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Biodiversity for Sustainable Development

  • Provides tools for practitioners and policy makers on conservation and management issues
  • Focuses on topics such as green growth, poverty reduction using natural capital, food security, biodiversity governance and sharing of benefits of conservation and access equitably
  • Aims to bring out best practises to strengthen the effectiveness of biodiversity governance at different levels for a sustainable future
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Environmental Challenges and Solutions (ECAS, volume 3)

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Table of contents (23 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxi
  2. Access and Benefit Sharing for Sustainable Development

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. International and National Framework on Access and Benefit Sharing

      • Ashwani Kumar, T. P. Singh, Shilpa Gautam
      Pages 3-15
    3. Ethnopharmacology, Traditional Knowledge and Intellectual Property Rights

      • P. Pushpangadan, V. George, T. P. Ijinu, S. Rajasekharan
      Pages 97-119
    4. Can Benefi ts Be Shared? Three Tangles for Access and Benefit Sharing

      • Kanchi Kohli, Shalini Bhutani
      Pages 121-134
    5. Green GSDP for Sustainable Development

      • Reethu Singh, N. Soujanya, Vipin Singh, S. R. Keshava, K. H. Vinaya Kumar, Ritu Kakkar
      Pages 155-162
  3. Biodiversity Governance for Sustainable Development

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 163-163
    2. Decentralized Governance for Sustainable Development

      • N. B. Mithrambika, K. P. Laladhas, Preetha Nilayangode, Oommen V. Oommen
      Pages 165-176
    3. Community Conservation of Marine Turtles and Sustainable Ecosystems

      • K. P. Laladhas, Preetha Nilayangode, Sujith V. Gopalan, L. Divya, Oommen V. Oommen
      Pages 177-184
    4. Grassroots Initiatives for Environmental Sustainability

      • Preetha Nilayangode, K. P. Laladhas, G. S. Unnikrishnan Nair, Annie Mathai, B. Baijulal, Oommen V. Oommen
      Pages 185-192
    5. Conservation Through Payment for Ecosystem Services

      • K. P. Laladhas, Sujith V. Gopalan, Preetha Nilayangode, Oommen V. Oommen
      Pages 193-223
    6. Geographical Indications and Sustainable Livelihood

      • Preetha Nilayangode, G. S. Unnikrishnan Nair, K. P. Laladhas, Oommen V. Oommen
      Pages 225-234
    7. Grassroot Initiatives for Sustainable Livelihood

      • N. Anil Kumar, Parameswaran Prajeesh, K. P. Smitha
      Pages 235-248
  4. Biodiversity for Sustainable Livelihood

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 249-249
    2. Release of Indigenous Tribal Community from Debt Trap

      • Sanjayan Kumar, S. M. Vairavel
      Pages 251-257

About this book

Divided into three sections, this book explores the three main pillars of sustainable development, namely economy, environment and society, and their interlinkages at the regional level. The first section, Access and Benefit Sharing (ABS) for sustainable development, focuses on international agreements and national legislation, as well as the challenges in implementing ABS in e.g. India. In turn, the second section examines the process of forming Biodiversity Management Committees (BMCs) at the Local Self Government (LSG) level to promote environmental sustainability, highlighting local and community-level conservation initiatives that have led to the conservation of habitats and species. 

The third section addresses poverty eradication and food security. The case studies included demonstrate how the combination of traditional knowledge and modern techniques can enhance the productivity of traditional crop varieties, yielding greater benefits for communities. 

The aim of this volume is to disseminate the lessons learned from these case studies, as well as the findings from projects already in place, which can offer recommendations that can be applied to similar problems elsewhere in an attempt to find environmental solutions for sustainable development. Further, it introduces readers to new approaches to inclusive development, demonstrating that participation and grass root empowerment are key drivers of equitable and sustainable development.

Reviews

“This book explores the interrelationship between biodiversity and sustainable development through the perspective of access and benefit sharing, biodiversity governance, and sustainable livelihood. … The book has many illustrations (nine half tone and 45 coloured), and in general is suitable for researchers and policy makers wishing to understand how international and national agreements relate to issues in their own lives, and the relevance of grassroot initiatives and bottom-up solutions for sustainable development.” (Rajani Srivastava, Biodiversity and Conservation, Vol. 27 (14), December, 2018)

Editors and Affiliations

  • Kerala State Biodiversity Board, Thiruvananthapuram, India

    K.P. Laladhas, Preetha Nilayangode, Oommen V. Oommen

Bibliographic Information

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eBook USD 109.00
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Softcover Book USD 139.99
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