Plant Identification: Creating User-Friendly Field Guides for Biodiversity Management (People and Plants International Conservation) - Softcover

Lawrence, Anna; Hawthorne, William

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1844070794 ISBN 13: 9781844070794

Publisher: Routledge, 2006

Synopsis

An important prerequisite for successful conservation is a good understanding of what we seek to conserve. Nowhere is this more the case than in the fight to protect plant biodiversity, which is threatened by human activity in many regions worldwide. This book is written in the belief that tools that enable more people to understand biodiversity can not only aid protection efforts but also contribute to rural livelihoods. Among the most important of those tools is the field guide.

Plant Identification provides potential authors of field guides with practical advice about all aspects of producing user-friendly guides which help to identify plants for the purposes of conservation, sustainable use, participatory monitoring or greater appreciation of biodiversity.

The book draws on both scientific and participatory processes, supported by the experience of contributors from across the tropics. It presents a core process for producing a field guide, setting out key steps, options and techniques available to the authors of a guide and, through illustration, helps authors choose methods and media appropriate to their context.

About this title

About the Author

Anna Lawrence leads the Human Ecology Research Programme at Oxford University's Environmental Change Institute.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1844070794
• ISBN 13: 9781844070794
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 296