Mexican Natural Resources Management and Biodiversity Conservation
Recent Case Studies
Editors: Ortega-Rubio, Alfredo (Ed.)
Free Preview- This book addresses the links between natural resource management and biodiversity conservation in MexicoA truly multidisciplinary book, including a wide array of author´s from the social, economic and natural sciencesIt offers practical recommendations for Mexican biodiversity conservation, which can be extrapolated to other Latin American countries
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This book presents valuable and recent lessons learned regarding the links between natural resources management, from a Socio-Ecological perspective, and the biodiversity conservation in Mexico. It address the political and social aspects, as well as the biological and ecological factors, involved in natural resources management and their impacts on biodiversity conservation. It is a useful resource for researchers and professionals around the globe, but especially those in Latin American countries, which are grappling with the same Bio-Cultural heritage conservation issues.
- About the authors
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Alfredo Ortega-Rubio. Ph.D. with specialty in Ecology is currently a titular researcher at the Northwest Centre for Biological Research in Mexico. He has received three national awards from the President of the Mexican Republic for his career in scientific research, with a Socio-Ecological perspective, applied to biodiversity conservation in Natural Protected Areas. He has published 194 original research articles, 21 books and 99 book chapters. He has led 175 very large projects on resource management, ecological restoration and environmental impact assessment, including those required to create the Sierra de La Laguna, Vizcaíno Desert and Revillagigedo Archipelago, Biosphere Reserves. He has directed a total of 63 postgraduate thesis, including 35 Ph.D. and 28 Master in Sciences. He has been awarded with the international INTERCIENCIA Prize in Biodiversity Conservation on the American Continent in 2007. He was also awarded the Prize for Scientific Research in the State of Baja California Sur. Since 2004 he has been Researcher "E", the top Researcher level at the CONACYT Research Centres system.
- Table of contents (24 chapters)
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Biodiversity Conservation in Mexico: Assessing the Institutional Capacity for Implementing Nagoya Protocol and Aichi Targets
Pages 3-52
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Are Current Actions for Conservation in Mexico Enough? A Review of the Proximate and Ultimate Threats
Pages 53-71
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Patrimonialism, Natural Resource Management, and Civil Service in Mexico: Lessons Learnt from the Last 30 Years
Pages 73-103
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Public Policies and Biodiversity Conservation in Mexico
Pages 105-115
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Public Mexican Corporations’ Sustainability Indicators: Measuring the Profit Benefits of Protected Natural Areas Programs for Socially Responsible Investors
Pages 117-130
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Table of contents (24 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Mexican Natural Resources Management and Biodiversity Conservation
- Book Subtitle
- Recent Case Studies
- Editors
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- Alfredo Ortega-Rubio
- Copyright
- 2018
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing
- Copyright Holder
- Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-319-90584-6
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-319-90584-6
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-319-90583-9
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-3-030-08047-1
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XIV, 588
- Number of Illustrations
- 61 b/w illustrations, 90 illustrations in colour
- Topics
