Conservation Biology in Asia: the Major Policy Challenges |
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Authors: | JEFFREY A. McNEELY,PROMILA KAPOOR-VIJAY&dagger ,LU ZHI&Dagger ,LINDA OLSVIG-WHITTAKER§ ,KASHIF M. SHEIKH, ANDREW T. SMITH&dagger &dagger |
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Affiliation: | International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), 28, rue Mauverney, 1196 Gland, Switzerland, email;CSK H.P. Agriculture University, Palampur, India;College of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China;Science Division, Israel Nature and Parks Authority, 3 Am Ve Olama, Givat Shaul, Jerusalm 95463, Israel;MSES Inc., Biodiversity Science &Community-based Conservation, 12060, 19 Avenue SW, Edmonton, Alberta T6W 1W5, Canada;School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287-4501, U.S.A. |
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Abstract: | Abstract: With about half the world's human population and booming economies, Asia faces numerous challenges to its biodiversity. The Asia Section of the Society for Conservation Biology has identified some key policy issues in which significant progress can be made. These include developing new sources of funding for forest conservation; identifying potential impacts of energy alternatives on the conservation of biodiversity; curbing the trade in endangered species of plants and animals; a special focus on the conservation of mountain biodiversity; enhancing relevant research; ensuring that conservation biology contributes to major international conventions and funding mechanisms; using conservation biology to build a better understanding of zoonotic diseases; more effectively addressing human–animal conflicts; enhancing community-based conservation; and using conservation biology to help address the pervasive water-deficit problems in much of Asia. These challenges can be met through improved regional cooperation among the relevant stakeholders . |
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Keywords: | Asia economics forests human–animal conflict wildlife trade |
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