Sustainable Ecological Restoration and Conservation in the Hindu Kush Himalayan Region (eBook)

A Comprehensive Review

Allan Degen, Devendra Gauchan, Madan Koirala, Muhammad Khalid Rafiq, Zhanhuan Shang (Autoren)

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2024
400 Seiten
CABI (Verlag)
978-1-80062-256-2 (ISBN)

Infos

The years 2021 to 2030 have been designated as "e;The United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration"e;. Ecological restoration and biodiversity conservation efforts face unprecedented challenges, especially in developing countries and areas, such as the Hindu Kush-Himalayan (HKH) region. This huge HKH region, which includes areas in eight separate countries (Afghanistan, Pakistan, Nepal, India, China, Bangladesh, Myanmar and Bhutan), is a biodiversity hotspot with a vast array of ecosystems, landscapes, peoples and cultures. It is known as one of 'the pulses of the world'. However, the HKH is also the world's largest and poorest mountain region, where landscapes and environments have been severely damaged as a result of climate change and human activities. Coordinating conservation and restoration policies, sharing knowledge and funds, and maintaining livelihoods are major challenges and are in urgent need of improvement. This book details the past and current ecological problems in the HKH region, and the threats and challenges that ecosystems and local people face. It pays special attention to developments of transformative adaptations and presents examples of sustainable conservation and ecological restoration management practices. Three primary questions are addressed: (1) Do the existing conservation strategies of international organizations and government policies really protect ecosystems and solve biodiversity problems? (2) Can these management measures be one-time solutions? and (3) What is the strategic framework and scenario prognosis for the future based on the historical trajectory of ecological conservation and restoration in the region?This book is essential reading for ecologists and conservation biologists involved in large-scale ecological restoration projects, along with practitioners, graduate students, policy makers and international development workers.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.7.2024
• Co-Autor: Zhiqiang Dang, Rashila Deshar, Qinghui Fang, Narayan Prasad Gaire, Yamuna Ghale, Monika Ghimire, Haonan Guo, Jiayi He, Mei Huang, Awais Iqbal, Xiaoping Jing, Ritika K.C, Udhab Raj Khadka, Jalal Hayat Khan, Srijana Khanal, Furbe Lama, Dongmei Li, Jie Lian, Peipei Liu, Youyan Liu, Binyu Luo, Ramesh Raj Pant, Zhen Peng, Tianyun Qi, Usha Rai, Ramesh Prasad Sapkota, Wenyin Wang, Hui Xu, Dawei Zhang, Rui Zhang, Diwakar Adhikari, Huma Ali, Usman Ali, Rukhsanda Aziz
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
• ISBN-10: 1-80062-256-2 / 1800622562
• ISBN-13: 978-1-80062-256-2 / 9781800622562