Chapter 9. Selecting Areas for Conservation
- William J. Sutherland Professor of Biology
Published Online: 14 OCT 2009
DOI: 10.1002/9781444313499.ch9
Copyright © 1998 Blackwell Science Ltd
Book Title
Conservation Science and Action
Additional Information
How to Cite
Bibby, C. J. (2009) Selecting Areas for Conservation, in Conservation Science and Action (ed W. J. Sutherland), Blackwell Publishing Ltd., Oxford, UK. doi: 10.1002/9781444313499.ch9
Editor Information
School of Biological Sciences, University of East, Anglia, Norwich NR4 7TJ, UK
Publication History
- Published Online: 14 OCT 2009
- Published Print: 19 FEB 1998
ISBN Information
Print ISBN: 9780865427624
Online ISBN: 9781444313499
- Summary
- Chapter
Keywords:
- selecting areas for conservation;
- scale of crisis facing biodiversity and need for priorities for conservation effort;
- Earth's terrestrial biodiversity;
- high-ranking countries and species richness;
- World Conservation Union (IUCN) on protected areas;
- biogeographical region evaluation;
- conservation priorities and ecoregions in Latin America and the Caribbean;
- endemic bird areas;
- global representative system of marine protected areas;
- criteria-based evaluation of sites
Summary
This chapter contains sections titled:
Introduction
Evaluation of nations
Evaluation by biogeographical region
Criteria-based evaluation of sites
Protected area systems
Acknowledgements