long-term conservation depends on understanding and support from those closely connected to the environment and its resources” (Shine, Klemm, 1999.) Several international environmental conventions have reflected this consensus by establishing a legal basis to involve local communities, especially those in developing countries, in their implementation. Recent changes in the focus of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands are consistent with this global trend towards emphasizing the importance of community
believes strongly in the importance of ensuring that the paper they use is sourced from sustainably-managed forests, which provide many significant long-term benefits for the environment and local communities, including timber for paper and other wood products, ecosystem services such as clean air and water, habitat for wildlife and biodiversity, and recreation opportunities. As a result, they seek to maximize the use of paper that has been independently-certified by the Forest Stewardship Council or
FOREST CONSERVATION Forests are one of the most important natural resources that have been gifted to mankind for their sustained existence on earth. Without question, they provide us with huge amounts of tangible and intangible benefits, without which indeed, all life, less to say human life, would fall under the risk of extinction. Hence, it is vital for us to realize this importance of forest cover, conserve them, and ultimately work towards a sustainable way to maintain our forests and meet
the agricultural and construction threat to endangered species persists, the number of threatened species continues to expand and suffer. Prevention Measures Strategies implemented by conservation centers can provide endangered species basic security for their population and health. Howard Wilson, researcher of forest management, acknowledged that the key to the wild population management is to ensure that the condition of habitat stays sufficient for long-term population growth (Wilson 1). This strategy
that failed to understand the importance of wildlife conservation. Why is wildlife so important? What steps need to be taken to preserve wildlife? How can one become involved in wildlife conservation? These are all important questions that need to be explored in order to help maintain the delicate ecosystem on Earth. Wildlife plays a vital role in this fragile ecosystem and without wildlife the human race would not survive. The initial step in wildlife conservation is understanding why wildlife
In the 1960s, there was a dramatic increase in the interest in conservation in India, driven especially by non-governmental Indian and US ecologists. The Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) helped to set up an Indian branch of the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) in the late 1960s. Along with the Smithsonian Institute and other US ecologists, the BNHS also helped to organise the 1969 International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) conference held in New Delhi. In the 1970s, the Indian government
In addition to the conservation benefits of recognizing that metapopulations have spatial structure, a number of important conservation risks arise when conservationists do not account for the various potential spatial structures of metapopulations. One of the risks of assuming homogenous spatial structure is that the models will produce falsely high numbers, as the actual population violates the assumptions of the model. Wootton and Bell (1992) highlight the importance of addressing spatial structures
Forest plays an essential role for local livelihood practices and considered as an important source of national revenue as well. However, in developing countries such as Indonesia, forest degradation has become at an alarming rate as a result of the over-exploitation, unsustainable practices, forest fires, and non-eco-friendly development projects in the forested areas like forest conversion into mining and monoculture plantation. Massive deforestation naturally results in biodiversity losses and
Assessment of Conservation of Biodiversity in Cambodia 1. Introduction Conservation of Biodiversity in Cambodia has been gathering momentum in the past few years in response to international conservation efforts and increased land degradation and loss (Conservation International 2004). International monetary institutions such as the World Bank and transnational NGOs such as Conservation International have been influential in changing forestry legislation in Cambodia (Reuters 2002). However
resources to support them, these islands rely heavily on specialized ecosystems, such as the coral reefs and mangrove forests, for sources of food and income through tourism. With a special adaptation to salt water and a unique ability to thrive in oxygen depleted environmentals, mangrove forests are among one of the most common wetland systems in the US Virgin Islands. Mangrove forest provide a breeding habitat and home for a plethora of wildlife, with 90% of the indigenous and migratory bird species