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	Título: A Practitioner's Guide To Freshwater Biodiversity Conservation
	Autor: Nicole Silk, Kristine Ciruna	Precio: $630.00
	Editorial: Island Press	Año: 2004
	Tema: Agua, Biodiversidad, Medio Ambiente	Edición: 1ª
	Sinopsis	ISBN: 9781597260442
	A Practitioner's Guide to Freshwater Biodiversity Conservation brings together knowledge and experience from conservation practitioners and experts around the world to help readers understand the global challenge of conserving biodiversity in freshwater ecosystems. More importantly, it offers specific strategies and suggestions for managers to use in establishing new conservation initiatives or improving the effectiveness of existing initiatives. The book: offers an understanding of fundamental issues by explaining how ecosystems are structured and how they support biodiversity; provides specific information and approaches for identifying areas most in need of protection; examines promising strategies that can help reduce biodiversity loss; and describes design considerations and methods for measuring success within an adaptive management framework. The book draws on experience and knowledge gained during a five-year project of The Nature Conservancy known as the Freshwater Initiative, which brought together a range of practitioners to create a learning laboratory for testing ideas, approaches, tools, strategies, and methods. For professionals involved with land or water management-including state and federal agency staff, scientists and researchers working with conservation organizations, students and faculty involved with freshwater issues or biodiversity conservation, and policymakers concerned with environmental issues-the book represents an important new source of information, ideas, and approaches. Biographies NICOLE SILK is partnership development director of the Sustainable Waters Program for The Nature Conservancy at Boulder, Colorado. KRISTINE CIRUNA is coordinator of conservation programs for The Nature Conservancy of Canada at Victoria, British Columbia. Table Of Contents Table of Contents Preface and Acknowledgments Chapter 1: The Global Challenge of Freshwater Biodiversity Conservation The Freshwater Crisis: Why Should We Care? Our Challenge Chapter 2: Freshwater Fundamentals: Watersheds, Freshwater Ecosystems and Freshwater Biodiversity Watershed Form and Function Freshwater Ecosystems and Their Variability Freshwater Biodiversity Chapter 3: Focusing Freshwater Conservation Efforts What Biodiversity Should Be Conserved and Where Should It Be Conserved? How Can the Biodiversity Be Most Effectively Conserved? Integrating Regional and Conservation Area Planning Chapter 4: Understanding Threats to Freshwater Biodiversity and Developing Effective Conservation Strategies Introduction Water Use and Management Dams Surface Water Diversions Altered Bed and Bank Structure Groundwater Exploitation Land Use and Management Agriculture Urbanization and Industrialization Forestry Mining Recreation Overharvesting and Fisheries Management Invasive Alien Species Chapter 5: Measuring Freshwater Biodiversity Conservation Success Designing a Freshwater Monitoring Program: Purposes, Priorities, and Indicators Designing a Freshwater Monitoring Program: Crucial Components of a Monitoring Program Key to Conservation Success: Monitoring within an Adaptive Management Framework Appendices Appendix A. Ecological Characteristics of Freshwater Ecosystem Types Appendix B. Indicators of Freshwater Ecological Integrity

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