Rescue of Sturgeon Species in the Ural River Basin
Editors: Lagutov, Viktor (Ed.)
- The Ural River is the last hope for sturgeon conservation and rehabilitation
- Unique ecosystem with preserved hydrological regime and undisturbed habitats
- Despite its importance little information is available in the literature
- Historical traditions in community-based water and biological resources conservation and sustainable use
- Presents strategies for sustainable watershed development
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- About this book
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While almost every aspect of society-nature interactions can be treated as an environmental security issue, the threats to human societies originating from inadequate freshwater management constitute one of the most wi- spread and pressing problems. For thousands of years rivers and river valleys have been the cradle of human civilizations. Rivers have provided not only food and freshwater, but also shelter and means of transportation, and they are still an essential component in every national and regional economy. In turn, growing needs of human societies, accompanied by growing abilities, have caused significant river alterations and ecosystem changes that have resulted in river contamination, biodiversity loss and general riverine ecosystem degradation. The extinction of sturgeon species is one of the most eloquent examples of the negative and irreversible influence of human society on river e- systems. The sturgeon, sometimes called the “living fossil” or living “dinosaur” of the fish world, is known to have lived since the time of the dinosaurs, for at least 250 million years, and is currently on the verge of extinction solely due to anthropogenic impacts.
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Rescue of Sturgeon Species in the Ural River Basin
- Editors
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- Viktor Lagutov
- Series Title
- NATO Science for Peace and Security Series C: Environmental Security
- Copyright
- 2008
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Copyright Holder
- Springer Science+Business Media B.V.
- eBook ISBN
- 978-1-4020-8924-4
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-1-4020-8924-4
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-1-4020-8922-0
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-1-4020-8923-7
- Series ISSN
- 1874-6519
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XVIII, 333
- Topics
