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Biodiversity and Gender for Sustainable Development   Rogers W'O Okot-Uma (Author), RoseMarie-Rita Odiachi (Author) Size: unspecified ISSN: Categories: Biodiversity, Environmental Issues and Agriculture ISBN No: 978-0-85092-556-2 Format: Paperback Publication Date: 01-1999 Number of Pages: 201 Status: In stock Price: £ 25.00    [Currency converter]   Download a PDF with additional information for this publication Description This book provides an insight into both biodiversity and gender. It recognises the vital role of women in the conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity, and affirms the need for the full participation of women at all levels of policy-making and implementation in the conservation of biological diversity. Analytic, integrative in approach, and clearly presented, this book is aimed at environmentalists, natural resource scientists, environmental practitioners and policy makers. Contents Copyright Disclaimer List of Acronyms Foreword Acknowledgments   Overview   Part One: Introducing Our Environment 1. Our Environment   Part Two: Introducing Gender and Biodiversity 2. Introduction to Gender: Issues and Concepts 3. Introduction to Biodiversity: Definitions and Concepts 4. Biodiversity Values and Development 5. Women and Coastal Biodiversity Conservation: A Case Study of the Cogtong Mangrove Management Project   Part Three: Threats to Biodiversity 6. Threats to Biodiversity and Underlying Causes of Biodiversity Loss   Part Four: Strategies for the Protection and Conservation of Biodiversity 7. Conservation Approaches and Strategies I: In Situ Conservation in Protected Areas 8. Conservation Approaches and Strategies II: Ex Situ Conservation Methods 9. Conservation Approaches and Strategies III: The Community Conservation Approach 10. Community Conservation and the Use of Incentive Measures: A Case Study   Part Five: Innovations in Biodiversity 11. Biodiversity Research Innovations I: Biodiversity Identification and Monitoring 12. Biodiversity Research Innovations II: Ethnobotanical and Ethnopharmacological Research 13. Environmentally-Sound Technology Assessment and Transfer for Biodiversity   Part Six: Policy Issues on Biodiversity 14. Policy Issues on Biodiversity Conservation I: The Convention on Biological Diversity 15. Other Biodiversity-Related Conventions 16. National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans 17. Integrating Biodiversity into Sectoral and Cross-Sectoral Policies, Plans and Programmes 18. Environmental Impact Assessment of Biodiversity 19. Regulation of Access to Genetic Resources 20. The Role of Valuation in Policy Formulation for Biodiversity Conservation 21. Incorporating Costs and Benefits of Biodiversity Conservation into Economic and Policy Decision-Making Processes   Part Seven: Capacity-Building for Biodiversity Conservation in Africa 22. Education and Training in Biodiversity Conservation 23. Curriculum Development for Biodiversity Conservation 24. Network Development for Biodiversity Conservation 25. National and Regional Biodiversity Databases 26. Application of Remote-Sensing and Geographical Information System (GIS) Technologies for Biodiversity Management

 

Related publications: Biodiversity and Gender for Sustainable Development: Perspectives Rogers W'O Okot-Uma (Author), RoseMarie-Rita Endeley (Author) Publication Date: 2005 Stock Status: In stock Format: Paperback ISBN No: 978-1901127-30-0 Price: £ 25.00     [Currency converter] This publication considers the Convention on Biological Diversity, which recognises “the vital importance that women play in the conservation and sustainable importance of biological diversity. Further Details