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Getting Biodiversity Projects to Work: Towards More Effective Conservation and Development
Author(s): Thomas McShane (Author)
- Publisher: Columbia University Press
- Publication Date: 28 July 2004
- Edition: Illustrated
- Language: English
- Print length: 464 pages
- ISBN-10: 0231127642
- ISBN-13: 9780231127646
Book Description
This book explores both the theoretical and practical underpinnings of integrated conservation and development. It synthesizes existing experience to better inform conservationists and decision makers of the role ICDPs play in conservation and management and analyzes their successes and shortcomings.
Editorial Reviews
Review
Anyone interested in the future of global biodiversity conservation should get a copy and make sure to pass it around.–George Robinson “Environmental Conservation “
People engaged in conservation and development projects will find this book important.–Hans Hurni “Basic and Applied Ecology “
About the Author
Thomas O. McShane is senior conservation advisor to WWF International. He is coauthor of The Myth of Wild Africa: Conservation Without Illusion. Michael P. Wells is an independent conservation consultant and has published more than thirty articles and books on the environment and sustainable development, including People and Parks: Linking Protected Areas and Local Communities.
