maintaining traditional customs in what has been a uniquely isolated nation are acute.
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Book Title: Bionomics in the Dragon Kingdom
Book Subtitle: Ecology, Economics and Ethics in Bhutan
Authors: Ugyen Tshewang, Jane Gray Morrison, Michael Charles Tobias
Series Title: Fascinating Life Sciences
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-94655-9
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-94654-2Published: 23 November 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-94655-9Published: 13 November 2018
Series ISSN: 2509-6745
Series E-ISSN: 2509-6753
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXIV, 162
Number of Illustrations: 148 illustrations in colour
Topics: Conservation Biology/Ecology, Popular Life Sciences, Popular Science in Nature and Environment, Environmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice, Animal Welfare/Animal Ethics, Environmental Philosophy